by Lisa Steinkopf | Mar 29, 2023 | BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Atrocities, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help
How many of you have bought plants that have glued rocks on your plants? It’s kind of annoying, to say the least. Why do companies put glued rocks on top of the plants? They say for ease of shipping so the soil stays put, and the plant stays upright. To...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Mar 18, 2023 | BLOG, Conservatory, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Profile
How do you care for lycopodiums? (Now in the genus huperzia) These plants are so weird and amazing. I first saw a Lycopodium (Huperzia) in Elvin McDonald’s book, The New Houseplant (page 45). It was a picture of a florist’s window in New York with one of...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Mar 8, 2023 | begonias, BLOG, Bromeliads, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Help
Did you know your houseplant is trying to tell you something? How? What is it saying? Of course, your houseplants aren’t going to suddenly develop the ability to talk. But they do have ways of communicating with you. Whether it is I’m cold, I’m...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Feb 8, 2023 | BLOG, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Flowers, Houseplant Help
Is your amaryllis bulb blooming? I planted mine after Christmas and it is blooming beautifully. Did you know it contains the chemical lycorine? What is it? Is it poisonous? Let’s find out more about lycorine. Amaryllis bulb gift You may have received a bulb for...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jan 30, 2023 | BLOG, Conservatory, Public Gardens
Have you been to the Brooklyn Botanic Garden? I went this past weekend while visiting New York and it was wonderful. Of course, not much was happening outside in January and I would like to revisit that. There were some snowdrops and forsythia blooming, but that was...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jan 15, 2023 | begonias, BLOG, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help
Is your houseplant at the permanent wilting point or can it be saved? First, what is the permanent wilting point or PWP? And is your houseplant at that point? Definition of Permanent Wilting Point The permanent wilting point is the point at which your plant has...
