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Care Diary: Echeveria hortencia
Echeveria hortencia was a succulent I was very happy to stumble upon last year - I love the dark colored, almost purple hues of the leaves. It looks exceptional when contrasted against anything with a slate blue or powdery white color, such as my Agave "Black and...
Winter Succulent Care and Selection: Choosing Beautiful Winter Growers
Ah, winter. The cacti all go to sleep, and the succulents start to put on a show. While cactus care in winter is pretty cut and dry - literally - succulents are a much more mixed bag. Some species go dormant and stop growing, while others happily continue to drink...
How to Care for Anthurium clarinervium
Anthurium Care is Definitely a Learning Curve Alternatively, "How I have almost killed my clarinervium, but it survived anyway" I love velvet-leaf Anthuriums. I love the velvety dark leaves, the striking contrast of the veins, the texture of the leaves, all of it. I...
Care Diary: Designer Aloe Hybrid “Krakatoa”
Aloe hybrid "Krakatoa" - designer aloe cultivar These are funky, fun looking hybrids. The word Krakatoa is Indonesian-ish in origin (people who study word etymology could probably give you a more detailed answer on that, but I present Wikipedia as where I'm grabbing...
Care Diary: Designer Aloe Hybrid, “Sidewinder”
Aloe hybrid "Sidewinder" - designer aloe cultivar I've been slowly accumulating aloe hybrids along with true aloe species, as there's plenty to enjoy about either. This hybrid, Sidewinder, was briefly available at one of my regular wholesale suppliers earlier this...
Care Diary: Designer Aloe Hybrid “Purple People Eater”
Aloe hybrid "Purple People Eater" - designer aloe cultivar This hybrid was what sealed it for me to try and start collecting more designer hybrids. At the nursery, these had a glowing look to them, and were distinctly unlike any hybrid I'd ever seen. This of course...
Care Diary: The Titty Cactus, or Myrtillocactus geometrizans var “Fukurokuryuzinboku”
Taking Care of the Titty Tower These cacti have been available in cultivation for a while, but only really reached viral levels of awareness recently. With the rise of Instagram-fueled popularity of certain species, these went from an uncommon cultivar to being one of...
Preparing Cacti for Winter Weather
Preparing for Winter - Yes, It Gets Cold in San Diego Based on my Instagram feed, most of the US started preparing their plants for winter a couple months ago. The main indicator that it's time to start winter prep is when the nights turn cold - once temperatures...
Care Diary: The Prayer Plant; Maranta leuconeura
This post contains affiliate links - updated 4/14/2024 Affiliate links help me pay for server costs! 🙂 The Prayer Plant - genus Maranta You either love these or hate them. Some people find them to be extremely challenging to grow houseplants, while others have no...
How to Grow Butt Plants, AKA Growing Lithops Succulents
Growing Lithops in Cultivation Poor, poor lithops. An extremely popular plant, in large part because it looks like you are growing a pot of butts, but one that is often poorly cared for and dies a slow, sad death at the hands of beginner succulent keepers worldwide....