Gerberas often make us smile but this flower is trying to smile for us. Like my jokes it is nothing to laugh at. A popular house plant the Gerbera has radiant, single or double flowers. They look like their relatives the  daisy family. Best known for the range of strong colours you often see one [...]

Yucca plants have become popular as house plants. They are tolerant of a bit of neglect and provide architectural green spikes all year round. They need light but don’t need repotting or too much watering. Yuccas for indoors are often supplied on three stems with the leaves growing from the top. Plants usually look better [...]

I have grown a lot of Chrysanthemums in pots this year. Currently they are showing their true colours in an Autumn blaze of glory. Tips for Cheap Chrysanthemums I bought a cheap supermarket multi pack early in the year (6 for 99p). I nipped out the growing heads and in some cases the flowers that [...]

Succulents often have neat attractive leaf forms. The range of rosettes available in the Echevaria group include red tipped points to the leaves and tight groups of offsets as they multiply. This leads to a common name of ‘Hens and Chickens’. Where to Grow Echeveria This specimen was part of a row at the front [...]

The Spathe is the red waxy part of the Anthurium and the spike is called the Spadix which contains male and female flowers. Both the Spathe and the Spadix can be  a variety of colours from white, pink, green, or now even orange. There are many species of Anthurium and some are very popular with [...]

Pelargonium ‘Golden Chalice’ This fancy Pelargonium is new to me. I bought the plant whilst on holiday at a specialist pelargonium nursery in Stokesley Yorkshire. As you may be able to see the leaves are a maximum of half an inch wide. This earns it the sobriquet of a miniature bi-colour. The blooms are pink [...]