by Lisa Steinkopf | Jul 28, 2020 | BLOG, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Help
Have you ever bought a waterlogged plant? The other day, I bought a small bird’s nest fern Asplenium nidus ‘Campio’. The potting medium was heavy and wet. Earlier in the year, I bought three African violets at my local grocery store that were sitting...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Mar 8, 2019 | BLOG, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Profile
I love ferns! Sometimes they don’t love me, though. I’m not the most consistent person when applying water and that is a big no-no with ferns. But, I have found a fern that is a forgiving, easy fern for the typical homeowner. Meet the Austral Gem fern...
by Lisa Steinkopf | Jul 30, 2017 | BLOG, Ferns, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care, Houseplant Profile
Did you know that fern spores look like scale insects? I did, but I hadn’t seen the spores all over a plant like brown dirt. I saw this beautiful fern the other day and wanted to buy it. At first glance, I thought it was dirty and may have an insect problem so...
