The cheeriest container for your spring blooms and plants actually isn't a container at all (or a pot, or a vase): A ball of ...

“It’s hard for the layperson to tell a legal cactus from an endangered one, whereas it’s pretty obvious a rather colourful lizard found on a pot plant in Britain should not be there,” they add. Given ...

Aside from their visual appeal, orchids require minimal care — so long as its conditions are met. Here's how to care for ...

Speaking to Express.co.uk, gardening expert Graham Smith (MCIHort) – based at LBS Horticulture – revealed the common mistake ...

Don't overwater or underwater your orchids, and maybe skip the ice treatment. Here are some sound strategies to maximize ...

Terra-cotta pots are a longtime favorite of gardeners and growers because they regulate moisture and permit air circulation around plant roots, preventing root rot. Heavy clay pots act as insulation ...

Use a wire brush to scrape off the salt residue inside the pot then cover the drain hole with a coffee filter or mesh window ... cape primroses and other gesneriad species and orchid barks or moss ...

You can hide the wire under some mulch. Wire can be cut to size easily and you can cut a hole for whatever plant you have in the pot.” Another added: “I have squirrels and chipmunks that do that.

so we asked her to answer your most pressing orchid questions, sourced from Kew's Instagram followers. A: Only when the pot feels light and the compost is dry. The orchid pot can be placed in a bowl ...

If you transplant it put it in an orchid pot with bigger holes at the bottom. Don’t use a pot that doesn’t have very big holes because that’ll make it too moist. There are orchid pots with holes all ...