http://houseplants.today.com Grow Your Indoor Jungle! Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:28:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lowe's Website has a nice list of houseplants that are good for beginners (or those between a green and a brown thumb. Lowe's   To bad not all of the plants listed at Lowe's.com have pictures. I have three out of the four plants pictured in the "Dracaena" section. The one I don't ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/08/27/houseplants-for-beginners/  I have mixed feelings about putting different plants in the same pot. When it is done right it looks good (and hopefully the plants grow well together).   However, if you are not a good mixer you may end up with one or two dead plants. I, myself, am not good ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/08/27/to-mix-or-not-to-mix-that-is-the-question/ While surfing ( I was told people don't use that word anymore, lol) I found this site. It is A university's site so I trust the information more then I would one that wasn't, lol It has Pictures which I love and basic info about care of the plants. http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/interiorscape/gallery/index.html (<--Copy and ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/08/18/great-website-to-find-out-the-name-of-a-plant/ I am not really sure what this plant is but that don't really matter for this post. It is about the way it grows, many plant grow ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/08/18/what-to-do-with-a-climbing-plant/ Since I have traumatized my plants moving I decided to give them all new soil. I even sprang for the good stuff. It has those fertilizer balls that continuously feed the plants. The bag says for up to 9 months. During my re-potting I did some condensing. ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/08/11/new-soil-for-all/ Reading through my posts and comments, I seen that someone scolded me for "giving advice" on things "I know nothing about". I have never claimed to be a professional plant grower, nor have I ever said that I know everything about plants. I am just someone that ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/07/29/i-am-not-a-professional-and-dont-play-one-on-tv/ I wanted to grow some herbs this year, but I always think about starting them to close to winter. I had some curly leaf parsley I started from seeds but I neglected it for a few days and it died. Which is a shame, since it takes 3-4 ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/07/29/parsley-parsley/ I counted my plants today, the total is 28 or 30. It depends on weather you count the pots with two of the same plant. If you do, then the higher number is the tally. I did not count the cuttings I have in water, because they may ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/07/29/plant-tally/ It has been a long time since I have blogged here. I have had a lot of stuff to deal with. The most traumatic for my plants was the move. The taller ones had to travel in the trailer and got a little beat up from the ... http://houseplants.today.com/2009/07/10/it-has-been-a-while/ I am almost sure that this is a jade plant. Jade plants are classified as “cacti/Succulent". I did not buy this plant, I cut a chunk (with roots) out before my mother-in-law gave her plant away. At the time, I had ... http://houseplants.today.com/2008/10/20/jade-plant/