Maria Gardens Center shares the strategic move behind its addition of Maria’s Plant Farm, the company’s new online houseplant and succulent shop.

The online store, formerly located at mariagardens.net, had updated to mariasplantfarm.com. At the same time, its two brick-and-mortar loc

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Whether you want to add a pop of green to a bookshelf, desk or empty bedroom corner, hou

Balakrishnan E from Kozhikode has a collection of over 500 species of cacti on his terrace. He collects the varieties from different parts of the country as well as from Japan, China, Indonesia, Brazil and so on.

G ardening has always been a passion for E Balakrishnan from Kozhikode, Ker

Make sure your succulents are legal and sustainably grown!

As houseplants have become a more visible trend, largely thanks to social media exposure, more and more people are discovering what used to be considered a lesser, non-glamorous family of plants: the succulents. They’re sturdy,

Sure, a dunce cap looks dumb now, but that wasn’t always the case. (Photo: Alan Levine/Flickr)

The dunce cap has long been a visual symbol of idiocy and punishment, but was once seen as something closer to a wizard’s hat. While today we understand the goofy-looking con

Total eclipses of the sun are rare, and Monday’s passage of the moon in front of our mother star is generating a lot of attention. Some 20 million people are expected to occupy the rather narrow 70-mile band of “totality” that will arch from Oregon to South Carolina. At its fullest, the

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Walk into any garden center's houseplant section, and you will see a variety of leafy foliage plants. Perhaps not as commonly known, there are a host of succulents that can live indoors year round. One of the more interesting

The cool days of spring are ideal for growing delicious, nutritious lettuces, but when your plants start to bolt, it's time to make your final harvest. That's because lettuce grows fast in chilly, wet weather, yielding leaves that are succulent and tender, with a flavor that's u

Lightning on Thursday tore apart a massive tree in Clackamas County. (Photo: Clackamas County Sheriff's Office)

Lightning kills about 20 people per year in the U.S., reports the National Weather Service, prompting the maxim, “When thunder roars, go indoors!”

Trees, unfortu

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