Houseplants

Learn how to grow houseplants, troubleshoot pest and disease issues, and cultivate a green paradise in the comfort of your own home!

A bright, beautiful interior with various houseplants featuring large, shiny, elongated, and variegated leaves in diverse shapes and colors, enhancing the home's appeal for sale.

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9 Houseplants That Will Help You Sell Your Home

When you’re preparing to sell your home, houseplants could be your secret weapon. Using houseplants in staging creates the welcoming and personal atmosphere buyers are looking for. Gardening expert Madison Moulton lists 9 houseplants that will help you sell your home (and a few that you shouldn’t use).

The Agave plant has thick, fleshy, sword-shaped leaves that taper to sharp points, often with spiny edges and a bluish-green color edged with yellow.

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How to Propagate Agave From Leaf Cuttings

Stunningly sculptural, agave plants bring bold architectural elements to the landscape and garden. But can you propagate them from leaf cuttings like other succulents? Gardening Expert Melissa Strauss will walk you through propagation of agave using leaf cuttings, and discuss some other methods, too!

The image showcases a variety of lush green tropical foliage arranged in a room, including large Monstera leaves with their distinctive fenestrations, vibrant pothos vines with heart-shaped leaves trailing from a shelf, and a cluster of palm fronds creating a lush, inviting, and natural ambiance that enhances the indoor environment.

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15 Pest and Disease-Resistant Houseplants

Pests and diseases can be particularly difficult to deal with when they affect your indoor plants. If you've ever gone to battle with them, you know how frustrating they can be! Houseplant mom Melissa Strauss has some great plants that thrive indoors and are pest and disease-resistant.

Close-up of potted Chinese evergreen houseplants having broad, red leaves with striking green veins and edges, adding a vibrant contrast.

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17 Houseplants with Red Foliage

Are you looking for ways to make your houseplant collection more colorful? There aren't many plants that flower indoors, but there are many that have colorful foliage. Gardening expert Melissa Strauss shares some beautiful plants with red foliage that you can grow indoors.

Brown and white pots, each filled with vibrant houseplants of varying shapes and sizes.

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27 Tropical Plants That Thrive Indoors

If you don’t live in a tropical climate, many plants won’t work in the garden. But, lots of tropicals grow very well in the home. Houseplant enthusiast Melissa Strauss talks about some of the best tropical plants to grow indoors.

Variegated Stromanthe leaves featuring a striking blend of vibrant green, crisp white, and deep red shades.

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How to Plant, Grow, and Care for Stromanthe Plants

If you love colorful and beautiful houseplants and don’t mind a challenge, stromanthe plants are stunning tropical plants that look gorgeous when properly cared for. In this article, houseplant enthusiast Melissa Strauss goes over the care and keeping of these lovely plants.

move houseplants outside. The Boston Fern in a hanging pot in the garden, displays cascading fronds with feathery, bright green foliage, creating an elegant and lush appearance.

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9 Houseplants You Should Move Outside For the Summer

With summer nearly upon us, our houseplants deserve a vacation just as much as we do! Nearly all of our tropical houseplants benefit from warm, humid summers that mimic their native environments. Garden expert Christina Conner shares her top picks for houseplants that you should move outside this summer.