2016-03-28 13:00
Here are a few shots from the greenhouse today. Most of the plants shown below are for our plant sale fundraiser coming up in May.Coleus:Echinaceae from seed:Setcreasea pallida:Alternanthera… Read More
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This blog documents the day to day activities of a professional horticulturist. Between the author's personal and professional life, she grows hundreds of varieties and over 30,00 individual plants each year. Come and hear some of their stories!
2016-03-24 13:00
I picked up a Fenestraria aurantiaca at Home Depot late this winter. I've seen these many times before, but for some reason, it looks like a plant I have a high chance of killing. I have a v… Read More
2016-03-23 22:29
We recently hosted a class on making living succulent wreaths. Here are a few shots of the wreaths we made back in December to use as examples for our class in March. This wreath was made wi… Read More
2016-03-22 13:00
I am growing Hypoestes 'Splash Select Mix' for our plant sale. It is always popular because it is such an unusual looking plant. They take quite a while to bulk up, so I started these quite… Read More
2016-03-21 13:00
Here is yet another of the many succulents I purchased at Home Depot this winter. This one is Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi variegata 'Aurora Borealis'. I already have one of these at work, but I'v… Read More
2016-03-18 13:00
I bought a whole shopping cart full of dinosaur toys the other day! Stay tuned for updates on what I'm doing with these. It'll make sense eventually. Some of them spent some time in the… Read More
2016-03-17 16:50
Did you know that cannas grow from miniature bowling balls? Blue bowling balls?Okay, not really, but that's what canna seeds always remind me of this time of year. Many of the seed varieti… Read More
2016-03-08 17:21
I took a walk around the annual gardens this morning. Now that the snow is melting, I can take stock of what needs to be done for spring cleanup (such as repairing all the snow-plow damage t… Read More
2016-03-04 21:56
Our butterfly house is about to open for the year. This chrysalis fell down while we were misting the rearing box (the maintain high humidity). It seems very upset about us trying to help Read More
2016-03-02 14:00
Here are a few shots from around the greenhouse. In the next few weeks things will be filling up very quickly.Annual ornamental grasses:Various annuals, mostly young seedlings:Houseplants:Su… Read More
2016-02-26 17:50
We got a huge bag of 1,000 Oxalis triangularis pips donated almost a year ago. They've been sitting in the cooler this whole time, but they still look viable. Some of them even have tiny lig… Read More
2016-02-22 17:00
I'm very excited to be teaching our upcoming Succulent Living Wreath class as part of our spring Curious Gardener series. We've been propagating echeveria and many other succulents this wint… Read More
2016-02-17 14:00
Here are a few plants blooming in the greenhouse right now. This Peperomia caperata 'Purple Ripple' has flowers that look like a rat's tail. I've never seen a Euphorbia tirucalli bloom… Read More
2016-02-15 17:23
I started the geraniums for our plant sale two weeks ago. It's now time to transplant them from their seedling tray into a flat. We use a special dibble board to punch holes into the soil of… Read More
2016-02-12 14:00
Here's a plant I've had for quite a while. It doesn't ever seem to grow, but I suppose it has been multiplying without me realizing it. I purchased this plant at least 5 years ago from the M… Read More
2016-02-10 14:00
Here's yet another specimen I picked up at Home Depot recently. I know absolutely nothing about Adromischus cristatus, but I couldn't resist the wavy-edged leaves. I've never seen anything l… Read More
2016-02-09 15:14
Here's a list of what I sowed this week (and the last couple of weeks, since I didn't think to do this earlier). The names jump around between common name and Latin name, depending on how th… Read More
2016-02-08 14:00
Don't you just love it when there's random flotsam hot-glued to your plants? I really don't know why they do this to cacti and succulents. This plant is bizarre enough on its own, it d… Read More
2016-02-05 14:00
Here is yet another one of the succulents I recently purchased at Home Depot. This fuzzy little guy was $3.33, on sale. I've grown the regular Kalanchoe tomentosa in the past, but I've never… Read More
2016-02-04 14:00
I recently purchased a specimen of Crassula argentea 'Ogre Ears' at Home Depot. Normally, I like to use plain terracotta pots, but this particular plant was calling out for something special… Read More
2016-02-03 14:00
I'm loving this new sedum variety in my succulent collection. The red-orange coloration really makes it stand out. I'm hoping it will hold its color indoors.One of my colleagues clued me in… Read More
2016-02-02 20:05
We're already starting to sow seeds here at the MSU Horticulture Gardens. Perennials take an especially long time to grow from seed, so I usually start them early in the year. This tray was… Read More
2016-02-02 14:00
Clockwise from top-left: Setcreasea pallida, purple heart; Tradescantia spathacea variegata, oyster plant; Sansevieria hahnii, bird's nest snake plant; and an unknown rex Begonia Read More
2016-02-01 17:52
We often find gray tree frogs in our greenhouses. We're not really sure how they get inside. Maybe they come in on plants we overwinter in the greenhouses (like this banana, below), or maybe… Read More
2016-02-01 14:00
Our indoor begonia collection is blooming at full blast right now. These plants are mostly grown for their interesting foliage, so it's a treat to see them put on a show for us.Here's Begoni… Read More
2016-01-29 14:00
Epiphyllum guatamalense var. monstrose...that's a quite a mouthful of Latin nomenclature! The common name, Curly Locks, is a little easier to handle, and describes the ringlet-like, curly le… Read More
2016-01-28 17:45
Here's one of the cutest succulents I've ever seen: Faucaria 'Jaws'. These rooted cuttings were donated last fall to be used for some of our undergraduate horticulture classes. The leftovers… Read More
2016-01-27 18:01
Hello and welcome to my blog!Plants and gardening have been a big part of my life for a long time. It all began in first grade when my teacher gave me a cutting from her classroom spider pla… Read More
2016-01-27 18:00
We spend January furiously ordering plants and seeds for the upcoming year. I just received the last of my seed orders the other day, this packet of Solanum atropurpureum. I hunted high and… Read More
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