Use these essential orchid care tips from a lifelong grower to successfully grow orchids as houseplants. With the right conditions including light and temperature, orchids can bloom for months.
Do you love butterflies? Then you should definitely check out this Christia Obcordata care guide. Also known as the Swallowtail plant, it will resemble butterflies ...
Add extra color and even fragrance to a room with these indoor flowering plants, including favorites like African violet, peace lily, and begonias.
Learn to grow and care for a Clivia plant, or Kaffir Lily, at Houseplant411.com. Clivia plants produce large clusters of flowers that last many weeks.
Welcome to the House Fur blog about living happily with pets and plants! I share my tips for living healthy and happy with dogs, cats, and over 100 houseplants.
Calcium is an essential nutrient for plants, and eggshells are a great source of it! Here's how to make a water-soluble eggshell fertilizer for just pennies. All plants need a good all-around fertilizer to provide them with the macro and micronutrients they need to thrive. Calcium is a plant micronutrient, meaning that it's needed in
Struggling with pest issues on your indoor plants? Get the low-down on the most common types of houseplant bugs and how to manage them organically.
These flowering houseplants will brighten up any home and make you feel like you live in a flower garden.
The clivia plant is an easily grown houseplant, enjoying a rich potting soil and not repotted until the fleshy roots have outgrown the pot.
Easy homemade African Violet fertilizer you can make from common household items that you already have on hand.
Dieffenbachia plants are easy to care for. Learn how to grow dumb cane: water, sunlight, soil, fertilizer, pruning, pest control, and more!
Kalanchoes are popular succulent houseplants w/ long lasting blooms. Here's how to care for flowering kalanchoes & get them to bloom again.
Dieffenbachia care the 'dumb cane plant' easy to grow houseplant, likes good lighting, moist soil, regular liquid food. [CARE TIPS]
Natural Indoor Plant Fertilizer Plants benefit from natural fertilizers. There are many different household items that you can use as a natural plant fertilizer. It's best not to try these recipes for homemade plant
Do you love colorful and low maintenance plants? Add kalanchoes to your garden! Learn all about kalanchoe care for your plants in this informative post!
Want to grow multiple plants together in one pot? Looking for the best Houseplant Combination that could work out in your favor? You are at the right place!
Mimosa pudica is a popular plant that inspires houseplant enthusiasts from all over the world with its responsive leaves. Here's how to care for it!
Spoiler: It's soil-free.
All about Philodendron Brasil care! From step-by-step propagation tips with photos, to discussions on light, fertilizing, watering, soil and more!
Make your home more lively and beautiful by growing one of the most colorful houseplants! Chinese evergreen is an easy-to-grow plant that survives well in every indoor condition.
How should you cut a Pilea plant in half? Find a green spot on the stem about halfway up your plant and cut it completely in two using a sharp, clean pair of scissors or knife. Root the top section of the plant in water, repot it in soil, and you’ll have turned your one Pilea into two.
Spoiler: It's soil-free.
You just bought a Rose of Jericho. Now what? Here's how to water your Rose of Jericho properly to keep it beautiful and thriving!
Learn all about the gorgeous Alocasia Silver Dragon, including how much light it needs, how much to water it, and pest issues you might have!
Need to move your houseplants long distances? These tips will save you time and keep your sanity intact.
Looking for a beautiful houseplant that requires low care and looks great too? You can grow different types of dieffenbachia for this purpose!
Looking for new philodendron types to add to your collection? Here's a list of 20 varieties I've owned, plus ID photos and care guides.
This elegant epiphytic houseplant is quite the looker, and easy to grow as well! Find out all about blue star fern care.
Kalanchoes are popular succulent houseplants w/ long lasting blooms. Here's how to care for flowering kalanchoes & get them to bloom again.
Keep a fresh supply right at your scissor tips.
Learn everything you need to know about your Monstera thai constellation care! From watering tips to pruning instructions, we've got you covered.
This blend is helpful for promoting relaxation throughout the day, as the herbs aren’t sedating and, instead, typically increase alertness. Tulsi, gotu kola, and milky oats are classic nerve tonics for assuaging anxiety, stress, and forgetfulness. Lemon verbena adds a splash of citrusy flavor and is a traditional remedy for imparting calm.
"Orchids seem to drive people crazy," the author Susan Orlean wrote in The Orchid Thief. "Those who love them love them madly." This has been true for cent
Our guide to indoor orchid care covers watering, potting, and more. Keep orchids healthy and growing so you can enjoy gorgeous flowers for years.
Calathea describes a huge number of popular plants. Our guide provides more insight on calathea types as well as basic growing tips!
There is nothing more satisfying than watching an orchid send out its flowering spike — knowing that when you see the glorious blooms, it was you that helped it thrive to do so. And while we’ve shown you how to repot your houseplants before, orchids, well they’re a different sort of breed. Unlike your typical houseplant, potting orchids in soil will lead to root rot and one dead plant! Orchids are either terrestrial or epiphytic.
Spring is right around the corner and it's time to repot your houseplants. Learn, step by step, how to repot a houseplant the right way.
Calathea plants are some of the trickiest to care for, but they're also the most beautiful. Learn how to care for them with these calathea plant care tips for beginners.
Today we're talking about how to transition your indoor houseplant outside for the summer! I can count on one hand the number of times I've had a guest poster on Vintage Revivals, but I just
Kalanchoes are popular succulent houseplants w/ long lasting blooms. Here's how to care for flowering kalanchoes & get them to bloom again.
8 ways to use for cinnamon in the garden and on house plants. From rooting hormone to gnat removal, cinnamon can be your gardens best friend!
This easy method shows how to grow a mango plant from seed using a mango from the grocery store. It's a fool-proof way to ensure the seed is viable and will grow into a nice houseplant.
Propagating plants using rooting hormone in powder, liquid, or gel forms gives your greenery a chemical boost that helps its growth and development. Learn how to choose the right product based on your experience level (and your plant); take a healthy cutting; and correctly apply rooting hormone.
By Julie Christensen Native to Africa, freesias (Freesia) make cheery, fragrant houseplants, welcome additions to cut floral displays or lovely perennial bed plants. Freesias are bulb plants, and grow from corms, to be more exact. These small bulbs are fragile and require special care to thrive, but the prolific, scented blooms are worth the extra […]
Cyclamen plants are surprisingly easy to care for! Learn all about how to grow them: water, light, fertilizer, soil, flowering, and more.
Learn how to clean plant leaves, proper leaf cleaning helps keeps plants healthy, enhances their appearance, reduces pests and diseases [DETAILS]
Indoor azalea trees make beautiful flowering houseplants! Learn how to care for an indoor azalea plant and what it needs to thrive in your home this season!
Welcome to the House Fur blog about living happily with pets and plants! I share my tips for living healthy and happy with dogs, cats, and over 100 houseplants.
