Indoor Plants - Page 3 of 6 - Fine Gardening
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Design
Festive Greenery—Bringing the Outside In
As the winter creeps up and frost is evident in the world around us, many of us consider ways to stay connected with and enjoy the beauty of nature indoors.…
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How-To
Caring for Your Moth Orchid
What do I do after it’s done blooming? This is the million-dollar question for many people. Follow these steps to keep your plant happy after bloom. 1. Cut off that…
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How-To
Keep Moth Orchids Happy and They’ll Bloom Year After Year
For many people, picking up a potted moth orchid (Phalaenopsis spp. and cvs., Zones 10–12) is like buying cut flowers; they don’t care for the plant once it stops blooming.…
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How-To
Care for Your Garden Tools and Houseplants, and Learn to Build a Cold Frame
Now that most of the fall cleanup is done and the colder weather has truly set in for many of us, it’s time to think about those off-season gardening tasks.…
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How-To
Nine Tips for Propagating Houseplants Through Cuttings
Vegetative propagation, or taking cuttings, is often the best and only viable propagation method that home gardeners can use to make more of their favorite indoor plants. This method is…
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How-To
Learn 5 Ways to Propagate Houseplants Through Cuttings
There’s nothing more satisfying to a gardener than growing more of the plants you love and doing it from scratch. Whether you’re growing new specimens from a houseplant you already…
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Design
How to Grow Prayer Plants as Houseplants
Prayer plants (Goeppertia spp. and cvs., syn. Calathea spp. and cvs., Zones 9–11) are arguably among the most stunning houseplants you can add to your collection. Though they come in…
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Design
Growing Snake Plants Indoors
Snake plants (Dracaena spp. and cvs., syn. Sansevieria spp. and cvs., Zones 9–11) are usually discounted in the houseplant world as reliable and reliably dull. But these often-maligned plants so…
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Design
GPOD on the Road: Centennial Park Conservatory
Barry Severn is taking us along on a trip to Centennial Park Conservatory in Toronto. As you’ll see, these greenhouses are packed with all kinds of beautiful plants. I’m sure…
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Design
Surviving the Indiana Winter
Today it is me, your GPOD editor, Joseph, checking in from my very snowy garden in northern Indiana. Recently, we had a warm day, some snow melted, and I saw…