Tradescantia Care - TLC for Your Purple Houseplant
Caring for your tradescantia houseplants. Watering, lighting, and more to keep your tradescantia indoor plants looking and feeling great!
Tips & Inspiration
10 Auspicious Plants for Chinese New Year
Welcome to a new year! Chinese New Year is full of celebration festivities, so there is lots of time for decorating, parties, delicious food and gifts. Of course, we're excited...
Using Neem Oil to Shine & Protect your Plant's Leaves
Bryan is here to show you how to use neem oil leaf shine (we use the MAYA brand) and keep your plants looking shiny and new, plus stop pests from...
Top 7 Houseplants for Purifying Your Space
Plants absorb particulates from the air while they are busy converting carbon dioxide to oxygen, like a filter. On top of that, micro-organisms found in the potting soil of growing...
How to Care for Your Calathea & Keep It Alive
Long known as the divas of the plant world, calathea can take a bit of patience to care for! But with these easy instructions, you're sure to have a happy...
Our Top 10 Calathea
Take a look at the top 10 calathea plants we love here at West Coast Gardens in Surrey BC.
10 Different Ferns for Your Home & How to Care for Them
Our top 10 ferns for your home! From staghorn ferns to brake ferns, bird's nest fern, asparagus fern and more—learn how to care for your favourite fern.
Caring for The Remarkable Christmas Cactus
Desert dwelling plants aren’t usually featured at Christmas, as the season traditionally celebrates cold weather, snow and brisk pine tree forests. The exception however, is the Christmas Cactus whose natural...
Pretty Poinsettias - Care and Display Ideas for Your Christmas Home
Christmas season. We only get one chance a year to celebrate eggnog, ugly seasonal sweaters (thank goodness), candy canes, Mistletoe, gingerbread houses and of course, Poinsettias. These colourful plants are...
Christmas Plants—Classic VS Contemporary
Keeping it green isn't a problem with houseplants—it's adding the holiday red and white that can be tricky when Christmas rolls around. But creating cheer for the season doesn't have...
Common Fixes for Your Tropical House Plants
Tropical indoor plants come with a host of common issues that are easy to fix when you catch them early. Take a look at these simple solutions for your struggling...
Caring for Your Bonsai
Caring for your bonsai Bonsai offer us a unique opportunity to have a tree indoors, even sitting on our desk or in our living room! While we can't quite bask...
Taming the Wild Bromeliad for Your Home
The Bromeliad actually enjoys the simple life, and is very easy to care for! With a few tricks and tips you can easily keep your plant happy and healthy, even...
How to Care for Your Monstera Plant
Keep your monstera happy with a few tips from the experts! These popular plants have showy,, huge leaves that split as they get older (between 2-3 years old) into gorgeous...
Repotting Your Tropical Houseplants
Repotting your houseplants when they get too large means adding more soil! Making sure you are using the right soil for each plant can go a long way to keeping...
Cyclamen Year-Round & How to Care for Them
Cyclamen are beautiful bloomers indoors or out—and their dark, variegated, & patterned foliage creates a dramatic look! Find out more about these unique home and garden plants, including how to...