Bromeliads are a dream to put into any room of your home if you are looking to feel as if you are in a tropical destination. They literally just need ample water, warmth, the right potting soil, and a copious amount of sunlight pouring into your room where they reside. Unfortunately, however, there are times …
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You must have seen the photos of Jellyfish Succulents on Instagram, thinking: Where can I get one of those? How so I have not heard about this type of succulent? Must be a new hybrid, I better check with my favorite garden center. You probably found out soon enough that “Jellyfish Succulent” is not a …
Spider plants, or Chlorophytum comosum, tick all the boxes to be great houseplants: easy to care for, likes a household environment, resistant to most pests and diseases, looks great. As a bonus, they even help clean the air in your home! There are a few things that can pose problems for your spider plants, causing …
Repotting succulents or in fact, any plants we are fond of, is daunting for most gardeners, even the more experienced ones. You have this beautiful Aloe that you love watching in the afternoon sun and you have to take it out of the soil and maybe kill it in the process? Things are really not …
Over time, indoor gardens have become an ideal decor choice for indoor spaces as they lend a touch of sobriety and class to the room arrangement. The Tillandsia family of air plants has slowly gained prominence in this context, thanks to the fact that they are both low maintenance as well as quite hardy. The …
Since I am having such great luck with my cactus plants, I decided to add another one to my collection. Off to the nursery for a stroll around and a cup of tea in the lovely tea garden. I spotted a gorgeous dark emerald green cactus covered with patches of lovely white woolly spines. These …
Getting a cactus home is a great place to start when it comes to indoor plants as these succulents require very, I repeat very, little care. Regardless of whether you are new to indoor plants or a cactus aficionado, they make a perfect addition to your house, especially the cute ones! They come in varied …
The Tillandsia Juncea, an epiphytic air plant, belongs to the Tillandsia family. Now, if you are not very well versed with the ways of air plants, the basics of it are that these are plants that do not need a soil base to grow. Basically, they go against the whole concept of how a plant’s …
Tillandsia Aeranthos is an epiphytic herb that grows natively in certain regions of South America, like Brazil, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina. Even though the Tillandsia Aeranthos is an epiphyte, you should still definitely consider making this a part of your lovely little balcony garden! Epiphytes are basically the plants that grow on other larger trees …
The Pencil Point Juniper, as this shrub is commonly known, is typical of the phrase ‘dynamite comes in small packages’. This tree, despite being smaller in size, is super hardy! Not at all what you would expect from this narrow and columnar-shaped plant. Botanically, this tree is known as the Juniperus communis ‘Pencil Point’. This …