Archives for August 2020

It has been expressed that cleanliness is next to godliness, and that premise applies to your houseplants as well. I believe a clean houseplant is a healthy, disease-free addition to your home. I have an acquaintance who collects assorted houseplants, which is all well, and good, however. When you enter her home, you are readily greeted by the accumulation of dust which has formed on her impoverished plants. Some had even developed dreaded cobwebs attached to them, a clear indication of spider mites. As an avid plant lover, I find this totally unacceptable. My words to my friend was clean your plants up. Immediately, she turned towards me, shook her head sideways, and announced, “Why, since plants grow normally in soil should I clean them.”

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In collaboration with Liana, Stephanie & Jessica.

Welcome to the Houseplant Addicts Dictionary! As a plant addict, we are all familiar with terms and phrases used in our house plant community! But what about the terms we are unsure of? What if we’re new to plants? We hope our dictionary will benefit all that utilize it! 

Have you ever heard someone talking about ‘propagation’ or properly ‘amending’ soil? How about reading phrases such as ‘FLF’ or ‘NOID’? Do you understand or know what these common terms or phrases mean? We decided that it is time to create a reference or a ‘dictionary’ of all the common terms and phrases (slang included) of common lingo used amongst houseplant enthusiasts from all over the world. 

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