Get Growing: Houseplants

A Shopper's Guide to Buying Cacti

Choose the best cacti for your home (indoors and out) with our shopping and care tips. By Karen Weir-Jimerson

A Shopper’s Guide to Buying Bonsai

Bonsai are sculptural little plants that mimic the stature and beauty of mature trees. Discover how to buy and care for bonsai. By Karen ...

A Shopper's Guide to Buying Indoor Ferns

Ferns have played a starring role in home décor since the Victorian era. By Doug Jimerson

A Shopper's Guide to Peperomia

Peperomia: It sounds more like an Italian meat or pasta than a plant group. But with more than 1000 different types, you'll find somethin...

A Shopper's Guide to Pilea

If you like unusual houseplants for terrariums or stand-alone plants that are conversation (and Instagram) worthy, then you need to take ...

A Shopper's Guide to Buying Norfolk Island Pines

Discover how to buy, care for, and enjoy Norfolk Island pines. By Doug Jimerson

A Shopper’s Guide to Crotons

Dig in and get everything you need to grow beautiful crotons -- indoors or out -- with our croton guide. By Justin Hancock

10 Fabulous Indoor Ferns

Indoor ferns offer so many different looks, from frilly to strappy, to some that look like elk antlers. Here are 10 of the most amazing. ...

Watering Container Plants (The Easy Way!)

By Karen Weir-Jimerson Water Your Plants: It’s one of many things on your ever-growing to-do list—and if you’re busy or traveling...

Hot New Plant Alert

We share a behind-the-scenes look at a brand-new houseplant hitting garden centers later this year.

Add Color to Your Home with Flowering Houseplants

Flowers are the perfect way to imbue your home with life and color. Here are some of our favorite flowering houseplants. By Justin Hancock

Add Ferns for Summer Interest

Add lushness and traditional style to your summer porch, patio, or balcony with ferns. By Doug Jimerson and Karen Weir-Jimerson

Grow Beautiful Bonsai

Add elegance and style to your home or office with a bonsai. Get our tips and tricks for growing a bonsai of your own!  By Justin Hancock

Behind the Scenes at Costa Farms

We love plants! Our wholesale nursery produces millions of gorgeous plants in three U.S. states. Get an inside look at what we do.  By J...

Elegant Palms for Every Setting

Add easy-care, fantastic foliage to every room! Palms add architectural elegance and leafy lushness -- indoors and out. See our selection...

Summering Houseplants Outdoors

Move houseplants outdoors for a well-deserved summer vacation. They'll thank you for it!

Majesty palms

Our experts share their care tips so you can grow and enjoy beautiful majesty palms. 

Save Tropical Plants Before Winter

Cold-winter gardeners can enjoy their hibiscus and other tropicals all winter long. Learn how! By Doug Jimerson

Exotic Angel Is Where Houseplants Are Born

A tour of our Exotic Angel Plants farm reveals our care and passion of growing houseplants.

A Shopper's Guide to Buying Succulents

Discover the best succulents for indoors and out.

Caring For Your Bonsai

Treat your bonsai right and it will reward you with beauty and inspiration for years. These sculptural little trees are long lived with p...

10 Best Low-Light Houseplants

If your home or office is short on light, enjoying houseplants might seem an impossible option. Not so! There are many plants that thrive...

Travel (Vicariously) to the Tropics

Yearning to hit the road to a tropical locale this winter? Get a plant from an exotic place and enjoy the lush view right now!

Watering Houseplants

Watering houseplants is one of the most common questions we get. Check out our tips !