Find your plants in the House Plants Encyclopedia
Here you'll discover profiles and care tips, plus pictures for identifying house plants. They're listed by the house plants common names and their botanical names.
Showers of colorful flowers makes Achimenes a beautiful houseplant. By following these care tips, you can enjoy the beauty of Achimenes and easily cultivate this lovely plant in your home.
Desert rose plant is a gorgeous succulent that's easy to grow indoors. Discover how to care for desert rose as a houseplant, when to repot, water, and fertilize, plus how to make this beauty bloom
Agapanthus, or the African Lily, is an enchanting indoor plant that captivates with its elegant flowers and leaves. Originating from South Africa, this plant beautifully decorates interiors with its refined beauty.
Aglaonema is a genus of flowering plants in the arum family, Araceae. They are known commonly as Chinese evergreens. Aglaonema have been grown as luck-bringing ornamental plants in Asia for centuries.
The value of caladium as an ornamental plant lies in its extraordinarily beautiful leaves. Unique patterns consist of spots, multicolored veins, transitions from one color to another, and multicolored borders. The color combinations on caladium leaves are often white, silver, pink, raspberry, purple, and various shades of green. The leaf shape can be arrow-shaped, heart-shaped, or triangular.
Zamia, or Cardboard Palm, is an exotic evergreen plant. Cardboard Palm only looks like a palm. It's a Cycad native to Mexico and is much easier to please indoors than a real palm because of its tolerance of dry air.
Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema) is a member of the Aroid family (Araceae), known for easy-to-please foliage house plants. If you're looking for a beautiful, easy-to-care-for houseplant, a Chinese evergreen may be the way to go.
Chlorophytum (Spider Plant) is an impressive house plant for beginners. It's easy to care for, tolerates average room conditions, and is easy to propagate.