The Evergreen House Plant Care blog
Plant care notes for this coast
Short, practical guides written for the exact conditions between Sarasota and Port Charlotte: sandy soil, salt air, storm season, and homes kept at 74 degrees.
Houseplants
The Florida AC Paradox: Why Humid Air Makes Crispy Plants
Florida is one of the most humid states in the country, and its living rooms are as dry as a heated house in February. Here is why, and what actually fixes it.
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Houseplants
Pet-Safe Houseplants for Florida Homes
Which houseplants are genuinely dangerous to dogs and cats, which are merely unpleasant, and the good-looking ones you can put at floor level and forget.
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Houseplants
A Horticulturist's Guide to Watering Houseplants in SWFL
Watering on a schedule is how most houseplants die here. How light, pot, season, and mix change the answer, and the checks that replace the calendar for good.
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Houseplants
Prepping Houseplants for Hurricane Season in Florida
Lanai pots, days without air conditioning, salt spray through the screen, and the two-week-later collapse that catches Gulf Coast plant owners out every season.
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Plant Selection
Choosing Salt-Tolerant Plants on the Gulf Coast
What salt tolerance really means near the water, which plants genuinely handle it, and how to layer a planting for shelter from Siesta Key to Port Charlotte.
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Houseplants
Houseplants vs. Florida Air Conditioning
Why the most humid state in the country gives indoor plants crispy brown tips, and the fixes for dry AC air, tap water, and mineral salt buildup.
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Storm Season
A Hurricane Season Prep Checklist for Your Plants
How to get a Gulf Coast landscape ready before a storm, and what to do in the weeks after, from a Sarasota-area horticulturist who has been through it twice.
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Soil & Feeding
Why Florida Soil Starves Your Plants
Our sandy, alkaline Gulf Coast soil leaches nutrients away fast. Here is why your palms and landscape plants look permanently hungry, and what genuinely helps.
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