If you’ve ever secured your houseplants to a stake or trellis or tied the plant together and used something like wire, string, rubber bands or zip ties, you have run the risk of girdling the plant.Girdling occurs when there is a cut through a...
One of the most confusing aspects of growing healthy houseplants is determining when the heck to water them! Knowing that incorrect watering is the number one cause of houseplant death doesn’t help. You are likely to think, yikes! What should I...
Create Indoor Garden Vignettes As living and breathing works of art, houseplants always make your home look good. Take things a step further with some intentional indoor garden decorating, and houseplants can make your home...
Water and plants create a compelling combination, and the indoor garden is the ideal place to showcase this attractive marriage of green and blue.
Medinilla: Gorgeous Blooms for your Indoor Garden Lighting: Place in bright light, preferably near an eastern-facing window. If natural light is limited, provide artificial lighting to prevent bud drop. Watering:...
How to Convert Houseplants Rooted in Water to Soil Congratulations on successfully rooting a houseplant in water! However, before transplanting those healthy-looking roots into soil,...
Growing Succulents Indoors Successfully When it comes to making a design statement in your indoor garden, succulents are your answer. Their wide variety of colors, textures and forms add pizzazz to any room—especially when combined with...
Fill Your Home with Flowering Houseplants If you love bouquets but want something that will last, grow flowering houseplants. Blooming beauties light up your indoors for weeks on end, and many even flower year-round. A wide variety of houseplants...
Make Your Own Organic Houseplant FertilizerMaking your own organic fertilizer for your houseplants has the same benefits of a home-cooked meal. You know the ingredients going into the fertilizer, and they tend to be a lot healthier than anything...
Houseplants Happily Clean Your Indoor Air In the late 1990s, when I interviewed B.C. Wolverton about his new book, How to Grow Fresh Air: 50 House Plants that Purify Your Home or Office, indoor gardeners everywhere cheered. Finally, houseplants...
