by Jen Greene | Apr 16, 2021 | Aloes, Succulents
With spring in full swing in San Diego, many plants are starting to wake up. I’ll do a quick tour of my aloe hybrids in this post, which are beginning to really expand their growth or produce regular bloom stalks. I’ve been doing some intentional...
by Jen Greene | Mar 17, 2021 | Mesembs, Succulents
Caring for the Karoo Rose, or Lapidaria margaretae, is refreshingly easy and straightforward for a mesemb. Similar to Split Rocks, they are a fairly forgiving species that puts up with most novice mistakes. It’s the lone species in its genus, although it used to...
by Jen Greene | Mar 10, 2021 | Cacti, Succulents, Tropical Plants
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by Jen Greene | Mar 3, 2021 | Cacti, Succulents, Tropical Plants
Bless the internet. Thanks to people all over the world connecting online, the spread of information and online sales has skyrocketed. Pile on a great big heaping serving of global pandemic, and this past year has been absolutely bonkers for online sales, including...
by Jen Greene | Feb 24, 2021 | Cacti, Succulents, Tropical Plants
We all start somewhere. There’s no shame in being a beginner, and even less in making mistakes. The only thing to shame people about is how judgey and rude many experienced growers can be towards newbies. It’s also worth noting that often, the folks that...
by Jen Greene | Feb 17, 2021 | Echeveria, Succulents
Echeveria Bambino! A cute little hybrid I picked up from a Hawaiian importer that has some absolutely beautiful plants. This one was a hybrid I picked up because I thought, originally, it’d be a fairly pale and powdery hybrid (I was going through a distinct...
