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Jan 08, 2026
Inch Plant Care: Grow Trailing Tradescantia Zebrina as a Houseplant
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
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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Jan 03, 2026
Crocodile Fern Care: How to Grow Microsorum Musifolium as a Houseplant
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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Dec 15, 2025
Nerve Plant Care: How to Grow Fittonia Verschaffeltii Indoors
Nerve Plant has beautiful vein patterns of white, pink, or red. Find out how to water, when to fertilize and how much sunlight Fittonia verschaffeltii wants.
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Dec 08, 2025
Christmas Plants You Can Grow Indoors
Christmas plants spread cheer throughout your home for the holidays. Paperwhites, Christmas cactus and amaryllis make most welcome hostess gifts, too.
Dec 02, 2025
Paperwhite Narcissus - Forcing Paperwhites Indoors and Care Tips
Find out how to force paperwhite narcissus into bloom indoors. Growing paperwhite bulbs is easy with these step-by-step tips, plus how to make the flowers last.
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Dec 01, 2025
Christmas Cactus Care: Grow Schlumbergera Bridgesii Indoors
Christmas cactus care will keep your plant healthy and blooming year after year. How to prune, repot, fertilize, propagate and get Christmas cactus to re-bloom.
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More to Explore
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Inch Plant Care: Grow Trailing Tradescantia Zebrina as a Houseplant
Jan 08, 26 10:44 AM
Get the keys to Inch Plant care with this easy guide. Glistening purple and green striped leaves make this stunning trailing plant ever-popular. -
Small Leaves, Spectacular Style
Jan 07, 26 02:52 PM
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… -
Growing Olive Trees Indoors: How to Grow and Care for this Houseplant
Jan 04, 26 03:18 PM
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.