Horticult

Hey! Im Sarah I am horticulturist working in production nursery. I started this blog with my class TAFE so we could put our progress of our class display we were doing to showcase our special plant techniques we were doing like bonsai, topiary, terrariums and how to do grafting. Now that TAFE is finished i have taken over the blog because it was more popular than i thought it would be! Follow! 🌺🌼❤️

[hortilife]

It's that time of year again! Poinsettia!

[myloveismusic13]

[l0litaprincess]

Moon flowers, yes? My grandmother loved these, we have them planted in our garden :)

[themoonphase]

wow

[orchid-grower]

By the way, is probably not a time-lapse. The flower opens that quickly in person!!!

[bogleech]

Yes we had these when I was a kid and one day I just happened to be standing outside looking at them when they started opening and I almost fell down, I’d seen flowers opening in time lapse on TV and had no idea any actually opened that fast. And it still LOOKS FAKE in person, like it opens in such quick, staggered jerks that you would swear it’s stop motion animation.

[orquidofilia]

Phalaenopsis nursery: Floricoltura Valtl Raffeiner.

By Stefano.

[elosoconbota]

Orchids & watermelon 

[luv2sigh]

Finally got my first #orchid at the @collectorsplantfair always scared to get one cause it’s too pretty to kill haha

[hortilife]

My first orchid

[houseplantjournal]

Hi there! I recently purchased this beautiful ceropegia woodii (string of hearts). It’s ~3ft long and seems happy- there’s new growth and it’s in full bloom! As you can see the growth on top is pretty dense and I’m concerned about how I’ll know when to water this plant since I can’t stick my finger down into the soil, or even really see the soil at all! Are there any signs I can look out for? It’s leaves are fleshy like a succulents. Also, the soil in that tiny exposed area seems pretty brittle/spent to my amateur eyes and I’m wondering if I should repot it in fresh soil? It’s currently in the plastic hanging basket that the store had it in, and also I’d like to get a more attractive pot anyway. Do you or your followers have any advice on how to do it without damaging the long vines (which are very prone to tangling)? Thank you!

Response:

This is a very beautiful example of a String of Hearts plant (I’m interested in acquiring one too). When foliage is very dense, you can always use a chopstick and poke it between the foliage, into the soil, then pull it out to see if it’s dry (you should also be able to “feel” whether you’re poking through dry or moist soil). Doing this will also help with aeration - which you should be doing anyway. Another method is to know how heavy your pot is when the soil is fully saturated vs dry - there’s usually a big difference!

I’ve repotted a peperomia prostrata, a similar vining plant with lots of tiny foliage: it will be messy and you will lose some leaves/vines. I found it best to try to gently scoop out the whole mass of foliage near the pot - soil and all. Transplant it into the new pot with some new soil, leaving the old soil as intact as possible. Then water it thoroughly - it sort of “seals in” the old soil with the new. Repotting is always a traumatic experience so I wouldn’t do it unless absolutely necessary. Hope this helps!

[kaityfeather]

1.2.3.4.

indoor plant ideas

[pacificnorthwestdoodles]

The preschool is buying heirloom sunflower seed in bulk. We’re going to make a ‘Sunflower House’.

How to grow a sunflower house

[pacificnorthwestdoodles]

@bacheloretteofscience THIS WORKS so well!

If you want to get super fancy, do a second ring on the outside of 4’ tall sunflowers then a third outer ring of the 1’ tall teddy bear sunflowers.  If there are any gaps you can interplant with cosmos, amaranth and nasturtiums or (if there are huge gaps) gourds.

[soul-vacations]

My mom used to do this for me in the backyard as a kid- it really works and I always loved it! Spent so many summer days having tea parties with teddy bears in my sunflower house.

[thewitchofwonderlust]

Okay so… I could witch the hell outta this

[silver-tongues-blog]

do you want faeries? this is how you get faeries

[hortilife]

Should of done this when I was a kid. I loved sunflowers

[inhalelightexhalefear-deactivat]

Hobbies include cleaning out used candle containers for planting succulents in

[hortilife]

I have I few cool ones I'm cleaning out to pot into. It's a good idea!

[lilmoth95]

[hortilife]

I don't know 😆 I have thousands of indoor plants at work and there's still plenty of stress

[homesteadseattle]

open regular hours Friday/Saturday, closing early xmas eve. closed the 25 but back to it Tuesday!

[hortilife]

I'd love to have a little shop like this

[caffeinegardens]

[feeelingalright]

This past winter vs. this summer comparison of my favorite plant. It’s amazing the changes that occur of a period of a couple months.

[urbnite]

[luv2sigh]

Cute air plant on quartz I got from Bunnings #bunnings #quartz #airplants #indoorplants #cute #bedroomdecor

[luv2sigh]

Got this cute pot cover from @misspotspouches in the mail today to dress up my favourite cactus 🌵 I think he likes it 😜 #pots #plants #cactus #succulents #cute #funny #indoorplants

[hortilife]

This is how the chrysanthemums and poinsettias must feel when we have them under light bulbs in long day so the don't flower 😆