Simple Tips to Care for Houseplants

It’s no secret, I love the sight of any fresh greenery around the house, particularly during the winter months. Instant mood booster, don’t you think?

Although I was blessed with a green thumb, caring for some houseplants may be easier then you think. I wanted to share a few simple tips to care for houseplants that will help keep your plants thriving in your home.

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Simple Tips to Care for houseplants

• Understand your plant before you bring it home- where will you place it in your home, how much sun/shade does it need, how often does it need water, does it need to be fertilized. Doing this before you bring the plant home, will give you an idea of how much maintenance your plant will require.
• Move your plant into a container that it will have plenty of room to root and grow in. I always mix in a good all purpose potting soil as well.
• Follow a watering schedule. I choose a particularly day of the week so I will always remember when to water my houseplants.
• Know when it’s time to give your plant a cut and propagate for new plants. I do this all the time with my English Ivy and Pothos plant which are super easy to propagate. I have also had great luck propagating Aspargus ferns.
• Dead head flowers and remove spent leaves. Trimming your plants helps to encourage more blooms. I use my garden scissors instead of shears since these most houseplants are not difficult to trim or cut.

Here are a few of my favorite indoor houseplants that I have in my home. None of them require a lot of maintenance and are super easy to care for.

A great resource for plant enthusiasts

Unless you totally neglect a plant, it is really difficult to kill, especially some of my favorites that I have shown you above. I use an app on my phone called ‘Picture This’. The app is used to identify plants, how to care for them, how to grow them (both indoors and outdoors), landscape ideas based on where you live and so much more. It’s a wonderful tool and I highly recommend it if you are a plant or garden enthusiast. If not, well that’s okay, they make such realistic faux’s these days…don’t they?

I hope some of my simple tips on how to care for houseplants will come in handy with your own houseplants around the house. If you want to start off caring for a super easy houseplant try making a succulent dish. If you kill the succulents, not sure we can be friends. 🙂

If you have any questions, please feel free to send me a DM or leave in a comment below.

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