Ponytail Palm

Ponytail palm, Beaucarnea recurvata, isn’t a palm at all. It’s an interesting houseplant though, like a Dr. Seuss tree with long, flowing, grass-like leaves on top of a stick on a bowling ball.

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Chinese evergreen

Chinese evergreen, Aglaonema, is one of those nearly foolproof houseplants widely used in interiorscaping of shopping malls, hospitals, and other public spaces. It’s a gorgeous addition to any home as well. Keep it away from pets and kids, it’s an aroid.  

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Aluminum Plant

Aluminum plant is a handsome little houseplant with metallic silvery blotches on the leaves. Ours is now about one foot tall and wide. It sits on an east windowsill in quiet elegance.

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Anthurium Houseplants

Anthurium, aka flamingo flower, makes a wonderful flowering houseplant that blooms continuously. Flowers come in red, pink, orange, white, and lavender. We have a pink one that’s been flowering non-stop for more than two years.

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Poinsettias

After the winter holidays you can keep your poinsettia as a houseplant all year long. Bring it into bloom again next winter by giving it 14 hours of total darkness every night for ten weeks in autumn.

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Barrel Cactus

Many cacti and succulents make great houseplants with attractive sculptural form. Most want full sun and a fast draining potting medium. This little barrel cactus grows slowly and is very low maintenance.

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