House Plants

Bring the outdoors in by decorating your home with houseplants. Learn about different plant varieties and their growing needs so your living space is green in every season!

5 Plants That Can Be Toxic To Pets

Jesse Singer

We all love our pets. They are members of our family, and we want to keep them safe and healthy. However, we can’t watch them every second of the day, and anyone with a pet knows that they sometimes get into things they shouldn’t. If that “thing” is the toilet, it might be a little…

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How Humidity Affects Your Houseplants

Have you considered humidity and how it affects your houseplants? Some have argued that humidity isn’t a huge factor when taking care of plants, but I beg to differ. Most of our houseplants are from rainforests, where the moisture is dripping from the trees. Of course, our houseplants want a similar environment, which isn’t always…
January 6, 2021
Lisa Eldred Steinkopf

Plant Parenting Is Hard: 5 Challenging Houseplants

Raise your hand if you’ve killed more than one houseplant in your life. The good news is you aren’t alone. The even better news? Some of those houseplant mishaps could be because of the plants you chose and not because of your thumb color. Boston Fern The Boston Fern is a popular houseplant. However, if…
December 23, 2020
Jesse Singer

The Battle Of The Holiday Plants: Poinsettia Vs. Christmas Cactus

Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls. Welcome to the Battle of the Holiday Plants! This fight is scheduled for four rounds. In the red corner, standing between 2-13 feet tall with leaves reaching between 2.8-6.3 inches, it’s Euphorbia pulcherrima… Poinsettia! And in the green corner, standing up to 4 feet tall, with no leaves and…
December 18, 2020
Jesse Singer

Edible Houseplants: Grow These Tiny Orange Hat Tomatoes

It’s time to turn our focus from the outdoor gardens to our indoor plant buddies! Beyond adding to the interior decor, houseplants are serious mood boosters, with sales skyrocketing in many parts of the globe during the coronavirus lockdown. This post’s featured houseplant is the Orange Hat Tomato; beautiful and edible too! Talk about pleasing…
November 13, 2020
Catherine Sherriffs

5 Houseplants That Help Ease Depression And Anxiety

While 2020 has been an incredibly stressful year for most of us, it isn’t the first time any of us have struggled with mental health issues. From work to family to money, life always gives us reasons to feel stressed and anxious. But plants can help! Caring for plants and spending time in green spaces…
October 23, 2020
Jesse Singer