GARDENER'S READING ROOM
Indoor Plants

Using Indoor Plants Outdoors
Practically every magazine or column that has anything to do with gardening has touted the indoor plant as a wonderful way to add variety, color and texture to the outdoor container in summer. Read more.

Bonsai: Getting Started
Bonsai is a fun and rewarding hobby, but as with any hobby, a little research can make the difference between success and failure in your introduction to this ancient and beautiful art form. Read more.

The (Nearly) Perfect Indoor Plant
Lucky Bamboo (not a bamboo at all but Dracaena sanderana) is nearly the perfect plant. Read more.

The Citrus in Winter
If your Improved Meyer Lemon doesn’t quite nestle on your coffee table, not to worry. You may be able to keep it outside year round! Read more.

Bean to Brew: Coffee as a Houseplant
Coffea Arabica may try your patience for six, or even ten, years before you brew that first pot of “homegrown” coffee. In the meantime,...Read more.

Beyond The Big Tropical Leaf
...Sky has one of the finest retail collections of cactus and succulents around...I can only brush the surface here, but I want to give you a better appreciation of the world beyond the Big Tropical Leaf. Read more.

How Low Can You Go?
(Light, that is)
Finding an indoor plant that will be reasonably happy in an area of your home that does not get very much light is not as difficult a task as you might think. Read more.

Not My Mother’s Philodendron
I confess, I’ve had a thing for Philodendrons for years. As far back as my youth, in fact, when I watched the roots of Mom's P. cordatum (oxycardium) cuttings fill the canning jar she kept on the windowsill ... Read more.

How Often Should I Water my Houseplants?
That’s the $64,000 question! The answer? When it needs it, of course! Now, before you throw that lovely philodendron at me, let me explain… Read more.

The Right Light
You walk into our Houseplant Department, ask for an “easy-care” plant, and the first thing out of our mouths is “How much light do you have?” Read More.

The Tropical Look - Outdoors or In
Mention “the tropics” and exotic images come to mind - soft and gentle breezes, warm rain, sun, and large, lush, vibrantly colored plants. Read More.

The Succulent Jade Plant
The Crassula family has about 300 species of succulent herbs and shrubs, native mostly to South Africa. The best known and most loved is Crassula argentea, better known as Jade Plant, Money Tree, or sometimes Chinese/Japanese Rubber Plant. Read more.

Citrus
Citrus species make beautiful houseplants with the added advantage of bearing edible fruit. Read more.

Exotic Orchids
Tropical paradises, royal conservatories, debutante corsages… orchids evoke images of the romantic, the unique, and the beautiful. Read more.

Houseplants for Low Lighting
Do our dim winter days (all 6 hours of them) sometimes get you down? You may feel you’ll go crazy from lack of light, but what of your poor houseplants? Read more.

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