Having potted plants around the home provides lovely decoration and a healthy atmosphere. Not only do many indoor plants help ’scrub’ the air, but the sight of healthy growing things provides a nice mental lift as well.
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Tropical plants are among the most popular indoor gardening choices. They’re often drought tolerant and easy to care for and there are many beautiful species.
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How you prepare the soil for planting seeds or cuttings, or for repotting, depends on the type of plant involved. There are considerations that are generally true for almost all houseplants, and specific items and measurements that are unique to a species.
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Adding houseplants to your home’s interior provides color and life. Many species help ’scrub’ the air while adding the benefit of a living thing to the home. The sight of a healthy, growing plant gives a lift that can be provided in no other way.
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Choosing a pot is one of the most important decisions anyone interested in indoor gardening has to consider. Even when plants are bought already in the container, making it seem as if the choice has been made for you, you need to consider whether that plant will thrive in that pot.
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Most houseplants require some care year round. But exactly what you do is heavily influenced by the season. Most houseplant species have an active growing season in the Spring and early Summer, followed by a tapering off in the Fall. Many become dormant in Winter, even though the temperature in the house remains relatively warm.
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One of the most enjoyable aspects of having houseplants is the opportunity they provide for doing interior design. A home can be lovely with good furniture, fine table-top items and beautiful paintings but adding indoor plants can expand the choices enormously while moving the decoration into a whole new dimension.
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Outdoor plants are relatively self-regulating. They get most of what they need from the surrounding air and soil and often require no feeding aid. Indoor plants are much more reliant on the gardener’s tender ministrations. But it’s possible to overdo it.
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There are about 60 different species of the Genus Sansevieria, variously known as Snake Plant, Mother-In-Law’s Tongue and many other names. Many are natives of Africa, but it can be found in Australia, China, Japan or Hawaii as well as other areas. These beautiful plants make for an excellent addition to the indoor garden and they’re very easy to grow and care for properly.
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The overwhelming majority of houseplants get most of what they need by their own efforts, from decent soil and adequate sunlight. But, unlike their outdoor cousins, houseplants are very much at the mercy of their owners for proper watering.
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