What's up with my basil plant?

Hi all! Can you help me diagnose my basil plant? ... read full post

Hi all! Can you help me diagnose my basil plant? ... read full post

Left to right. It's mother-in-law tongue, dried eucalyptus, big boston fern, and a split-leaf philadendron getting some roots! 😃


She has such cute leaves! She was my first ever hoya.
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I was given a dying hibiscus by a customer last summer. I nursed it back to life and it was doing great. However the heat in my shop is a blast furnace and half of the building is over 100f while there other half is a frozen wasteland.
There hibiscus did not stay green over the winter and i feared the worst. But this afternoon i noticed it has sprouted!


When I have to run the hot water before starting the dishwasher I usually catch it in a pitcher and use it to water the plants and that got me wondering. ... read full post

Hello! Recently got a pot for this guy. While I'm repotting I may try to split it- I want to encourage it to be more bushy. I have been reading a bit about how to encourage bushiness and it seems I could either separate it at the root so the base is wider and hope it fills in, and/or prune. ... read full post

This is my Hoya hellwigiana. It's starting to throw out a peduncle again. Honestly last time the smell was so over-powering that I'll probably chop it off before it can bloom.

She was gifted to me last year, with only two flowers that fell in a few days (I guess the change of environments hit her hard), and I was feeling quite pessimistic about her future, because I've never taken care of an orchid.
Apparently I'm doing something right! I can't wait to see all the flowers open to share them with y'all!!!!!


Watering my plants today and noticed how cute these two were looking so I thought I'd share :)

Picked this up yesterday. I’m excited.

I originally got this guy in Oct of last year from a plant shop and was in pretty miserable shape: ... read full post


Before you say "Just give it some fertilizer", please look at my post about that plant ... read full post

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ca/post/39240669
Anybody Alive And Growing Anything?
Photo of my biggest terrarium for attention. Things are less colourful currently; this is from about a year ago. I always enjoy my terrarium the most in February with the green contrasting with the Canadian winter. It’s especially white and snowy this week.

Hey everyone! I'm a huge fan of Hoyas, and I’ve been growing them for a while. I feel like I know a bit, but there’s always more to learn! Recently, I’ve been especially fascinated by Hoya Kerrii and its care needs.
Do you have a favorite Hoya? Hoya Kerrii care ,Any tips for growing them successfully? Let’s chat!

I had a customer that sent me a picture of a heart shaped succulent planter she found on pinterest, and said, "Can you make it like Minecraft" This is the result. ... read full post

Those are Maranta leuconora, which are supposed to be very hard to grow from what I've heard. ... read full post