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Imagine stepping onto a sun-drenched beach with the gentle lapping of waves in the background. The vibrant splash of color catching your eye is likely a stunning hibiscus flower, its petals unfurled like nature’s own cocktail umbrella. These iconic blooms intertwine so closely wi

I’ve been seeing a lot of those videos and posts floating around about whipping up the perfect plant food right from our kitchen scraps. Everything from banana peels to onion skins and coffee grounds is being touted as the best kept secret in plant nutrition. And I’ll be honest,

Hey there, green thumbs! Are your fingers green enough? Or are you one of the people posting questions like “Why are my plants not doing well?” or “What am I doing wrong?” Keep reading and you’ll find out not only what’s wrong with those questions, but also what you can do to ask

What is the first house plant you remember from your childhood? Mine is Hoya. The plant grown all over our living room’s window looked huge to little me. It was quite regularly in bloom and I loved to climb on the window sill and lick the sweet drops of nectar from the mesmerizin

Pineapple is probably the optimal exotic fruit anyone can grow indoors anywhere. Easy to plant, easy to grow and will produce a juicy, sweet pineapple within about 3 years.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Caladiums as house plants, when growing indoors in pots are a stunning addition to any room’s design and feeling. So this is an enigma to me how is it still almost unknown not only to an average home grower, but even to professional home plants’

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Sooner or later you might run into problems and this last chapter in the series I hope will help you to solve most of them. Plumeria problems anyway.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Do you need green fingers for flowering Plumeria indoors? Well, everyone can have green fingers. The secret is in understanding your plants’ needs and giving them what they want. There are only two reasons why your potted friends are not thrivi

If I did my job right in the previous posts in this series, and you are now eager to start growing your own Plumeria, this wonderful piece of tropics, in your home, then you have to make a decision: do you want sprout it from seeds or to plant a cutting. Certainly you can even pu

Plumeria is described as a small 6-25 ft (1,5-8 m) tree. Comparing to many other trees it is indeed can be considered small. However if we are talking about growing them indoors it is much larger than your average house plant. Luckily it has an ability, which will help us to fit

How to grow Plumeria or Frangipani, the essence of tropics, as your home plant indoors. Potted or in container. Introduction. Part 1 of 5.

If it would be up to me to give Fittonia a common name, I would call it Dollar-bill plant. Their leaves’ surface looks endurable rough and sophisticated at the same time, while the slightly raised veins seems to be stamped on the leaves with almost glowing paint. Somehow it is gi

A short video update, where besides bragging about my current blooms you can also get some advises on how to deal with different growing habits depending on Plumeria cultivar (long branched vs compact) indoors: pruning, flowering, branching.

Tropical plants are all about shape, size and color manifested in a way we seldom see in more modest temperate climate plants. One way to stand out among all lush greenery of tropical vegetation is to get yourself brightly colored foliage. Some plants are naturally good at it; ot

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Think about a dream holiday in tropics. Got it? I bet that the picture in your mind right now includes palm trees somewhere – boarding a white sand beach or around a luxurious pool. They are there. Tall and slender, crowned by majestic greenery