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Complete Care Guide: Philodendron Burle Marx In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info Philodendron Burle Marx is a slowly-vining philodendron, with a peculiar growth habit -- this bushy plant grows horizontally more than it grows vertically! Growth is quick, with new leaves coming in every week or two in ideal conditions, but internodes -- the length of stems between the leaves -- are short, resulting in a very short, climbing vine. The leaves are a fairly distinctive shape - almost a rounded spear-shaped leaf,....

Complete Care Guide: Alocasia Silver Dragon In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info Alocasia Silver Dragon is a cultivar of the regular Alocasia Dragon Scale (also called Alocasia Baginda), with large, uniformly silvery leaves atop light green petioles. Most Silver Dragons top out at 4-5 leaves at once, but particularly happy Alocasias can have seven, eight, or more leaves at once quite happily! These leaves are mostly bullate, or shield-shaped, with the veins extremely prominent -- they're a significantly darker and deeper silvery-green. An extremely...

Complete Care Guide: Aglaonema Silverado In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info Aglaonemas, or Chinese Evergreens, have a reputation for being extremely easy-going amongst plant lovers, and the Silverado is no exception! Similar in appearance to the more common Silver Bay, the SIlverado has elongated silver leaves with a dark green, choppy margin and flecks of darker green throughout the leaf. They come up from the top of the stem, rolled up tightly, and tinted slightly with a light green. Common Name(s)  Chinese Evergreen,...

Complete Care Guide: Croton Petra In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info The Croton Petra is the most common croton by far in cultivation, and is often just called the croton. Misleadingly, it's not actually part of the genus Croton -- it used to be, but got moved to a different genus to be more accurate scientifically... but the name stuck. The leaves do the opposite of what happens in many plants; instead of coming in red and hardening off to green, they come in...

Complete Care Guide: Dracaena Jade Jewel In this article, you'll find… Plant Info Care Guide       Lighting       Watering       Humidity       Soil Needs Types Propagating Common Issues Frequently Asked Questions Plant Info This is a relatively new cultivar to hit the horticultural scene, but it's a stunner! It's usually sold as a very small juvenile plant, just a whorl of gorgeous white-and-jade striped leaves, but like any other Dracaena fragrans, the lower leaves will eventually fall off to reveal a thin trunk. Because it's actually a type of tree, it's recommended to occasionally prune it as it grows, to encourage branching. Common Name(s)...