Plant Profiles & Stories

Columnar Cacti: How to Choose the Right Space and Placement

Columnar Cacti: How to Choose the Right Space a...

Choose the right space for a columnar cactus by matching light direction, container stability, mature height and safe handling to your home or garden.

Columnar Cacti: How to Choose the Right Space a...

Choose the right space for a columnar cactus by matching light direction, container stability, mature height and safe handling to your home or garden.

Reading Willow Leaves to Choose Your Next Tree

Reading Willow Leaves to Choose Your Next Tree

Use willow leaf shape, alternate arrangement, margins and underside color to recognize species and select the right willow for your space, container or cut-stem display.

Reading Willow Leaves to Choose Your Next Tree

Use willow leaf shape, alternate arrangement, margins and underside color to recognize species and select the right willow for your space, container or cut-stem display.

Clean Orchid Tools After Repotting: Timing and a Durable Routine

Clean Orchid Tools After Repotting: Timing and ...

A practical guide to cleaning orchid tools after repotting: wipe blades immediately, wash pots before residue dries, disinfect when tissue was suspect, and store a ready kit for the next...

Clean Orchid Tools After Repotting: Timing and ...

A practical guide to cleaning orchid tools after repotting: wipe blades immediately, wash pots before residue dries, disinfect when tissue was suspect, and store a ready kit for the next...

Calendula Selection for Better Flowers, and How to Handle and Store What You Pick

Calendula Selection for Better Flowers, and How...

Learn how to select calendulas for flower form, color and stem quality, and how to pick, dry and store the flowers so they keep their condition.

Calendula Selection for Better Flowers, and How...

Learn how to select calendulas for flower form, color and stem quality, and how to pick, dry and store the flowers so they keep their condition.

Prickly Pear by Any Name: Reading Opuntia Names and Getting Its Light Right

Prickly Pear by Any Name: Reading Opuntia Names...

Understand opuntia botanical and common names, from prickly pear to nopal, and adjust growing-season light so pad growth stays firm, compact and flower-ready.

Prickly Pear by Any Name: Reading Opuntia Names...

Understand opuntia botanical and common names, from prickly pear to nopal, and adjust growing-season light so pad growth stays firm, compact and flower-ready.

Turmeric Varieties: Matching Species and Cultivars to Your Routine

Turmeric Varieties: Matching Species and Cultiv...

Compare culinary Curcuma longa with ornamental turmeric relatives, learn how cultivar differences affect harvest and display, and fit growing into an ordinary routine.

Turmeric Varieties: Matching Species and Cultiv...

Compare culinary Curcuma longa with ornamental turmeric relatives, learn how cultivar differences affect harvest and display, and fit growing into an ordinary routine.