Cheyenne, Wyo. – The Cheyenne Botanic Gardens hosted their first ever public greenhouse tour for a behind the scenes look at how non-native Wyoming plants are grown year-round.
In the public tour, interior horticulturalist Aria Jones explained some of the biggest challenges of plant growth in our climate include low humidity, less fertile soil, and lack of rainfall. Jones says, “The level of water that we get in Cheyenne is far lower than any annual would want so supplemental watering is really big. We move them outside for a few hours in the day and then we’ll bring them back inside and then the next day. We’ll put them out for a couple hours more and that will just help them adjust.”
In addition to compensating for inconstant precipitation, Jones recommends adding a rooting hormone and allowing a plant to grow in a terra cotta pot with a free drainage hole at the bottom. Jones says, “It’s breathable and so the moisture doesn’t get trapped in there and it can kind self-regulate.”
Following the acclimation of the greenhouse grown plants such as Citronella Geranium, Dorotheathus, Ledebouria, Tradescantia, and Peperomia, anyone has a shot of acquiring their green thumb title if their soil is bought from a nursery or hardware store and the watering cycle remains unique to the plant’s needs.
Jones says, “House plants, I would say a couple of tid bits it really matters what soil you have and it really matters what pot that it’s in.”
All of the greenhouse in house plants at the botanic Gardens will go on sale March 21st.
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