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Jan 22, 2026

Growing Cyclamen Plant Indoors: How to Care for These Florist Flowers

Pink Cyclamen Large

Florist Cyclamen plant has silver-and-green, heart-shaped leaves and a bounty of beautiful blooms. Get tips for growing cyclamen house plant.

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Jan 16, 2026

Blue Star Fern Care to Make Your Houseplant Thrive

Blue Star Fern Terra Cotta Pot

Get Blue Star Fern care and discover how to make this tropical houseplant thrive. Find out how much light, water, and fertilizer it wants year-round.

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Jan 13, 2026

Rosary Vine Plant Care - How to Grow Ceropegia Woodii Houseplant

Rosary Vine in Outdoor Pot

Rosary Vine has charming heart-shaped leaves that grow along slender stems. Ceropegia woodii is a captivating houseplant and is easy to grow.

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Jan 12, 2026

Chinese Evergreen Plant Care: How to Grow Aglaonema Indoors

Chinese Evergreen Red-Green Leaves

Chinese Evergreen plant is easy to grow, and tolerant of low light and low humidity. Find out when to water, how to fertilize and why you shouldn't prune this plant.

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Jan 09, 2026

Satin Pothos Care - Scindapsus pictus 'Argyraeus'

Satin Pothos Potted

Beautiful satiny gray-green leaves makes Satin Pothos a favorite house plant. It also happens to be easy to grow. Get care tips for light, water and pruning.

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Jan 08, 2026

Inch Plant Care: Grow Trailing Tradescantia Zebrina as a Houseplant

Inch Plant Close-Up

Get the keys to Inch Plant care with this easy guide. Glistening purple and green striped leaves make this stunning trailing plant ever-popular.

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Jan 07, 2026

Small Leaves, Spectacular Style

Big-leaf houseplants seem to get all the attention these days. But don't overlook smaller plants that are just as eye-catching, if not more. Some are compact, better behaved, and well, downright easy to grow.

Check out this variegated group that are splashed, streaked and marbled, making each leaf practically a work of art.

Newer Pothos cultivars offer leaves streaked with gold, marbled with white, and neon green, to name a few. Give this easy-growing houseplant plenty of bright, indirect light to maintain the variegation.

Have you seen Philodendron Brasil? Just as easy to grow, this tropical has spectacular lime green streaks down each leaf. This vine is eager to climb. But you can hang it up or set its pot on a shelf and allow those colorful vines to trail. Pinch it back to help Brasil to branch out for a fuller plant.

Once you see the heart-shaped patterns of Triangleleaf Fig, you'll want to add this handsome shrub to your indoor plant collection. It adds dazzling style to any room.

Jan 04, 2026

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

Growing Olive Trees Text

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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