How did a tiny flower from the Usambara Mountains manage to win the countless hearts (and pots) across the globe? Because it is a queen. A bit spoiled, perhaps, and undeniably demanding, but what true tropical celebrity isn’t? Winter arrives, and Violet is ready to defy the weather (g)ods. Want Saintpaulia to show you what…
Roses were my first love in the garden. Sure, they’re a bit cliché and you see them everywhere, but that’s exactly why they’re so irresistible. If your bushes never make it through winter the way you hope, your cold-season maintenance routine is probably the missing piece. Today, I’ll show you how to mulch, prune, and…
A (part of the) secret to a low-effort yet beautiful garden lies in a concept called “hardiness,” which is a fancy way of asking, “Will this plant survive winter?” For us resourceful gardeners, it is the foundation of planting native. Native wildflowers are meant to succeed in your space because they’ve been there for centuries….
Amaryllis is one of the easiest bulbs to grow indoors, but it still gives people trouble. Every year I hear the same questions: “Why isn’t mine blooming?” or “What went wrong this time?” and it almost always comes down to a few simple mistakes. If your amaryllis is refusing to bloom or only putting out leaves, don’t worry….
Do your flowers always seem to bloom later than you’d like each spring? Only if you could get a slight head start… oh wait: you can! In today’s article, I’ll be taking you through a comprehensive list of flowers you can sow in winter to achieve an incredibly beneficial head start in spring. Let’s get…
As the last colorful petals drop, your chrysanthemums begin their slow descent into plant purgatory. Most people would see this as a sign to say goodbye, but not you. Instead of tossing them on the compost heap with the rest of this year’s bad decisions, what if you could give them a second life? Now…