Container Gardening
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Succulents In Bloom: Round Leafed Navel Wort (Cotyledon Orbiculata)
How could such a wonderful succulent with such gorgeous flowers have a name like Navel Wort? And its alternate name, which I won’t mention here as it includes the name of a very non-kosher animal, isn’t any better! That said, I just wanted to share with you my blooming succulent, as with all the trendy…
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Red Canna In Bloom In My Container Garden!
This morning I stepped outside and was welcomed by this stunning Red Canna flower, wow, right? I had planned to write something about creativity and the connection to gardening and appreciating the natural beauty in the world around us, but my time is running out. What I really want to say is my life…
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Hoya Vine In Bloom
When my Hoya vine blooms with clusters of pink waxy flowers it is truly exciting! Truthfully, for the first few years after purchasing this plant, it didn’t bloom at all, and I didin’t even know that it had the capacity to bloom, funny enough. But after producing a bloom or two, the plant has become…
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Ten Reasons To Love Geraniums
I’ll admit, before I became a busy mom with a huge container garden much of which lines a public staircase and courtyard next to our hillside home, I wasn’t exactly a fan of geraniums. I’m not sure why exactly but it may go back to a childhood memory of smelling some geraniums on the walk…
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Container Gardening: Bougainvilleas With A View!
If you have a container garden and live anywhere where you see Bougainvilleas growing (sorry New Yorkers, not you, but Californians yes!) then you absolutely must add this gorgeous plant to your garden! Bougainvillieas do well in containers, not nearly as well as in the ground of course, but well enough to give you gorgeous…
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A Lovely Wall Top Container Garden With Wow Factor!
Aren’t these petunias spilling over this window box just gorgeous? There is nothing quite as lovely as beautiful flowers spilling out of window box type containers, and this little wall top container garden always looks amazing, so I just had to share it with you once again. Of course the location on the balcony of…
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Spring Container Gardening
Spring is in the air here in Northern Israel and now is the time to put a little bit of effort into my generally very patient container garden! I really needed some new top soil for my bed of roses, and as you can see I just couldn’t resist treating myself to some flowers from…
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Schlumbergera In Full Bloom
A schlumbergera xmas cactus in full bloom is one of the joys of container gardening that I encourage you to explore. And if you live in a zone where there are no frosts, or only rarely, you can certainly raise schlumbergera outdoors, and as a hanging plant they look their best. I will admit the…
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Droopy Cyclamen? Add Water!
Pots of blooming cyclamen are one of the highlights of winter here in Israel, and one of the signs of early early spring in the wild. I’ll never forget my first glimpse of wild cyclamen, it was so exciting. Lest I digress, the point of this post is to really answer the question of what…
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Forcing Amaryllis Bulbs In Pots Year After Year After Year!
There are very few things quite as stunning as a pot of forced Amaryllis bulbs in bloom. And the good news is that this exciting process is so easy to achieve year after year, with just a few simple Amaryllis bulb forcing directions under your belt. Unlike other bulbs traditionally forced to fill our homes…
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Rooting Cuttings In Water: Purple Heart
After an intense week of Hanukkah crafting, (and nothing to share with you just yet as I have to wait until my client posts the projects on their site) and a house that looks like it was burglarized or possibly hit by a hurricane, it is time to clean up! And what does this have…
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Pillar Geraniums Grown From Cuttings
Unitil today I didn’t know that my almost four feet tall geraniums were called pillar geraniums, though of course I knew that while still geraniums, they were certainly different from the compact or trailing varieties generally seen in the nurseries around here! These very tall and hardy beauties (they endure some snow and freezing weather…