Plant library
Houseplant care guides
Houseplants live or die by light and watering rhythm, not fertilizer. Each page covers the light the plant actually needs, how to tell when it is time to water, and notes on pet toxicity where it matters.
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Money plant
Care for the plants usually sold as money plant: trailing golden pothos and the coin-leafed Chinese money plant.
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Corn plant
The striped dracaena houseplant with corn-like leaves; slow-growing, forgiving, and tolerant of low light.
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Rubber plant
A bold ficus houseplant with glossy foot-long leaves; easy to keep if you leave it in one spot.
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Jade plant
A slow succulent that grows into a miniature tree on a sunny sill and lives for decades.
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Lucky bamboo
Not a bamboo at all: the dracaena stalks sold in water vases, and how to keep them green for years.
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Aloe vera
The kitchen-window succulent grown for burn gel; nearly unkillable as long as the mix dries out.
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Cast iron plant
The nearly indestructible foliage plant for deep shade outdoors and the darkest corner indoors.
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Eucalyptus
The aromatic silver-leaved tree sold for pots and cut foliage; a real tree only in warm zones.
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Butterwort
Sticky-leaved carnivores that eat fungus gnats; the easiest carnivorous plant for a sunny windowsill.
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Lipstick plant
A trailing basket plant whose red blooms slide out of dark tubes like lipstick.
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Nerve plant
The dramatic little terrarium plant that faints when thirsty and perks right back after a drink.