Plant care guides

Calathea ornata, known as the Pinstripe Calathea, is admired for its dark green leaves with delicate pink lines, originating from the forest floors of South America. This care guide highlights key factors like lighting, watering, temperature, and humidity requirements to maintain the plant's health and beauty. Additional insights cover soil and fertilizer needs, non-toxicity, extra care tips including potting, repotting, propagation through division, pruning, and common issues like brown tips, pests, and leaf discoloration, providing a comprehensive resource for cultivating this decorative plant indoors.

The Madagascar Palm, also known as Pachypodium lamerei, is a striking succulent that thrives in bright light, well-draining soil, and infrequent watering. Its adaptations to harsh, dry conditions make it a hardy plant, but it requires gradual acclimation to sunlight to prevent sunburn. Understanding its natural habitat in Madagascar is key to providing proper care, including appropriate lighting, watering, temperature, humidity, soil, and fertilization. Additionally, precautions should be taken due to its toxic sap, and propagation through seeds is the recommended method for reproduction. Regular monitoring for common issues like overwatering, pests, and lighting deficiencies can help ensure the plant's health and longevity.

Mealybugs are common pests that can rapidly multiply and weaken plants by feeding on their sap, causing yellowing, wilting, and even plant death if left untreated. These soft-bodied insects are challenging to eradicate due to their protective wax coating, hidden locations in plant crevices, rapid reproduction, and mutualistic relationship with ants. Effective control methods include physical removal, natural remedies like neem oil, chemical treatments, predatory insects, traps, beneficial fungi, and diatomaceous earth. Regular inspection, isolation of new plants, soil replacement, and eco-friendly treatments are key to preventing and managing mealybug infestations.

Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma, often called Monstera Minima, is a fast-growing tropical vine loved for its split leaves and compact size. Despite its nickname, it isn’t a true Monstera, but it shares a similar lush, climbing look. This plant thrives in bright, indirect light and adapts well to indoor environments. With the right balance of watering and well-draining soil, it can grow quickly and stay healthy year-round. Providing a moss pole or support helps encourage larger leaves and stronger growth. Regular pruning keeps the plant full and prevents it from becoming leggy. Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma is also relatively low maintenance, making it ideal for both beginners and experienced plant parents. With proper care, it adds a vibrant, tropical feel to any space.

Introducing the December 2025 Succulent Subscription Box Care Guide, created to highlight this month’s beautiful selection and provide simple, effective care tips for each plant. From light and watering needs to soil preferences and beginner-friendly propagation advice, this guide offers everything needed to help each succulent stay healthy and vibrant.

This month features Crassula rubricaulis ‘Candy Cane,’ Echeveria compressicaulis, Echeveria ‘Cubic Frost,’ and Crassula rupestris var. monticola, a delightful mix of forms and colors. Whether expanding a collection or just exploring the world of succulents, this guide supports confident care and showcases the natural charm these plants bring to any space.

The Hoya Rope Plant, also known as Hoya carnosa ‘Compacta,’ is a visually striking houseplant that features thick, glossy leaves growing in twisted curls on rope-like vines, capable of producing fragrant star-shaped blooms. This low-maintenance plant thrives with proper light, watering, and humidity, and care guidelines include lighting requirements for indirect sunlight, deep watering to prevent root rot, and maintaining consistent warmth and moderate to high humidity levels for healthy growth. Propagation from stem cuttings, pruning to maintain shape and promote flowering, and watching for common issues such as overwatering and pest infestations are essential for nurturing a vibrant and blooming Hoya Rope Plant in indoor environments.

The Fairy Castle Cactus is a striking, architectural plant that brings a touch of whimsy and charm to any space, whether indoors or outdoors. With its unique tower-like growth and easy-to-care-for nature, it’s a favorite among succulent enthusiasts and beginners alike. In this blog, we’ll guide you through everything you need to know to help your Fairy Castle Cactus thrive, including tips on lighting, watering, temperature, soil, propagation, pruning, and preventing common problems. Whether you’re looking to maintain its vibrant color, encourage healthy growth, or successfully propagate new plants, this comprehensive guide will provide all the insights you need to keep your cactus healthy, resilient, and visually stunning all year round.

The Maranta Red, also known as the Red Prayer Plant, is a captivating houseplant with vivid red veins, velvety green leaves, and striking burgundy undersides that fold up at night. Native to tropical forests, this plant thrives indoors with consistent care in terms of lighting, watering, temperature, humidity, soil quality, and fertilization. It is non-toxic to pets and humans, making it a safe and vibrant addition to any home. Key points: 1. The Maranta Red Prayer Plant is a low-maintenance houseplant that requires consistent care in terms of lighting, watering, temperature, humidity, soil quality, and fertilization to thrive indoors. 2. Known for its captivating appearance and unique leaf movement, this plant is safe for pets and humans, making it an ideal choice for households looking to add greenery without safety concerns.

The Euphorbia ‘Dragon Bone’ is a visually striking, sculptural succulent that instantly elevates any plant collection with its jagged, architectural form. Perfect for both indoor and outdoor spaces, this hardy plant combines bold aesthetics with relatively low maintenance, making it ideal for beginners and experienced plant enthusiasts alike. In this guide, explore everything you need to know to help your Dragon Bone Cactus thrive, including tips on lighting, watering, soil requirements, propagation techniques, pest prevention, and general care practices to ensure its longevity and vibrant health.

With its stunning marbled leaves of creamy white and deep green, Monstera Thai Constellation is truly a statement plant that brings tropical elegance into any space. But keeping this variegated beauty thriving requires more than admiration, it needs the right balance of light, water, warmth, and attention. In this care guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know to help your Thai Constellation flourish, from lighting and watering tips to soil composition, repotting, and propagation. Whether you’re a seasoned plant enthusiast or just beginning your journey, this guide will help you nurture your Thai Constellation into a lush, healthy masterpiece that keeps growing brighter with time.

The Spiral Cactus (Cereus forbesii ‘Spiralis’) is a stunning, sculptural houseplant that brings a touch of desert elegance to any home or garden. Known for its twisting, spiraling stems, this low-maintenance cactus is both visually striking and surprisingly easy to care for with the right guidance. From light and watering to soil, fertilization, propagation, pruning, and common issues, this comprehensive guide provides all the essential tips to keep your Spiral Cactus healthy, vibrant, and thriving year-round. Perfect for plant enthusiasts of all levels, the Spiral Cactus adds both charm and a bold architectural element to any indoor or outdoor space.

As Thanksgiving approaches, there’s no better way to create a warm and welcoming atmosphere than by filling your home with nature’s gentle beauty. Houseplants not only bring life and color into your space but also reflect the spirit of gratitude, renewal, and togetherness that defines this special season. In this guide, we explore five cozy houseplants from the celestial charm of Monstera ‘Thai Constellation’ and the graceful hues of Philodendron ‘Pink Princess’ to the vibrant foliage of Croton Mammy and Petra, the enduring strength of Snake Plant, and the golden elegance of Dracaena ‘Song of India.’
Each plant offers its own story, texture, and meaning, reminding us that, much like the people we gather with, every leaf and color adds warmth to the celebration. Whether you’re decorating a dining table, brightening a quiet corner, or gifting a symbol of gratitude, these plants will make your Thanksgiving home feel alive, peaceful, and full of joy.