Want to save a favorite outdoor plant before winter arrives? Here’s how to bring outdoor plants inside safely, check for pests, make the transition easier, and avoid bringing unwanted little hitchhikers into your home.
Every fall, there comes a point when I start looking around outside and deciding which plants I’m willing to let go…and which ones are getting rescued from the cold.
Because apparently after spending all summer growing a beautiful plant, I’m supposed to just calmly let the first hard freeze take it?
Absolutely not. 😂
Continue reading “How to Bring Outdoor Plants Inside for Winter — Without Bringing the Bugs”Turn one coleus plant into a whole collection! Learn how to take coleus cuttings, root them in water, transplant them into soil, and keep your new plants growing happily indoors through winter.
Coleus might be one of the most dangerously easy plants to propagate.
You start with one plant. You snip off a little cutting. You stick it in a glass of water.
And suddenly you’re looking around the house wondering where you’re going to put the other 14 coleus plants you somehow acquired.
Ask me how I know. 😂
Continue reading “Propagating Coleus: How to Turn One Plant Into a Whole Collection”Learn how to propagate a snake plant by dividing pups with this simple step-by-step guide, from separating the baby plant to potting it up and helping it thrive on its own.
A simple step-by-step guide to separating snake plant babies and turning one houseplant into several.
Snake plants are already pretty generous houseplants. Give them a decent spot, don’t drown them, and they’ll usually carry on without demanding much attention.
Then one day, you look down into the pot and realize…
You have babies. 🌿
Continue reading “How to Propagate a Snake Plant by Dividing Pups”Turn an ordinary coleus into a beautiful indoor tree with a little patience and plenty of pruning. Learn how to train the stems, shape a full canopy, and keep your coleus tree growing beautifully indoors—even through a long northern winter.
With a little pruning, patience, and plenty of light, an ordinary coleus can be trained into a colorful little tree—and it’s easier than you might think.
Coleus is one of those plants that can surprise you.
Most of us think of coleus as a colorful, bushy plant tucked into containers or garden beds for the summer. But with a little patience and some strategic pruning, you can train a coleus into an entirely different shape—a miniature tree with a tall trunk and a full canopy of colorful leaves.
That’s exactly what I did with mine.
Continue reading “How to Grow a Coleus Tree: From a Cutting to a Beautiful Indoor Plant”Grow fresh herbs indoors all winter with a simple mason jar herb garden. Learn how to plant, water, and care for parsley, rosemary, basil, and thyme—even during the darkest northern months.
An easy way to grow fresh herbs indoors—even when your outdoor garden is buried under snow.
When the outdoor garden season is short, growing a few herbs indoors is an easy way to keep something green going all year long. And you don’t need a fancy indoor garden system to do it.
Continue reading “How to Grow an Indoor Herb Garden in Mason Jars”Learn how to propagate a snake plant from a leaf cutting in water, from making the first cut to growing roots and watching brand-new shoots appear. A simple houseplant project that just takes a little water—and plenty of patience! 🌱
An easy way to turn one snake plant leaf into a brand-new plant—with a little water and a whole lot of patience.
Snake plants have a reputation for being pretty tough houseplants.
They tolerate missed waterings. They don’t demand constant attention. And somehow, even after being ignored for a while, they usually just keep going.
But one of my favorite things about them is something I didn’t fully appreciate until I tried it myself:
You can grow an entirely new snake plant from a piece of a leaf. 🌿
Continue reading “How to Propagate a Snake Plant From a Leaf Cutting in Water”Turn an overgrown string of hearts into a beautiful living display! Learn how to gently train long, trailing vines around a heart-shaped support while keeping plenty of that gorgeous cascading growth.
String of hearts is one of those houseplants that starts out looking sweet and innocent.
A few delicate vines. Tiny heart-shaped leaves. Nothing suspicious happening here.
And then one day you realize those vines have somehow traveled halfway across the room. 😂
Continue reading “How to Train a String of Hearts Into a Heart Shape”
