A Vine For Every Space: How to Grow Our Favorite Creepers
The cool, moist and temperate weather makes spring an ideal time for planting. There are few better ways to quickly add height, color and texture to the garden than with...
5 Things You Didn’t Know About Epiphytes: A Visit to Orchídeas Moxvinquil
A few weeks back, Jesse had the opportunity to visit the Moxvinquil Orchid Preserve in San Cristóbal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico. The sprawling preserve is a veritable cornucopia of...
Five Reasons You Need Indoor Plants: The Many Benefits of Houseplants
Okay, given that plant obsession is essentially a job requirement here at Pistils, we’re a bit biased. But since we spend so much time around houseplants — both in the...
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...
Top Ten Low Light Terrarium Plants
We love terrariums. They’re like little universes that you can curate and style to your green thumb’s content. After all the work and love that goes into planning, planting, decorating,...
Mounted Jungle Cactus Care: How to Grow Rhipsalis, Hatiora and Other Epiphytes
The idea of a “jungle cactus” sounds like a contradiction at first. Jungles are hot, humid, lush and green, and cacti grow in the arid, sun-scorched desert. Jungle cactus? How’s...
Marimo Moss Ball Care: How to Grow and Care For Marimo Moss
Marimo Moss Balls are one of our very favorite plant discoveries of the last few years. Marimo are equal parts bizarre and beautiful, and Marimo moss ball care is very...
Staghorn Fern Care: How To Water, Grow and Care for Mounted Staghorn Ferns
It’s a fact: staghorn ferns are stunning. Mounted on a board, wrapped in vintage burlap, and hung a wall, these plants are truly living works of art. There are dozens of...
Plants and Pets: Our 10 Favorite Pet-Safe Indoor Plants
All too often in our nursery, people fall in love with a plant, only to remember, to their dismay, that not all houseplants are pet-safe. “Is this plant safe for...
Air Plant Care: How To Care For Air Plants, Aeriums and Tillandsia Mounts
The term “Air Plant” is actually a bit misleading. Members of the Tillandsia genus are so called not because they can thrive on air alone, but because they require no...
Hoya Plant Care: How to Grow Wax Plants and Get Them to Bloom
If you remember a vine creeping around your grandmother’s kitchen, chances are it was a Hoya plant. This tropical indoor plant — often called a “Wax plant” due to its...
Easy Indoor Plants: Our Top 5 for the Horticulturally Challenged
“I kill plants.” We hear that phrase time and time again in the nursery. People want to bring plants into their homes or give them as gifts to people they...