Plant Problems & Care

Troubleshooting and plant care guides for beginners — yellow leaves, brown tips, overwatering, root rot, pests, and everyday plant health problems. Plus complete care guides for the most popular houseplants including snake plants, pothos, monstera, calathea, peace lily, and more.

A cozy apartment with a collection of the best plants for beginners including pothos, snake plant, and succulents arranged on shelves and floor in warm morning light

Best Plants for Beginners: 15 Picks That Are Actually Hard to Kill

Tom Greer / February 24, 2026

Seven plants. That’s the average number of houseplants a millennial has killed before figuring out what they were doing wrong. […]

A cozy apartment living room corner with a collection of low maintenance indoor plants including pothos, snake plant, and ZZ plant in various pots

Plant Problems & Care

Low Maintenance Indoor Plants: 12 Hard-to-Kill Picks for Beginners, Apartments, and Busy People

Tom Greer / February 21, 2026

You walked past a plant shop last spring. Something green caught your eye — a glossy pothos in a terracotta