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Five Best Houseplants for Low-Light Areas

Nothing brightens and softens up a room like a thriving green plant. While some people have a natural knack for keeping plants alive, it's not always that easy for everyone else. One of the biggest problems with indoor houseplants, is finding the right plant for the light level you have in your home.

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How To Choose Indoor Houseplants

Houseplants are truly a breath of fresh air to any environment home or work. Besides literally cleaning the air by taking in the carbon dioxide we expel and turning it back into Oxygen. Indoor houseplants are also easy on the eye and caring for them can even help to relieve stress.

6 comments    indoor houseplants
Select a healthy leaf.72

Propagating Plants From Leaf Cuttings

With some plants, leaves and parts of leaves can be cut and rooted to produce a new plant. This method works well for some begonias, peperomia, jade plant, African violet, kalanchoes, florist gloxinas and...

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Gifts for the Cats We Love

Photo by Katia @ everystockphoto http://www.everystockphoto.com/photo.php?imageId=9954 Every cat has a personality, some more personality than others, but each is his own unique creature. Whether they are big...

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Hard-to-Kill Houseplants

Nothing seems to warm up a room and make it feel alive the way houseplants can. Besides adding color and form to a room, houseplants clean the air in our homes, making for a healthier...

4 comments    home plants indoor gardening
An Orchid showing healthy new growth and recovery after becoming rather miserable at a supermarket. The flower has been cut off 2 inches above the base, which helps to speed up the production of a new one. 75

Top 10 interesting Houseplants Part one of two (10,9,8,7,6)

What gets a plant into the top 10? Four main factors have been considered: The first is the ease with which they are kept and/or propogated. The second is how aesthetically pleasing I personally find them....

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Eco Chic Pots for Indoor Houseplants

In the attempt to reduce carbon footprints and our impact on the planet, even interior designers too are now paving the way for a greener future with green interior design.Not only is the work aesthetically appealing and functional, but it is also beneficial to the planet, call it Eco Chic or simply design with a conscience. Below are are few examples of Echo Chic Pots for Indoor Houseplants.

0 comments    aerogarden indoor houseplants
From My Garden71

Growing Aloe Vera

If you have a little space on a windowsill or in your garden, aloe vera is a great plant for the beginning gardener. It's also a very useful introduction to herbs. A succulent, aloe vera likes porous,...

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11 Houseplant for Cleaner Air in Home or Office

Houseplant are usually grown inside office space and homes for decorative purposes, they are small and can be easily taken cared of, with sufficient lighting, suitable soil and temperature level and...

0 comments    home gardening healthy
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A Houseplant Primer

When the year’s gardening season ends there is no need to stop gardening; you simply move your attention indoors.  Houseplants add beauty to any room and, for the most part are not too difficult to take...

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