Sun-loving blanket flowers are easy to grow and care for, bringing an explosion of color to the garden. This beloved wildflower is abuzz with butterflies and bees and has exceptional heat tolerance.

Plants bring life and colour into the kitchen, just as they do in any other room. Plants also create a companionable ambiance and there are many plants that improve air quality as well. Bright and ...

To prevent root rot from happening in the first place, make sure to use a potting soil mix made for African violets. Regular indoor potting soil holds too much water.

I love all things indoor PLANTS. I enjoy growing my plants in SOILESS media, yep, no soil! I primarily use LECA (clay balls) to grow my plants using hydroponics (semi-hydroponics). I love helping ...

I love all things indoor PLANTS. I enjoy growing my plants in SOILESS media, yep, no soil! I primarily use LECA (clay balls) to grow my plants using hydroponics (semi-hydroponics). I love helping ...

I Googled “grow African violets in terrarium” and hit pay dirt, so to speak. The online African Violet Resource Center is just one of the many sites where I found useful information.

4. Consider the pot. While it may seem counterintuitive, African violets flower better when they’re rootbound, and the plants may flower less in oversized pots.

African violets demand 10 to 14 hours of bright but indirect light with a temperature ranging around 20°C in the day and an eight-hour rest in the dark. Let no one say first love is easy. One needs to ...

Most African violets prefer only one "crown" per pot, meaning a whorl of leaves originating from one central main stem. Plus, chokecherry vs. aronia and squirrel’s ear adage.

Plants bloom best when slightly pot-bound. Often the plant can be lifted once a year and then groomed and reset back into its original pot with some fresh potting media or in a slightly larger one ...