Category: Healthy Houseplants Blog

The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Plants

The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Plants I love it when a book lives up to its name. The Houseplant Handbook: Basic Growing Techniques and a Directory of 300 Everyday Houseplants...

Healthy Houseplants in the Top 25 Houseplant Blogs!

Healthy Houseplants in the Top 25 Houseplant Blogs! Happy New Year to you and your houseplants!   2018 started out on a great note when Healthy Houseplants was selected...

Creating an Indoor Fairy Garden

If you love the magic of fairy gardening and want to replicate that magic indoors, it’s surprisingly easy. Indoor fairy gardens are a snap to create and equally easy to grow indoors, providing you use the right plants, give the gardens proper lighting and...

Boston Fern: Growing Nephrolepis exaltata

Grow Boston Fern for an easy-to-grow gorgeous addition to your indoor garden. Follow these tips for a healthy plant.

What Potting Soil do I use for My Houseplants?

What potting soil you use in your houseplants matters. Organic soil ingredients are vital to indoor garden success.

When to Water Your Houseplants

When to Water Your Houseplants One of the most confusing aspects of indoor gardening is knowing when to water your houseplants. Sometimes it feels like you need a special degree to figure out when to water. The decision is even...

Secret to Watering Houseplants-Squeeze the Plant Pot

Secret to Watering Houseplants Squeeze the Plant Pot Learn the secret to watering houseplants so they thrive. Squeeze the plant pot when wateringto make sure the soil becomes saturated.Secret to Watering Houseplants: Squeeze the...

Did You Know that Houseplants Sweat?

Did You Know that Houseplants Sweat? Yes, you heard that right. They sweat.Of course, things are a little different when houseplants sweat. For one thing, their sweat doesn’t smell like human sweat can. They don’t sweat out last’s...

Could Your Houseplant be Suffering from Improper Soil pH?

Could Your Houseplant be Suffering from Improper Soil pH? If you have an ailing houseplant and have done everything you can possibly think of to help the plant, but it still looks sick, suspect improper soil pH. Referring to the...

Indoor Gardeners: Do You Have GADS? (Garden Attention Distraction Syndrome)

Indoor Gardeners: Do You Have GADS? (Garden Attention Distraction Syndrome) When I read Carol Michel’s book of gardening essays, Potted and Pruned: Living aGardening Life, I was relieved. I finally had a name for an affliction...