How to Grow Houseplants

The Norfolk Island Pine makes a great addition to any decor because of its dwarf tree appearance. Plus, with tiered branches containing ...

Mimosa - Genus of about 400 species of annuals, evergreen perennials, shrubs, and small trees, from forest to dry savanna in tropical regi...

Pandanus - Genus of about 250 species of dioecious, evergreen shrubs and trees occuring in dry and moist sites throughout tropical regions...

Lady palms are very adaptive thus their popularity as a houseplant. Lady palms foliage is characterized by thick green leaves with blunt...

Shamrock plants come in a wide variety of species. Varieties include those with deep burgundy foliage with white or pink flowers to green...

Common Name: Zebra Plant Scientific Name: Aphelandra squarrosa Lighting: Bright Light Watering: Moderate The Zebra plant receives...

The Madagascar Dragon Tree is to me one of the most popular houseplants, yet one of the hardest to identify. I looked through many house...

The Hawaiian Ti's appearance truly is exotic. Plus it is commonly known as the Good Luck tree. The Hawaiian Ti plant grows in canes...

Common Name: Goldfish Plant Scientific Name: Nematanthus wettsteinii Lighting: Bright to Moderate Light Watering: Moderate to Heavy ...

Many new kinds of this popular pot plant have been developed, the best known of which is the zonal type...

This small, novelty houseplant can catch and digest flies and other insects, but does not need them to s...

This low creeping plant comes handsomely “decorated” with white, pink, or red veins in the leaves. When ...

This shrubby plant is an oxalis, but unlike others in the family, it has red foliage. Little yellow flow...

Rubber plant ( Ficus elastica ) Ficus elastica (rubber plant) and F. elastica ‘decora’ (with broader...

Boston fern The most popular fern for home decoration is the Boston (Nephrolepis exaltata bostoniens...

Corn Plant (Dracaena massangeana) The great variety of dracenas available provide dramatic forms for in...

Different varieties of Adenium are similar in that they all produce attractive flowers and also usually produce a fat stem near the base (th...

Botanically speaking, this indoor shrub, which reaches five feet tall, is a dizygotheca-but asking for it...

Several varieties of this popular houseplant are available. One of the thougest is Dieffenbachia amoena , ...

Other plants pale beside the flashy croton. The hundred-plus varieties dazzle with different leaf colorat...