You’ve watered, fertilized, and given your plants plenty of sunshine—yet something still feels off. Growth is slow, roots seem cramped, and your once-thriving greenery looks like it’s hit a wall. The ...

SINCE JANUARY IS almost over, and it starts the year off with that extra 31st day, how about I sneak in one more “extra” article about pruning? I do this in response to a client who was asking about ...

"Root pruning" sounds like such a brutal way to treat a plant. Yet it's a periodic necessity once any potted plant has grown as large as you want it to. Potted plants — like other plants — grow, and ...

A special type of pruning that houseplants need is root-pruning. Once a plant has grown as large as you want it to, the soil must be periodically renewed around its roots. The only way to accomplish ...

LET’S REVIEW A perfect and a little-known method which is totally appropriate now in the month of October. I have numerous times explained, and rightly so, how pruning at the wrong time of year can ...

Tree roots had become an issue at The Peninsula Club. They were growing into playing surfaces and causing turf decline because tree roots outcompete turf roots for water and nutrients. Additionally, ...

If you want flowers from your Clivia, do this in the autumn/winter season. I love Clivia, they're an incredibly luxuriant houseplant with thick green foliage. And if grown correctly, they'll grace you ...