Pothos is often described as being ‘beginner-friendly’, ‘immune to neglect’, and even ‘impossible to kill’. So wilting pothos, when it happens, can feel like a rather damning result of our care. Was life on our windowsill really…
Understanding how to care for a maidenhair fern in the winter is a new problem for me. I’ve owned no less than three of them over the years, but the first two both met crispy deaths in…
Getting humidity right for houseplants is always going to be something of a compromise. Many of our most popular houseplants were originally tropical rainforest or jungle plants and their preference is for very high levels of humidity…
My snake plant was a Mother’s Day present from my daughter, so I’m more attached to it than most of my houseplants. But since I’ve never owned one before, it’s also suffered a few mishaps while I’ve…
Peace lily cold tolerance is not great, since they are tropical plants. The peace lily is a perennial known for its striking dark green foliage, offset by white blooms and for its air-purifying abilities. This tropical plant…
