Peacock plants, Calathea species, are valued as houseplants for their intricately patterned variegated foliage. Give them ample fluoride-free water and high humidity and they’ll reward you handsomely.
Read more →Like many succulents, aloes are easy houseplants. This one is lace aloe. It’s small and fits nicely on a windowsill where it gets full sun.
Read more →Ponytail palm, Beaucarnea recurvata, isn’t a palm at all. It’s an interesting houseplant though, like a Dr. Seuss tree with long, flowing, grass-like leaves on top of a stick on a bowling ball.
Read more →This poor moth orchid (Phalaenopsis) js in deep trouble. It isn’t dead, yet, but the roots have rotted because water can’t drain out of this container.
Read more →Chinese evergreen, Aglaonema, is one of those nearly foolproof houseplants widely used in interiorscaping of shopping malls, hospitals, and other public spaces. It’s a gorgeous addition to any home as well. Keep it away from pets and kids, it’s an aroid.
Read more →Aluminum plant is a handsome little houseplant with metallic silvery blotches on the leaves. Ours is now about one foot tall and wide. It sits on an east windowsill in quiet elegance.
Read more →Here’s another Anthurium (A. crystallinum) that makes a great houseplant. This one is grown for the fantastic foliage, however, not the flowers.
Read more →Anthurium, aka flamingo flower, makes a wonderful flowering houseplant that blooms continuously. Flowers come in red, pink, orange, white, and lavender. We have a pink one that’s been flowering non-stop for more than two years.
Read more →Leeks, kale, and Brussels sprouts are still growing in our garden despite several days of freezing temps in the mid-twenties F. Still have a couple cabbages too.
Read more →Looking forward to our blueberries on a very cold winter morning. We have 12 blueberry bushes on our little urban farmette and, in summer, we harvest enough to freeze. Delicious with our homemade yogurt!
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