Sago Palm: Prehistoric Plant Adds Pizzazz to the Modern Home

Sago Palm: Prehistoric Plant Adds Pizzazz to the Modern Home Stylish and easy to grow are two attributes indoor gardeners look for in a houseplant. The architecturally appealing sago palm (Cycas revoluta) features both....

Decorate for the Holidays with Christmas Cactus

Decorate for the Holidays with Christmas CactusThere’s something extra special about growing a houseplant named after a holiday. Especially a plant like Christmas cactus, which lives up to its name by producing eye-catching blooms that rival...

Maidenhair Fern: Delicate Beauty for Your Indoor Garden

Maidenhair Fern: Delicate Beauty for Your Indoor Garden With their paper-thin, finely cut, emerald-green foliage and wispy appearance, maidenhair ferns appear almost ethereal. In keeping with their princess-like good looks, maidenhair ferns are...

Xerisphere

 (Photo, Shaun Buchanan) Make Your Own XerisphereIf the idea of a terrarium sounds appealing, but you’re not sure if you have the time to care for one, the writers of the new book Planting Designs for Cactus &...

Plant an Indoor Living Arrangement

Plant an Indoor Living Arrangement If you long to create fabulous indoor plant arrangements, but struggle to get started or aren’t satisfied with what you have attempted, Baylor Chapman has all of the ingredients you’ll need. The author of the...

Pottery Shards for Drainage?

Pottery Shards for Drainage?If you’ve heard that you need pottery shards or rocks at the bottom of the pot for drainage when repotting your houseplants and find this extra step to be inconvenient, garden writer and radio show host C. L. Fornari has...

The Garden Plot

As the Worm Turns: The Garden PlotIf you love gardening and enjoying a good mystery, Marty Wingate has the perfect summer read for you. Her new book, The Garden Plot, shares the story of Pru, an American working as a gardener in England, who unearths...

Keep Your Houseplants Alive and Thriving

Keep Your Houseplants Alive and ThrivingDelighted is an understatement when it comes to my response to Nell Foster’s new book, Keep Your Houseplants Alive. For years I’ve preached that the key to growing healthy houseplants has nothing to do with...

Celebrate Indoor Gardening!

Celebrate Indoor Gardening!   National Indoor Plant Week is this month (September 15-19), and we’re celebrating! Established to create public awareness of the many attributes of indoor plants, the week gives us a chance to look at the myriad ways...

Grow Your Own Microgreens

Grow Your Own Microgreens Indoors! Interested in growing trendy, nutritious microgreens in your indoor vegetable garden? The new MicroGreenz kit allows you to do just that. Offering everything you need to grow these baby veggie shoots indoors, the...