Houseplant Care Guides
Practical, real-home plant care — watering, light, propagation, pests, and seasonal advice, reviewed by experienced indoor gardeners.
Growing Fruit and Vegetables for the Balcony
There’s nothing quite like home-grown produce. Imagine walking on to the balcony to pick a bowl of your own strawberries, runner beans for supper, or tomatoes and lettuce for a summer salad — the…
Tall Flower Arrangements
Tall flower arrangements need not necessarily be edifices of great height and vast proportions.
Using Glass Containers for House Plants
Bottles and terraria provide a humid atmosphere that many plants love. Moisture from the plants condenses and runs back into the soil so that watering is done by the plants themselves.
Response to Stimulus in Roots
The forces that influence the direction of growth of roots are moisture, gravity, and light. They grow towards moisture, towards the center of the earth and away from light.
Rate of Water Absorption in Roots
The rate at which roots absorb water under different conditions may be measured by transferring a strongly growing plant to a gas-jar containing water.
Chrysanthemum Rubellum
Chrysanthemum Rubellum was originally distributed as Chrysanthemum erubescens, under which name it received an award of merit from the R.H.S.
Watering Plants in Pots
Watering by Hand Watering can be done by hand or can be made automatic. The object in either case is to keep the roots adequately supplied with water according to the changing needs of the season.
Plant Stabilization Through Roots
Absorption is not the sole function of roots. In all land plants one very important part of their work is to give firm anchorage.
Root Forms
In the germination of seeds the root emerges from the protecting seed-coat before the shoot. It then grows down into the ground to get on with its work of absorption and anchorage.