by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Sep 21, 2020 | Houseplant Care, Plant Spotlights
The plant responsible for the vanilla beans used to flavor many desserts and sweets is an orchid, known scientifically as Vanilla planifolia. This orchid is primarily grown for commercial vanilla bean production, but it can also be grown as a beautiful and novel...
by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Sep 10, 2020 | Houseplant Care
I still kill houseplants. There, I said it. While I don’t consider myself to be an expert, I do consider myself to be a successful plant parent keeping many, many plants alive. However, even with the knowledge and experience I have, plants die. And I bet even...
by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Sep 3, 2020 | Houseplant Community
Many people in the houseplant community have been discussing how COVID-19 has brought an influx of new and intense enthusiasts. The new wave of enthusiasts has resulted in an extremely high demand for houseplants. Because growers’ supply cannot keep up with the...
by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Sep 1, 2020 | Houseplant Care, Plant Spotlights
The prices of less-common houseplants have skyrocketed this year! Demand for houseplants is booming now because of quarantine and COVID, and many plants have become too expensive for most folks. Seeing how limiting this can be, YouTube’s Crazy Plant Guy...
by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Aug 25, 2020 | Houseplant Care, Plant Spotlights
I have a dirty little secret to admit. Many venus flytraps have died in my care over the course of my life. I can remember buying a Venus flytrap as a young child and watching it dwindle despite my family’s effort to keep it alive and healthy. To be fair, we did...
