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Blogging about growing tropical plants indoors anywhere. In my case in our apartment in Stockholm, Sweden.
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2019-07-08 11:13
Ong Lang is the popular tourist area on Phu Quoc island just about 7km (5mi) north from the main town Duong Dong. You will find many hotels here in different price levels. If you are looking… Read More
2017-11-14 14:37
Whenever I travel to a new place I always try to visit local botanical garden and to do a blog post about it. So far I’ve been only taking photos and sharing my impressions in wr… Read More
2017-10-23 12:58
Pineapple is probably the optimal exotic fruit anyone can grow indoors anywhere. Easy to plant, easy to grow and will produce a juicy, sweet pineapple within about 3 years. Unlike all avocad… Read More
2017-09-23 10:33
Jungles is another word for “many tropical plants in one place” so urban jungle is the right description of our apartment. But how many are many in my case? I didn’t know t… Read More
2017-08-02 14:48
Whenever you are using organically rich soil for potting or repotting, in most cases just a few days later you will see myriads of small flies crawling in your pots. There is, however, a ver… Read More
2017-07-07 12:59
Our last day of Costa Rica trip definitely wasn’t a lazy one. We woke up early to meet our new local friend Erick Matamoros – a great freelancing photographer and kindly our guid… Read More
2017-06-02 09:30
Follow me on a short 8min video stroll through our home-grown jungles, our tropics at home on a couple of square meters. This is my entire, well almost, “collection” of tro… Read More
2017-04-26 13:52
Having a stopover in the third busiest airport in France, Nice Côte d’Azur Airport? Or spending your vacation on French Riviera? Plan a couple of hours before or between yo… Read More
2017-04-25 16:25
When in Copenhagen, Denmark, you can easily enhance your city stroll with a quick trip to a tropical rain forest. You will find it in The Palm House in Botanical Garden of Copenhagen Univers… Read More
2017-02-28 21:05
Taking time-lapse of your home plants is a way of bringing their hasteless time scale into our own, human one. We know they are moving. We notice them growing and changing. By taking ph… Read More
2017-01-27 17:08
“Best tropical garden hotels in Costa Rica” – this search phrase didn’t take me long time to google it to Hotel Bougainvillea in the country’s capital city… Read More
2017-01-11 13:17
Just a short update on what’s up here in our Swedish tropics in the middle of the winter. It has been a month since we returned from a truly amazing trip to wonderful Costa Rica… Read More
2016-11-21 20:21
November throughout January in Stockholm (59° N, same altitude as half way between Alaskan Anchorage and Juneau) means almost no day plant light good enough for photosynthesis. So h… Read More
2016-11-21 20:21
November throughout January in Stockholm (59° N, same altitude as half way between Alaskan Anchorage and Juneau) means almost no day plant light good enough for photosynthesis. So h… Read More
2016-10-26 20:32
Knowing where and when to go in Costa Rica can make all the difference to your vacation there. Wet, or as they call it green and dry seasons are an obvious consideration for a traveller to t… Read More
2016-08-18 14:06
Caladiums as house plants, when growing indoors in pots are a stunning addition to any room’s design and feeling. So this is an enigma to me how is it still almost unknown not only to… Read More
2016-07-11 12:23
Sooner or later you might run into problems and this last chapter in the series I hope will help you to solve most of them. Plumeria problems anyway. I will use a Q&A stru… Read More
2016-06-28 12:40
Do you need green fingers for flowering Plumeria indoors? Well, everyone can have green fingers. The secret is in understanding your plants’ needs and giving them what they want… Read More
2016-06-18 19:34
If I did my job right in the previous posts in this series, and you are now eager to start growing your own Plumeria, this wonderful piece of tropics, in your home, then you have to make a d… Read More
2016-06-18 19:34
If I did my job right in the previous posts in this series, and you are now eager to start growing your own Plumeria, this wonderful piece of tropics, in your home, then you have to make a d… Read More
2016-05-28 15:54
Plumeria is described as a small 6-25 ft (1,5-8 m) tree. Comparing to many other trees it is indeed can be considered small. However if we are talking about growing them indoors it… Read More
2016-05-19 15:28
Aloha! This traditional Hawaiian greeting is most probably the first you are going to hear as soon as you set your foot on one of those dream islands in the middle of Pacific. At t… Read More
2016-05-12 15:04
If it would be up to me to give Fittonia a common name, I would call it Dollar-bill plant. Their leaves’ surface looks endurable rough and sophisticated at the same time, while the sli… Read More
2016-04-14 15:14
A common knowledge is that New York has something for everyone. If your something is like mine, tropical plants, you will find them in abundance in Enid A. Haupt Conservatory in Bronx, New Y… Read More
2016-04-11 14:33
A short video update, where besides bragging about my current blooms you can also get some advises on how to deal with different growing habits depending on Plumeria cultivar (long branched… Read More
2016-03-10 13:01
Not even many Stockholmers know about this great tropical destination in their vicinity. Edvard Anderson Conservatory is situated a bit outside of people’s daily routes, but it is stil… Read More
2016-03-07 15:10
I’m both a plants’ freak (according to my colleagues) and a gadget geek according to myself. So I always happy to find some new fancy app I can download to my iPhone. Some… Read More
2016-02-29 22:04
A quick indoor gardening project for tonight to get some healthy dirt germs. Time to repot my 2 years old seedling of foxtail palm (Wodyetia bifurcate), a souvenir from last Thailand trip… Read More
2016-02-16 17:06
Whenever I visit a bigger city, I try to go to their botanical garden with a green house. Yea, I’m that damaged. If it’s in tropics, then the whole garden is my play ground. This… Read More
2016-02-12 11:02
Tropical plants are all about shape, size and color manifested in a way we seldom see in more modest temperate climate plants. One way to stand out among all lush greenery of tropical vegeta… Read More
2016-02-04 18:53
Think about a dream holiday in tropics. Got it? I bet that the picture in your mind right now includes palm trees somewhere – boarding a white sand beach or around a luxurious pool. Th… Read More
2016-01-28 20:24
”In the beginning was the Word”… or was it the Big Bang? Or is it all the same? This is my Big Bang Word. The start. The beginning. At least as a blogger.
Hello world… Read More
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