The ultimate guide for houseplant care

On this page, you'll find all resources you'll need to take care of your plants and specifically your houseplants. These resources range from information about plant care, information about fertilizer, soil, growing mediums, common pests and more.

Alocasia Polly

In this ultimate guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to be able to care for your Alocasia Polly. Using these tips and tricks will help you to keep your Alocasia Polly happy and help it thrive. The Alocasia Polly really is a beautiful plant that makes a statement in any room.

Alocasia Zebrina

In this ultimate guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to be able to care for your Alocasia Zebrina. Using these tips and tricks will help you to keep your Alocasia Zebrina happy and help it thrive. The Alocasia Zebrina really is a beautiful plant that makes a statement in any room.

Aloe Vera

The Aloe Vera is a beginner-friendly plant that loves a lot of direct sunlight and has many health benefits. It's a plant that thrives on neglect, so it's perfect for those of you who always forget to water their plants.

Anthurium

An Anthurium is a type of plant that comes in many different shapes and sizes! It's a humidity-loving plant from the tropical rain forests of South-America where it enjoys the high temperatures and humidity.

Areca Palm

The Areca Palm is a beautiful and large houseplant that can turn any room into a tropical paradise. It's the perfect large plant for those that have pets and/or small children. It's the perfect plant for pet owners, because this plant is non-toxic and won't harm your pets when they chew on its leaves. If you accidentally don't give this palm the care it wants, it will let you know quickly. This helps you to change your plant care routine quickly, before it's too late.

Asparagus Fern

The Asparagus Fern isn't actually part of the fern family, which makes taking care of one different from most other ferns. Most ferns don't like direct sunlight, but the Asparagus fern thrives in this kind of environment. The unusual textures of this plant makes it stand out in any room in your house and is a great plant for brighter spots in your house.

Begonia

In this ultimate guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to be able to care for your Begonias. Begonias look intimidating but are really quite easy to care for. Don't let it's appearance fool you and learn to help it thrive in your house.

Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia)

The Bird of Paradise is one of the most well-known tropical houseplants. It's a very fast-growing plant that loves a lot of sunlight and moisture. It's not a difficult plant to take care of, but it does have its challenges. It grows...big. This plant can grow up to 1.80m (6ft) tall and 1.20m (4ft) wide.

Boston Fern

The Boston fern is one of the most recognizable ferns. It loves moisture and humid environments, which makes it a great plant for your bathroom. The great textures of the leaves help to add something to any room you place it in and even helps your fern to stand out against your other houseplants.

Calathea Ornata

Calathea's are notoriously tough plants to keep happy. They love all the humidity you can give it and then some. However, there are a few plant tips you can use to keep even this plant happy and help it thrive in your favorite room in your house.

Calathea Triostar

The Calathea Triostar is a beautiful and colorful tropical houseplant that's great for those plant owners who like a challenge. Like other Calatheas, the Calathea Triostar is not the easiest houseplant and has very specific plant care needs.

Croton

Crotons are beautiful plants with the wildest leaves you'll have in your house. The colors and shapes of the leaves are very different from any other plant you might have seen. They're great plants for beginners and for those that tend to overwater their plants.

Dieffenbachia

The Dieffenbachia is a beginner friendly plant that has striking patterns on its leaves. This plant will tell you when something is wrong, which makes it perfect for those of us who struggle to understand what our plants need. If you have a slightly darker spot left in your house, a Dieffenbachia will gladly take that space and it will thrive there.

Dracaena

One of the best plants for beginners is a Dracaena. They require very little attention and purify the air. They give a modern feel to any room in your house. When taking care for a Dracaena there are a few things to keep in mind to keep it happy. With the tips in this ultimate guide, you'll have all the knowledge you need to keep this plant in your house.

English Ivy

The English Ivy is a common plant that grows in a lot of different varieties and places. It's happiest when it grows outside and can climb on trees or walls, but it also grows indoors. Turn your house and garden green with this fast-growing plant.

Ficus Elastica

The Ficus Elastica is a tropical plant with larges leaves that have beautiful patterns on it. It's not a great plant for beginners, because it's not very forgiving when you don't give it the care that it needs. However, if you can keep this plant happy, it will be one of the most amazing plants in your house or garden.

Ficus Lyrata

The Ficus Lyrata is a large houseplant that looks incredible in every room. The large green leaves make this plant stand out in any place and have very unusual shapes. The stem is thick and has bark like a real tree, so this plant will make your house into a jungle instantly.

Golden Pothos

The Golden Pothos is a beautiful plant that can turn your house in a jungle in an instant. It's not a plant that's very difficult to take care of, so even if you're a beginner you should be able to take care of it without any problems.

Hoya Carnosa

The Hoya Carnosa is a beginner-friendly and pet-friendly houseplant that grows flowers when you take great care of it! It makes any of your living spaces feel like a jungle and grows colorful flowers as an added bonus.

Hoya Kerrii

The Hoya Kerrii is a beginner-friendly and pet-friendly houseplant that grows beautiful heart-shaped leaves. It makes any of your living spaces feel like a jungle, while also adding an almost fantasy-like leaf shape to your collection.

Jade Plant

The Jade Plant (Crassula Ovata) is a beginner-friendly plant that loves a lot of direct sunlight and can grow large and old. It's a plant that thrives on neglect, so it's perfect for those of you who always forget to water their plants.

Leca

Find out everything you need to know to use Leca for your houseplants. What are the benefits? What are the challenges? Are there any gotchas you should know when using Leca for your houseplants? This ultimate guide will teach you everything you need to know.

Maranta Prayer Plant

The Maranta Leuconora, also known as the Prayer Plant, is a close cousin of the famous Calathea. Unlike the Calathea, a Maranta is actually quite easy to take care of. The Maranta Prayer plant is a beautiful tropical plant from the jungle floor that can brighten up your space significantly.

Monstera

Monsteras are very popular houseplants and amazing plants for beginning plant owners. They're easy to care for and won't die quickly, even though it's a tropical plant. In this ultimate guide, we'll go over topics like watering needs, light requirements, fertilizer, soil, and even how to grow it in Leca.

Orchid

Orchids are colorful houseplants / flowers you can keep in your house for many years! With the right care, you can enjoy the beautiful color and the jungle-like roots for multiple years.

Parlor palm

The Parlor Palm is a great plant to start your plant collection with. It's low-maintenance and not toxic to your pets and/or small children. This makes it the perfect beginner-friendly plant for your house. It tells you exactly when it's not happy and it grows quickly, yet stays small.

Peace Lily

The Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum) is a great houseplant that you can place in any kind of light exposure. They're very beginner-friendly plants because they can survive watering mistakes and they tell you when something is wrong. Best of all, Peace Lilies purify the air your breathe, so it also helps you to feel better.

Philodendron

If you love easy to care for plants, you're going to love the Philodendron. This plant has tropical vines and loves to climb things around it, very much like a Monstera. It doesn't require a lot of attention and is a great plant for those that don't want to water a plant every day and have a perfect spot in a indirectly lit area of their house.

Philodendron Birkin

The Philodendron is a very beginner-friendly, yet exotic house plant. It will make a great addition to any plant collection. It's great for beginners, because it will let you know when it's not happy and it doesn't show many confusing symptoms.

Philodendron Minima

The Philodendron Minima is Monstera lookalike that climbs like a Golden Pothos. It's a fast-growing plant that will make any living space turn into a true indoor jungle. Luckily, it's easy to take care of and doesn't require any special care if you already know how to take care of a Monstera.

Pilea Peperomioides

The Pilea Peperomioides or Chinese Money Plant is an amazing plant for beginners. It shows you exactly what it needs and when it's not getting the care that it wants. It's a fast-growing houseplant, that should be watered once per week. This is not quite low-maintenance, but teaches any plant owner how to take care of plants.

Learn more about taking care of a Pilea Peperomioides

Ponytail Palm

The Ponytail Palm is a hands-off plant that loves to grow in a dry environment. Are you someone that forgets to water their plants all the time? This plant loves that and would be the perfect plant for you!

Sanseviera

Sansevierias are very unusual looking plants, with blades instead of leaves. They're perfect plants for beginning plant owners that forget about their plants all the time. This plant will survive any light exposure you have in your house and will be a plant friend for years to come.

Sansevieria

Sedum Morganianum

The Sedum Morganianum is the ideal houseplant for beginning plant owners, plant owners that prefer to not spend too much time on their plants, or plant owners with pets and/or small children! The Sedum Morganianum, also known for it's two similar varieties (Burro's tail and Donkey tail) is a very easy-going houseplant that does well in direct sunlight, but also low-light spots.

Spider plant

If you love plants that instantly show you when they're not happy and give you a lot of baby plants very quickly, the spider plant is the perfect plant for you. This plant is very thirsty, so it's a perfect plant for those that overwater their plants. In this ultimate guide we'll go over how to care for a spider plant, how to propagate it, and how to eventually repot the plant.

Succulent

In this ultimate guide, we'll cover everything you need to know to be able to care for your Succulents. Succulents come in a wide variety of shapes and sizes, but they all generally have the same plant care needs. In this ultimate guide, we're going to look at what the plant needs and even look at the best type of pots you can use.

Syngonium

Syngoniums are tropical plants that come in all shapes and sizes. They're great for beginning plant owners because these plants grow and recover quickly. Syngoniums have beautiful patterns on their stems and leaves that will make any home intro a tropical jungle.

ZZ plant

The ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas Zamiifolia) is a beginner-friendly and low-maintenance houseplant that can really create a statement in a room. It thrives in darker places in your house and can live in places most other plants won't be able to grow. Due to their thick stems, they can survive without being watered for a very long time (weeks).

Zamioculcas Raven

The Zamioculcas Raven is a variety of the normal (green) ZZ plant (Zamioculcas Zamiifolia). It needs the same plant care routine as the normal ZZ plant and the different colored leaves are purely cosmetic.