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Many Plants Contain White, Milky Latex. What is Its Purpose?

Many Plants Contain White, Milky Latex. What is Its Purpose?

by Lisa Steinkopf | Jan 4, 2023 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Flowers

Did you know that many plants contain a white, milky latex substance? What is it? What is its purpose? Let’s talk more about this and find out which houseplants contain latex and what it does for the plant. A drop of latex on a broken poinsettia leaf What is...
Plant Protection Can Be Dangerous. Spines and Sap Are No Joke

Plant Protection Can Be Dangerous. Spines and Sap Are No Joke

by Lisa Steinkopf | Sep 14, 2022 | BLOG, Cactus and Succulents, Foliage Houseplants, Houseplant Care

Plants protect themselves in many ways and plant protection can be dangerous. Some have spines and some have sap. Those things are no joke. Last weekend, I attended the combined Michigan Cactus and Succulent Society and SE Michigan Bromeliad Society show and sale. As...

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