African Violets are native to Eastern Africa, and belong to the Gesneriad family.
Water your violet when the top soil is nice and dry, provide medium indirect sunlight, and maintain temperatures from 60 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize your violet once every two weeks with a 15-20-15 fertilizer during the spring/summer, and once a month during the cooler fall/winter months.
Most Alocasia are native to Asia and should be watered thoroughly after the top half of the soil appears dry.
Provide bright indirect sunlight and temperatures from 55 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize with a 20-20-20 every two weeks during the spring/summer, and once a month during the fall/winter.
Provide good air movement, and prevent the leaves from being wet at night to avoid fungus and bacteria.
Anthuriums are native to Central and South American Rainforests and should be watered moderately after the top half of their soil has been allowed to dry out.
Provide medium to bright indirect sunlight, and temperatures from 60 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize with a 20-20-20 every two weeks during the spring/summer, and once every 3-4 weeks during the cooler fall/winter months.
Many Begonias are native to Southeast Asia or South America. These plants should be watered thoroughly whenever their topsoil appears dry.
Provide medium to bright indirect sunlight, and temperatures from 55 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize your begonia once every two weeks with a 20-20-20 fertilizer during the spring/summer, and once every 3-4 weeks during the cooler fall/winter months.
Most Cacti are native to North, South, and Central America. Allow the soil to dry out all the way in between watering, and allow your cacti to remain dry for additional periods of time during the winter. Make sure that your potting media is fast draining, with good aeration. your cactus does not want to be in a soil that stays moist for longer than a few days at a time.
Provide bright indirect sunlight to Full Sun, and temperatures from 35 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize your Cactus once once a month with a 10-30-20 blossom booster, or another low nitrogen fertilizer during the spring/summer, and avoid fertilizing during the cooler fall/winter months.
These Carnivorous plants prefer exposure to the full sun or bright indirect sunlight. Place your potted plant in a dish or tray with a water level of around 1-2 inches (don’t let the water level rise too much higher when it rains) to ensure that the bottom third of its pot is submerged, and then refill the dish after the water has dried up.
These plants will benefit from freezing and going dormant (defoliating) at least once every few years. Avoid tap water; and use only carnivorous fertilizers such as seaweed or bugs, as regular fertilizer will burn the roots and cause additional damage.
Native to South America, Calatheas prefer medium indirect sunlight, temperatures from 60 to 85 degrees Fahrenheit, and should be watered after the top layer of soil has dried out. Mist your calatheas at least a few times a week when grown indoors.
Fertilize your Calathea once every two weeks with a 20-20-20 fertilizer during the spring/summer, and once every 4-6 weeks during the cooler fall/winter months.
Most ferns like to have evenly moist soil and high humidity. Certain varieties like staghorn, Rabbit's foot ferns, bird's nest ferns, and crocodile ferns prefer to dry out slightly in between waterings.
Provide medium indirect sunlight and temperatures from 50 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. Fertilize with a 20-20-20 at half strength once a month during the spring/summertime. Tree ferns will like much more fertilizer, try once a week during the spring and summer; and fertilize Every 2-3 weeks during the cooler months of the year.
Ferns do not like being too root bound, so repotting on time is important for sustaining healthy new growth.
Ficus Elastica is native to Southeast Asia, and can reach heights of up to 100 feet tall in their native habitats. They are not super fast growing when potted, and can be cut back when they are getting close to the ceiling indoors.
Water this plant whenever the soil is approaching dryness, and fertilize with a 20-20-20 all purpose fertilizer every two weeks during the Spring, Summer, and warmer parts of the fall. Once a month during the winter is sufficient.
Provide bright indirect sunlight to full sun, and protect your Ficus from freezing temperatures.
Hoyas are native to the Philippines, India, Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam, Bangladesh, Indonesia, Polynesia, New Guinea, and Australia.
Water moderately after the top half of the soil has been allowed to dry and provide medium to bright indirect sunlight. Temperature range from 50 to 95 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize your Hoya with a 20-20-20 once every two weeks during the spring/summer, and once every 3-4 weeks during the cooler fall/winter months.
Mist frequently and water somewhat thoroughly when your plant's moss is beginning to get low on moisture. You do not want to over-water your nepenthes, as continuously soggy potting media will cause root rot.
Avoid tap water and do not fertilize. Provide this plant with medium to bright indirect sunlight and temperatures from 55 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
If your plant does not have access to insects, you can put a mealworm in each pitcher once a month as a natural fertilization method.
Water your succulents moderately when their soil is approaching dryness during the spring, summer and warmer parts of the fall. Allow your succulents to dry out completely during the winter time, and try to tease them with smaller amounts of water.
Provide bright indirect sunlight, and temperatures from 45 to 90 degrees Fahrenheit.
Fertilize your succulents with a 10-30-20 blossom booster or other low nitrogen fertilizer once a month during the spring, and every 4-6 weeks at half strength during the Summer and Fall. Avoid Fertilizing during the winter time.