Indoor growing offers many advantages. The biggest benefits are the most obvious: garden pests can’t get at your plants, and you have total control over the weather. Yet unless you’re lucky enough to ...

Most succulents and cacti hail from hot and sunny areas and need lots of light to grow and maintain their color and form indoors. Plants like aloes, haworthia, echeveria, and most cacti will grow ...

Most plants grow very slowly, or not at all, in the winter months when the sun is low in the sky—house plants are no exception. Even if it’s warm inside, plants can sense this external change. Some ...

It doesn’t matter if you’re caring for a ZZ plant or a cactus: Plants need sunlight to survive. And if you’re living in an apartment devoid of sunlight or don’t have an outdoor space to garden, grow ...

Houseplants can be a bit farther since many of our favorite houseplants like dappled or weaker light, but within two feet is ...

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