Notoriously hard to care for, and until recently hard to come by, string-of-pearls, or Senecio rowleyanus, is native to South Africa, where it grows in free-draining conditions often under larger ...

Russell McLendon is a science writer with expertise in the natural environment, humans, and wildlife. He holds degrees in journalism and environmental anthropology. Knowing how to repot a plant is an ...

If you love pearls, we’ve got the plant for you! String of pearls is a darling succulent that looks exactly like a long, ...

Even if you weren’t a plant person before the pandemic, you may have gotten into having some greenery around your place—so you at least had some living thing to interact with. Part of the appeal of ...