Jul 17
Dill is a fast-growing annual herb prized for its feathery foliage, yellow flower umbels, aromatic seeds, and unmistakable fresh flavor. Botanically known as Anethum graveolens, dill is easy to grow from seed and can provide both fresh leaves and mature seeds from a relatively small garden space. Unlike many perennial herbs, dill completes its life …
Jun 15
Spider plants are among the easiest houseplants to propagate. Mature plants naturally produce long arching stems covered with small plantlets — often called spiderettes, babies, or pups — that can become entirely new plants with very little effort. Botanically known as Chlorophytum comosum, the spider plant is particularly forgiving because many of its plantlets begin …
Jun 15
Repotting is one of the most important parts of long-term plant care. As a plant grows, its roots gradually fill the container, potting mix breaks down, drainage can decline, and the plant may begin drying out much faster than it once did. Moving it into fresh soil — and, when necessary, a slightly larger pot …
Mar 05
With their glossy green leaves and striking red, pink, white, orange, or purple blooms, anthuriums can bring a distinctly tropical look to an indoor plant collection. Often called flamingo flowers, flamingo lilies, or laceleaf plants, anthuriums are especially popular because their colorful blooms can remain attractive for weeks at a time. Although anthuriums sometimes have …
Feb 16
Starting tomatoes from seed gives you access to far more varieties than you are likely to find as transplants at a garden center. Heirlooms, paste tomatoes, colorful cherry tomatoes, compact patio varieties, and unusual beefsteaks are all much easier to find when you begin with seed. The challenge is timing. Start tomato seeds too late …
Jan 22
An indoor herb garden can put fresh basil, parsley, chives, thyme, mint, and other flavorful herbs within arm’s reach of your kitchen throughout the year. You don’t need a backyard, greenhouse, or even much floor space. A bright windowsill, a handful of containers, and an understanding of what herbs actually need indoors can be enough …
Sep 03
Orchids have a reputation for being difficult houseplants, but that reputation is often undeserved. The problem is usually not that orchids are impossibly demanding. It is that they are cared for as though they were ordinary houseplants growing in ordinary potting soil. Many popular indoor orchids naturally grow with their roots exposed to air, attached …
