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Plant Care Guides
Check the packing slip included in your order or your order confirmation email for your plant’s name. Search for your plant below to learn what light and water conditions your specific plant needs to thrive!
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AglaonemaVarieties Silver Bay, Green Modestum ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow top half of soil to dry out in between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant would benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Drooping, yellow leaves -- Plant was overwatered Wilted leaves -- Plant need more water
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Aloe VeraBotanical Name Aloe barbadensis miller ━━━ Light Thrives in direct, bright light. Will tolerate indirect, bright light. Not suited for low light conditions. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 2 weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wrinkled leaves -- Plant needs more water Brown and mushy leaves -- Plant was overwatered
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Aluminum PlantBotanical Name Pilea cadierei ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once per week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water
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AnthuriumBotanical Name Anthurium andraeanum ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. Brighter light will produce brighter colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Droopy leaves, dull colors -- Plant needs more water Brown and mushy leaves -- Plant was overwatered
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ArboricolaBotanical Name Schefflera Arboricola ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow top half of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Flopping or dropping leaves -- Not enough sunlight Drooping, yellow leaves -- Plant was overwatered
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Autumn FernBotanical Name Dryopteris erythrosora ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Keep soil moist. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Mushy stems and roots – Too much water
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Baby TearsBotanical Name Pilea ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. May benefit from a few hours of direct light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks, or when soil is 50% dry. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves high humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Pale green, soft leaves – Not enough water
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Bird of ParadiseBotanical Name Strelitzia Alba ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. May benefit from a few hours of direct light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks, or when soil is 50% dry. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves high humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Pale green, soft leaves – Not enough water
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Bird's Nest FernBotanical Name Asplenium antiquum ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, medium to bright light. Will tolerate low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves high humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Pale green, soft leaves – Not enough water Brown tips of leaves – Too much water
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Blue Star FernBotanical Name Phlebodium aureum ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, medium to bright light. Will tolerate low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves high humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Pale green, soft leaves – Not enough water Brown tips of leaves – Too much water
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Brazil PhilodendronBotanical Name Philodendron hederaceum var. oxycardium 'Brasil' ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright to medium light. Tolerates low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Bromeliad VarietiesVariaties Neos, Pink Quill ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. May benefit from a few hours of direct light, depending on the variety. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks, or when soil is 50% dry. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. May benefit from have a little bit of standing water in the crown of the plant. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Patchy, faded spots - Too much direct sunlight
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Button FernBotanical Name Pellaea rotundifolia ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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CalandivaBotanical Name Kalanchoe Blossfeldiana Calandiva ━━━ Light Thrives in direct bright light. Can tolerate indirect bright light. Not suited for low light. ━━━ Water Water every 1–2 weeks, allowing soil to dry out between waterings. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water
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Calathea VarietiesVarieties Beauty Star, Peacock, Rattlesnake, Pinstripe, Musaica, Stella, Bicajoux, Pilosa ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, medium to bright light. Will tolerate low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves high humidity. Calathea plants might be sensitive to the minerals in tap water, try using filtered water. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water Leaf spots or brown tips – Mineral build up from tap water, use distilled or filtered water
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China DollBotanical Name Radermachera sinica ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. Can tolerate medium light. ━━━ Water Water once a week, keeping soil moist. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning or Yellowing leaves – Too much water Wilting or dry leaves – Not enough water
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Christmas CactusBotanical Name Schlumbergera truncata ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. Can tolerate direct bright light or medium light. ━━━ Water Water every 1–2 weeks, allowing soil to dry out between waterings. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water
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Cissus DiscolorBotanical Name Cissus javana ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. Brighter light will produce brighter colors. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly when the soil is 50% dry. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Droopy leaves, dull colors -- Plant needs more water Brown and mushy leaves -- Plant was overwatered
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Coffee PlantBotanical Name Coffea arabica ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once per week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water
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CypressBotanical Name Chamaecyparis ellwoodii ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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DieffenbachiaBotanical Name Dieffenbachia ━━━ Light Thrives in medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once per week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves and mushy stems – Too much water Leggy or small leaves – Not enough sunlight
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Dracaena MarginataBotanical Name Dracaena Marginata ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Ficus AsperaBotanical Name Ficus aspera ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light. Brighter light will produce more vibrant colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Leaf drop—Not enough light Leaves turning brown and crispy —Not enough humidity or water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Ficus ShivereanaBotanical Name Ficus Elastica 'shivereana' ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light. Brighter light will produce more vibrant colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Leaf drop—Not enough light Leaves turning brown and crispy —Not enough humidity or water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Fiddle Leaf FigBotanical Name Ficus lyrata ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light to full sun. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Fittonia (Nerve Plant)Botanical Name Fittonia ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once a week, keeping soil moist. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. Benefits from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Soft, drooping plant - Not Enough Water
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Fluffly Ruffle FernBotanical Name Nephrolepis exaltata 'Fluffy Ruffle' ━━━ Light Thrives in medium sunlight. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from extra humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Foxtail FernBotanical Name Asparagus densiflorus ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water when top inch of soil is dry. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and dry stems – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Frosty FernBotanical Name Selaginella kraussiana ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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GardeniaBotanical Name Gardenia jasminoides ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright to medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week, keeping soil moist. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and soft leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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GeogenanthusBotanical Name Geogenanthus ciliatus ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. Not suited for direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow top half of soil to dry out between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilting and soft leaves or drooping – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Grape IvyBotanical Name Cissus rhombifolia ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. Not suited for low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown tips and edges of leaves – Not enough humidity, too much direct sunlight Yellowing leaves– Too much water
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Green PhilodendronBotanical Name Philodendron hederaceum ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright to medium light. Tolerates low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Gold Dust DracaenaBotanical Name Dracaena godseffiana ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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HaworthiaBotanical Name Haworthia ━━━ Light Thrives in bright direct to indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 2 weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wrinkled leaves -- Plant needs more water Brown and mushy leaves -- Plant was overwatered
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Hoya VarietiesVarieties Carnosa, Kerrii, Krimson Queen, Pubicalyx, Wayetii, Tricolor, Sigillatis, Krohniana ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Can handle some direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow the soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wrinkles and wilting leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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IvyBotanical Name Hedera helix ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. Not suited for low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown tips and edges of leaves – Not enough humidity, too much direct sunlight Yellowing leaves– Too much water
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JadeBotanical Name Crassula ovata ━━━ Light Thrives in direct, bright light. Not suited for low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 2-3 weeks. Allow the soil to dry out between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wrinkles leaves – Not enough water Brown, mushy leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Janet Craig CompactaBotanical Name Dracaena fragrans ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Lemon Button FernBotanical Name Nephrolepis cordifolia ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from extra humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing edges on leaves – Too much water
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Lemon Lime DracaenaBotanical Name Dracaena deremensis ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Lemon Lime PhilodendronBotanical Name Philodendron hederaceum ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright to medium light. Tolerates low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Lipstick PlantBotanical Name Aeschynanthus Pulcher ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from extra humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing edges on leaves – Too much water
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Lucky BambooBotanical Name Dracaena Sanderiana ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Mahogany FernBotanical Name Didymochlaena truncatula ━━━ Light Thrives in medium light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once a week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant can benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning tips of leaves – Too much direct light Black stems – Too much water
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Money TreeBotanical Name Pachira aquatica ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Dropped Leaves – Not enough sunlight Yellowing Leaves or Black Stems – Too much water
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Monstera DeliciosaBotanical Name Monstera deliciosa ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Monstera PeruBotanical Name Monstera karstenianum ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Monstera StandleyanaBotanical Name Monstera standleyana ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Neanthe Bella PalmBotanical Name Chamaedorea elegans ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright to medium light. Tolerates low light. Not suited for direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow the soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves extra humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crispy tips – Not enough water or low humidity Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Norfolk PineBotanical Name Araucaria heterophylla ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water when soil is about 25% dry. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. Benefits from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Needles falling off – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling needles or branches - Not enough humidity
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Oyster TricolorBotanical Name Tradescantia spathacea ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow the soil to dry out halfway before watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough light Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Peace LilyBotanical Name Spathiphyllum ━━━ Light Thrives in low to medium sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and mushy leaves or stems -- Too much water Wilting leaves – Not enough water
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PeperomiaVarieties Ginny, Watermelon ━━━ Light Thrives in direct, bright light. Tolerates medium light. Brighter light will produce more vibrant colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Floppy leaves and faded colors – Not enough water Mushy and brown leaves – Too much water
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Petra CrotonBotanical Name Codiaeum variegatum ━━━ Light Thrives in direct, bright light. Tolerates medium light. Brighter light will produce more vibrant colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Wilting leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron 'Birkin'Botanical Name Philodendron 'birkin' ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. Can adapt to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow the soil to dry out halfway before watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Philodendron Golden CrocodileBotanical Name Philodendron pinnatifidum × melinonii ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. Brighter light produces brighter colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron Jungle BoogieBotanical Name Philodendron jungle boogie ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron 'Micans'Botanical Name Philodendron hederaceum 'Micans' ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright to medium light. Tolerates low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow the top inch of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted and curling leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Philodendron MoonlightBotanical Name Philodendron 'moonlight' ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron Pink PrincessBotanical Name Philodendron erubescens ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron Prince of OrangeBotanical Name Philodendron 'prince of orange' ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron Ring of FireBotanical Name Philodendron ring of fire ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron Silver SwordBotanical Name Philodendron Hastatum ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Philodendron White WizardBotanical Name Philodendron erubescens ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top half of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Pilea PeperomiodesBotanical Name Pilea peperomioides ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. Can tolerate direct bright light or medium light. ━━━ Water Water every 1–2 weeks, allowing soil to dry out between waterings. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water
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Pineapple PlantBotanical Name Ananas comosus ━━━ Light Thrives in direct, bright light. Not suited for low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow the soil to dry out between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Pale color – Not enough sunlight Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Pink SplashBotanical Name Hypoestes phyllostachya ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. Tolerates low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep the soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Leggy plants—Not enough sunlight Brown leaves—Too much water Drooping and wilted plant—Not enough water
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PothosBotanical Name Epipremnum Aureum ━━━ Varieties Golden, Marble Queen, Global Green, Pearls and Jade, Neon, Lemon Meringue ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. Not suited for direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow top half of soil to dry out between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilting and soft leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Prayer Plant (Maranta)Botanical Name Maranta leuconeura ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. Can adapt to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow top half of soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from extra humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing edges on leaves – Too much water
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Rabbits Foot FernBotanical Name Davallia fejeensis ━━━ Light Thrives in medium sunlight. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from extra humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves and black stems – Too much water
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Rex BegoniaBotanical Name Begonia rex ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every week. Allow top inch of soil to dry out in between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant would benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Drooping leaves -- Plant needs more water Brown, mushy stems -- Plant was overwatered
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Rhoeo SunnystarBotanical Name Tradescantia spathacea Rhoeo Sunnystar ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow the soil to dry out halfway before watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Browning leaves – Not enough light Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Rubber Plant VarietiesVarieties Burgundy, Ruby, Tineke ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Tolerates medium light. Brighter light will produce more vibrant colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Leaf drop—Not enough light Leaves turning brown and crispy —Not enough humidity or water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Sago PalmBotanical Name Cycas revoluta ━━━ Light Thrives in bright sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every one to two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves -- Too much water
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Satin PothosBotanical Name Scindapsus pictus ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright to medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Let the top half of soil dry before watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Curled or wilting leaves - Not enought water Yellowing leaves and brown stems – Too much water
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Scindapsus Pictus ExoticaBotanical Name Scindapsus pictus Exotica ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright to medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Let the top half of soil dry before watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Curled or wilting leaves - Not enought water Yellowing leaves and brown stems – Too much water
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Silver Ribbon FernBotanical Name Pteris ensiformis ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright to medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly once every week, keeping the soil moist. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Crispy, Brown leaves – Not enough water Brown, Mushy stems – Too much water
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Silver Streak PothosBotanical Name Epipremnum amplissimum ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and mushy leaves or stems -- Too much water Crips edges -- Not enough water or humidity
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Snake PlantVarieties Laurentii, Superba, Zeylancia, Moonshine ━━━ Light Thrives in any light condition, including low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 2-3 weeks. Allow the soil to dry completely between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wrinkled leaves – Not enough water Mushy leaves – Too much water
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Song of India DracaenaBotanical Name Dracaena reflexa ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. Tolerates medium light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown and crisp leaves – Not enough water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Spider PlantBotanical Name Chlorophytum comosum ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. Tolerates medium light. Avoid direct sunlight as it can crisp the leaf tips. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Allow the top inch of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Crispy leaf tips – Not enough water or too much direct light Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Spring Cactus (Easter Cactus)Botanical Name Hatiora gaertneri ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect bright light. Can tolerate direct bright light or medium light. ━━━ Water Water every 1–2 weeks, allowing soil to dry out between waterings. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Curling and wilting leaves – Not enough water
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Staghorn FernBotanical Name Platycerium bifurcatum ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep the soil mosit but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Crispy leaf tips – Not enough water or too much direct light Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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String of HeartsBotanical Name Ceropegia woodii ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Faded colors - Not enough water Browning stems - Too much water
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String of PearlsBotanical Name Senecio rowleyanus ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every two weeks. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Faded colors - Not enough water Browning stems - Too much water
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Stromanthe TriostarBotanical Name Stomanthe sanguinea ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. Tolerates medium light. Avoid direct sunlight as it can crisp the leaf tips. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil evenly moist, but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant loves high humidity. Stromanthe plants might be sensitive to the minerals in tap water, try using filtered water. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown or crispy leaves – Not enough water Wrinkled or curling leaves—Not enough humidity Yellowing or pale leaves – Too much water
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Swiss Cheese PlantBotanical Name Monstera Adansonii ━━━ Light Thrives in indirect, bright light. Tolerates medium light. Avoid direct sunlight as it can crisp the leaf tips. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top inch of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing Leaves, dry soil – Not enough water Yellowing Leaves, wet soil – Too much water
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SyngoniumCommon Varieties White Butterfly, Red Arrow, Black Velvet, Confetti, Pink Perfection, Maria Bronze ━━━ Light Thrives in medium light. Will tolerate indirect, bright light or low light. Avoid direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 1-2 weeks. Allow the top two inches of soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Brown or crispy leaves – Not enough water Yellowing or pale leaves – Too much water
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Tradescantia VarietiesVarieties Nanouk, Zebrina, Pink Panther ━━━ Light Thrives in bright indirect light. Brighter light will produce more vibrant colors. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 7-10 days. Allow soil to dry out in between waterings. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant will benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Leaf drop—Not enough light Leaves turning brown and crispy —Not enough humidity or water Yellowing leaves – Too much water
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Victoria Bird's Nest FernBotanical Name Asplenium nidus 'Victoria' ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Pale green, soft leaves – Not enough water Brown tips of leaves – Too much water
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White SplashBotanical Name Hypoestes phyllostachya ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to bright indirect light. Tolerates low light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week. Keep the soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. This plant benefits from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Leggy plants—Not enough sunlight Brown leaves—Too much water Drooping and wilted plant—Not enough water
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Zebra PlantBotanical Name Aphelandra squarrosa ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to indirect bright light. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every week, keeping soil moist but not soggy. Expect to water more often in brighter light and less often in lower light. This plant may benefit from increased humidity. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Yellowing leaves – Too much water Pale and soft leaves – Not enough water
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ZZ Plant VarietiesVarieties ZZ, Raven ZZ, Chameleon ZZ ━━━ Light Thrives in medium to low light. Can tolerate indirect, bright light. Not suited for direct sunlight. ━━━ Water Water thoroughly every 2 weeks. Allow the soil to dry between watering. Expect to water more frequently in brighter light and less frequently in lower light. ━━━ Common Plant Problems Wilted or wrinkles leaves—Not enough water Yellowing leaves or black stems – Too much water
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