A Beautiful Home & Garden Made Easy
Great tips and inspiration for growing and caring for houseplants. Learn all the tips the pros use to keep your indoor plants and flowers looking beautiful.
Are you ready to have plants that look good enough to post on social media? Would you like your plants to keep looking as good as the day you bought them? Hi! I’m Shannon and I’m a horticulturist. I love plants and I’ve been gardening since I was a little kid. My passion is to … Read more
How to Grow and Care for Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura) This article contains affiliate links for advertisers of this site. See our disclosure page for more information. The prayer plant, scientifically known as Maranta leuconeura, is a tropical houseplant originating from the rainforests of South America. Named for its distinctive leaf movement, the prayer plant’s leaves fold … Read more
Neanthe bella palm, also known as parlor palm or Chamaedorea elegans, is a popular houseplant grown for its elegant fronds and ability to thrive indoors. With its low-maintenance nature, it has become a favorite among both beginner and experienced plant enthusiasts. Because of their adaptability to indoor environments, they are commonly seen in interior landscapes … Read more
A friend recently asked me to help her diagnose some health problems with her plants and I quickly realized that she didn’t know how to take care of indoor plants in winter. Indoor plants are notoriously difficult to keep alive in winter. One of the keys to having healthy, gorgeous indoor plants is adjusting their … Read more
This article contains affiliate links for advertisers of this site. See our disclosure page for more information. Your plants have been outside all summer- what should you spray on plants before bringing them indoors? There are a lot of advantages to keeping houseplants outside for the summer- the bright light and increased humidity are ideal growing conditions. … Read more
The common plant name “elephant ears” is used for several different plants. One of which is Colocasia esculenta. In addition to elephant ears, it is also referred to as the taro plant. It gets this name from its underground corms or “bulbs” known as taro, which are edible and popular in many parts of the … Read more
Knowing how to repot a plant is a part of maintaining its overall good health and care. Repotting is a term that is used to describe the process of transferring a plant into a larger pot because it has outgrown its current pot size. In the horticultural industry, this is called “potting-up.” However, repotting is … Read more
Be sure to watch the video below showing the step-by-step process of repotting Aloe vera pups! One of the easiest and primary ways to propagate an Aloe vera plant is by repotting its pups. Pups are baby plants that form alongside the mother plant. They are offsets of the main plant that develop from horizontal … Read more
This article contains affiliate links for advertisers of this site. See our disclosure page for more information. Learning how to propagate plants is perhaps one of the most rewarding parts of indoor gardening. Generally, once a gardener has mastered a plant’s care, plant propagation is the next step in the gardening journey. For some of us, propagating … Read more
This article contains affiliate links for advertisers of this site. See our disclosure page for more information. One of the latest trends in gardening is hanging indoor plants. Houseplants have become part of a home’s décor, so hanging plants is just a natural part of expressing your decorating style. Interior decorators use vertical space to add … Read more