Houseplants should be repotted once a year or so. Look for roots growing out of the bottom of the pot or peeking above the soil to know it's time.

Q: Five years ago I received a beautiful variegated amaryllis. It bloomed that year and the next and never since. I followed all the instructions to let it dry out, clean off the dead shell of the ...

Amaryllis are popular flowering bulbs grown indoors during the winter months, but there are questions of what to do with the bulb when the plant is finished blooming. Here are answers from ...

Whether you’ve kept a fiddle-leaf fig alive for years or you’ve killed more succulents than you can count, repotting a houseplant can be a daunting task. If you want your plant to thrive, though, it’s ...

EARLY IN MY career as director for grounds at Seattle University, I rescued a plant about to be thrown away by our office manager. She had inherited the plant when she began working there 10 years ...

Should I remove the new bulbs [babies] from an amaryllis when repotting? Mine has three small bulbs coming off the main one. You will probably get more blooms if you remove the bulblets. Plant them in ...

Q. I bought boxed amaryllis bulbs in early January, and they bloomed beautifully on the window sill in early February. How do I store and plant the bulbs for next season's blooming? A. Remove flower ...