Meet my newest houseplant. I couldn’t resist picking up this Anthurium the other day. It must have been the unusual orangeish flowers. Most of the varieties available are red and I do like orange! Of course it came in the usual ugly black plastic pot so I had to repot it into something to match [...]

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Over the holidays I created a micro climate in a small container. It’s called a terrarium. It is promoted as the ultimate, low-maintenance garden in a jar. The development of the terrarium is credited to Englishman Dr Nathaniel Ward, who invented a glass case – known now as the Wardian case – around the mid [...]

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