HERE'S A DILEMMA YOU MIGHT BE FACING -- What to do with the hyacinths, tulips, and other bulbs you forced for indoor winter-bloom. In truth, some of these bulbs are worth keeping for future enjoyment outdoors. Others, not so much. Here's how I determine the fate of my own, myriad forced bulbs, and how I care for the keepers: Read more » Forced Bulbs: What to Keep, What to Toss
March 19, 2013
HERE'S A DILEMMA YOU MIGHT BE FACING -- What to do with the hyacinths, tulips, and other bulbs you forced for indoor winter-bloom. In truth, some of these bulbs are worth keeping for future enjoyment outdoors. Others, not so much. Here's how I determine the fate of my own, myriad forced bulbs, and how I care for the keepers: Read more » How to Separate and Pot African Violet Babies
March 4, 2013
I CAN ASSURE YOU that African violets are very easy to propagate. Just stick a stem in damp soil, provide abundant humidity, and in eight weeks time you'll be greeted with numerous new plants. What the babies look like, and how to separate and pot them successfully: Read more » Now in Bloom, February 2013
February 2, 2013
YESTERDAY, I had great fun photographing the houseplants in the music room window. Would you like to meet these bloomers and perfumers? Say "hello" in this show-and-tell photo gallery (and I hope you'll tell me what's growing in your own window garden): Read more » African Violets: How to Achieve Constant Bloom
November 27, 2012
I LOVE AFRICAN VIOLETS (Saintpaulia ionantha) and can never have enough of them. They sex up my windows. They provide dazzling decoration for my tabletops and mantels. They even provide gift-plants, because a single leaf will produce multiple babies. To keep the plants in constant bloom, I give them everything they want: Read more » Forcing Fun: Tropical Narcissi
November 20, 2012
WHY DID I PLANT OODLES OF TROPICAL NARCISSI THIS MORNING? Well, because I want oodles of fragrant flowers to set among my holiday greens. I also wanted to put my collection of Window Garden, November 2012
November 10, 2012
YES, I KNOW IT'S NEARLY WINTER, but the plants in my upstairs bath are convinced that June has arrived. Would you like to meet these intrepid bloomers? Say "hello" in this photo gallery, and then I hope you'll tell me what's blooming in your own window garden: Read more » Davallia fejeensis: The Rabbits-foot Fern
October 29, 2012
IF YOU CAN'T HAVE A DOG OR A CAT IN YOUR HOME, at least obtain a Rabbits-foot fern (Davallia fejeensis). The plant's rhizomes are as soft and pet-able as a beagle's ears. The flowing, medium-green foliage which emerges from the rhizomes is remarkable, too. Davallia makes the perfect foil for Persian cyclamens (above), African violets, and other flowering subjects. How to propagate and care for this friendly fern: Read more » 
