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Plant Profiles
Care sheets for the plants people actually own, from foolproof pothos to fussy calatheas.
Bird of Paradise Care: How to Grow This Tropical Statement Plant Indoors
The bird of paradise brings instant tropical drama with its huge paddle leaves. Here's how to grow one tall and lush indoors.
Orchid Care for Beginners (Phalaenopsis Made Simple)
Moth orchids are far easier than their reputation — once you stop drowning them. Here's how to keep one alive and get it to rebloom.
African Violet Care: Year-Round Blooms on a Windowsill
African violets are small, pet-safe, and can bloom nearly all year — if you water them without wetting the fuzzy leaves. Here's how.
Christmas Cactus Care: How to Get It to Bloom Every Year
The Christmas cactus is easy, pet-safe, and can live for decades — and with one autumn trick, it blooms right on schedule. Here's how.
Croton Care: Bold, Colorful Foliage (and How to Keep It That Way)
Crotons bring fiery reds, oranges, and yellows to a bright room — but they drop leaves if you get them wrong. Here's how to keep the color.
Prayer Plant Care (Maranta): The Plant That Moves at Night
The prayer plant folds its patterned leaves up each night like praying hands. Here's how to keep this pet-safe beauty thriving.
Alocasia Care: How to Grow the Dramatic Elephant Ear Indoors
Alocasias have jaw-dropping leaves but demand humidity and warmth. Here's how to keep one thriving — and why yours might be resting, not dying.
Arrowhead Plant Care (Syngonium): Easy, Fast, and Endlessly Variable
The arrowhead plant is as easy as a pothos, comes in gorgeous colours, and can bush, trail, or climb. Here's how to grow it well.
English Ivy Care: Classic Trailing Greenery for Indoors
English ivy brings timeless, cascading elegance indoors — if you give it the cooler, brighter, humid conditions it likes. Here's how.
Ponytail Palm Care: The Quirky, Nearly Unkillable Desk Plant
The ponytail palm stores water in its bulbous trunk, tolerates neglect, and is pet-safe. Here's how to keep this quirky charmer happy.
Anthurium Care: How to Keep Those Glossy Blooms Coming
Anthuriums produce waxy, colourful "flowers" almost year-round if you get the light and watering right. Here's how.
Kalanchoe Care: A Long-Blooming Succulent for Sunny Windows
Kalanchoe gives you succulent toughness plus weeks of bright blooms. Here's how to care for it — and get it to flower again.
Boston Fern Care: Lush Fronds Without the Frustration
Boston ferns are gorgeous and pet-safe but thirsty for humidity. Here's how to stop the crispy fronds and keep it full.
Chinese Money Plant Care (Pilea peperomioides)
With its round, coin-like leaves and pups galore, the Pilea is easy, charming, and pet-safe. Here's how to keep it lush and flat-faced.
Dracaena Care: Easy, Architectural, and Nearly Foolproof
Dracaenas give you sculptural, upright greenery with very little fuss — if you avoid one common tap-water mistake. Here's how.
Hoya Care: How to Grow the Wax Plant (and Get It to Bloom)
Hoyas are forgiving, long-lived trailing plants — and with the right light they reward you with clusters of waxy, scented flowers. Here's how.
Jade Plant Care: The Long-Lived Lucky Succulent
The jade plant is a slow, sturdy succulent that can outlive its owner. Here's how to keep its plump leaves and mini-tree shape.
Chinese Evergreen Care (Aglaonema): Colour for Low-Light Rooms
Aglaonemas bring patterned colour to dim rooms and ask for almost nothing. Here's how to keep those painterly leaves at their best.
Indoor Cactus Care: How to Keep a Cactus Alive (and Get It to Bloom)
Cacti are tough but not indestructible indoors. Get the light, watering, and a cool winter rest right, and yours might even bloom.
Money Tree Care (Pachira aquatica): The Lucky, Pet-Safe Statement Plant
The braided money tree is easy, pet-safe, and full of good-luck charm. Here's how to keep its glossy canopy full and healthy.
String of Pearls Care: The Trailing Succulent That Turns Heads
Those cascading strands of green pearls are stunning — and pickier than they look. Here's how to keep string of pearls plump and trailing.
Philodendron Care: The Easygoing Trailing Favourite
Often confused with pothos, philodendrons are just as easy and just as rewarding. Here's how to grow full, trailing vines.
Rubber Plant Care: Big Glossy Leaves, Easy Attitude
The rubber plant delivers big, glossy, statement foliage with far less fuss than a fiddle-leaf fig. Here's how to grow it tall and lush.
Aloe Vera Care: The Useful Succulent Anyone Can Grow
Aloe vera is a hardy, useful succulent that thrives on neglect and sun. Here's how to keep it plump, upright, and green.
Calathea Care: Stunning Leaves, High Standards
Calatheas have the most beautiful foliage in the houseplant world — and the highest standards. Here's how to keep those patterned leaves crisp.
Indoor Succulent Care: Keeping Succulents Alive Inside
Most indoor succulents die from too little light and too much water. Here's how to reverse both and keep them compact and colourful.
Spider Plant Care: The Baby-Making Classic
Arching striped leaves, cascading babies, and it's non-toxic to pets. The spider plant is a forgiving classic worth its comeback.
Fiddle Leaf Fig Care: Taming the Diva of Houseplants
The fiddle leaf fig is gorgeous and famously dramatic. The trick is consistency — here's how to keep those big violin-shaped leaves.
Peace Lily Care: Elegant Blooms for Low-Light Rooms
The peace lily droops dramatically when thirsty and perks up within hours — a plant that communicates. Here's how to earn its elegant white blooms.
ZZ Plant Care: Glossy, Tough, and Nearly Indestructible
The ZZ plant stores water in potato-like rhizomes and shrugs off neglect. Here's how to keep its glossy leaves looking their best.
Pothos Care: The Foolproof Trailing Plant
Pothos is the plant that makes people believe they have a green thumb. Here's how to grow the fullest, longest vines.
Snake Plant Care: The Near-Unkillable Houseplant
If you've killed a snake plant, you were almost certainly too kind with the watering can. Here's how to keep this tough beauty happy.
Monstera Deliciosa Care: The Complete Guide
The Swiss cheese plant is easy to keep alive and genuinely rewarding to grow well. Here's how to get those iconic split leaves.