Houseplants

Although soil is an important foundation of plant care, it can be a pain sometimes. Whether it’s making a mess of your floors or attracting pests and bacteria into your …

Poinsettias are the most popular Christmas plants, hands down. They’re so popular that they make up ¼ of all potted plant purchases every single year. That’s pretty impressive for a …

The poinsettia is one of the most popular festive plants to put on display over the holidays – second only to the iconic Christmas Tree! The fiery red and deep …

Every year more than 35 million poinsettias are purchased over the holidays. This number makes up nearly a quarter of all potted plants purchased every year. That’s a lot of …

The Christmas cactus is quite a strange houseplant when you get right down to it. It doesn’t look like a cactus, and supposedly it blooms around Christmas, but most people’s …

As the holidays approach and we begin to decorate our homes, stringing lights and hanging wreaths, I have to wonder what our pets think of all this. I’ve always imagined …

The Christmas cactus, or any of the holiday cactuses in the Schlumbergera family, have earned a reputation for being finicky plants. But most of that frustration comes from not understanding …

Many houseplant lovers enjoy propagating and sharing their plants. But Christmas cactus, in particular, are often part of a family legacy, with cuttings handed down from a family member’s plant …

Spider plants (Chlorophytum comosum) are one of the most popular houseplants out there. When it comes to indoor gardening, it’s hard to beat the spider plant where ease of care …

The snake plant is one of the most popular houseplants because it is easy to care for and how dramatic and showy it is. Dracaena trifasciata is most commonly known …

Recently, I found myself in a plant nursery looking over their selection of tropical houseplants. A sales associate approached and asked if she could help me. I told her I …

Considering the houseplant craze that’s continued over the past few years, it’s not hard to think most people now have at least one plant in their home. When it comes …

Do you ever wonder if those of us who love houseplants are gluttons for punishment? (No, Tracey, I don’t wonder. I know we are.) We take beautiful tropical plants, most …

Nothing strikes fear into my houseplant-loving heart more than going to water my plants and finding the tell-tale signs of spider mites. Leaves that were lush and green start to …

Many folks enjoy the annual tradition of blooming an amaryllis bulb at Christmas time. Their bright, showy blooms bring festive cheer to the winter holidays. If you’ve got an amaryllis, …

As the weather gets colder and the holidays draw near, many of us begin to transform our homes into festive, cheerful spaces. We drag out boxes of decorations, put on …

Having a few house plants around your place can improve the air quality and bring a sense of the outdoors inside. They do wonders to make a space comfier and …

Have you had it with too much misting and fertilizing and pruning and watering? Are you watering too much, not watering enough? Or maybe you travel a lot, or you’re …

Christmas cactuses are easily one of the most misunderstood houseplants. The poor things have a reputation for never blooming or blooming when they aren’t supposed to. It seems as though …

You know when you go to someone’s house for the first time, and they have a great patio or a massive kitchen, and in your head, you start remodeling your …

Houseplants do a lot to make a house a home. They clean the air we breathe, filtering out more than just CO2. Houseplants improve our concentration and productivity and even …

This post has been updated to reflect the discontinued use of Tradescantia’s former common name, ‘Wandering Jew’, with its racial beginnings, to its new common names of ‘Wandering Dude’, ‘Inch …

How many times have you bought a plant that caught your eye, or received one as a gift, only to have it die a slow death in your home? Have …

Fungus gnats are small, dark, soil dwelling flies that feed on organic matter in potting mix and other growing media. Adult fungus gnats reach a size of only 1/16 of …