Indoor Plants - Page 4 of 6 - Fine Gardening
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Windowsill Plants for Winter and Beyond
Once it gets cold, our English gardening side argues a lot with our South Texas side. One half thinks gardening is a necessary year-round activity; the other half thinks going…
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How-To
How to Care for Houseplant Ferns
Ferns have an interesting reputation as indoor plants. They are prized for their beauty and elegance, but they also have a lingering (and not completely deserved) reputation as tricky plants…
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Design
Petite Houseplants for Any Home
Admitting you are addicted to collecting houseplants is the first step. The second step? Finding more space for new plants! Plants that stay small are the perfect solution for indoor…
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Indoor Gardening in Southern California
Tending to houseplants can be a rewarding experience for any plant enthusiast. I discovered a love of houseplants while far along in my pregnancy here in Southern California. It was…
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How-To
Moving Houseplants Outdoors for the Summer in the Northeast
Nothing will do most houseplants better than spending a summer vacation outdoors. Many of us assume that the word “house” in houseplants means that these are plants that prefer to…
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How-To
Growing Alocasia Indoors
While you may be familiar with the eye-catching foliage of alocasias (Alocasia spp. and cvs., Zones 9–11) in your annual garden, this versatile genus is making big waves all year…
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How-To
Can All Houseplants Go Outside in Summer?
A whole lot of bonding has happened, and you’ve forged a closeness akin to family with your houseplants this year. But when summer arrived, you needed to turn your attention…
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Design
Houseplant Myths
Admit it: you are dying to adopt something green and growing into your home. But you hesitate. Although you might be a whiz in the garden, somehow translating those skills…
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Design
How to Turn a Basement Into a Greenhouse
Arlene Lopas shared her beautiful garden with us some weeks ago and mentioned that she uses lights in her basement to overwinter many plants. Many of you were curious about…
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Design
Beautiful and Unusual Fern Varieties for the Garden
When I first fell in love with the then-rare autumn fern (Dryopteris erythrosora, USDA Hardiness Zones 5–9) back in the late 1960s, ferns were strangers in the garden, with but…