by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Sep 25, 2020 | Houseplant Care, Houseplant Watering
The phrase “evenly moist” is frequently used to describe how to water plants that do not like to dry completely. The problem is that “evenly moist” doesn’t provide a lot of clarity about how to achieve it successfully. The vagueness of...
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, Houseplant Confessions
I still lose 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 don’t always...
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...
by Colleen Coyle-Levy | Aug 18, 2020 | Houseplant Care, Plant Spotlights
Featured image by: Rob’t, https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/52979960 Whiteflies are sneaky little pests that hide in your plant and often go unnoticed until they’ve accrued large numbers. Today we’ll discuss more about these tiny pests and how...
