In the Wizard of Oz, the classic team of characters came across a field of poppies. You might have been surrounded by them in your gardens growing up,...

Q: I know my plants need water, but how do I know how much they need? A: Each plant has different needs but, most importantly everything wants to hav...

Q: I bought a fiddle leaf fig ficus tree and my friends keep giving me "help" and "good advice" concerning them. It all seems a little contradictory c...

I was with a client the other day and when I asked her what she wanted her garden to 'say' she responded "I want to feel warm when I am in this space ...

Growing up, my grandmother's backyard was full of peonies. And, visiting her in the spring and early summer the first thing I wanted to do was pick th...

Q: I am too anxious to wait to plant herbs outside on my roof deck and want to start some inside in anticipation. Maybe putting some on my window ledg...

The shrimp plant, Justicia brandegeeana, makes me think of an early evening summer cocktail party with an exotic guest list and finger foods (yes, inc...

To make a fabulous presentation in your backyard or deck you don't have to spend big bucks on designer plants. What's old is new again and anything vi...

Here is a houseplant that boasts both form and flower. What more could you want? Adenium is a broad genus of plants that are native to an East to West...

Q: My houseplant seems to be unhappy as of late and I have gone through every step to make sure that I am following all of its light and water require...

Everyone is getting a little restless for spring and judging by the weather it is not going to take that much longer -- spring is right around the cor...

Flickr photo by brianwc Nepenthes (or pitcher plant) is a genus of carnivorous, mostly vining, tropical plants native to South East Asia, India, Ma...

Syngonanthus chrysanthus 'Mikado', or as we have dubbed it at the shop 'Disco Alien Plant', always seems to fascinate everyone when they discover it. ...

Flickr photo by kevinzim Q: The container that I want to pot a plant in does not have a drain hole. Is it ok to use it still? I do not want to kil...

One thing that a garden designer always has to keep in mind when creating a landscape is having four seasons of interest. Plants are constantly changi...

Last week at Sprout Home we received a shipment of Stephanotis floribunda, or Madagascar jasmine, and since that delivery the sweet heavy perfume of i...

Q: I love the elegance and the exotic feel of an orchid, but every time one winds up in my care, I find myself with a dead orchid after a short while....

It might have been because of Valentine's Day, but upon my most recent visit to our Williamsburg, Brooklyn outpost of Sprout Home I found myself getti...

There are many occasions when a plant's leaf is more intriguing than its flower -- introducing the Copperleaf. The Acalypha Wilkesiana, or Copperleaf,...

The Kalanchoe Blossfelckiana Cultivar 'Magic Bells', originally from Madagascar, is indeed magic and albeit quite alien when compared to most of its b...

Q: My flowers always die. I have to be doing something wrong! My spider mum senses are telling me my floral radar is off. Is there an 'Ok Cupid' for ...

When I create a floral arrangement I begin my creative process with the backbone, or the spine, of the arrangement. The backbone is the chief support ...

Part fiesta, part innocent looking muse, the bougainvillea is a genus of flowering plants native to South America that has a cheerful and showy dispos...

Over the years I have been collecting vintage gardening and flora books and within that collection there is a particular one that I fortunately revisi...

Okay, so it doesn't really look like an orchid but it sure acts like one. Rhipsalis contains well over 40 species of mostly epiphytic cactus native to...