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Anthurium Ace of Spades – Highly Coveted and Gorgeous

In the COVID plant boom days, this particular Anthurium hybrid was one of the most highly coveted of all - and for good reason! It's a super dramatic plant, with rich, dark leaves and an almost iridescent shimmer to them. If you're building a dark-leaved plant...

The Lazy Guide to Growing Exotic Houseplants

In a post-COVID world, where the houseplant craze has died down and the bubble of insane prices has popped, it's super accessible to grab some fun houseplants to try. Or you're like me, and snagged a bunch as you came across them, and now you're trying to figure out...

How to Grow Lithops lesliei

I've been growing many of my lithops for several years now, and I'm far overdue for some detailed posts about the specific species in my collection! I'll start off with the popular and enormously easy to grow Lithops lesliei - a distinctive species with an enormous...
How to Grow and Care for Star Aloe Hybrids

How to Grow and Care for Star Aloe Hybrids

Aloe hybrids are a little harder to find information for in regards to care, particularly when you compare them to a specific species (which usually has locale data associated).  When you find an ambiguously labeled "star aloe hybrid", what should you do to encourage...

The Humble Split Rock: Pleiospilos nelii

The Humble Split Rock: Pleiospilos nelii

Originally printed in Volume 56, Number 04 of Espinas Y Flores - the San Diego Cactus and Succulent Society Newsletter for April 2021. For many of us, the experience of first spotting a split rock is the same: walking through the nursery or garden center, and you see...

Care Diary: Aloe Hybrid Collection Update

Care Diary: Aloe Hybrid Collection Update

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 pollination of...

Why I Shower With My Plants And You Should Too

Why I Shower With My Plants And You Should Too

You read that right. I'm that crazy plant lady who showers with her plants.  Before you hit that back button, let me explain. It's only my houseplants, and I'm not like, bathing with their leaves. We happen to have a shower large enough that I can stick a few in there...

Care Diary: Neoporteria senilis – or is it Eriosyce?

Care Diary: Neoporteria senilis – or is it Eriosyce?

Neoporteria or Eriocyse senilis is a goofy, frizzy looking cactus that is easy to grow, stays small, and produces the biggest display of brilliant flowers I've ever seen. They're uncommonly available, and are listed under either genus.  They're very variable, and have...