Category: Plant Care
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Best Practices for Caring for Houseplants
International Plant Appreciation Day is April 13 and is the perfect time to refresh your plant parent skills and make sure you are correctly caring for your houseplants. Are your plants getting enough water? Too much or too little sunlight? Did they get neglected during the winter months? We’re here to help. Guide to caring…
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Easiest Houseplants to Care for
Not everyone has a green thumb, but everyone can be a plant parent. There’s plenty of plants that are low maintenance and resilient – perfect for those who struggle to stay consistent in their plant care routine or have had issues with more demanding plants. If this describes you, try one of these more easy-to-care…
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Keeping Pets Safe Around Holiday Plants
Plants are a beautiful, traditional way to celebrate the holidays. However, some of the plants associated with Christmas are dangerous to our furry friends. If you have a pet and are planning to use live plants to decorate for the holidays, it’s important to know which plants are toxic to pets and how to keep…
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To get the most out of your poinsettia, treat it like the tropical plant it is
If you’ve watched the classic TV version of “Frosty the Snowman,” your heart probably sank when he stepped out of the cold and snow into a warm greenhouse. He melted in the heat, only to come back to life when Santa opened the greenhouse door and let a cold draft of air in. What you…
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Tips to Make the Most out of Your Annual Plants
We see them just about everywhere around this time of year in hanging baskets, patio pots and arranged beautifully in garden beds. Annual plants, such as petunias, geraniums and begonias to name a few, complete their life cycle within a years’ time. Being both fairly easy to care for and their ability to look stunning…
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Extending the Life of your Spring Bulbs
Even after the Easter Bunny has visited and the last eggs are hunted, Easter bulbs – such as daffodils (narcissus), hyacinths, and tulips will bring beauty and color into your home. In fact, you can make the flowers last a lot longer by following these few tips. The key to making the blooms last longer…
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Poinsettia Facts & Tips for this Christmas and Next
We typically think of the North Pole when it comes to Christmas, but the most popular holiday plant originates with our neighbor to the south. Poinsettias are native to Mexico and were introduced to the United States in 1825 by Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. In fact, Poinsett’s death…
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Need help sorting out clovers from shamrocks? You’re in luck
I’m looking over a four-leaf clover that I over looked before. Most of us have heard the song by that name, which also happens to be its first line. But you’re in rare company if you’ve actually come across a four-leaf clover in the wild. Your odds of finding one? One in 10,000, according to…
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Poinsettia primer: learning about and caring for the most popular holiday plant
We typically think of the North Pole when it comes to Christmas, but the most popular holiday plant originates with our neighbor to the south. Poinsettias are native to Mexico and were introduced to the United States in 1825 by Joel Roberts Poinsett, who was the first U.S. ambassador to Mexico. In fact, Poinsett’s death…
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5 things you should know about caring for annual plants
So you bought annual plants in a container at your local florist, garden center or home-improvement store. Annual plants – such as petunias, geraniums and begonias that complete their life cycles in one year – pose perennial challenges once you bring them home. Here are five things you should know about caring for your annuals:…