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...
Growing Fruits and Vegetables Indoors  If you lack outdoor space for a vegetable garden or live in a region with a short growing season, donât give up on gardening. Growing your own fruits and veggies...
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....
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...
Decorate for the Holidays with Christmas CactusThereâs 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...
Chinese Evergreen Decorates Your Indoors  If youâre 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...
Maidenhair Fern: Delicate Beauty for Your Indoor Garden With their paper-thin, finely cut, emerald-green foliage and wispy appearance, maidenhair ferns appear almost ethereal. In keeping with their princess-like good looks, maidenhair ferns are...
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 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...