Can you keep plants in the bathroom?

Bathrooms can be cold, stark places, and what better (and cheaper) way to brighten up yours than with a plant? Or lots of plants, covering every surface which is a thing that keeps cropping up on Instagram. The only thing I can say about that is that Plantstagrammers move their plants around a lot. Don’t …

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Can house plants survive in the dark?

Honestly? HONESTLY? No. I’m sure a ZZ plant would try super super hard to survive in, say, a bathroom with no lights. But it wouldn’t grow very quickly, if at all, and it wouldn’t thrive. A lot of plants aren’t fussy: give them enough water, light, and something to grow their roots in, and they’ll …

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Why is my house plant dropping leaves?

Ok, first off, let’s stop you panicking. Your plant has lost a leaf. Or several leaves. This does NOT (necessarily) mean that your plant is dead/dying. Sometimes plants just lose leaves. Their leaves get old and they drop off. That’s just the natural lifecycle of plant leaves. But there are other things that can cause …

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How to get house plants to bloom

The best way to ensure your house plants will bloom is to care for them well. Cards on the table time: not all of my plants have bloomed. I don’t even know which of my plants are likely to bloom. You see, I’m a foliage girl myself. I got my paws on a Philodendron Golden …

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11 Reasons Your House Plant Has Brown Leaf Tips

Brown tips on house plants can be a bit unsightly, but they’re not usually a sign that there’s something drastically wrong – more that something is annoying your plant a bit That being said, it’s always best to get to the root of the issue, just in case it snowballs and becomes a larger problem …

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