Decorate Your Home with Houseplants

Decorate Your Home with Houseplants One of the great things about growing houseplants is how good they make your home look. With their wide variety of leaf shapes, sizes, colors and textures, houseplants can be used to decorate just about any...

Force Amaryllis for the Holidays

Force Amaryllis Indoors for the Holidays  Now that fall is here (on the western hemisphere), it’s time to get your bulbs for forcing. Several options exist for types of bulbs to grow as houseplants, but one of the most spectacular and reliable of...

Growing Succulents Indoors Successfully

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 eye-catching...

Elegant Peace Lily Adds Flair to Your Indoor Garden

Elegant Peace Lily Adds Flair to Your Indoor Garden If you want a blooming houseplant that requires low light and takes very little care, grow a peace lily (Spathiphyllum). The long-lasting flowers of this elegant beauty light up the indoor garden...

Chinese Evergreen Decorates Your Indoors

Chinese Evergreen Decorates Your Indoors  If you’re looking for a low-light indoor plant that fits just about any dÃĐcor, take a close look at Chinese evergreen (Aglaonema sp.). This versatile, slow-growing houseplant thrives in all but very bright...

Arrowhead Plant An Eye-Catching Vining Houseplant

Arrowhead Plant An Eye-Catching VinerFeaturing arrow-shaped leaves that are often variegated, arrowhead plant (Syngonium podophyllum) is a vining houseplant native to Latin America. Like its relative the climbing philodendron, as it matures, the...

Fiddle-Leaf Fig

Fiddle-Leaf Fig Takes Centerstage in Your Indoor GardenThough the fiddleaf-fig (Ficus lyrata) comes from the humid jungle where it reaches 40 feet or taller, this head-turner does incredibly well in the much drier indoor environment. Give the plant...

Calathea: Colorful Foliar Tapestry for Your Indoor Garden

Calathea: Colorful Foliar Tapestry for Your Indoor GardenCalathea is one of the most stunning houseplants available to the indoor gardener. When it comes to looks and decorating your home, the intricately marked foliage on this eye-catching indoor...

Sago Palm: Prehistoric Plant Adds Pizzazz to the Modern Home

Sago Palm: Prehistoric Plant Adds Pizzazz to the Modern Home Stylish and easy to grow are two attributes indoor gardeners look for in a houseplant. The architecturally appealing sago palm (Cycas revoluta) features both....

Decorate for the Holidays with Christmas Cactus

Decorate for the Holidays with Christmas CactusThere’s something extra special about growing a houseplant named after a holiday. Especially a plant like Christmas cactus, which lives up to its name by producing eye-catching blooms that rival...