Growing With Plants

I keep thinking about my visit to the University of Connecticut greenhouses last week, and while revisiting my photos, I am even more inspired…

ANT PLANTS, LIKE THIS MYRMECODIA SPECIES,  HAVE SWOLLEN STEMS IN WHICH ANTS LIVE – THIS ONE T THE UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT / STORRS GREENHOUSES…

A DAPHNE MEZEREUM ‘ALBA’ OPENS A FLOWER NEAR OUR GREENHOUSE WALK, RESPONDING TO THE MILD WINTER TEMPERATURES THIS DECEMBER. IT WILL BLOOM SPORADICALLY –…

Merry Christmas everyone! While picking camellias from the greenhouse for our Christmas Eve dinner,- I thought that I might share some images from our…

It’s a Schlumbergera party! And it seems that I have been focusing on inviting only the newer varieties ( most in the S. truncata…

I feel as if I need to post something, as my Holiday break closes in. So here are a few random images from the…

JUST BECAUSE A PLANT IS SMALL, DOESN’T MEAN THAT IT WILL MAKE A GOOD TERRARIUM PLANT. I LIKE TO CHOOSE PLANTS WHICH ACTUALLY PREFER…

THIS NERINE SARNIENSIS IS BLOOMING INSIDE THE GREENHOUSE, BUT I JUST LIKED HOW IT LOOKED AGAINST THIS FALL FOLIAGE – PINK ANG GOLD, SO…

Cornus controversia ‘variegata’ Just because it is a Cornus (Dogwood) does not mean that it comes from North America- this cornus comes from the…