Tovah Martin

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Growing Species Tulips for Early Spring Blooms

You are not alone—the yearning for spring is both universal and understandable. And for many of us, spring translates into bulbs. Even more specifically, we think of spring in terms…
How-To
Growing Bulbs Indoors? Here’s What You Need to Know

Here’s the lowdown for keeping your winter bulbs thriving and pumping out the perks in midwinter. Light As much sun as you can muster is optimal. An unobstructed southfacing window…
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Winter Bulbs Will Get You Through

When you hear “bulbs,” you usually think spring, right? But you can enjoy the magic of bulbs a whole lot sooner. Smack dab in the middle of blustery winter, when…
How-To
Tips for Bringing Tender Plants Back Inside

All your favorite houseplants spent the summer outdoors basking in the good life and soaking in the fresh air. Now it’s time to think about their reentry into your indoor…
Design
Indoor Foliage Plants with Pizzazz

So you’ve seen the light on houseplants and you’re definitely on board. However, your house isn’t all that bright. In fact, it’s downright unilluminated as far as south-facing windows are…
How-To
Can All Houseplants Go Outside in Summer?

A whole lot of bonding has happened, and you’ve forged a closeness akin to family with your houseplants this year. But when summer arrived, you needed to turn your attention…
Design
Fragrant Houseplants

By now you should be familiar with my pitch line promoting the therapeutic side of houseplants for anybody who’s stuck indoors for weather-related or other reasons. But beyond what houseplants…
How-To
How to Keep Your Begonias Happy

Making begonias happy is so easy that many gardeners miss the mark merely by overindulging these affable plants. To give you some idea of their congeniality, begonias were being grown…
Design
Find the Right Begonia for You

There’s something for everyone with begonias. The size range runs the gamut from tight little nuggets with tiny foliage to big whopping plants that stand several feet tall and take…
Design
Great Citrus for Growing Indoors

Not all citrus are easily adaptable for houseplant purposes. Kumquats (if you can find them) lend themselves to windowsill cultivation whereas grapefruits are notoriously difficult to grow in the average…

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