Artemisia Nursery

Aloe Vera Plant Care: How to Help Your Plant Thrive

Follow these tips to grow a healthy, stunning aloe plantAloe vera plants are super cute and easy to grow. Because they’re a type of succulent, aloe plants are very hardy and don’t need much care. They make a great a...

How to Duplicate an Aloe Vera Plant: Propagation Guide

Learn how to clone your aloe vera using leaves or offsetsGrowing Aloe Vera is easy. Planting it is a little trickier. Unlike other succulents and cacti, it is difficult to grow Aloe Vera from just a leaf. The chances of ...

How to Plant & Care for Sunflowers in Containers

An easy step-by-step guide for beautiful, potted sunflowersSunflowers are known for their gorgeous yellow flowers that stand tall and follow the sun. If you want to plant sunflowers but don’t have space in your garden...

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Take Rose Cuttings

Taking rose cuttings can lead to a new crop of beautiful, successful roses. Like many other plants, it's important to choose a sunny spot for your rose cuttings that has moist soil. Cutting strong, healthy stems right ab...

A Complete Guide to Growing Autoflowers Outdoors (When to Plant, How Often to Water, & How Much They Yield)

If you’re new to marijuana growing, autoflower seeds are a great choice. These cannabis seeds don’t require a rigorous light schedule, and they’re more forgiving when it comes to temperature fluctuations and fungu...

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Trim an Aloe Vera Plant

When healthy, aloe vera plants grow abundantly, forming new leaves, blossoms, and even new plants. Because of this, these plants require frequent attention. While an aloe plant requires more delicate trimming than other ...

Why Is My Aloe Plant Drooping? 11 Plant Care Solutions for an Aloe Plant That Won't Stand Up

You've probably heard again and again how resilient aloe plants are. So what does it mean when yours starts to flop? Don't despair! Droopy aloe plants are actually quite common and there are a lot of reasons they might ...

When and How to Harvest Fresh Cilantro

Cilantro is often used to add fresh flavor to Latin American and Southeast Asian dishes. If you're a fan, it's relatively easy to grow your own! As a bonus, once the plant dies and goes to seed, you can gather those seed...

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Care for Ferns

Taking care of a new plant is never easy, especially if you aren’t familiar with what they need or like the best. Ferns are beautiful, shrubby plants that thrive in warm, moist environments either inside or outside. Th...

How to

Harvest Basil

There’s nothing like fresh basil on pizza, pasta, or homemade bruschetta. Not only is harvesting leaves from your basil plant great for your dinner plans, it’s actually also necessary for keeping your plant strong an...

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Harvest Lavender

Lavender not only looks beautiful and bushy when planted in your yard, but it can be harvested for crafts, cooking, and decor. A full-grown lavender bush can give you 7 to 8 bundles of lavender each season, which you can...

White Spots on Plants: Causes & Getting Rid of Powdery Mildew

It's frustrating to look over and see powdery white spots on your houseplant or in your garden. You might be concerned that it's harming your plants or that it will prevent fruit or vegetables from growing. Fortunately, ...

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Get Rid of Powdery Mildew on Plants

Powdery mildew is a fungus that looks like flour dusted on plants, often in circular spots. It most commonly appears on leaves, but can also attack stems, flowers, and fruit. Infected leaves can twist, break, turn yellow...

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Care for Sunflowers

Learn to nurture and grow a gorgeous array of sunflowers at homeA sunflower is a magnificent plant, with as many as two thousand miniature flowers forming the central disc. Many common sunflower varieties grow quickly a...

How to

Kill Tomato Worms

The tomato worm, or tomato hornworm, can quickly destroy a tomato crop. Found in most regions of the United States, these caterpillars blend in easily with the foliage and feed non-stop. Eggplants, peppers, and potatoes ...

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Force Bloom on Aloe Vera

The beautiful yellow or orange flowers of the aloe vera plant typically bloom in the springtime. For your plant to bloom, it has to be healthy and at least 4 years old, so be patient if your plant is younger. You can inc...

How to

Dry Basil

If you love the flavor of basil, drying your own basil leaves will ensure that you have flavorful herbs to cook with all year long. Basil should be harvested just before it flowers for maximum flavor. The best way to dry...

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Care for a Basil Plant

Once you have successfully cultivated your basil plant, you need to provide it with regular care to maintain it. Regardless of whether your basil plant is inside in a pot or outside in a soil bed, you'll need to follow a...

Why Does My Aloe Plant Stink? FAQ for Smelly Aloe Vera

Noticing a bad odor when walking past your aloe vera plant is not a very pleasant surprise. While a stinky plant isn’t the most fun thing to deal with, the good news is that depending on the issue, you may be able to g...

How to

Compost in an Apartment

When you think of composting, you might picture stinky piles that take up a ton of room. If you're an apartment-dweller, you may be wondering if you can compost without a yard. Fortunately, there are tons of ways to comp...