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Super-plants for the New Year: the best houseplants for beginners
Cultivate your green thumb this new year with these virtually indestructible super-plants. -
Jazz Up Winter Jasmine with Keiki Paste
This tutorial shows to use Keiki paste for new stem growth on your Winter jasmine (Jasminum polyanthum) – one of the few winter-flowering houseplants. -
Grow A Garden In Time For Spring
Mid-winter is the perfect time to plan a spring garden. Although spring seems far away, you can do a lot now to make your job easier come March. -
Keiki care for baby Ficus
This tutorial shows how to encourage new leaves on a young Ficus elastica with Keiki paste.
Ficus is a popular tropical houseplant with large oval leaves. They can be trailing or upright, and colors range from dark green to green and cream variegated. -
Crassula marginalis rubra 'Variegata'
This tutorial shows how to boost Crassula marginalis rubra 'Variegata' growth with Keiki paste.
Crassula marginalis rubra 'Variegata' is a bushy, trailing succulent with long delicate stems and rosy, heart-shaped leaves. -
Pep up your Prayer Plant with Keiki Paste
This tutorial shows to grow new shoots and leaves on your Peperomia dolabriformis, also known as the Prayer Plant. -
Keiki-paste for mega-monsteras: Monstera Adansonii
Monstera are a favourite of houseplant lovers. The most popular varieties are Adansonii which have hole-y leaves and Deliciosa which has leaves with toothed edges. -
Top 5 houseplant blogs
Here are our top houseplant blogs to keep you busy through the darker months. Each is a labor of love: niche, in-depth, and written either by one person or a small team. -
When and How to Repot Orchids
Orchids are incredible houseplants. They live for years with minimal care and produce the most fantastic blooms. Keeping an orchid happy and healt... -
Fertilizing House Plants Do's and Don'ts
Fertilizing isn't complicated, yet so many people struggle to do it correctly. That's understandable with so much contradictory information. Houseplants are just as likely to be over-fertilized as under-fertilized, and it is important to understand the reasons why. Applying fertilizer at the right time and in the right amount goes a long way in ensuring the vitality of your houseplant. -
How to Plant, Stake, and Prune Tomatoes, Part II (Staking and Pruning)
All tomato plants need to be supported and pruned. Tomato plants that aren't given adequate support or pruning will topple over quickly and become a jungle of branches. Most importantly, though, without this care, they will not produce healthy, prolific fruit. -
DIY Greenhouses
A greenhouse is invaluable to any gardener. Greenhouses extend growing seasons, provide extra space for plants, and supply specific microclimates a plant may need.
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