You love each one of your houseplants. They're all beautiful and special, but are any of them really cool? If you want to up the "it" factor of your growing plant family, then try one or more of the ...

Spinach is a cool weather favorite, with leaves that sprout up and grow rapidly in both spring and fall. It has a relatively short growing season, but its yield is impressive—if it has the right ...

A plant that can grow on a lava rock, who would have thought? Lava rock houseplants are plants, such as Schefflera or Diversifolium (as well as a few others), that can grow on these specific rocks.

Did you know that houseplants can make your home feel cooler? I didn’t either, but according to Gardening Express, Brits are actually being advised to add houseplants into their homes to make the air ...

When temperatures are rising outside, a cool home is all the more important. But what if all the usual means - ventilating the rooms, darkening the windows - fail to bring relief? Before cranking up ...

The familiar saying “out with the old, in with the new” is probably not something many folks associate with fall or winter. The adage is more likely to conjure visions of activities like spring ...

New England weather is home to extremes, like increasingly hot summers and winters with brutal cold snaps. That whiplash is hard on houseplants, many of which are tropical and thrive in warm, humid ...

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