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.

Houseplants: The Bad Childhood Experience

Houseplants: The Bad Childhood Experience...

Houseplants: The Bad Childhood Experience

Houseplants: The Bad Childhood Experience One of my favorite eye-openers to share with readers and those who come to...

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How to Grow Paperwhites Indoors: A Guide to Forcing Bulbs

How to Grow Paperwhites Indoors: A Guide...

How to Grow Paperwhites Indoors: A Guide to Forcing Bulbs

How to Grow Paperwhites Indoors: A Guide to Forcing Bulbs Even though I’ve grown paperwhite narcissus indoors every...

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Should I Repot My Houseplant?

Venus Flytrap: The Fascinating...

Should I Repot My Houseplant?

Venus Flytrap: The Fascinating Carnivorous Plant Few plants are as captivating as the Venus flytrap (Dionaea...

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Venus Flytrap

Few plants are as captivating as the...

Venus Flytrap

Few plants are as captivating as the Venus flytrap (Dioneae muscipula).  This carnivorous insect-eater...

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When Leaching is Good

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When Leaching is Good

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Do You Have a Perpetually Sickly Plant?

Do You Have a Perpetually Sickly Plant?...

Do You Have a Perpetually Sickly Plant?

Do You Have a Perpetually Sickly Plant? You Can Grow That! Many people don’t know this, but garden writers are often...

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Plants Poisonous to Pets

199 Plants Poisonous to Pets I often have...

Plants Poisonous to Pets

199 Plants Poisonous to Pets I often have readers ask what houseplants are poisonous or irritating to pets. The folks...

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Avoid “Ferberizing” Your Houseplants

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Avoid “Ferberizing” Your Houseplants

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How to Buy Healthy Houseplants

How to Buy Healthy Houseplants: You Can...

How to Buy Healthy Houseplants

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Celebrating National Indoor Plant Week and the Benefits of Houseplants

Celebrating National Indoor Plant Week...

Celebrating National Indoor Plant Week and the Benefits of Houseplants

Celebrating National Indoor Plant Week and the Benefits of Houseplants We had a blast at Healthy Houseplants...

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Me and This Houseplant-Ms. Calathea

Me and This Houseplant-Ms. Calathea: You...

Me and This Houseplant-Ms. Calathea

Me and This Houseplant-Ms. Calathea: You Can Grow That! I’m going to tell you a story.   It may be a story that...

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How to Water Houseplants

How to Water Houseplants: You Can Grow...

How to Water Houseplants

How to Water Houseplants: You Can Grow That! At first glance, watering might seem like the indoor gardener’s...

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