I have always loved heart-shaped plants, and what could be better for Valentine's Day? While I'm not one to snub red roses or flowers of any kind or color for that matter, I do love heart-shaped plants partly because plants are usually easy to grow and last longer. Carol Michel and I also talked about heart-shaped plants on the Gardenangelists podcast this week. First up is the number-one plant on Instagram, Hoya kerrii, which is actually a succulent cutting. This Costa Farms Live Hoya Heart in its "love" planter is super cute. You can also find the same Hoya Heart on this website. Your sweet little hoya will hopefully grow into a longer series of hearts, which might surprise you. The one I bought off of Etsy is variegated. You know how much I love my variegated plants! It took a long time to get here, but my hoya had...

It's happened. I have a bonafide red aglaonema addiction. It sounds like a nasty rash, but actually, it's an affliction of indoor plant happiness. My newest red aglaonema acquisition. I'm not positive, but I think it might be 'Pink Dalmatian.' Chinese evergreens Haven't heard of red aglaonemas? How about Chinese evergreens? For years, the large green and silver plants graced a lot of office buildings, sitting atop file cabinets and stuck in various fluorescent-bulb-lit corners. In fact, I saw two large ones gracing the altar at St. John the Baptist Church the other night. They were stalwart office dwellers and often boring, but boring no more. The red and pink newcomers are all the rage, and I need them all. OK, I tell myself, settle down. Maybe not all, but I own several now. Aglaonema 'Spring Snow,' that I bought at Calvert's Plant Interiors in Oklahoma City. Many colors from...

I call this 'Orchid Portrait.' I also crack myself up. Good morning plant friends! It's Garden Bloggers' Bloom Day, and I want to share some of my favorite indoor blooms and tropical plants for January. Many thanks to my co-host on our Gardenangelists podcast, Carol J. Michel, for again hosting bloom day. This week, on the podcast, we talked about new David Austin Roses for 2020, Simple Vegetable Gardens and P.L.A.N.T.S for Gardening Goals. I thought it was a good episode, and we got rid of that stupid echo from last week. Thanks for letting us know it was so irritating. I thought so too. Hippeastrum 'Inferno' a double amaryllis I would grow again and again. The amaryllises you grow indoors are tropical and timed to bloom around the holidays. Almost all of mine bloomed right after Christmas. Blooms are hard to come by in Oklahoma in January which is...

It is the beginning of the new year and time for resolutions I hear. Have you any for 2020? Here are three garden resolutions of mine. Rudbeckia fulgida 'Goldsturm' needs a lot of editing in a moist garden. This year, I plan to rip it all out, but I'll never get it all. Remove overly-aggressive plants 1. Remove overly-aggressive plants like Rudbeckia fulgida var. sullivantii 'Goldsturm.' Although this was a great plant in my garden when I watered with soaker hoses, it now takes over and crowds out other, more desirable plants. I blame its bad behavior on my having a better watering system. I've used drip irrigation since 2008. 'Goldsturm' is also only good for skipper butterflies in my garden. Bees like wood bees and honey bees don't go near it. I am going to keep it in this one terrible part of the garden where very little water...