Browse By Tag
Q: When I see plant light requirements listed, I’ve noticed that many houseplants are said to prefer bright, indirect light. What is bright, indirect light and where should the plants tha...
Bird of paradise care actually isn’t difficult, provided you have a sufficiently sunny window in which to place your tropical “bird. ” However, a seedling or “pup” takes several years to ...
As its name implies, the polka dot plant is liberally spattered with white, pink, or red beauty spots. It also goes by the charming name of “freckle face” and the ill-sounding “measles pl...
The croton also is called Joseph’s coat, and few other foliage houseplants can match the paintbox variety of bright hues with which the croton is daubed and dappled. However, like the ori...
Consumption of dumb cane leaves can cause swelling of the tongue and throat, which conceivably could cause suffocation, so this plant isn’t the best choice for gardeners with young childr...
Named spider plant or spider ivy for the plantlets that dangle from its stems like spiders from stands of silk, Chlorophytum comosum also is known as airplane plant. But the idea that its...
Old houseplants often drop all their lower leaves, resulting in an unbalanced top-heavy look. Or they may simply have grown too tall for the room in which they reside, so you wish there w...
Literally meaning “baked earth,” terra-cotta is a reddish-brown unglazed clay that’s often used to create pots and planters. After a terra-cotta pot has been used for a while, green algae...
Back in 1894, a Cambridge, Massachusetts florist noticed that one of the couple hundred sword ferns he’d received in a recent shipment had larger fronds with more arching growth than was ...
You aren’t necessarily out of your tree if you believe you can grow trees indoors without sunlight. You just need to pick the right ones.
