My Thanksgiving Cactus
Stephanie shares about what one plant can mean
Stephanie shares about what one plant can mean
Rooting African Violets Last July, I wrote about how my granddaughter Zoe and I decided to try to root some African Violet leaves from my mother’s 50-plus-year-old plant. The one I had ended up with root rot. At the…
Check out Stephanie’s African Violet
My Poor African Violets I have been watching all my African Violets slowly die over the last few weeks. I have had a pit in my stomach, hoping they would pull out of it. But then, last week, I just…
One of the best things we can do is sign up at our local independent garden centers for their newsletters and social media accounts. This way, you will be like me, one of the first to know when something special…
February is all about love and flowers! Roses and Orchids. So many orchids. Read about Stephanie’s conversation with the Orchid Lady plus, save the date for the National Capital Orchid Show and & Sale at Homestead Gardens this month.
Sonja Behnke Festerling’s African Violets are over 45 years old and still growing strong!
Stephanie shares about her Rabbit’s Foot Fern and explains how and why she and her husband decided to re-pot it.
Gift Ideas for Valentine’s Day besides a box of chocolate. Take a trip to your local independent garden center to check out all the different ways to say, “I love you!” With plants, of course!
It is said that “familiarity breeds contempt.” I think contempt is a strong word. We do crave things that are new. But most of us dine on the familiar or “comfort food” most of the time. It’s the same with plants.
Many people ask just “what is the difference between a Thanksgiving Cactus and a Christmas Cactus”? One of our experts at the garden center explained it like this…
There are a number of cultivars of Peace Lily. I have a big pot of one of the shorter ones that looks nice now, but no flowers. On the other hand, the taller more open one, ‘Mauna Loa,’ has a half dozen large, white, long-lasting blooms.