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7 Best Office Plants That Can Handle Your Workweek

An office is a tough place for a plant. The light is usually dim or all fluorescent, the air is dry, and nobody is there on the weekend. So the best office plants aren't the fancy ones. They're the...

ZZ Plant vs Snake Plant: Which One Should You Get?

People ask me this one a lot. ZZ plant vs snake plant - which one is easier? Honestly, both. They're two of the toughest houseplants you can buy, and they fail the same way: too much water. So the ...

Leggy Houseplant? Why It Happens and How to Fix It

You bought a full, bushy plant. A few months later it's a couple of long, skinny stems with leaves way out at the ends and bare vine in between. That's a leggy houseplant, and it's one of the most ...

Hoya Care: Light, Water and How to Get Your Hoya to Bloom

Hoyas are one of those plants that grow on you. They start slow, they don't ask for much, and then one day you've got long vines of thick, waxy leaves, and maybe a cluster of star-shaped flowers. T...

Fungus Gnats in Houseplants: How to Get Rid of Them for Good

Little black flies hovering around your plants and walking on the soil? Those are almost always fungus gnats. They're annoying, but the good news is they're mostly a soil problem, not a plant probl...

How to Increase Humidity for Plants (Without Misting)

If your calathea's edges keep going crispy, or your fern looks fine in summer and sad in January, it's probably the air. A lot of tropical houseplants like more humidity than a typical house has, e...

Calathea Care: How to Keep a Calathea Happy Indoors

Calatheas have a reputation for being dramatic. Honestly, it's a little earned. But they're not impossible. They just want the same few things every day, and once you give them that, they settle do...

Prayer Plant Care: Keeping a Maranta Happy Indoors

Prayer plants get their name from what they do at night. The leaves fold up in the evening and open back up in the morning, like hands coming together. If you've never watched it happen, it's prett...

How to Repot a Plant: When to Do It and 6 Simple Steps

Repotting sounds like a big job. It's not. But timing matters more than technique, and most problems come from repotting too early or going up too many pot sizes at once. Here's how to repot a plan...

Hard to Kill Houseplants: 6 Good Picks for Beginners

If you've killed a few plants, you're not alone. Most people have. The good news is some plants are a lot more forgiving than others, and starting with one of those makes a big difference. No plant...