(Photo, Shaun Buchanan) Make Your Own XerisphereIf the idea of a terrarium sounds appealing, but you’re not sure if you have the time to care for one, the writers of the new book Planting Designs for Cactus &...

Grow Your Own Microgreens Indoors! Interested in growing trendy, nutritious microgreens in your indoor vegetable garden? The new MicroGreenz kit allows you to do just that. Offering everything you need to grow these baby veggie shoots indoors, the...

Plant an Indoor Living Arrangement If you long to create fabulous indoor plant arrangements, but struggle to get started or aren’t satisfied with what you have attempted, Baylor Chapman has all of the ingredients you’ll need. The author of the...

Make Your Own Hypertufa Containers You may have heard of hypertufa pots for the outdoors. It turns out that houseplants thrive in these rustic-looking containers, which are easy to make yourself and can be fashioned into just about any shape you...

(Codiaeum species) make it a must-have in any indoor garden. Where other foliage plants fade into the background, croton stands out. With its variegated, patterned leaves in yellow, green, and red, and sometimes pink and white, it can be worked...

Low Maintenance Sansevieria Looking for a plant you can forget about for a month at a time and it will still look great when you finally remember it?  Try sansevieria.  Also known as the snake plant and mother-in-law tongue, this is probably the...

Pothos Ideal Houseplant for Any Indoor Garden Pothos (Epipremnum aureum) is an often overlooked vining houseplant that is a great addition to any indoor garden. Unfortunately, it’s often ignored in favor of more flashy plants — like...

Add a Dab of Color with Lipstick Plant Few indoor plants are as aptly named as the lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus radicans). Right before blooming, this plant has flower buds in dark purple calyxes that actually resemble a tube of lipstick emerging...

Wardian CasesIf you’d like a terrarium, but want something a little more decorative than a bottle or fish tank, try a Wardian case.  These small stylized greenhouses make an attractive addition to any interior.  Crafted of metal, wood and glass,...

Every year in the middle of winter, I begin to think longingly of the bunches of fragrant basil I harvested the past summer.  This sweet herb, along with others like tarragon and thyme, don’t grow outside during cold months of the year in...