Plant Profiles & Stories

Willow Leaves, Light and the Difference Between a Passing Sulk and a Real Problem

Willow Leaves, Light and the Difference Between...

Learn how willow leaves reveal photosynthesis at work, and how to tell a passing adjustment to weather or transplanting from a light, water or soil mismatch that needs a real...

Willow Leaves, Light and the Difference Between...

Learn how willow leaves reveal photosynthesis at work, and how to tell a passing adjustment to weather or transplanting from a light, water or soil mismatch that needs a real...

Ginkgo Indoors: Choosing a Container and Display Setup That Fits a Living Fossil

Ginkgo Indoors: Choosing a Container and Displa...

Grow and display ginkgo biloba indoors. Understand its structure, light needs, deciduous rhythm, and how a sturdier pot expands display possibilities.

Ginkgo Indoors: Choosing a Container and Displa...

Grow and display ginkgo biloba indoors. Understand its structure, light needs, deciduous rhythm, and how a sturdier pot expands display possibilities.

Two Water Lilies, Two Different Flowers: Reading Inflorescence Structure

Two Water Lilies, Two Different Flowers: Readin...

Learn how water lily flower arrangement, stalk height and opening times differ between hardy and tropical types, and use these structural clues to choose and site pond plants.

Two Water Lilies, Two Different Flowers: Readin...

Learn how water lily flower arrangement, stalk height and opening times differ between hardy and tropical types, and use these structural clues to choose and site pond plants.

Violet Leaves and Stems: How to Choose When One Detail Is Missing

Violet Leaves and Stems: How to Choose When One...

Read violet leaf and stem structure to place and grow unidentified violets. Learn how petioles, crowns, runners and rosettes guide practical decisions.

Violet Leaves and Stems: How to Choose When One...

Read violet leaf and stem structure to place and grow unidentified violets. Learn how petioles, crowns, runners and rosettes guide practical decisions.

The Overlooked Color of Cacao: Reading Bark, Leaves and Pods

The Overlooked Color of Cacao: Reading Bark, Le...

Appreciate the overlooked color forms and textures of the cacao tree, from bronze leaf flushes and pale trunk-borne flowers to the shifting rind color of ripening pods.

The Overlooked Color of Cacao: Reading Bark, Le...

Appreciate the overlooked color forms and textures of the cacao tree, from bronze leaf flushes and pale trunk-borne flowers to the shifting rind color of ripening pods.

Lotus Readiness: Judging Plants, Rhizomes and Seeds by Category

Lotus Readiness: Judging Plants, Rhizomes and S...

Learn to read lotus product categories by life stage: dormant rhizome, seed and growing plant, plus growing tips, timing, containers and the leaf-to-flower signs of readiness.

Lotus Readiness: Judging Plants, Rhizomes and S...

Learn to read lotus product categories by life stage: dormant rhizome, seed and growing plant, plus growing tips, timing, containers and the leaf-to-flower signs of readiness.