How To Repot a Root-Bound Houseplant

Many houseplants regularly require you to repot them into a larger container to allow their roots to expand properly. If theyre not repotted they become root-bound which stunts their growth makes the houseplant

Liven up Your Home with These Cool Ways to Style Air Plants

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Bringing New Houseplants Home

Protect Houseplants Be sure to wrap heavy plastic orcloth around your plant to preventleafy branches from drying out. Once youve selected and paid for your houseplants, make sure theyre packaged properly before

Hints for Healthy Houseplants

continue reading below Winter is an ideal time to give your houseplants a thorough inspection, checking for pests, diseases, and any other problems that prevent them from looking their best. Lackluster

Plants at the Window

African violets are a windowsill favorite. We asked you to share with us what plants populate your windowsills in winter months. Heres our pick of the crop of responses:With only two southern-exposure windows, I

Fern Care Guide

Indoor fern care Keep indoor ferns looking their best by accommodating their needs for the right light, moisture and humidity, and occasional feeding. continue reading below Lighting Ferns

Grass Gardens

Let the grass grow freely or trim it occasionally with scissors to the desired height. Use any container you like, such as a terra-cotta pot, a shallow pot saucer, or a seed-starting flat. Vary the accessories t

Houseplant Feeding Guidelines

The gardenia is just one of several plants that needs acid fertilizer. All plants need certain chemicals to grow well. Outdoors, they send out miles of roots when they cant find what they need nearby. Indoors, t

How to Read a Plant Tag

What You Need to Know Take the time to examine plant tags and learn about the specific requirements of the plants they accompany. Using symbols and pictures, growers pack as many facts and details as possible on

Is there a way to fix my houseplant if its leaf tips are turning brown?

The condition you describe is known as tip burn, and it generally develops because the humidity isnt high enough around your plants. Most indoor plants hail from sultry, tropical locales, where humidity fluctuates

Plant Lights: Three Characteristics of Light

continue reading below Many of our favorite indoor plants grow outdoors in full sun in their natural habitats. Most homes arent nearly that bright, and since regular incandescent household light bulbs

Repotting a Root-Bound Plant

Many houseplants regularly require repotting into a larger container to allow their roots to expand. If theyre not repotted they become root-bound, which stunts their growth and makes them require more waterin

Tips for Moving Plants Indoors

Pick a Good Spot Many gardeners know that heartbreaking feeling that comes with autumn frosts. The end of the season does not have to mean a painful parting with plants, however. You can move many of your favorite

Houseplant Temperature Guidelines

Keep your plants away from sudden blasts of cold or hot air. Most houseplants do well in average house temperatures. To encourage best growth, turn your thermostat down at night. Plants like a 10-degree temperat

Potting Mix and Soil Substitutes

Choosing a Soil Mixture Buy potting soils of variousmakeups premixed, or mix yourown, using the ingredients thatwork best for you. The ideal potting mix is solid enough to anchor roots, but loose enough to allo

Houseplant Care Guide

Propagating Some houseplants such as spider plant and strawberry begonia reproduce by sending out runners with new plantlets at the end. Its super simple to root these to start new plants. Other varieties such a

Why Are the Leaves on My Houseplant Turning Yellow?

Yellow leaves could be a sign of low light, underwatering, overwatering, insect damage, or the natural aging of individual leaves. If only a few leaves are affected, there may be nothing to worry about. If many ar

Why is my Dracaena marginata plant losing its leaves?

Several conditions could lead to significant leaf loss for your Madagascar dragon tree (Dracaena marginata). Tropical foliage plants are often grown in bright greenhouses or outdoors under shade cloth. In either c

What is the Best Way to Repot a Lucky Bamboo Plant?

You can move your "lucky bamboo" into standard potting soil if you want to. As you already discovered, this plant is not an actual bamboo, but a dracaena -- which can be grown as a standard housepla

My African Violet Leaves Turned White. What Can I Do?

There are a few factors that could be coming into play. The plants may be getting too much light, so you might want to first try moving the plants to the sides of your light table where the light is not as intense