About Today: 7 Houseplants You Can't Kill

From Jen Hubley, your About Today Editor I've done it again: I've murdered a houseplant. Although I suppose the most I'm really guilty of is neglect. (I forgot that most varieties need water.)

7 Houseplants You Can't Kill  I think the thing is to pick plants that are harder to kill. I tend to get ambitious with plants. Probably orchids are not the plant of choice for someone who can never find a pen and often spends hours calling her own cell phone to figure out where it is. (It is under the laundry. It is always under the laundry.) Why Pothos Is Good for You Tales of the Toughest Plants See More About:  foliage plants  flowering plants  orchids

8 Ways to Kill a Houseplant  If there were a competition for killing plants, I would win. I would win even if the other competitors had plant-killing poisons at their disposal. Why You Should Be Cleaning the Leaves of Houseplants Why Are My Leaves Turning Yellow? See More About:  houseplants  container gardening  small space gardening

5 Hard-to-Kill Sun Loving Plants  Along with forgetting to water plants entirely, my other favorite thing to do is to pick plants that need totally different light conditions than the ones I can provide. 10 Common Container Gardening Mistakes Use Almost Anything as a Container Garden See More About:  common mistakes  advantages of container gardening  container photographs

Best Houseplants for Low-Light Conditions  These, for example, would be the best plants to buy for the darkest room in the house. Determining Light for Houseplants The Best Flowering Indoor Plants See More About:  foliage plants  tropical houseplants  flowering houseplants