Monstera naturally only have one stem. They’re vining plants, that usually only have one active growth point at once. A lot of people get confused when they see super bushy Monstera like this: One of two things is going on here: The first is that it was grown in nursery conditions, that we’d struggle to …
I’ve touched on this topic a couple of times in other aerial roots articles, but I thought the whole ‘aerial roots in water’ deserved its own moment in the spotlight. There’s a lot of misconceptions about what happens when you put aerial roots in water, and all the advice out there is pretty polarising. It’s …
First things first, and this is big: Pothos the genus is different to Pothos the species. If you thought you already knew this, just hang on, there may be more. So, a little while ago, I wrote an article on the difference between Pothos and Scindapsus. It all started because people get confused about satin …
I have a couple of confessions about this house plant haul: It’s all good though! They’re doing well! There was a bit of a dicey moment when I dog sat at my mum’s for a couple of nights – I cam home and the little Verrucosum had collapsed. She recovered though, after sitting in a …
House plant pests, like house plants themselves, seem to have a preference when it comes to the environments they like, so you may find that one type is harder to eradicate than others. I think I’ve had most of the house plant pests, but only the thrips were really clingers on (although if I keep …