Lovers of succulents and oddball plants in general grow bowiea with most of its showy, round green bulbs above the soil surface, and with its twining filigree of stem-like foliage trained up onto some kind of support. That’s how the plant in my dining room (shown) is growing right now. Probably neither is what happens in the wild, but no matter; let the foliage climb up something or let it dangle; bury the bulbs a lot or hardly at all.Order a baby at Logee’s, or better yet order three and cluster them in one pot for company. Each bulb can reach 8 inches in diameter over time, and as for the foliage—there seem to be no end to it (until it simply stops).What matters is that you give it bright light and gritty soil and respect bowiea’s desire to sleep all winter. Stop watering it when the tendrils start to turn yellow and dry up in fall, then water not at all or very rarely when it is sleeping. I usually give it a little drink perhaps once a month in winter out
How to Plant and Grow Blackberry Bushes
13.07.2023 - 03:39 / gardenerspath.com / Laura Ojeda Melchor
How to Grow and Care for Blackberry Bushes Rubus fruticosus agg.There’s nothing like picking a plump, juicy-looking blackberry from the vines in your own yard and popping it into your mouth.
The tart, sweet flavor of homegrown blackberries is unbeatable. But, you might be wondering, how exactly do you grow these berries at home?
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If you’re wondering whether you’d be able to grow enormous berries like the ones you see in the store, or if they’d be smaller, or how long the lovely fruits have been around, you’ve come to the right place.
In this guide, we’ll dive into everything you’ve ever wanted to know about growing your own blackberries.
Here’s what I’ll cover:
What Are Blackberries?Blackberries are members of the Rosaceae family, along with such delightful plants as raspberries, roses, and apple trees.
Like closely related raspberries, blackberries are brambles: they’re usually thorny, grow thick and tangly, and can be upright or sprawling.
The fruits are not true berries at all, but rather, aggregate fruits made up of small round drupelets. Unlike raspberries, blackberries keep their core intact when picked.
Blackberries are perennial plants that bear fruit on biennial canes. They grow new green stems, known as primocanes, every year, and these typically bear leaves but not flowers on what are known as “floricane fruiting” plants.
In the second year, these primocanes become floricanes. They turn woody, sprout leaves and new stems from lateral buds branching off the main stem, and produce flowers on those lateral stems.
The flowers then become those irresistibly juicy, sweet-tart berries. After this, the floricanes
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