Houseplant Care — Home and Garden

What type of plant parent are you? Are you a nurturer that loves to shower your green babies with constant attention or rather someone who adores the idea of houseplants but actually caring for them causes a bit of anxiety? Here’s a little peek into our Plant Parent Personality Quiz to help identify your parenting style. We divided it up into three categories: Nurturer: a helicopter plant parent who showers each plant daily and often over does it with the watering bit!!  Consistent: you prefer a weekly schedule to care for your green friends Laid Back: you water &  feed your...

Here we learn which pot choices will provide you with the best plant parenting experience! Which pots are best to pair with your plants for your unique indoor gardening lifestyle. This method alleviates any extra stress or unexpected surprises and allows you to truly enjoy your green journey!

Mushrooms popping up in your houseplant soil? No need for concern friends. It’s actually a sign of good luck in some cultures! These saprophytic fungi don’t harm your plants and in fact, can even help them! This is a perfect opportunity to explore the relationship between soil microbes and how they interact with our houseplants! 

Ever been tempted to leave your fingerprint on the leaf of a chalky succulent or curious why some grapes are covered in that whitish bloom? Us too! So here's what we've learned. Epicuticular waxes are three dimensional crystals covering the outermost layer of most land plants. These waxes appear as a white, blush, grey, or our most favorite color of all...glaucous!