As an indoor gardener, it’s important to remember that you are Mother or Father Nature. Successful indoor garden care means the difference between surviving and thriving houseplants. A healthy indoor home garden requires proper watering, lighting, fertilizing, potting soil, humidity, staking, pruning and growing the best indoor plants. Read the articles in this section to learn how to grow healthy houseplants.

Are Your Houseplants Happy?

Are Your Houseplants Happy? If your...

Are Your Houseplants Happy?

Are Your Houseplants Happy? If your houseplants could visit a plant whisperer for a heart-to-heart, what would they...

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Why are the Tips of Your Houseplant Leaves Brown?

Why are the Tips of Your Houseplant...

Why are the Tips of Your Houseplant Leaves Brown?

Why are the Tips of Your Houseplant Leaves Brown? Are your houseplants (and you) bothered by leaf tip burn? Though it...

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How to Grow Garlic Indoors for Newbies

How to Grow Garlic Indoors for Newbies...

How to Grow Garlic Indoors for Newbies

How to Grow Garlic Indoors for Newbies Guest blog post by Ann Sanders, founder and editor of A Green Hand. Growing...

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African Violet Care

About African Violets There are about 21...

African Violet Care

About African Violets There are about 21 species and many cultivars of this fast-growing, low and mounding plant with...

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Give Me Light… or Give Me Death…

Give Me Light… or Give Me...

Give Me Light… or Give Me Death…

Give Me Light… or Give Me Death… As owners of houseplants, we’ve all done this. (Okay, maybe not ALL of...

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Black Gold for Your Indoor Garden

Black Gold for Your Indoor Garden: You...

Black Gold for Your Indoor Garden

Black Gold for Your Indoor Garden: You Can Grow That! Any idea what creature makes a nutrient-rich fertilizer that...

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Houseplants Happily Clean Your Indoor Air

How Houseplants Clean Your Indoor Air In...

Houseplants Happily Clean Your Indoor Air

How Houseplants Clean Your Indoor Air In the late 1990s, when I interviewed B.C. Wolverton about his new book, How...

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Dye Your Easter Eggs Naturally…And Much More

Dye Your Easter Eggs Naturally…And...

Dye Your Easter Eggs Naturally…And Much More

Dye Your Easter Eggs Naturally…And Much More              If you’ve...

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🍠 How To Grow Sweet Potato Vine Indoors

How To Grow Sweet Potato Vine Indoors Of...

🍠 How To Grow Sweet Potato Vine Indoors

How To Grow Sweet Potato Vine Indoors Of all houseplants to grow from kitchen scraps, sweet potato vines are probably...

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Guide to Low-Maintenance Houseplants

Guide to Low-Maintenance Houseplants: You...

Guide to Low-Maintenance Houseplants

Guide to Low-Maintenance Houseplants: You Can Grow That! Savvy indoor gardeners know themselves and their limitations....

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Holiday Gifts for Indoor Gardeners

Holiday Gifts for Indoor...

Holiday Gifts for Indoor Gardeners

Holiday Gifts for Indoor Gardeners                                       Want to delight and impress the houseplant...

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Houseplants as Old Friends

Houseplants as Old Friends When I get...

Houseplants as Old Friends

Houseplants as Old Friends When I get emails and calls from indoor gardeners struggling to save a plant, almost every...

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