2026 Houseplant of the Year and Tips for Making Terrariums

<v Speaker 1>Hello, my friends, and welcome into another edition of The
<v Speaker 1>Gardening Simplified Show, broadcasting from West Michigan and proven winner's
<v Speaker 1>color Choice Shrubs. It's Stacy Hervella me Rick weisst and
<v Speaker 1>our engineer and producer Adrianna Robinson. Okay, Stacey, today some
<v Speaker 1>tropical talk. Houseplant of the Year, terrarium talk. Let's get
<v Speaker 1>right to it. The envelope please for twenty twenty six
<v Speaker 1>Houseplant of the Year Endless Cascades, shining sea star, wax vine,
<v Speaker 1>Hoya carnosa.
<v Speaker 2>It's a houseful, but it's a little plants. It's a
<v Speaker 2>big name.
<v Speaker 1>Trusses of ovate green leaves with vibrant pink variegation claim
<v Speaker 1>to fame as the pink variegation and it does not
<v Speaker 1>fade as the leaves age. And I can tell you,
<v Speaker 1>Stacey that pre being a foliage plant buyer and working
<v Speaker 1>in the industry, there are many people out there who
<v Speaker 1>love hoyas. Hoyas are long lasting, dependable, and I found
<v Speaker 1>that there were a lot of people out there who
<v Speaker 1>collect hoyas.
<v Speaker 2>Oh for good reason. You know. I think hoyas were
<v Speaker 2>they were the original monstera. I think they were the
<v Speaker 2>original plant that kind of went viral on social media
<v Speaker 2>because when you see a hoya flower, you are just like,
<v Speaker 2>what is that? I need that in my life. I mean,
<v Speaker 2>I really think there are few houseplants that have such
<v Speaker 2>interesting and unique and beautiful flowers if you can get
<v Speaker 2>them to flower, absolutely, because you know, your regular old
<v Speaker 2>standard hoya carnosa is not necessarily an easy plant to
<v Speaker 2>get flower to get flowers. If it's happy, it will
<v Speaker 2>flower freely. If it's not, it will never flower. And
<v Speaker 2>it's an okay looking plant, but not like an amazing
<v Speaker 2>looking plant. And that's where one like the shining Sea
<v Speaker 2>Star comes in, where if this thing never flowers, you
<v Speaker 2>don't even mind because the foliage is so fabulous exactly.
<v Speaker 1>Hoyos are. Hoyos are wax plants, beloved for their waxy
<v Speaker 1>star shaped, fragrant flowers that often drip nectar, attract moths
<v Speaker 1>in nature, grow as epiphytes on trees and almost act
<v Speaker 1>like a trailer but also a climber, so a very
<v Speaker 1>very forgiving and resilient plant. I guess that's how I'm in.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, And you know it's interesting that you mentioned the
<v Speaker 2>moths because it is in the apostanacy family, and that
<v Speaker 2>is the same family as milkweed. Oh and if you
<v Speaker 2>look at a milkweed flower in a hoya flower, you
<v Speaker 2>will definitely see that star like resemblance between the two.
<v Speaker 1>I learned something new today. I never made that connection
<v Speaker 1>that is.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah.
<v Speaker 1>I like that. Yeah, hoyas, you know, And of course
<v Speaker 1>hoya is easy to print. Hoya is fun to say.
<v Speaker 2>Uh.
<v Speaker 1>And it's typical for at least for me, how we
<v Speaker 1>approach botanical names, because Stacey, I think in botany, what
<v Speaker 1>you do is you have a name of a plant,
<v Speaker 1>and then all you have to do to make it
<v Speaker 1>horticulturals just add an A on the end in A
<v Speaker 1>and I A.
<v Speaker 2>You know something in that range.
<v Speaker 1>Like if you got a bogoni, you just add an
<v Speaker 1>A on the end and you got a pogonia. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>and now suddenly it's horticulture.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, that's exactly. That is pretty much exactly what Linee
<v Speaker 2>has did. So there you go.
<v Speaker 1>Well, long lived plants with good care, hoyas can live
<v Speaker 1>for many years, potentially decades, making them what we would
<v Speaker 1>call a long term house plant.
<v Speaker 2>Definitely. I mean they are very very long lived. And
<v Speaker 2>you know, I think it's also interesting that you mentioned
<v Speaker 2>that they can go up or down, because a lot
<v Speaker 2>of climbing plants will not hang down if they like,
<v Speaker 2>they'll always try to grow up and then we'll get
<v Speaker 2>all tangled and you know, make a mess. And Hoya
<v Speaker 2>is one of those that's like, I can come up,
<v Speaker 2>I can go down. Whatever you want me to do.
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna be cool.
<v Speaker 1>And if you are willing to hold off on the
<v Speaker 1>water a little bit, have a nice bright window, just
<v Speaker 1>like a plant like sand zavaria, Hoya may be the
<v Speaker 1>plant for you if you're one of these people who
<v Speaker 1>struggles with keeping houseplants alive. Now, I have some houseplant
<v Speaker 1>advice for you that I've garnered over the years, and
<v Speaker 1>that is, if you have a number of houseplants stacy
<v Speaker 1>from time to time, just eat a salad in front
<v Speaker 1>of them. They will recognize what could happen to them
<v Speaker 1>if they don't behave right.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, well, Hoya is probably toxic being in the apostle
<v Speaker 2>and acy, so you're definitely not gonna want to eat
<v Speaker 2>eat this one. But yeah, you're asserting your dominance over
<v Speaker 2>your houseplants by eating a salad in front of them.
<v Speaker 1>Exactly. Well, a lot of houseplant lovers out there, So
<v Speaker 1>let me give you a houseplant lover. Limb a rick
<v Speaker 1>can't keep up with laundry, dishes and bills, and the
<v Speaker 1>weather outside gives me chills. But my priorities are straight,
<v Speaker 1>my chores, I abdicate. It's my houseplants that give me thrills.
<v Speaker 1>To keep my fern's healthy fit, I'm there for them.
<v Speaker 1>Lickety split aphids on my fycus give me a cute
<v Speaker 1>gas stritis. I put that in there just because it rhymes.
<v Speaker 1>My plants and I are close knit. To my frondie friends,
<v Speaker 1>I say, ll see what I did yep, thank you
<v Speaker 1>to my frondie friends. I say, l as I pour
<v Speaker 1>a glass of fine merlow. We laugh, We talk around
<v Speaker 1>the clock, even dance the fan dang goal. All a stretch,
<v Speaker 1>but trying to express how some people just simply love houseplants.
<v Speaker 2>Hey, you know, I was there until I had my
<v Speaker 2>own outdoor garden. I find out for gardens much easier
<v Speaker 2>to take than house was. I still have my share
<v Speaker 2>of houseplants, but they're all suculents because I'm not good
<v Speaker 2>at watering, so and hoyas have like pretty average water needs.
<v Speaker 2>They're a little bit forgiving. But of course if you
<v Speaker 2>want them to look their best, and certainly if you
<v Speaker 2>want them to flower, you cannot be an uneven water
<v Speaker 2>like I am, and.
<v Speaker 1>Make sure you use soil that's well drained, a good
<v Speaker 1>quality houseplant soil. On as with any other plant, whether
<v Speaker 1>it's a hanging basket or a container, make sure you
<v Speaker 1>have good drainage holes. As long as we're on the
<v Speaker 1>topic of houseplants, I wanted to mention today Stacey, that again,
<v Speaker 1>throughout the years, I've worked with many tropical plants and
<v Speaker 1>two favorites for me for outdoors and indoors. One is
<v Speaker 1>Phoenix robellini, the pygmy date palm. They don't get too
<v Speaker 1>big and they're showstoppers in the landscape, especially if you
<v Speaker 1>have a pool area, want to put it out on
<v Speaker 1>the deck, and of course you can bring it inside
<v Speaker 1>in winter. The the other one is ad Nitia palm
<v Speaker 1>or it's commonly called the Manila palm or Christmas palm
<v Speaker 1>because yeah, there's a time of year in the northern
<v Speaker 1>Hemisphere when the fruits ripen from green to red. But
<v Speaker 1>this is a palm that is very much enjoyed by
<v Speaker 1>restaurants or bars outdoor decks really gives you that tropical feel.
<v Speaker 1>So for me, as long as we're talking about house plants,
<v Speaker 1>I did want to mention two palms, Phoenix ROBERLINI and Adnitia,
<v Speaker 1>two favorites of mine.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you know I have a story about Phoenix ROBLINII.
<v Speaker 1>Oh I want to hear.
<v Speaker 2>Yes. So, when I was in horticulture school, you know,
<v Speaker 2>we did rounds, like you would rotate through all the
<v Speaker 2>different stations at the New York Botanical Garden, and you know,
<v Speaker 2>the tree rotation and the conservatory rotation. And so my
<v Speaker 2>good friend Nancy was on the conservatory rotation, and you know,
<v Speaker 2>she she had to at the end of the day,
<v Speaker 2>she had left. And so I said to the other
<v Speaker 2>person in the conservative conservatory rotation, what happened to Nancy?
<v Speaker 2>She goes, Oh, she got her ear pierced by Phoenix ROBLINEAI.
<v Speaker 2>So it's a it has big thorns. And what had
<v Speaker 2>happened is it had gone into her ear lob. She
<v Speaker 2>was working underneath the plant and it had like almost
<v Speaker 2>like pierced her ear. But the way that she said it,
<v Speaker 2>I was like, is Phoenix ROBELINII like a body artist? Like,
<v Speaker 2>is this like a like a tattoo, like the way,
<v Speaker 2>like just the inflection that she used made it sound
<v Speaker 2>like it was like someone's name, and I was just
<v Speaker 2>legitimately so confused for a few months. Nancy, who is okay,
<v Speaker 2>Everything was okay. But so when I hear Phoenix ROBILINII,
<v Speaker 2>I just think of someone who is like a you know,
<v Speaker 2>piercing artist or something like that. Tattoo artist.
<v Speaker 1>You know, I would make a great name if you
<v Speaker 1>were an actor, a music artist or whatever.
<v Speaker 2>It could be one of your aliases.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I like that. I'm sticking with fil dirt. Yeah,
<v Speaker 1>I'm sticking.
<v Speaker 2>Well, you never know when you might need another one
<v Speaker 2>because people know fil dirt, so.
<v Speaker 1>Oh my, well, I tell you what loads of you know.
<v Speaker 1>You're right about that though, because again in the garden
<v Speaker 1>center industry, we would unload truckloads of these plants coming
<v Speaker 1>up from southern Florida, and many times they're bagged in
<v Speaker 1>paper bags for protection. And if you pull these plants,
<v Speaker 1>the sleeves off these plants, or some of the employees
<v Speaker 1>would bend over to care for one of these plants,
<v Speaker 1>a dressina, a palm, any of these types of plants.
<v Speaker 1>I've seen people get poked in the eye and it's
<v Speaker 1>a scary and not good thing.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I know, you do have to be careful, so
<v Speaker 2>not necessarily a great choice if you have kids or
<v Speaker 2>pets in the house, but if you do not. These
<v Speaker 2>are two palms that you can actually grow indoors, but
<v Speaker 2>of course they have there has to be something wrongs.
<v Speaker 1>Well growing plants indoors. In segment four, we're going to
<v Speaker 1>talk about pers and looking forward to this. Love terrariums
<v Speaker 1>if you need to interact with plants during the winter
<v Speaker 1>when you can't be outside. Terrariums have a great history,
<v Speaker 1>they're not that difficult to grow, and loads of fun.
<v Speaker 1>And we'll devote segment four to terrariums. Coming up next
<v Speaker 1>Plants on Trial. We'll see what Stacy has on her
<v Speaker 1>mind today. That's coming up next here on the Gardening Simplified.
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<v Speaker 2>about the houseplants of the year, which is endless cascades,
<v Speaker 2>shining seastar, hoya or wax flower if you prefer. I
<v Speaker 2>feel like this is one of those, you know, occasions
<v Speaker 2>where it's just better to say hoya than wax Flower's
<v Speaker 2>wax flower. People call myrtle wax flower, and that's not related.
<v Speaker 1>Have you heard the term porcelain flower? People porcelain flower.
<v Speaker 2>I'm probably not the best person to ask about common names,
<v Speaker 2>but that makes sense because it does kind of look
<v Speaker 2>like porcelain. And you know, like we were saying, this
<v Speaker 2>is a hoya that is primarily grown for its foliage
<v Speaker 2>and it's pink. There are other pink hoyas out there,
<v Speaker 2>but this is a superior selection that maintains its pink,
<v Speaker 2>whereas other ones, you know, it may kind of emerge
<v Speaker 2>pink and then it will just go variegated or go green.
<v Speaker 2>As that leaf matures on shining seastar, it really maintains
<v Speaker 2>that bright pink color. So if you love hoyas and
<v Speaker 2>you can't get them to flower, you still have something
<v Speaker 2>really interesting to look at. And as with all of
<v Speaker 2>the plants of the year, whether annuals of the year,
<v Speaker 2>shrubs of the year, or perennials of the year, you
<v Speaker 2>can count on sea these in greater numbers at the
<v Speaker 2>Garden Center, which is a great thing for people who
<v Speaker 2>are like, hey, this plant sounds pretty interesting, so now
<v Speaker 2>it would be a great time to look for it
<v Speaker 2>if you are looking to add something to your houseplant
<v Speaker 2>collection to get you through these dreary days of winter.
<v Speaker 2>And aren't we all now. One of the things that
<v Speaker 2>was getting oh yeah, oh yeah, I like it. I
<v Speaker 2>like it. So one of the things that is really
<v Speaker 2>helping me get through these dreary days of winter. As
<v Speaker 2>we talked about the various plants of the year, was
<v Speaker 2>thinking about the companion plants. And that's kind of how
<v Speaker 2>I framed all of the plants of the year up
<v Speaker 2>until now, because you know, it makes sense for shrub's,
<v Speaker 2>perennials and annuals, you know, thinking about what would this
<v Speaker 2>plant pair nicely with in terms of color, size, shape,
<v Speaker 2>all of that. Really enjoy doing that. But then we
<v Speaker 2>come to house plan of the year, not really a
<v Speaker 2>companion plant kind of plants, right because This is not
<v Speaker 2>a hardy plant, is tropical. It cannot see the cold.
<v Speaker 2>It can't even look at the cold. Like, if you
<v Speaker 2>go and buy this thing in these extremely cold days
<v Speaker 2>that we're having here in Michigan and through much of
<v Speaker 2>the country, do not try to carry this even into
<v Speaker 2>your house without a bag. It would not be good.
<v Speaker 2>I would say that for any indoor plants that you're buying,
<v Speaker 2>So companion plants out of the question. So I got
<v Speaker 2>to thinking, do we have a shrub in the proven
<v Speaker 2>Winner's color Choice line with a similar kind of foliage?
<v Speaker 2>And it's going to come as no surprise to you,
<v Speaker 2>as it comes as no surprise to me or Rick
<v Speaker 2>or Adriana. That indeed we do, and that is today's
<v Speaker 2>plant on trial. Sergeant Pepper Dogwood.
<v Speaker 1>Love that plan.
<v Speaker 2>It is so cool, and this is its first year
<v Speaker 2>on the market, So twenty twenty six is really the
<v Speaker 2>first season this plant is going to be out there
<v Speaker 2>in the marketplace. Now, dogwoods can mean a lot of
<v Speaker 2>different things to different people, because there's dogwood trees and
<v Speaker 2>this kind of dogwood and that kind of dogwood. So
<v Speaker 2>this is a cornice alba, which is the European dogwood
<v Speaker 2>or the white dogwood. So it's very much like our
<v Speaker 2>standard red twig dogwood that is native Cornice stolenifera, but
<v Speaker 2>it's native to Europe, so it has a different species
<v Speaker 2>and that is Cornics alba. But otherwise it's pretty similar
<v Speaker 2>in its overall shape and size and the way that
<v Speaker 2>it grows, with one major difference, and that is that
<v Speaker 2>it has variegated foliage. Now it's not just any regular
<v Speaker 2>variegated foliage yet most people you hear variegated foliage, you
<v Speaker 2>think of kind of like a green center and a
<v Speaker 2>white edge, or a green edge and a white center,
<v Speaker 2>something you know, pretty standard like that. And this is
<v Speaker 2>that it starts it has a white edge and a
<v Speaker 2>green center. But in spring, when it emerges, it is
<v Speaker 2>flushed pink, not unlike the shining Sea starvoyage. Very similar. Now,
<v Speaker 2>as soon as it starts getting warmer and the days
<v Speaker 2>are getting longer, that pink is going to fade and
<v Speaker 2>you're going to have, you know, kind of a standard
<v Speaker 2>variegated green and white dogwood for the rest of the season,
<v Speaker 2>which is really nice. I have seen very gated dogwoods
<v Speaker 2>like this used to excellent effect, especially in perennial gardens.
<v Speaker 2>Shrub borders anything like that, because they really do add
<v Speaker 2>like a lot of light and movement and interest. Now
<v Speaker 2>it's looking perfectly swell all season long, but then we
<v Speaker 2>come to late summer, late August, early fall, the nights
<v Speaker 2>are now getting longer and a little bit cooler, and
<v Speaker 2>that is bringing that pink coloration roaring back, and so
<v Speaker 2>September October until you get those really hard for us
<v Speaker 2>that cause it to defoliate, it's just getting pinker and
<v Speaker 2>pinker and pinker until it's a very very deep pink
<v Speaker 2>and that's kind of like an overlay over the green
<v Speaker 2>and white variation. So it's a pretty unique look. We
<v Speaker 2>have them here in our trial gardens, and I think
<v Speaker 2>we've talked about them on at least one of our
<v Speaker 2>garden too.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, you introduced me to the plant, and I'm like, wow, yeah,
<v Speaker 1>it's stunning.
<v Speaker 2>It is really really cool and just a very different
<v Speaker 2>look for this plant. It does come to us from Europe,
<v Speaker 2>not surprised, I think, since it is the European native
<v Speaker 2>species and it is a huge hit over there where
<v Speaker 2>it's sold under the name Miracle because of this really
<v Speaker 2>unique coloration. And we're really excited to be able to
<v Speaker 2>bring it to North America because it is so well
<v Speaker 2>suited to so many conditions here.
<v Speaker 1>Sure.
<v Speaker 2>Now, unfortunately for all of our hot climate viewers, we
<v Speaker 2>love you, we appreciate you, but this is not a
<v Speaker 2>plant for you. I'm afraid it is only heat tolerant
<v Speaker 2>through USDA Zone seven, and that's not uncommon for these
<v Speaker 2>shrubby dogwoods to just not have that level of heat tolerance,
<v Speaker 2>although the treat dogwoods do tend to be far more
<v Speaker 2>heat tolerant, so you're not completely devoid of a dogwood.
<v Speaker 2>Now it's hardy down to USDA Zone three. So cold
<v Speaker 2>climate gardeners, you've got it made with this one. And
<v Speaker 2>that matters because, very much like our standard native red
<v Speaker 2>twig dogwood, this also gets red twigs in winter, so
<v Speaker 2>it's got a lot going for it. You really get
<v Speaker 2>all of that great season you know, year round, really
<v Speaker 2>interest for this plant, and you get that same durability
<v Speaker 2>that people expect from red twig dogwood.
<v Speaker 1>I'd classify it as a plant that's easy to grow
<v Speaker 1>and Stacy, what I love about this. I've always said
<v Speaker 1>pink is a color that plays well in the landscape.
<v Speaker 1>So if we're talking about combinations, you know, pink does
<v Speaker 1>great with orange, red, burgundy, green, whatever it may be.
<v Speaker 1>So this plant I think would find a home in
<v Speaker 1>your landscape.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, definitely, And it would be a great pairing for
<v Speaker 2>any of those darker foliaged perennials. Yes, you know, black purple.
<v Speaker 2>We've talked a lot about that, I think so far
<v Speaker 2>this month, about how sometimes those can just kind of
<v Speaker 2>blend in with the soil, and when you have something
<v Speaker 2>like this, it's really popping and contrasting with that color,
<v Speaker 2>and it's really just again a great companion plant for
<v Speaker 2>whatever in the garden. I do love them. With perennial gardens.
<v Speaker 2>You'll see them incorporated a lot as kind of a
<v Speaker 2>structural or specimen type element in a perennial garden. It's
<v Speaker 2>just a great choice to grow well if you want
<v Speaker 2>that ultimate red twig color. This is a plant that
<v Speaker 2>you are going to have to trim every winter or
<v Speaker 2>every late late winter early spring, because as those stems
<v Speaker 2>start to get older, really over like three years old,
<v Speaker 2>it starts to develop a barkie, quirky kind of growth
<v Speaker 2>on the outside, so you need to keep the growth
<v Speaker 2>juvenile or younger. So basically what that means is you
<v Speaker 2>can just go through and take out the oldest third
<v Speaker 2>of stems every couple of years wherever is not colorful anymore.
<v Speaker 2>Or some people like to grow it by pollarting it
<v Speaker 2>and taking it all the way down to the ground.
<v Speaker 2>Both of those are perfectly valid ways to manage it,
<v Speaker 2>although of course you're not going to want to pullart
<v Speaker 2>it until it's well established at least three years in
<v Speaker 2>the ground so it has the root system to come back.
<v Speaker 2>And anyway, when you have a new plant like that,
<v Speaker 2>you're not gonna have to worry about it developing that
<v Speaker 2>quirky growth on the red stems for a couple of
<v Speaker 2>years and just.
<v Speaker 1>Like Arctic fire, pruning those brands, choose using them in
<v Speaker 1>your Christmas deth.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so it's a win wind because especially if you're
<v Speaker 2>pruning in early winter and you don't you know, there's
<v Speaker 2>no plant health related reason why you can't prune it
<v Speaker 2>in early winter and use those stems for decre indoors
<v Speaker 2>or out. But yeah, so it's a it's a win
<v Speaker 2>win in that regard. Now, this is a plant that
<v Speaker 2>if you wanted to install many of them or do
<v Speaker 2>it as a hedge, it's going to be a personal
<v Speaker 2>taste thing because it is variegated, and that can be
<v Speaker 2>a whole lot of variegation. Now in our garden, I
<v Speaker 2>think we have a hedge of maybe four or five
<v Speaker 2>plants that looks quite good. I do like it. It's surrounded
<v Speaker 2>by a lot of other plants, so it kind of
<v Speaker 2>helps to blend it in. But yeah, a really unique plant,
<v Speaker 2>great looking. It is on the little the larger size.
<v Speaker 2>It's about four to six feet tall. It can be
<v Speaker 2>managed shorter through pruning. If you do want to do that.
<v Speaker 2>You know, you can kind of trim it, and we do.
<v Speaker 2>The ones in our trial garden are trimmed slightly into
<v Speaker 2>a rounded shape. But again, because of it's a dogwood,
<v Speaker 2>it has all of this versatility in its care and
<v Speaker 2>how you grow it and how you use it and
<v Speaker 2>how it performs. I mean just really, like you said,
<v Speaker 2>one of the easiest to grow plants. And I love
<v Speaker 2>how this plant, Sergeant Pepper dogwood kind of puts a
<v Speaker 2>twist on such a classic plant and gives you a
<v Speaker 2>lot more interest during the growing season as compared to
<v Speaker 2>a regular one, which just of course has plain green foliage.
<v Speaker 1>I love the fact that it comes to us from Europe.
<v Speaker 1>I'm looking at the notes here.
<v Speaker 2>Netherlands, the Netherlands.
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, yeah, my heritage, so that's pretty cool. And sold
<v Speaker 1>as Miracle.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, and so in the EU it is sold as Miracle.
<v Speaker 2>So if we have anybody joining us from abroad and
<v Speaker 2>you want this plant, you can get it. Just look
<v Speaker 2>for Miracle. For those of us in the US and Canada,
<v Speaker 2>it is going to be sold as Sergeant Pepper Dogwood
<v Speaker 2>and you will find it for the first time ever
<v Speaker 2>in North America in your garden center this season. Be
<v Speaker 2>sure to put it on your planting list if you
<v Speaker 2>are interested. If you want to see what it looks like,
<v Speaker 2>join up us on YouTube. Adriana puts all sorts of
<v Speaker 2>great photos in there. Of course, you can find it
<v Speaker 2>at proven Winter's Color Choice dot Com. Lots of ways
<v Speaker 2>to learn more about Startet Pepper Dogwood and of course
<v Speaker 2>Shining c Star Oia, the twenty twenty six Houseplant of
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<v Speaker 2>back to the Gardening Simplify Show, where we are definitely
<v Speaker 2>reaching the season of gardening questions. Not quite the fever
<v Speaker 2>pitch of spring, right, but getting there we are because
<v Speaker 2>you know, people start thinking again. Their dreamings are no
<v Speaker 2>longer just on the holidays and what they're going to
<v Speaker 2>make and who they're going to invite to whatever. So yeah,
<v Speaker 2>lots of stuff going on. So if you want to
<v Speaker 2>reach out to us with any of your gardening questions, quandaries,
<v Speaker 2>conundrums or celebrations, you can do that at Gardening Simplified
<v Speaker 2>on air dot com. We would love to hear from you.
<v Speaker 2>And speaking of hearing from people here, you got some
<v Speaker 2>cool stuff cooking up in the next couple weeks.
<v Speaker 1>Got some fun dates coming up. I just want to
<v Speaker 1>mention to people who may be in the area in
<v Speaker 1>West Michigan or the Chicago area. On January thirty one,
<v Speaker 1>I'm doing a comedy show at the Beardsley Theater. Would
<v Speaker 1>love to have you come out. We'll pass along the
<v Speaker 1>link for tickets. And then March fourteen, I'm going to
<v Speaker 1>be at plat Hill Nursery in Chicago, actually in the
<v Speaker 1>suburbs of Chicago, Carpentersville, Platt Hill Nursery. It's about thirty
<v Speaker 1>miles west of the Lake Shore or the Chicago Botanic
<v Speaker 1>Garden and gonna meet and greet with people there. So
<v Speaker 1>that's March fourteen, Plat Hill Nursery in Carpentersville, Illinois.
<v Speaker 2>And you know, we should mention about your comedy show
<v Speaker 2>at the Beardsley Theater and Muskegan. Not that this comes
<v Speaker 2>as any surprise to our listeners, but it should be mentioned.
<v Speaker 2>It is clean comedy, It is clean. This is a
<v Speaker 2>family friendly show, so it's not like he has a
<v Speaker 2>late night date night kind of situation. You can bring
<v Speaker 2>the whole family and it's for a great cause. So
<v Speaker 2>it's going to be and there's two shows.
<v Speaker 1>Two shows. We'll throw some gardening humor in there too.
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, if you can't stay up late like some people,
<v Speaker 2>including myself, you can go to the early show. If
<v Speaker 2>you're night out, you can go to me. So win win,
<v Speaker 2>It's great all around. Now let's get back to the
<v Speaker 2>mail bag. Okay, and I you know, I have this
<v Speaker 2>first question I thought very appropriate for today's topic.
<v Speaker 1>Niki asks. My question is regarding myself facing sunroom. I
<v Speaker 1>have some houseplants out there, but they've shown signs of
<v Speaker 1>getting too much sun leaf scorch. All of those plants
<v Speaker 1>have otherwise been happy in my home, just not that spot.
<v Speaker 1>I'm finding this a tricky place for plant selection because
<v Speaker 1>it's technically indoors, yet it seems to be too much
<v Speaker 1>sun for most houseplants. I'm wondering what plants you might recommend.
<v Speaker 1>I dream of a sunroom filled with beautiful greenery.
<v Speaker 2>Well, I want to first of all say that NICKI
<v Speaker 2>does not mention in what season she is seeing this damage,
<v Speaker 2>but I would put out there that there is a
<v Speaker 2>possibility it's actually cold damage, because you know, a lot
<v Speaker 2>of times, like unless you have a really nice, newer
<v Speaker 2>built conservatory, they can be a little bit leaky on
<v Speaker 2>the cold air. And a lot of tropical plants are
<v Speaker 2>extremely sensitive to even a little bit of cold, you know,
<v Speaker 2>so you know, if you're seeing this in summer, then yes,
<v Speaker 2>obviously it's not cold, it's leaf scorch or possibly heat.
<v Speaker 2>But if you're seeing this in winter and you're finding
<v Speaker 2>the plants are doing okay indoors, I would at least
<v Speaker 2>entertain the possibility that it could be related to the
<v Speaker 2>sun room being a little bit colder than you might expect,
<v Speaker 2>especially in winter when you're not getting very much sun,
<v Speaker 2>So that's a possibility. I would also say, if you
<v Speaker 2>do believe it is too much sun you can get
<v Speaker 2>you can look these up online. An old fashioned greenhouse shade,
<v Speaker 2>so they're kind of like a roll of slats, of
<v Speaker 2>wooden slats, and you can just roll them up and
<v Speaker 2>down and that helps to provide some shade as well.
<v Speaker 2>Fairly inexpensive, I would imagine, but if you're in a
<v Speaker 2>can't beat them, join them, I would think this sounds
<v Speaker 2>like a perfect scenario for citrus.
<v Speaker 1>Yes, citrus would be great. By the way, old fashioned
<v Speaker 1>glass greenhouses, they'd spray them with a whiting material. Also,
<v Speaker 1>oh yeah, but you're probably not going to want to
<v Speaker 1>do that.
<v Speaker 2>Now, it's not necessarily the most attractive thing for your home.
<v Speaker 1>But citrus is a great choice. And you know, for me,
<v Speaker 1>most houseplants like bright indirect light, so if they're you know,
<v Speaker 1>that's how they suggest you grow your orchids, for example.
<v Speaker 1>So for me, I would suggest to nikky jade plant
<v Speaker 1>Croton's would be a good choice. Palms, bird of Paradise
<v Speaker 1>is a great choice. One of my favorite houseplants is
<v Speaker 1>ponytail palm, and that thing is tough and that would
<v Speaker 1>be able to handle the direct light, string of pearls,
<v Speaker 1>any of your dressinas, banana sandsavaria aloes. So there are
<v Speaker 1>some houseplants that can handle more intense light.
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, for sure. I think that all those great
<v Speaker 2>again palms and crotons are great because crotons really need
<v Speaker 2>a lot of bright sun and all yet all of
<v Speaker 2>that wacky color that they have, you know, always I
<v Speaker 2>think a good solution too, if you can in this
<v Speaker 2>scenario is go visit a local public garden that has
<v Speaker 2>a conservatory and observe really what is going on, because
<v Speaker 2>they are the ones who are really going to be
<v Speaker 2>maximizing the various light exposures of the conservatory, and I
<v Speaker 2>think you can learn a lot, you know, by seeing
<v Speaker 2>what is thriving in those areas versus you know, just
<v Speaker 2>kind of guessing at it. But definitely consider the fact
<v Speaker 2>that it could be cold. I think citrus, you know,
<v Speaker 2>obviously it's not a cold tolerant plant, but any of
<v Speaker 2>those Mediterranean kind of plants, they can usually take some coolness.
<v Speaker 2>And really the best temperature for citrus in winter is like,
<v Speaker 2>you know, fifty. It doesn't want to be as warm
<v Speaker 2>as the house. And I'm pretty sure you can't give
<v Speaker 2>a citrus plant too much light, so you also can't
<v Speaker 2>give it too much fertilizer, So bear that in mind
<v Speaker 2>if they start looking poorly. So I hope that helps you, Nikki,
<v Speaker 2>and good luck, very very good problem to have. How
<v Speaker 2>to fill a sunroom, you bet you.
<v Speaker 1>By the way, I'd suggest clusia also, which is known
<v Speaker 1>as autograph plant. Jenny Asks. Two years ago, I planted
<v Speaker 1>a new garden that is adjacent to a ligne of
<v Speaker 1>mature trees. There is significant root competition in the area,
<v Speaker 1>so I began with quartz sized shrubs trees that perform
<v Speaker 1>well in other parts of my yard, little quickfire hydrangeas
<v Speaker 1>fluffy arbor vities, lemony lace, elderberry, fothergilla, etc. I ran
<v Speaker 1>drip irrigation to each plant. Everything is healthy, but growth
<v Speaker 1>has been extremely slow when compared to the same varieties
<v Speaker 1>of shrubs in other areas of my yard. So the
<v Speaker 1>question when gardening in an area with extreme root competition,
<v Speaker 1>do you recommend fertilizing more regularly during the growing season
<v Speaker 1>to make up for the nutrient loss. I typically only
<v Speaker 1>fertilized my shrubs and trees once in the spring with
<v Speaker 1>an organic product.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, so definitely a common problem trying to plant around
<v Speaker 2>trees and tree roots making it difficult. I think you
<v Speaker 2>did the right things starting with small plants, yes, so
<v Speaker 2>you don't have to dig huge holes in and around
<v Speaker 2>all of those. But I would also say that the
<v Speaker 2>quart sized shrub that Jenny's referencing here, these are something
<v Speaker 2>that you get via mail order and in the ground.
<v Speaker 2>They are pretty slow to get established. They're quite small,
<v Speaker 2>so it takes them a while. These court sized shrubs
<v Speaker 2>that you buy from e commerce websites are the same
<v Speaker 2>plants that we are selling here at Proven Winners Color
<v Speaker 2>Choice shrubs to growers to pot up and grow under
<v Speaker 2>more sort of strict conditions to produce a crop more
<v Speaker 2>in agricultural rather than a horticultural kind of condition, So
<v Speaker 2>they grow very fast in that environment. But outside, yeah,
<v Speaker 2>they have a lot more to deal with, so I'm
<v Speaker 2>not surprised that it's taking them longer. I would say
<v Speaker 2>you can certainly fertilize that will help them grow more.
<v Speaker 2>And the interesting thing, the reason that I wanted to
<v Speaker 2>bring this up is because you don't necessarily have to
<v Speaker 2>worry that the fertilizing that you are giving these plants
<v Speaker 2>that the tree will compete with them. It really depends
<v Speaker 2>on where they are within the tree canopy. But when
<v Speaker 2>you fertilize a tree, you don't fertilize up under the canopy.
<v Speaker 2>You fertilize it the drip line on the outer edges
<v Speaker 2>of the tree. So if these are planted within the
<v Speaker 2>drip line, you don't need to worry that you're actually
<v Speaker 2>fertilizing the tree and not your shrub. I think that
<v Speaker 2>like basically all of the nutrients will end up going
<v Speaker 2>to the shrubs and they should be able to take
<v Speaker 2>advantage of that and start growing a little bit more greatly.
<v Speaker 2>But I mean it's it's still a tough condition for
<v Speaker 2>roots to grow in when there's already a bunch of
<v Speaker 2>roots there, and tree roots, you know, are even though
<v Speaker 2>shrubs are woody plants, they don't get the big, you know,
<v Speaker 2>honkin' woody roots that trees gets the honk and roots
<v Speaker 2>they don't get them. So they definitely need a lot
<v Speaker 2>more time to get established and be able to effectively
<v Speaker 2>try to compete against the tree. So a little bit
<v Speaker 2>more time, a little bit more TLC. I would definitely
<v Speaker 2>keep that drip irrigation going for the tree. And yeah,
<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, within the next couple of years
<v Speaker 2>you should start seeing those tiny plants really coming into
<v Speaker 2>their own. Well, those were some great questions. I hope
<v Speaker 2>we gave you some good, useful advice that you can
<v Speaker 2>use or maybe our audience could use as well. We're
<v Speaker 2>going to take a little break. When we come back,
<v Speaker 2>we are talking about terrariums, a subject we are both
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<v Speaker 1>Welcome back to the Gardening Simplified Show. We'll dive right
<v Speaker 1>into it. Terrariums fascinating. I suggest you look up the
<v Speaker 1>history of terrariums. I won't dwell on that today, but
<v Speaker 1>it's fascinating when you look at doctor Nathaniel Bagshawe Ward
<v Speaker 1>and how he played a significant horticultural role in globalization.
<v Speaker 1>I guess you could say that based on a horticultural accident,
<v Speaker 1>that he had a fern plant that grew in a jar,
<v Speaker 1>and thus terrariums came along. It wasn't a do it
<v Speaker 1>yourself hobby project in the nineteenth century. As a matter
<v Speaker 1>of fact, mister Ward developed something that was known as
<v Speaker 1>a Wardian case, and it's essentially how they were able
<v Speaker 1>to move plants or cuttings of plants across the ocean.
<v Speaker 1>Plants that would normally die en route, Stacey, they could
<v Speaker 1>put them in the these terrarium like cases and transfer
<v Speaker 1>plants to a new continent.
<v Speaker 2>Right, made a huge difference.
<v Speaker 1>And look where we are now exactly exactly now. Of course,
<v Speaker 1>if you're gonna grow a terrarium, Stacey, it's probably needless
<v Speaker 1>to say that it's important to select the appropriate plants,
<v Speaker 1>and for closed terrariums, you're gonna want plants that can
<v Speaker 1>handle high humidity, do not get too large. So we're
<v Speaker 1>talking about plants like Fittonia, which is nerve plant, ferns,
<v Speaker 1>maybe a button fern moss of course, cushion moss or
<v Speaker 1>sheet moss. It provides the forest floor in a terrarium, Peppermias,
<v Speaker 1>creeping figs. Those are plant the types of plants that
<v Speaker 1>we would put in a closed terrarium. In an open
<v Speaker 1>terrarium or a low humidity terrarium, obviously, there are many
<v Speaker 1>different types of containers we could use and they're stacey.
<v Speaker 1>We're gonna use succulents like Echavaria, etchavaria, jade plants, Howorthia, cacti,
<v Speaker 1>and even maybe some talanzia, some air plants. So there's
<v Speaker 1>a lot of variety to use. If you decide that
<v Speaker 1>terrariums are something you want to take a.
<v Speaker 2>Shot at, right and you know, if you are going
<v Speaker 2>to have more of the desert style terrarium, obviously it's
<v Speaker 2>going to need a lot less water. But interestingly, if
<v Speaker 2>you have a close terrarium, they typically don't need very
<v Speaker 2>much water either, because they start to respire. The plants
<v Speaker 2>are transpiring water and they kind of become a self
<v Speaker 2>sustaining ecosystem. And I think that's really what the appeal
<v Speaker 2>of a terrarium is that you've created this little world, yes,
<v Speaker 2>and it's contained and it's yours, and you watch it grow.
<v Speaker 2>And yeah, I think every time that I've had a terrarium,
<v Speaker 2>it's just been a source of fascination for myself as
<v Speaker 2>well as anyone who's seen it. And I do think
<v Speaker 2>this stems from growing up in then nineteen seventies. Yes,
<v Speaker 2>and my mom had a big old bottle terrarium in
<v Speaker 2>our living room, you know, like one of those floor
<v Speaker 2>bottles is like this tall. And you know, I honestly
<v Speaker 2>I don't know if she planted it, or she bought
<v Speaker 2>it or someone gave it to her, or what the
<v Speaker 2>situation was. But back then, and I still have some
<v Speaker 2>seventies house pump books because I love those seventies houseplant books.
<v Speaker 2>They're so great.
<v Speaker 1>You know.
<v Speaker 2>They would show these instructions of planting these bottle terrariums,
<v Speaker 2>and you would roll up little plants in a strip
<v Speaker 2>of newspaper and slowly lower it down through the neck
<v Speaker 2>of the bottle, and they made these long handled tools. Yes,
<v Speaker 2>mostly nowadays teriums are a little bit more simple, a.
<v Speaker 1>Little more simple, But back then, yes, like people would
<v Speaker 1>give up on fish, you know, maybe too expensive and
<v Speaker 1>convert it into a terrarium. Similar how to how people
<v Speaker 1>will give up on a pool outside and convert it
<v Speaker 1>into a garden or a pond. But you're you're right
<v Speaker 1>about that. And I was there in the seventies as
<v Speaker 1>a young man in the garden center industry, and we
<v Speaker 1>had glass and glass containers everywhere, every imaginable shape size,
<v Speaker 1>Like you mentioned, the tools, the soils in order to
<v Speaker 1>grow terrariums. There truly was a terrarium craze, along with
<v Speaker 1>the shag carpeting, the wood paneling and the macrom plant hangers.
<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, it all goes together.
<v Speaker 1>Now. Of course, the foundation is super important, and usually
<v Speaker 1>we'll add some pebbles for the base layer to improve
<v Speaker 1>or encourage drainage. And yet you made a very important
<v Speaker 1>point and the key point here, Stacey, and that is
<v Speaker 1>you called it a self sustaining ecosystem something like that.
<v Speaker 1>So you're not going to be in there watering much.
<v Speaker 2>No, you don't usually need to.
<v Speaker 1>Exactly, so the pebbles at the base. Sometimes charcoal is used.
<v Speaker 1>You can purchase to put a thin layer of charcoal
<v Speaker 1>to absorb excess moisture, reduce bacteria and odors. And I
<v Speaker 1>always liked selling in the garden center. I always found
<v Speaker 1>them fun to use too. Is I called them lekka
<v Speaker 1>l eca. It's an acronym for clay pebbles or lightweight
<v Speaker 1>expanded clay aggregate. And you can buy these in small bags,
<v Speaker 1>and boyd does that really help and aid in growing
<v Speaker 1>a terrarium.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, it helps to absorb any like nasty smells in
<v Speaker 2>the water. And I think we should mention that when
<v Speaker 2>Rick mentions charcoal as the base layer in a terrarium,
<v Speaker 2>it is not barbecue.
<v Speaker 1>Charcoal things free.
<v Speaker 2>It is not. It is a special horticultural charcoal that
<v Speaker 2>you can get at garden centers. And you know, it
<v Speaker 2>really makes a good thing to add at the bottom
<v Speaker 2>of any houseplant. You don't just have to use it
<v Speaker 2>for terrariums, although that is probably its most popular use.
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I mean, I've made dozens of terrariums over
<v Speaker 2>my time and always put a layer of charcoal in
<v Speaker 2>the bottom and it works great.
<v Speaker 1>Now. My question for you, Stacy would be with your
<v Speaker 1>experience in growing terrariums. One of the fun things out
<v Speaker 1>in the outdoor landscape for me is hard scaping, you know, pergolas,
<v Speaker 1>stone paths, that type of thing. That's the fun thing
<v Speaker 1>about terrariums is that that piece, the resistant so to speak,
<v Speaker 1>the mushroom or some kind of character or something you
<v Speaker 1>can put in the terrarium. Did you do that?
<v Speaker 2>I have never done that. No. No, For me, it's
<v Speaker 2>really been about the plants, okay. And you know that's
<v Speaker 2>because you know, most a lot of these tropical plants
<v Speaker 2>you can only grow in term. They really benefit from
<v Speaker 2>that extra humidity. And you know, I've never done that,
<v Speaker 2>but I would be interested in the future in doing
<v Speaker 2>a vivarium, like with rainforest frogs. So a vivarium is
<v Speaker 2>like a terrarium, but it has a living thing in it.
<v Speaker 2>So you know, like rainforest frogs surrounded by like tropical plants. Wow,
<v Speaker 2>you need really high humidity and light for all of that.
<v Speaker 2>But like that would be like a dream for me.
<v Speaker 1>And the frogs.
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, you just feed them like crickets or you can
<v Speaker 2>you know, other like insects, you just put it in
<v Speaker 2>there and they pounce on them. And I don't know,
<v Speaker 2>those frogs are so cool. I've seen them like it
<v Speaker 2>that I believe the Atlanta Botanical Garden has a really
<v Speaker 2>cool exhibit of them, and I just fell completely in love.
<v Speaker 1>Wow. So there's a hobby that's ribbiting.
<v Speaker 2>Yes, yeah, I'm sure it would be. I haven't tried
<v Speaker 2>it yet, but yes, I would definitely be interested. But
<v Speaker 2>you do have to kind of invest. It's not this
<v Speaker 2>one is not usually going to be like your standard like, hey,
<v Speaker 2>I got an old ten gallon fish tank in the basement.
<v Speaker 2>You need more specialty equipment for to make sure that
<v Speaker 2>the frogs are happy and healthy, and of course you
<v Speaker 2>need to pick plants that are you know, good for
<v Speaker 2>them to be around. But then you create this whole
<v Speaker 2>little world for your froggy friends. I love it.
<v Speaker 1>You know, in northern regions we struggle indoors with static
<v Speaker 1>electricity and the furnaces running and it's so dry and
<v Speaker 1>the air gets dry indoors. There's something about a terrarium
<v Speaker 1>and that environment, that self sustaining environment, having the ability
<v Speaker 1>to cap it off from now and then venting it
<v Speaker 1>for some air keeping the terrarium clean. But that humidity
<v Speaker 1>that the terrarium allows those plants is received well by
<v Speaker 1>tropical plants that you try to grow in a terrarium
<v Speaker 1>because our household air can get pretty.
<v Speaker 2>Dry, oh for sure. So it really opens up so
<v Speaker 2>many possibilities. In fact, when I was in horticulture school,
<v Speaker 2>we did an experiment of propagating ferns okay in a terrarium.
<v Speaker 2>So you had to sterilize the growing media, and then
<v Speaker 2>you took the ferns you know, with spores on the
<v Speaker 2>leaf surface, and you just shook them over it and
<v Speaker 2>you capped it. And that really became a cell sustaining
<v Speaker 2>ecosystem because as the ferns grew, they just kept sporulating.
<v Speaker 2>And next thing you know, I have this like you know,
<v Speaker 2>mason jar sitting on its side and it's just completely
<v Speaker 2>full of like tiny baby ferns. Wow, people loved it.
<v Speaker 2>I had it on my desk at my old job
<v Speaker 2>and everybody asked, Spot, what is that? That is so cool?
<v Speaker 2>How can I do that like that? So there's so
<v Speaker 2>many opportunities in so many different ways to think about it.
<v Speaker 2>And yeah, if you browse used bookstores or go to
<v Speaker 2>estate sales. If you find any seventies houseplant book, you
<v Speaker 2>are going to get so much terrarium inspiration. I mean
<v Speaker 2>it was like a way of life back then. Oh yeah,
<v Speaker 2>And people are into them now, like people do like
<v Speaker 2>them and people talk about them on you know, Instagram
<v Speaker 2>and so forth. But it's nothing like it was in
<v Speaker 2>the seventies for.
<v Speaker 1>Our listeners and viewers. You know, I mentioned fittonia, ferns, moss, peppermia,
<v Speaker 1>creeping fig But would you say ferns were your primary
<v Speaker 1>go to plant for your terrarium?
<v Speaker 2>You you know, you really, I don't want to say
<v Speaker 2>you can't, but it's very difficult to try to grow
<v Speaker 2>ferns outside of that high humidity environment. Either they are
<v Speaker 2>going to do bad and or they're going to be
<v Speaker 2>shedding leaves all over everywhere and making the biggest clean
<v Speaker 2>up chour for you. So better to just put um
<v Speaker 2>in a terrarium. And it's a self sustaining situation because
<v Speaker 2>the foliage drops, decomposes, you don't have to worry about it.
<v Speaker 2>So that's just a tiny taste of what's possible with terrariums.
<v Speaker 2>I hope if you're inspired, you will do a deeper
<v Speaker 2>dive and hey, maybe give it a whirl right now
<v Speaker 2>it's cold. What better thing to do than to spend
<v Speaker 2>an afternoon creating a terrarium with your vestie.
<v Speaker 1>And gardening humor is ideal because we're among friends.
<v Speaker 2>Right exactly. So thank you so much, thank you, thank
<v Speaker 2>you so much, Adriana, and thanks so much to all
<v Speaker 2>of you. We hope you have a wonderful and warm
<v Speaker 2>week ahead.