Tag: Varieties

Gardeners are a hopeful bunch, and new varieties can be pretty enticing. They can also be disheartening. After planting yet ...

The Maranta, or Prayer Plant is a flowering member of the Marantaceae or arrowroot family of plants. Marantas hail from the tropical ...

Hailing from the grape (Vitaceae) family, Cissus is a genus of approximately 350 lianas (or woody vines).Their name, which translates ...

The genus Euphorbia includes a large and diverse group of plants, ranging from petite annuals to huge, long-lived trees, and ...

Say what you will about humans causing extinctions. However, we are sometimes also responsible for the survival of species.Such is ...

Alocasia (al-lo-KAY-zee-uh), commonly called Elephant Ears, is a popular ornamental plant for home and garden settings. All-in-all, nearly 80 Alocasia ...

How manyChlorophytum species are there? There are almost 200 Chlorophytum species (191 at last count). The most popular is the ...

Aeoniums are also known as Tree Houseleeks. They come from a genus consisting of approximately 35 species of subtropical, perennial ...

It’s no secret that the Covid pandemic and its many lockdowns brought with it an obsession with indoor plants – ...

Many peperomia varieties and types have become nearly indispensable foliage plants and stunning houseplants. For example, the “baby rubber plant” ...