Alexandra Moreno, tropical plant and palm expert at Atlanta Palms, says, 'When you approach taking a cutting from your pencil cactus, I recommend using pruning shears to remove a cutting that is ...

Sprout is the name of a new brand of pencil which comes with a seed in the end – when the pencil has reached the end of its usefulness, the stub can be planted in soil.

Once Sprout’s pencil — made of cedar wood — is no longer useful, plant it and wait for something to appear. Sprout says the seeds will germinate in one to three weeks, with basil being fastest.

Pencil cactus, African milkbush, finger tree Light: full sun to partial shade Height: 20 to 30 feet Spread: 6 to 10 feet USDA Hardiness Zones: 11-12 Origin: Eastern and Southern Afric… ...

Pencil Japanese Holly (Ilex crenata 'Fastigiata'): Sometimes we might need a plant with a narrow form that is not a tall tree. This form of Japanese Holly only grows to about a metre and a half tall.

You plant the capsule in a pot of soil and use the stub end of the pencil as a marker. The capsule dissolves and the seeds grow into a plant. The pencils come in 14 varieties ($19.95 for a pack of ...

Pencil tree, native to much of southern Africa, is among the most fascinating plants we cultivate here. Often labeled ‘’pencil cactus’’ even though it’s a succulent Euphorbia (E ...

Wallitsch Gardens is helping you tackle your concerns, from the best way to keep your plants alive to getting cats to stop ...

While the 1950s saw more than 20 pencil manufacturing plants, several like Dixon Ticonderoga, which closed its Jersey City, ...

Other euphorbias include pencil plant, baseball “cactus,” and the all-time great name, “cows horn cactus,” Euphorbia grandicornis.