Give your indoor plants a summer vacation while livening up your flower beds and porch pots.
Houseplants have a way of adding life, vitality, and calm into our inside spaces.
Here are four easy ways touse your indoor plantsto dress up your garden andoutdoor planters.
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Plus, find tips for growing your houseplants outside successfully and bringing them inside again.
Anchor Seating Areas with Larger Houseplants
Got a hard-workingscheffleraorficussitting in the corner of a room?
They effortlessly complement your seating or dining areas and create a sense of enclosure and privacy.
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Add Excitement to Garden Beds
Houseplants are an easy way to take predictable garden beds to a new level.
Don’t forget towater your houseplantalong with your other container plants during the season.
Clean off the outside of the container, trim protruding roots, thenplace the plant back in your home.
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For example, this wide but shallow planter holds a mix ofdieffenbachia,pothos, trailingphilodendron, and hot-pink-tingedaglaonema.
To create your own combos, choose houseplants with similar watering and light needs.
Plus, these plants can handle an end-of-season repotting well andtolerate full sun.
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However, it’s best to slowly transition any indoor plant to outside conditions.
Start moving your houseplants outside once night time temperatures reliably stay above 50F.
Use shady spaces as holding areas while your houseplants adapt to higher light levels.
Adjust your feeding and watering habits as you would for anyother container plants you have outdoors.
