Despite having the moniker, pregnant onions—otherwise known as false sea onions or German onions—aren’t even alliums. They’re neither related to onion nor garlic. Rather, this interesting bulbous plant is more closely related to asparagus and hyacinth! A pregnant onion is a perennial bulb that has long strap-like green leaves developing in a rosette arrangement. Each…
I’d say that rubber plants are a houseplant staple so it’s surely not a great sight when they become all droopy and sad-looking. Can you save a drooping rubber plant? The good news is, yes—you can make your droopy rubber plant stand lively again! A rubber plant can droop and have wilting leaves because of…
As fussy as some people make them out to be, it is pretty easy to propagate Boston fern. With the correct materials, clean tools, and knowledge of the most practical methods of propagating these lovely ferns, you’re sure to multiply a single pot in no time! Boston ferns can be successfully propagated at home through…
Pesticides and traps—these were often the solutions my gardener friends recommend when it comes to getting rid of fruit flies. But rather than buying all kinds of strong chemical insecticide sprays, I realized that it was actually much more practical and effective to create simple baited traps at home. Save money and the environment (and…
Going by many names, pilea plants are an unusual but undeniably interesting addition to many plant lovers’ collections—mine included. The almost perfect round leaves of the Chinese money plant are definitely its selling feature. So what’s a home gardener to do when it starts curling? More importantly, why do pilea leaves curl up and down?…
You don’t actually need a lot of light or space to keep a thriving peperomia at home or in your office. Whether you’re gunning for the bold Burdgundy ripple peperomia or the dual-toned Variegata, you won’t need to put a lot of effort into making sure it stays alive and healthy! To successfully grow emerald…