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Christmas Cactus Not Blooming? 7 Reasons And How To Fix Them
A Christmas cactus that won’t flower isn’t being stubborn. It’s waiting for a signal it hasn’t received. In its home in the coastal mountains of Brazil, this plant grows on tree branches in cool, shady forest, and it sets flower buds when fall brings long nights and cooler air. A warm living room with the…
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Growing An Olive Tree Indoors: Light, Watering And Winter Care
The most common way to lose an indoor olive tree is to treat it like a houseplant. It goes into a pretty pot in the corner of the living room, a few feet from the window, and over the next couple of months it drops its leaves one by one until it’s mostly bare twigs.…
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Plants That Don’t Need Sunlight: Low-Light Picks For Dark Rooms And Windowless Spaces
How dark is too dark for a houseplant? Darker than most people expect, as long as it isn’t pitch black. No plant lives without any light at all, since light is what plants turn into food. But a handful of tough houseplants get by on so little that they’re the closest thing to plants that…
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Plants That Grow In Water Indoors, No Soil Or Repotting Needed
Snip a 4- to 6-inch piece of pothos just below a node, the small bump on the stem where a leaf grows, pull off the lowest leaf and stand it in a glass of water on a bright windowsill. Within two or three weeks, white roots appear from that bump. That’s the easiest way to…
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Plant Stand Ideas For Every Corner, Indoors And Out
Where does the next plant go once the windowsill is full? Up, usually. The best plant stand ideas start with the spot and the light it gets, and only then with the stand itself, because a pretty stand in a dark corner (unless it holds plants that cope with low light) is just furniture with…
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Hanging Plants Indoors: Which Ones Trail Best And Where To Hang Them
Most hanging plants indoors end up where they look good from the sofa, not where the light is. A few weeks later the plant shows it: bare stems at the top, long thin strands at the bottom, and leaves spaced an inch or more apart along the vine. Before any hook goes into the ceiling,…
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I Tried Growing an Avocado From Seed: Here’s What Actually Matters
Every avocado comes with a free houseplant inside it. That’s the pitch, anyway, and it’s mostly true: an avocado pit will sprout on a kitchen counter with nothing more than water, a jar and a lot of patience. What the internet tends to skip is how long the patience part takes, which steps really change…
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I Turned My Kitchen Windowsill Into a Mini Jungle: Here’s What I’d Change
A kitchen window full of plants looks wonderful in photos and slightly less wonderful when you’re trying to fill a pot of pasta water around a trailing pothos. Kitchen plants have it harder than they look: steam and grease from the stove, cold drafts when the window opens, hot sun through the glass in summer,…
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From Aerial Roots to Moss Poles: Everything Your Monstera Actually Needs
Good monstera care comes down to four things: bright light without harsh sun, water only when the top of the soil has dried, a chunky mix that lets the roots breathe, and something to climb. Get those right and a monstera grows fast, pushes out big split leaves and forgives most other mistakes. Get one…