Happy houseplants, one windowsill at a time.
Care guides for the houseplants people actually own: snake plant, pothos, peace lily, monstera, ZZ and more. Light, water, propagation, problems and pet safety, sourced and explained simply.
Find a plant for your light
Low light
Rooms with little daylight, or a spot well back from the window.
See the plants →Medium light
A few feet from a window, or a window with gentle light.
See the plants →Bright indirect
Close to a bright window, without sun landing on the leaves.
See the plants →Direct sun
A sunny sill where the sun reaches the plant for part of the day.
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Every plant guide opens with a care card: its light, water, humidity, temperature and soil needs, and what our sources say about pets.
Foliage plants
Monstera, rubber plant, fiddle leaf fig, ZZ, snake plant, peace lily and calathea.
Trailing plants
Pothos, spider plant, philodendron and string of pearls.
Philodendron
Pothos
Spider Plant
Indoor succulents
Aloe vera, jade plant and haworthia on a sunny sill.
Aloe Vera
Haworthia
Jade Plant
String of Pearls
Looking for flowering houseplants?
Orchids, Christmas cactus and other plants grown for their blooms live on How To Grow Flowers, so each plant has one home.
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Linden Shaw
Linden Shaw is the editorial pen name of How To Grow Houseplants. Light, water, propagation and the problems that actually happen indoors, with pet safety stated only when a source says so. Researched against university extension and ASPCA sources and reviewed before publishing.
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