Cut lilies
Whether you grow your own or purchase them, lilies make great cut flowers to use in a vase or floral arrangements. When cutting fresh lilies from your garden to enjoy indoors, leave 1/2 to…
Propagate Christmas cactus
Root from stem cuttings Christmas cactus can be easily rooted from stem cuttings. Here’s how: Take a stem cutting of two to three joined segments. Let the stem cutting dry out for a few hours…
Jade plant care
Jade plant (Crassula argenta) also referred to Jade tree is grown an indoor houseplant that is easy to care for and can last for many years. It can also be grown outdoors in frost-free areas…
Cyclamen
The florist variety of cyclamen (C. persicum) was ‘the plant’ during the Christmas holiday in the Victorian era; today it is making a comeback in popularity. The name cyclamen comes from the Greek word circle…
Saving seeds
Saving seeds In growing a garden year after year, I find that I have accumulated many packages of garden seeds. Going through the inventory. Knowing that seeds don’t last forever, (well at least most seeds)…
