The best way to hold insects and other pests at bay is to keep your house plants healthy. But if problems occur, it’s important to use the right insecticide for the job. Insects and pests breed q...

The art of growing miniature trees, which rarely exceed two feet in height, is a living art form. The Chinese and Indians are reputed to have grown miniature trees in the eighth century A.D., but...

The narcissus must now compete with the chrysanthemum for pride of place as an exhibition flower. This has surely come about through the present high esteem in which the flower is held, it being th...

Aphids or greenfly are the most common and widespread of all the pests which attack house plants. Usually green in colour they may also be black, grey or orange. Included in this group of re...

Although the cut-flower anemone is rarely used for indoor culture, it will provide an early spring display if grown under cool, light conditions, in fact it is better suited to the warm or cool gre...

Springtails are minute, grey-white, wingless insects that live off rotted plant matter and organisms in the soil. They thrive in damp conditions and their presence indicates that a plant has been o...