Houseplant care written for Texas Hill Country conditions – hard water, dry AC air and brutal summers.
Boerne sits in zone 8b, which sounds gentle until a front comes through and drops us twenty degrees in six hours. Every year people lose plants not because the winter was harsh, but because the first freeze arrived before they were ready for it. Here is the timeline we work to in the greenhouse, and
When to Bring Plants Indoors in Boerne: The First Freeze Timeline Read More »
You bought a monstera because of the split leaves. Two years later it is throwing out healthy, solid, entirely unsplit foliage and you are wondering what you did wrong. Usually, nothing. Fenestration, the holes and splits, is a function of maturity and light. In most San Antonio homes it is the light that is missing.
Monstera Care in San Antonio: Why Yours Is Not Splitting Read More »
Propagation is the cheapest way to build a collection, and Texas gives you one real advantage: warmth. Roots form faster in warm conditions, and a Hill Country house sits comfortably in the range most cuttings want for a good eight months of the year. Everything we sell starts this way, on a bench in Boerne,
Propagating Houseplants in Texas: What Roots Fast in Hill Country Heat Read More »
A plant that has just come out of a box is not in the same state as one you carried home from a greenhouse. It has spent two to four days in the dark, probably at the wrong temperature, unable to photosynthesise and unable to drink properly. What you do in the first week decides
Your Plants Just Arrived: What to Do in the First Week Read More »
Calatheas are sold in every garden centre in San Antonio with a tag that says “easy care.” They are not easy here. They are one of the hardest common houseplants to keep well in a Texas home, and it is worth understanding why before you buy a third one. The number nobody tells you Calatheas,
Why Calatheas Struggle in San Antonio Homes (It’s the Humidity) Read More »
A lot of San Antonio apartments have one usable window, a north-facing patio door, and a lot of interior wall. Renters get told to buy a fiddle leaf fig, watch it drop every leaf, and conclude they cannot keep plants. The plant was wrong, not the person. Here is what actually works in a dim
Indoor Plants for Low-Light Apartments in San Antonio Read More »
Almost every week someone asks us for something that will not hurt a cat. It is the single most common constraint we get, and it is worth taking seriously: a curious cat will chew a pothos, and a bored dog will dig up a pot. The good news is that the pet-safe list is longer
Pet-Safe Houseplants for Texas Homes (and the One to Never Buy) Read More »
Late September in the Hill Country is deceptive. The afternoons are still running in the nineties, so it does not feel like autumn, but the days are shortening fast and your houseplants have already noticed. What you do over the next six weeks decides whether they coast through winter or spend it slowly declining. Here
Fall and Winter Houseplant Care in the Texas Hill Country Read More »
Brown, crispy leaf tips are the single most common problem we hear about from customers in Boerne and San Antonio. People assume they are underwatering, so they water more, and the tips keep browning. Then they assume root rot, so they water less, and the tips still brown. Usually it is neither. It is the
Why Your Houseplants Get Brown Tips in Texas (It’s Probably the Water) Read More »
If you have killed a houseplant in San Antonio and quietly blamed yourself, it is worth knowing that the city fights you on three fronts at once: municipal water that runs hard and alkaline, air conditioning that strips indoor humidity down to desert levels for eight months of the year, and west-facing windows that behave
The Best Houseplants for San Antonio Homes (From a Grower 30 Minutes North) Read More »
