Here’s my newest houseplant and Plant of the Month, a variegated Schefflera Arboricola, also known as the Umbrella Plant. It’s native to Hawaii, and couldn’t be more welcome in my apartment right now. Having been snowed in all last weekend and a few days this week, it has been a welcome sight.
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I have been going completely crazy for the past week or so, just waiting for the day when I can take my plants outside for good! We’ve had golf ball sized hail, rain, and snow all in the last week. I don’t know what the heck Mother Nature is thinking, but this just [...]
Jade plants are my favorite houseplant, and are also one of the plants that I think I know the most about. I started with one or two of them, and over time that number has increased to the six Jades that I have now. Propagation of Jades is very easy!
When I [...]
The weather has been terrible lately; everything was covered in about 1-2 inches of ice, and now it’s just been cold and snowy. I was bored all weekend, and there haven’t been any significant developments with my little seedlings. I have just been worrying that they aren’t getting enough sunlight each day; [...]




