Have you ever used house plants as a living color arrangement?

Arranging living house plants and flowers like bromeliads and orchids, can be used just like cut-flower arrangements. It’s always a matter of personal taste - there are no rules or restrictions except those imposed by the space available, and the needs of the particular plants you want to use. You can literally fill a room in your home with plants or satisfy your urge for an indoor garden by growing a miniature jungle in a terrarium. . . .

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People who are accustomed to seeing my outdoor gardens (which, if I do say so myself, look pretty good) are often surprised to find out that I am terrible at...

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I love houseplants, as I mentioned in my previous post, so I can't even tell you how excited I am to see that we now have a houseplant expert on...

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Sometimes you find them in the places where you'd least expect them. And when you do find them, you're not quite sure what you've found. But there's something strangely compelling about them and before you know it, it's on its way to a new home - yours.

This week, while waiting to get my Medrol Dosepak prescription filled, I had to kill some time walking around one of our local Meijer stores. Meijer has a rather nice garden center and many of my plants have been purchased there, so of course I had to take a look. It was raining, windy and cold out there, so it was a very quick look, but I'd already seen what they had to offer last Saturday in Defiance, after attending The Lilac Festival. . . .

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Repotting plants is not hard to do, but it can be a little scary to uproot and move a plant that seems fine where it is. Still, every plant...

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Healthy growing houseplants need repotting from time to time. How often you should repot depends on the growth rate of your plant. Fast-growing plants may need repotting annually, while slow-growing plants may require repotting every two to three years. Some plants actually do better when potbound.

When new growth starts in the spring, flip the potted plant upside down and remove the plant. A plant can be removed easily from its pot if the lip o...

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I learned this from my mother in law. I pinches two leaves off another plan and dipped the tips in rooting hormone. Then I planted.


You don't water them the normal way, you instead fill up the saucer.

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When I moved to the Sonoran Desert, I took the time to select out the plants that I thought had a fighting chance of survival down here.  I still took a lot of losses that first summer. 

There is no way to understand the impact of that low humidity/high heat until you live through several months of it.  Michigan one year had a week of weather that was in the high 90s with 'low' humidity of around 40%.  Ha ha.  Low?  Low is 4% - how little did I know. . . .

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Between gala preview parties, family holidays and deadlines, deadlines, deadlines, Maria and I actually have had one or two chances to deliver some UGJs and chat with our customers (and their customers). At Ebenezer Greenhouse in West Seneca, Maria found this fantastic flowering jade—the owner's grandmother had given him the cutting, apparently quite a few years ago.

OK, so it's a greenhouse plant, not a houseplant per se, but still.

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Posted by Jane M. Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-03-28, 06:19:06

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On Sunday, Kylee (who blogs at Our Little Acre) posted pictures of her Crown of Thorns plant, euphorbia milii. Kylee was talking about the Crown of Thorns in light of Easter weekend, and she shared some info about its culture as a houseplant as well. Hers blooms a lovely pink-red, but that wasn't what caught my eye.

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How can I make my nearly pot-bound clivia bloom? It's about 12 years old and has never flowered. (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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I have a large spathiphyllum plant. How do I get it to bloom? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Lately, I've noticed that more and more designers are having fun with indoor planters. From miniature pink flamingos for your cacti to "treehouses" for your ficus, decorating your houseplants is definitely big. . . .

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Believe it or not, there are some indoor plants that are almost impossible to kill! Sound to good to be true? Watch this video for suggestions from garden designer, Shirley Bovshow.

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The crocus are reluctant to bloom in the cold or cloudy days so I took some indoor pictures instead. We have some African violets in bloom. I used my homemade lens setup and took some macro photos. I wasn't even aware of the aphid on the light blue flower. Pretty cool what a macro photo can reveal! . . .

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This question comes up all the time. mmcdannells wrote: “What are your ideas to keep my kids cats off my plants? They have yet to go to the...

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How do I take care of a sick spider plant? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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I have a sick bonsai tree and need help. (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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WTF?

Last october I was having a fit about the information a so-called expert, Dottie White, was giving about plants on local TV.

Oops, she did it again. . .

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Posted by Tina Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-02-20, 05:47:33

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Zamioculcas zamiifolia is commonly called the "ZZ plant" in the trade. I find the ZZ to be an exceptional performer in any light. Especially the low light levels where few plants grow well.

This plant has very dark green, shiny foliage. In fact you would think that the plant has been shined. The ZZ carries a unique look which allows it to be used as a stand alone specimen but can also ...

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Everything Old Is New Again

~ 'Retro' AFRICAN VIOLET

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How should I care for my indoor cyclamens and azaleas? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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With winter's presence there is not much to blog about in the department of gardens. Yesterday I transplanted my sad little lemon button fern into a bigger pot and I also cleaned up some of it's dead fronds. My winter has been consumed with being sick, getting better, getting sick again, getting rash from medicine, school, and homework.

Here are a few pictures

 of our dogs enjoying the winter...

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When I bring my houseplants into the house at the end of summer, they seem to sprout bugs, whereas they were bug-free outside. What's up? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Since Pie Guy rescued these plants from the restaurant and gave them to GB and I, mine has nearly died at least 5 times.

I planted them both in one of the plastic pots that the charlie brown shrubs came in and put the pot in the kitchen so that I could enjoy it and keep an eye on it. The trouble is that my kitchen gets almost no natural light. Its one small east facing window just wasnt providing enough light and within a week, many of the leaves fell off and it looked near death. . . .

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When I walked into the room, my attention was drawn to the three African Violets sitting on the Baker's rack in the south window. One was violet (well, sure!), one pristine white, and one frilly purple and white. . . .

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Posted by Kylee Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-01-31, 06:18:15

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From left, Cyclamen, Dracaena (Corn plant) 'Limelight', Spathiphyllum (Peace lily)

Before buying an indoor plant, it's important to determine whether it's right for your home, and the most important requirement to consider is the amount of light that will be available. . . .

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Posted by Jessica Damiano Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-01-31, 06:17:40

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What's a gardener to do in the middle of winter? Well I don't know what you're doing but I'm keeping busy with indoor gardening projects like making a Terrarium. It's pretty easy to make your own Terrarium and I like the way they look. The project will also help take your mind off of the fact that you're stuck in the darkest, coldest days of winter. . . .

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Houseplants ... indoor gardening so we can play in the dirt.

As the end of January approaches the need for gardening intensifies. . . .

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If there's a plant which I find easy to grow, it's Epipremnum aureum, commonly known as Hunter's Robe. That's the plant in the photo.

If that last paragraph had you reaching for the comment button to tell me I got it wrong - hold on. How about Scindapsus aureus, Pothos aureus and Raphidophora aurea? Oh, and as a common name, Devil's Ivy, Taro Vine or Silver Vine. Or Golden Pothos. Or Ceylon Ivy. Or my favourite - Centipede Tongavine. Yep, all the same plant. . ..

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Are there any common houseplants that you can't kill -- at least not without malice on your part? You bet there are, and About's Gardening Guide, Marie Iannotti features 6...

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This photo is called "No Drugs" and was taken by Jo Simon. You find more of his photos and his flickr-profile here.

It's worth saying more than once; doing drugs is stupid. While surfing YouTube for interesting movies for indoor gardeners, I come across many that are about illegal growing of cannabis - kid you not, more than 75% percent of my hits are about ganja. If I ever see a human in the movie he (I have yet to find a she) often wears an attitude of Doing The Right Stuff (tm). . . .

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Cultivating thriving houseplants can be tricky—after all, you have to keep them away from Fido, maintain sufficient humidity, and give them lots of TLC. So uprooting them from their current location and moving them to a new home while still keeping them in tip-top shape? That can be just as daunting as packing mirrors or framed pictures. . . .

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Posted by Katie Reblogged by Old Roses to houseplants on 2008-01-26, 06:12:26

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What is a good indoor plant for a beginner? (answer).

From The Old Farmer's Almanac.

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Choosing the right method of watering and the right watering tool can make a difference in how your indoor garden grows.
• Our dendrobiumorchid is potted in chunky bark. Every week or so, I take it to the kitchen sink set the pot in a dish of water and let it sit for an hour or two. Next, it's placed on rack for a couple of hours to drain. . . .

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