Herself’s Houseplants

Houseplant care, photos and science

Landscape the inside of your home too

ljmacphee | March 24, 2008

We all use plants to brighten our homes and decorate them. But I hadn’t thought of it as landscaping the home. A shift in viewpoint sometimes will give you some interesting ideas.
Indoor plants get a raw deal in Britain. The green-fingered Dutch understand only too well the benefits of flourishing house plants and [...]

Cactus as an office plant?

ljmacphee | March 20, 2008

It never occurred to me to grow a cactus in an office setting. I would think they would need more light. But if you have a bright office you might consider giving it a try.
. . . It’s easy to become a corporate cactus cultivator if you know a bit more about these [...]

Here’s a cool terrarium to give you some ideas

ljmacphee | March 10, 2008

What a cool terrarium idea. I ran across it in the home and garden section of the LA Times.

. . . IS it nature? Or is it art? Painters and poets have long known that the furl of a fern or an orchid’s architecture can qualify as both. Now a growing wave of [...]