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House Plants

In this area, you'll find all of our articles about house plants. Indoor plants include flowering plants for low light areas, common house plants, and decorating with plants (such as terrariums, hanging plants, and more).

House Plants for Cleaner Air

How to Make a Terrarium

Terrarium Gardening

If You Can Grow African Violets, You Can Grow Orchids

What Are the Light Requirements for House Plants?

Caring for Poinsettia After Christmas

Growing Poinsettia

Christmas Cactus in Bloom

House Plant Care

A beautiful poinsettia in a gold-wrapped pot with a bow.

How King Montezuma’s Favorite Plant Became the Christmas Poinsettia

Growing Amaryllis

Christmas cactus

Christmas Cactus Care

Phaelanopsis Orchid Still Blooming Two Years Later

Cool Weather Is Coming – Are Your House Plants Ready?

Moving Shrubs, Roses, Perennials and Houseplants

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November Gardening Tips

Tidying Up, Winding Down, and Looking Ahead Here in central Virginia, the first hints of fall show up in October, and by the end of the month cool nights are the norm. By November, frost is a given, the leaves have all turned, and most of the trees stand bare. November is a month for…

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A closeup of a red coleus leaf edged in green

How to Grow Coleus from Cuttings

I have a confession: I never expected this to work as well as it did. A few weeks ago I snipped some stems from a healthy coleus, popped them in water, and waited. In just two to four weeks, I had four brand new plants ready to pot up. If you have a coleus you…

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A sugar maple tree cover in autumn leaves

How to Compost Fall Leaves: Turn Autumn Leaves Into Garden Gold

Every October, the big sugar maple near our garden shed drops its leaves in what feels like a single weekend. One day the yard is green, and the next I’m scrunching through ankle-deep gold and wondering where I left the rake. I used to see that pile as a chore. Now I see it as…

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October Gardening: Tasks and Tips

October is the time of year for pumpkins, squash, scrunching through piles of fall leaves, and enjoying the last of the lovely weather before winter sets in. Here in Virginia, October can go either way — sometimes it stays warm, and sometimes the first frosts move in and finish off the summer vegetables. At this…

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