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The first rubber plant I owned was a gift — a glossy, deep-burgundy beauty I placed in the darkest corner of my living

I had been planting agapanthus plants in the wrong part of my garden for three straight years — a bed along the south

The first time I tried planting a jasmine, I buried it against a shaded north-facing fence, watered it every single day because I

Two summers ago I tried everything to fix the mozzie problem on my back deck — citronella candles, plug-in diffusers, spray repellents reapplied

When I first decided to grow every recommended plant with butterfly appeal in my backyard, I planted eleven species in a single enthusiastic

My first philodendron plant was a heartbreaker. I bought a beautiful Brazilian variety from a market stall, put it on a shelf in

The first time I tried to figure out how to plant tulip bulbs, I did everything wrong in the most avoidable ways possible.

My first attempt at growing lights for indoor plants was a disaster in slow motion. I bought a cheap purple LED strip from

My first attempt at green velvet boxwood planting ended with three dead shrubs in the span of a single summer — I set

A few years ago I was staring at tomato plants with leaves going yellow between the veins — green veins, faded yellow tissue