Houseplants
When I say “jade plant” to a visitor eyeing my Portland windowsill, they usually think of one thing: the little green succulent your grandma had. The species does most of the heavy lifting for that image, but “jade plant” as a category is a lot bigger than one shape. Jade
In Ghana, this plant is called Tameawu. The name roughly translates to “Hate me, you die.” Few houseplants come with a threat attached. The reputation makes sense once you try to kill one. A leaf torn off and left on
I killed my first pothos in about three weeks. Not from neglect, from love: I watered it every single day because that felt like the caring thing to do. Root rot doesn’t care how much you love a plant. That
Mother of Thousands is Kalanchoe daigremontiana, a succulent native to southwest Madagascar. It produces tiny plantlets along the serrated edges of its broad, blue-green leaves. It’s frequently confused with Kalanchoe delagoensis (Mother of Millions), Kalanchoe laetivirens, and the natural hybrid
