Discover Expert Plant Care Tips for Thriving Indoor Houseplants


Healthy Houseplants is your trusted resource for expert advice on indoor gardening. Explore our Healthy Houseplants blog for plant care tips, organic growing methods, and inspiring ideas to help your houseplants thrive naturally. Whether you’re a beginner or a seasoned green thumb, you’ll find everything you need to grow a lush, healthy indoor garden.

Artful Collage from Saved Objects

Creative Collages   If you’re crafty, or would like to be, check out the book Artful Collage from Found Objects by New York City garden writer Ellen Spector Platt. Packed with...

The Garden Plot

As the Worm Turns: The Garden PlotIf you love gardening and enjoying a good mystery, Marty Wingate has the perfect summer read for you. Her new book, The Garden Plot, shares the story of Pru, an American working as a gardener in England, who...

Keep Your Houseplants Alive and Thriving

Keep Your Houseplants Alive and ThrivingDelighted is an understatement when it comes to my response to Nell Foster’s new book, Keep Your Houseplants Alive. For years I’ve preached that the key to growing healthy houseplants has nothing to do with...

Grow Sprouts in Your Kitchen

With this new book from “Sprout Lady Rita,” indoor gardeners can enjoy fresh, tasty and healthy sprouts throughout the year.

Brighten Your Indoors with Croton

(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...

Ultimate Guide to Growing and Caring for Split-Leaf Philodendron (Monstera deliciosa)

Turn Your Home into a Tropical Oasis with Split-Leaf PhilodendronI have many favorite houseplants, but split-leaf philodendron (Monstera deliciosa) is at the top of the list. This plant always reminds me of those snowflakes we all made in...

Sansevieria

LOW MAINTENANCE SANSEVIERIALooking 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...

The Perfect Low-Maintenance Houseplant for Any Indoor Garden

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

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 Cases are Elegant Terrariums

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,...