Tag Archives: houseplants

Norfolk Island Pine

February 1, 2011 | Meghan Shinn | 5

How do I care for a Norfolk Island pine? Will it grow outside?

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Feeding a Venus’s Fly Trap

January 25, 2011 | Meghan Shinn | 1

Does a Venus’s fly trap need flies to survive?

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Propagating Jade

January 18, 2011 | Meghan Shinn | 4

How to propagate a jade plant.

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Orchid Care

December 27, 2010 | Meghan Shinn | 9

How to care for a phalaenopsis or cattleya orchid.

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Night-blooming Cereus

November 24, 2010 | Meghan Shinn | 0

The night-blooming cereus makes an interesting flowering houseplant.

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Sturdier Paperwhites

November 16, 2010 | Meghan Shinn | 7

Late November is the time to pot up paperwhite bulbs if you want them to bloom in time for the holidays. Here’s the best method, plus how to keep their stems shorter so they won’t flop over.

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A Windowsill Garden Part 2

October 26, 2010 | Hazel Jennings | 1

If you have flowers outside that you’re dying to take indoors, a windowsill garden might be the perfect solution.

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A Windowsill Garden Part 1

October 19, 2010 | Hazel Jennings | 0

Windowsill gardens are a wonderful way to add color and texture to your home.

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Growing Vegetables as Houseplants

January 21, 2009 | Meghan Shinn | 0

Amid all the chaos in The House Plant Expert, I zeroed in on FOOD PLANTS . . . I suppose this page caught my eye because of all the buzz lately about more people getting into vegetable gardening. Or was it because I’d just been to the grocery store?

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Do You Overwinter Plants?

December 30, 2008 | mgodfrey | 0

If you live in a cold-winter area, do you bring your tender plants indoors for the winter?

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