This guide is to let you know how easy it is to grow both tropical and hardy bananas in colder areas. It's so much fun to step outside your door--and right into your own little tropical paradise to unwind and...
Congratulations on choosing a potted banana plant for your interior landscape. You will find this to be an exciting, beautiful, and rewarding plant for your family. The following care tips will make this...
(This picture is of A Perry's Giant Sunburst lotus at Northern Tropics) A lotus is one of the ULTIMATE pond plants you can have in a Northern climate water garden for that WOW! factor. It's a real attention...
(A healthy lotus plant in my pond) This guide will walk you through how to get your lotus tuber off to a good healthy start, with a good outcome. I know I had to kill a few myself to learn how to properly...
I have listings on Ebay all the time for the "Hardy Musa Basjoo". These listings are sometimes met with a little skepticism! It does actually sound like I'm selling something too good to be true. I get that...
Victoria care instructions When your victoria arrives, unwrap it gently. It may be easier to float off the newspaper on the leaves in a bucket of warm water. Pot it into a large flowerpot with holes in the...
Get your tomato seeds off to a healthy start with these smart suggestions Use appropriate seed starting equipment. That doesn't mean you have to have to spend a lot of money. But do invest in a minimum...
Get your tomato plants off to a healthy start with these smart suggestions If you receive tomato plants in the mail: Unpack your plants right away, even if you can't plant them right then. They need light and...
For seed starting, I like to use 1/2 gallon orange juice paper cartons. The nice ladies at church save them for me. They like to help and recycle with things they usually throw away. (they also save shopping...