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• Florist's Cyclamen

  If you love hardy cyclamen (Cyclamen coum or Cyclamen hederifolia) outdoors, you will want to have some indoors to tide you over the winter months. Fortunately, at this time of year, you can find "florist's cyclamen" (Cyclamen persicum)... Posted Nov 17 2008, 10:00 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: indoor gardening, cyclamen, cyclamen persicum, florist's cyclamen

• Hibiscus Woes

  A friend of mine has a potted tropical hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis) that has been a garden delight over the summer and early fall months. Now, however, it's in the house and it's unhappy--dropping leaves and giving a good approximation of... Posted Nov 06 2008, 06:07 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: indoor gardening, tropical plants, tropical hibiscus, hibiscus rosa-sinensis

• Great Big Bulbs

  In my house, it wouldn't be the holiday season without a few amaryllis sprouting in the sunny dining room window. There is something wonderful about the big, ostrich-egg size bulbs that adults, kids and everyone in between respond to. The plant also... Posted Nov 05 2008, 05:55 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: indoor gardening, hippeastrum, gift plants, amaryllis

• Coleus Tips

  If the frosts have not touched your annuals yet, take a good look at any coleus plants that are still in good shape. To add some color to your indoor landscape, try taking cuttings from last summer's coleus. Clip off several mature coleus stalks that... Posted Oct 22 2008, 05:35 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: indoor gardening, winter gardening, cuttings, coleus

• February in Bloom

  There are times when it seems that all the trouble that I take cultivating indoor plants is not worth it. Then there are times like yesterday. I walked into my dining room--which doubles as a conservatory in the winter months--and there were not only... Posted Jan 31 2008, 09:17 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: paperwhites, indoor gardening

• Tropicals

  I love tropical plants--the brilliant flowers, colors and luxuriant plant forms. In my dreams I have a large green house filled with bountiful citrus trees, vibrant bougainvillea, fragrant clerodendrum and gorgeous brugmansia. Some plant or other is in... Posted Jan 10 2008, 05:22 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: house plants, indoor gardening, tropical plants

• In Praise of Kalanchoe

  You may not know its name, but kalanchoe is everywhere right now. Last week I went to the grocery store, the Home Depot and the local garden center and I saw kalanchoe plants in each place. Now that the holidays are over and the decorations are stowed... Posted Jan 05 2008, 09:52 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: house plants, indoor gardening, kalanchoe

• Indoor Garden

  In the winter my dining room doubles as a conservatory, with the built-in bench that runs along the bowed wall on the south end serving as home to most of my houseplant collection. I am fond of them, but they have always played second fiddle in my affections... Posted Dec 15 2007, 06:28 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: house plants, indoor gardening

• Scratchings

  I love my plants and I love my cats. Both cats are great gardeners, supervising the planting, pruning and tending during the growing season and the watering and repotting activities during the winter. Unlike some other pets of my acquaintance, they do... Posted Dec 02 2007, 05:06 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: indoor gardening, cats

• In From the Cold

  For the past eight weeks the first floor of our old house has been torn apart as contractors rebuilt the floors. My houseplants spend the late spring, summer and early fall outside, and normally I would have brought them back in sometimes in September... Posted Nov 26 2007, 09:50 AM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: house plants, indoor gardening

• House Plants

  Now that the garden is somewhat quieter, my thoughts have turned to the state of my house plants. I have quite an array--from a large lemon tree that I have had for more than two decades to a tiny little auricula-type primrose that I bought last spring... Posted Nov 08 2007, 06:08 PM by Elisabeth with | with no comments Filed under: house plants, indoor gardening