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Pistils Rx: Common Houseplant Care Misconceptions

Pistils Rx: Common Houseplant Care Misconceptions

Ever killed a houseplant? Don’t worry – we all have. As one of our favorite growers says, “You have to kill a plant to know how to keep it alive.”...
Terrarium Care: How To Care For A Terrarium with Succulents, Cacti and Tropical Plants

Terrarium Care: How To Care For A Terrarium with Succulents, Cacti and Tropical Plants

Terrariums, whether created with succulents, cacti or tropical plants, are like tiny universes. There is something fascinating and beautiful about a self-contained plant landscape within a glass vessel, and when...
Mounted Tropical Plant Care: How to Grow Epiphytic Tropical Plants

Mounted Tropical Plant Care: How to Grow Epiphytic Tropical Plants

In the home, the most familiar way of keeping a plant is potted in a planter. But the possibilities for indoor plant arrangements are quite broad, especially when you introduce...
Plant Crush: Meet The Tree Fern

Plant Crush: Meet The Tree Fern

Tree fern. The name sounds like a bit of a contradiction, as we’re used to thinking of ferns as the lush green plants that fill the understory of our Northwest...
Summer Plant Care: 8 Tips to Survive a Heat Wave

Summer Plant Care: 8 Tips to Survive a Heat Wave

The heat of summer is finally here! With temperatures set to soar into the high 90s and low 100s in the Pacific Northwest this weekend, the time is now to...
Pistils Rx: Troubleshooting Succulents and Cacti

Pistils Rx: Troubleshooting Succulents and Cacti

“I love succulents. They’re the only plants I keep alive.” We hear it every day. But then again, we also hear, “I hate succulents. I always kill them.” This may...
Pistils Rx: 5 Reasons your Houseplant’s Leaves are Turning Brown

Pistils Rx: 5 Reasons your Houseplant’s Leaves are Turning Brown

When we launched Pistils Rx a few weeks back, we got an outpouring of emails and comments from our readers asking plant questions. Thank you all for your photos and...
Spring Indoor Plant Care: 5 Steps to Happier Houseplants

Spring Indoor Plant Care: 5 Steps to Happier Houseplants

Here in the Maritime Northwest, spring has a habit of coming early. Some call it the “February Fake-out,” with sunny days, temperatures in the high 60’s and the Camellia trees...
Pistils Rx: Small New Growth on Indoor Plants

Pistils Rx: Small New Growth on Indoor Plants

It’s happened to all of us. Suddenly, your big, beautiful tropical plant is only putting out small new growth; tiny little leaves that look puny and immature compared to the...
5 Tips to Revitalize Houseplants (and Keep Them Alive in Winter)

5 Tips to Revitalize Houseplants (and Keep Them Alive in Winter)

It happens every year like clockwork: just before Thanksgiving, your houseplants look a bit droopy. Leaves start turning yellow, and they just look generally unhappy. This is a hard time...
How To Re-Pot Indoor Plants and 5 Reasons Why You Should

How To Re-Pot Indoor Plants and 5 Reasons Why You Should

The long daylight hours of late spring (and summer, for that matter) are like rocket fuel for indoor plants. With the higher temperatures and increased light, your plants just want...
Kokedama Care: How to Care for Kokedama String Gardens

Kokedama Care: How to Care for Kokedama String Gardens

Kokedama is a Japanese word that, simply translated, means “moss ball”. Sometimes called the “Poor Man’s Bonsai” or “string gardens,” the of art of binding plants into green, mossy orbs...