Andi Xoch

Plant Specialist

Andi Xoch is a Plant Specialist and the Owner of Latinx with Plants, a plant shop and resource based in Los Angeles, California. With over a decade of experience in the plant and garden industry, she specializes in plant maintenance, growth, and education. Andi has grown her business from a pop-up shop at home to two brick-and-mortar plant shops. She aims to share how to use plants as a healing tool.

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How to

Prune Orchids

Orchids produce beautiful blooms, but they require pruning once the flowers fall off. You can easily trim dead stems and roots on your orchid to improve its overall health. You can also prune an orchid to promote floweri...

How to

Trim a Monstera Deliciosa

Monstera deliciosa is instantly recognizable for its beautiful, holey leaves and vibrant green color. Since it's a vining plant, it can put on a lot of growth—up to ! If your plant monstera deliciosa is starting to tak...

How to

Prune a Christmas Cactus

Named after the time of year that they bloom in the Northern Hemisphere, Christmas cactus plants are beautiful and easy to maintain in the right conditions. The simple process of pruning can help grow a fuller, bushier p...

How to

Prune a Poinsettia

The distinctive red and green foliage of poinsettias can be seen all over during the Christmas holiday season, but these beautiful plants are often forgotten for the rest of the year. If you have a poinsettia that you wa...

How to

Properly Water Roses

Your roses need water to grow and continue putting out beautiful flowers, but too much water can actually do more harm than good. Whether you're new to caring for and watering roses or just wanting to troubleshoot an old...

How to

Transplant Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera plants are easy to grow and propagate, they are also very easy to transplant into a larger pot when your adult plant fills its pot. The plant can be used to treat many ailments as a home made remedy to skin ail...

The Ultimate Guide to Plant Pruning

Including the best time to prune 30+ houseplantsPruning involves trimming away dead, dormant, and old growth from a plant to help it flourish and produce new, healthy growth in the future. It’s an easy but important wa...

How to

Raise Gardenias in Pots

Gardenia (Gardenia jasminoides), also known as Cape Jasmine, is a very fragrant shrub plant with pure white flowers and shiny green close-growing foliage. Gardenias have a reputation as a tricky plant to grow successfull...

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Prune Croton Plants

Colorful crotons are a tropical plant that have a reputation for being fussy. Fortunately, trimming them is simple! In fact, you don't really have to prune them unless you want to trim away dead leaves, cut back growth, ...

How to

Grow a Rose Bush from a Single Stem or Cutting

This is a great way to collect a wide variety of roses.The best time of year to propagate roses is in early spring or late fall. Select the area in which you wish to grow your rose bush. Make sure that your rose bush wil...

How to Prune Hollyhocks (When & How to Cut Back Hollyhocks)

When the time comes to prune your garden, you can rest easy—hollyhocks are hardy plants that are easy to care for. Pruning your hollyhocks is relatively simple, and can make them bloom for even longer and keep them di...

How to

Transplant a Jade Plant

Jade plants (Crassula Argentea syn. Crassula ovata), are woody-stemmed plants with oval, succulent, jade green leaves.. 4 August 2021. When grown outdoors in USDA Hardiness Zones 9 to 11, where temperatures stay above i...