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Mar 18, 2024

Crocodile Fern Care: How to Grow Microsorum Musifolium as a Houseplant

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Get to know Crocodile Fern, one of the most exciting foliage plants to come along in a long time. Discover how to please this tropical native indoors.

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Mar 15, 2024

Pink Calla Lily Plant Care: Grow Zantedeschia rehmannii Indoors

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Pink Calla Lily has charming, funnel-shaped blooms that make gorgeous houseplants. How to grow pink callas from rhizomes and get them to re-bloom indoors.

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Mar 12, 2024

Shamrock Plant Care: How to Grow Happy-Go-Lucky Oxalis Indoors

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Shamrock Plant is cherished for its resemblance to four leaf clovers, making it a popular St. Patrick's Day gift plant. How to grow shamrocks as houseplants.

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Mar 09, 2024

Easter Cactus Plant Care: How to Grow Hatiora gaertneri Houseplants

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Easter Cactus plant ushers in spring with a show of colorful flowers. Find out what light, water and humidity this holiday cactus needs, plus how to make it bloom.

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Mar 06, 2024

Lipstick Plant Care Tips: How to Grow Aeschynanthus Radicans Indoors

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Easy-care Lipstick Plant is ideal for a hanging basket. This tropical beauty's long, trailing vines are thickly covered with leaves and red, tubular flowers.

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Feb 27, 2024

Care for Calamondin Orange Tree Indoors: Grow Dwarf Citrus Houseplant

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Calamondin orange is one of the easiest indoor fruit trees to grow. Discover how to grow this dwarf citrus tree as a house plant, prune, repot, water and more.

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Feb 26, 2024

Growing Olive Trees Indoors: How to Grow and Care for this Houseplant

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Get tips for growing olive trees indoors. Find out how to grow and care for a dwarf olive tree as a house plant, and what you need to know about pruning.

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Feb 23, 2024

Monstera Adansonii Care: Grow Swiss Cheese Vine Houseplant

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Monstera adansonii care is easy, once you get to know this tropical climber. Find out how to grow, water, repot and keep Swiss Cheese Vine thriving indoors.

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