There are a few houseplants that are only offered during this time of year, thus are pinned as the holiday houseplants. Their natural appeal enlivens an indoor space and adds beauty to the holiday season. They also make wonderful gifts! Holiday houseplants can be...
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Reviving Plant Roots | We Can Help Re-Pot Your Plant!
How Should Roots Look? Healthy roots look like noodles, and the ideal coloring you want to see is white or green. When plants are overwatered, or have been in a pot for far too long, then roots start to suffocate and die, turning dark, smelly and mushy. Under watering...
Tips for Growing Citrus in the Willamette Valley
Though it's too cold in the Willamette Valley to grow lemons, limes, and oranges as orchard crops, it is possible to grow them outdoors in the summer, and then move them inside for winter protection. Here are a few tips to help you make the most of your citrus plants:...
Caring for Your Christmas Cactus
Bring vibrant color into your home this season by growing a Zygocactus, AKA the Christmas cactus. Christmas cactus blooms are so unique because of their flower structure and variety of colors, the most common being red, fuchsia, pink, white, and orange. Rare colors...
Tips to Keeping Your Poinsettia Beautiful
The poinsettia is such a part of American holidays that you might assume that we inherited it, like so many other Christmas traditions, from old European sources. In truth, their history is both older and newer than you might think, and of a distinctively...
My First Houseplant
Let me tell you a little about my first houseplant, a Dracaena Marginata who now stands taller than me. Back when we were in the old building and I still made a wish list for Santa (I still try…) I asked him for this specific Dracaena that had just been delivered....