http://houseplants.about.com/ Get the latest headlines from the About.com http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hh http://www.about.com/ 118 20 en-us 2012-02-16T17:20:18Z Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:20:18 +0000 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/20/gasteria-succulents.htm <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/houseplants/1/9/W/2/-/-/Gasteria-verrucosa.Manuel-M.-Ramos.Flickr.jpg" alt="Gasteria" />Often grouped with Haworthia (see yesterday's post, like, two inches down), Gasteria are interesting little plants in their own right. For one thing, they seem to be associated with odd ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/20/gasteria-succulents.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/20/gasteria-succulents.htm Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:33:19 +0000 2012-02-20T16:33:19Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/16/a-tiny-succulent.htm <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/houseplants/1/9/V/2/-/-/Haworthia.Dog.Happy.Art.Flickr.jpg" alt="Haworthia" /> It's not often that a plant frequently described as "warty" catches my attention, but I'll make a grudging exception for the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/od/succulentsandcacti/p/Haworthia-Growing-Haworthia-Succulents.htm">Haworthia</a>. These tiny succulents are great desktop and ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/16/a-tiny-succulent.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/16/a-tiny-succulent.htm Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:20:18 +0000 2012-02-16T17:20:18Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/14/getting-a-jump-on-your-spring-garden.htm I guess I've been moving in this direction for a while, but this spring it seems to have really hit home. I've recently really fallen for the idea of using ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/14/getting-a-jump-on-your-spring-garden.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/02/14/getting-a-jump-on-your-spring-garden.htm Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:33:24 +0000 2012-02-14T14:33:24Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/31/and-two-more.htm <img class="alignleft" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/houseplants/1/9/U/2/-/-/Venus-Flytrap.asgw.Flickr.jpg" alt="" />So I figured I'd end the month the way I began it, on a strange note. It strikes me that the <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/od/Still_More_Plant_Profiles/p/Venus-Flytrap-Growing-The-Venus-Flytrap-Plant.htm">Venus flytrap</a> is a widely misunderstood plant. Because they're ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/31/and-two-more.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/31/and-two-more.htm Tue, 31 Jan 2012 14:29:14 +0000 2012-01-31T14:29:14Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/30/some-nice-flowering-plants.htm I realized in my last post that I talked up primrose but didn't actually link to the article! Oops. So here it is, <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/od/Still_More_Plant_Profiles/p/Primrose-Growing-Primrose-Primula-Indoors.htm">a link to the primrose profile</a>. ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/30/some-nice-flowering-plants.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/30/some-nice-flowering-plants.htm Mon, 30 Jan 2012 11:14:18 +0000 2012-01-30T11:14:18Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/27/primrose-anyone.htm <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/houseplants/1/9/S/2/-/-/PrimulaMalacoides.NemosGreatUncle.Flickr.jpg" alt="Primrose" /> I realize it's February, but you know what that means, right? Gardening season in much of the gardening world is only a few months away ... and what better way ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/27/primrose-anyone.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/27/primrose-anyone.htm Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:41:46 +0000 2012-01-27T16:41:46Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/26/two-more-unusual-plants-batflower-and-streptocarpus.htm <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/houseplants/1/9/Q/2/-/-/WhiteBatflower.Scott.Zona.Flickr.jpg" alt="White Batflower" />I must be in a strange mood lately, at least based on the plants that have caught my attention. One of them is a cousin of the African violet, the ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/26/two-more-unusual-plants-batflower-and-streptocarpus.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/26/two-more-unusual-plants-batflower-and-streptocarpus.htm Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:44:48 +0000 2012-01-26T16:44:48Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/25/peperomia-overlooked-but-pretty.htm I confess that I'm one of those people who have seen <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/od/More_Plant_Profiles/p/Peperomia-Growing-Peperomia-Species-Indoors.htm">Peperomia</a> on the shelves for years, but didn't buy one for inside for a very long time. I thought ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/25/peperomia-overlooked-but-pretty.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2012/01/25/peperomia-overlooked-but-pretty.htm Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:11:49 +0000 2012-01-25T14:11:49Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2011/12/30/papaya-indoors-surely-you-jest.htm <img class="alignnone" src="http://0.tqn.com/h/houseplants/1/9/O/2/-/-/papaya.bluesmoon.Flickr.jpg" alt="Papaya" />I must be in a weird mood lately. Yesterday it was bananas and today it's <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/od/More_Plant_Profiles/p/Papaya-Growing-Papaya-Indoors.htm">papaya</a>. Clearly, I'm pining for something tropical. I sense a vacation in my future ... ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2011/12/30/papaya-indoors-surely-you-jest.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2011/12/30/papaya-indoors-surely-you-jest.htm Fri, 30 Dec 2011 17:15:27 +0000 2011-12-30T17:15:27Z http://houseplants.about.com/b/2011/12/29/going-bananas.htm Indeed. <a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/od/More_Plant_Profiles/p/Bananas-Growing-Bananas-Indoors.htm">Bananas</a> aren't the first thing you think of with houseplants, but it's definitely worth a second look. You'll never get fruit, but the plants themselves are the essence of ...<p><a href="http://clk.about.com/?zi=1/1hc&#038;zu=http://houseplants.about.com/b/2011/12/29/going-bananas.htm">Read Full Post</a></p> http://houseplants.about.com/b/2011/12/29/going-bananas.htm Thu, 29 Dec 2011 13:16:35 +0000 2011-12-29T13:16:35Z