Plants & Greenery

Most of my plants came from other people's plants. A cutting in a jar of water on the kitchen windowsill is how this whole section started, and the pothos post below is still the one readers write to me about most. This is where all the greenery lives: how to propagate what you already own instead of buying more, which plants forgive a dark corner, and the easy ones I hand to beginners who swear they kill everything they touch. There is a cast iron plant by my front door that has survived two winters and a great deal of neglect, so when I say a plant is hard to kill, I have tested it. You will also find the cold snap routine I wish I had known before my first frost, and a sunny shelf project for the kitchen window. Start with the pothos. It is free, and it works.