Herself’s Houseplants

Houseplant care, photos and science

Big Thicket National Preserve Carnivorous Plant Photos

ljmacphee | November 2, 2008

Big Thicket Nat’l Preserve has a large section of carnivorous plants growing. There are several trails you can take along wooden walkways through the swamps to view them. March and April are best if you want to see them flowering.

Trip to Hawaii

ljmacphee | March 6, 2008

I recently visited Oahu, Hawaii where many of the plants we grow indoors grow outside.
The climate there is 70′-80′F year round and the humidity varies from rain forest in the mountains to desert on the shores.
As you’d expect the plants are larger and healthier in that climate outside, but there were some other interesting things.
Pothos [...]