Probably the best way to identify a houseplant is through matching it to a picture in a book or on the web. There are plenty of websites and books that can help you do this. However, there might be cases where you are not able to match your plant to a picture. If this happens, Continue Reading …
Common Houseplants
Die Hard Houseplants For The Brown Thumb
If you weren’t blessed with a green thumb but still want to have houseplants, these plants are for you! Here is a list of some of the easiest plants to care for. Just add water, and they should live and even thrive. You don’t even have to remember to water them that regularly; these plants Continue Reading …
Identifying Houseplants For Proper Care
As you probably already know, different plants require different kinds of care. Some like to be in the sun and some do better in the shade. Some need to drink a couple of times a week and some only need watering once a month. If you purchase your plant at a greenhouse or nursery, identification Continue Reading …
Growing And Flourishing Houseplant Basics
There is a wide variety of houseplants so they need a wide variety of care-giving. For example, some plants love lots of light, and some thrive in very little light. Some plants need lots of water, and some thrive with very little water. When you buy a houseplant there should be a little tag in Continue Reading …
Tips For Finding Die Hard Plants
One of the great things about hard to kill houseplants is that they also tend to have lots of babies. The combination of lots of these plants (cause none of them die) and plenty of babies mean that finding hard to kill houseplants is an easy task. Here are some tips that will help you Continue Reading …
Houseplant Identification Tips
If you get stuck with a houseplant that you cannot identify and the thing starts to die, you are really in trouble. The trouble is, unless you can identify the plant, you will not be able to look up how to care for the plant and you may just have to stand back and watch Continue Reading …
Plants To Avoid If You Don’t Have A Green Thumb!
Some plants are easier to grow than others. For example, some people will tell you that orchids are not hard to grow. They will then explain that they are not hard to grow if you prune them, keep the humidity just so, and feed them properly. To me, that is a fussy plant. If you Continue Reading …
Tricks For Identifying Common Houseplants
If you need to identify an unknown houseplant you might find that the task is harder than it appears. The problem is that if you don’t know the name of the plant, you will be hard pressed to look it up by going through pictures. Hopefully this will help you identify your common houseplants without Continue Reading …
What Plant Is What?
There are several broad categories of houseplants that become easy to identify after you learn a few basics. You could study botany for years and not be able to identify every one of the different species but you can learn to identify the plants by the family they belong to. The Philodendrons—there are over 500 Continue Reading …
Best Houseplants For The Not So Green Thumb
If you have killed a plant or two in your day, you might think about getting a hard to kill plant. Once you have gained some confidence and experience with some of the hard to kill plants, you might try to move on to some less hearty plants. Then again, you might not. There are Continue Reading …