Caring for your New Houseplant: Guides to Favorite Plants from the NYBG Shop

Guides to Favorite Plants from the NYBG Shop

Growing a new type of houseplant for the first time can be challenging. These culture guides from the New York Botanical Garden are convenient, concise and reliable descriptions of the care your new houseplant needs.

You will find some of the most popular plants sold at NYBG's Shop in the list below. Click on the link to see a guide to that plant's light, watering, temperature and potting needs, as well as other important cultural factors for success with your new houseplant. We have more guides listed in the right-hand column.

• Air plants (Tillandsia)

• Anthurium

• Bromeliads

• Cacti

  • Desert cacti

  • Tropical cacti

  • Mistletoe cactus and coral cactus (Rhipsalis)

• Cyclamen

• Dracaena

• Euphorbia

  • Crown of thorns (Euphorbia milii)

  • Pencil tree (Euphorbia tirucalli)

  • African milk tree (Euphorbia trigona)

  • Poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima)

• Maidenhair fern

• Norfolk Island pine

• Orchids

  • Cattleya Orchid

  • Dendrobium Orchid

  • Miltonia and Miltoniopsis (Pansy Orchid)

  • Oncidium intergeneric hybrid Orchid

  • Paphiopedilum (Slipper Orchid)

  • Phalaenopsis (Moth Orchid)

  • Vanda Orchid

• Pancake plant (Pilea peperomiodes)

• Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)

• Pothos (Epipremnum aureum)

• Snake plant (Dracaena)

• Staghorn fern (Platycerium)

• Succulent plants

• Winter-flowering begonia (Begonia x  hiemalis)

• ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)

Ask a Plant Expert for Help

NYBG's experienced plant care professionals are happy to take your questions about the needs of your plant. Feel free to attach photos and give us as much background as you can about your new houseplant and the space in which you grow it (or hope to grow one soon).

Click on the Contact Us email link at the top of the column or send an email to PlantInfo@NYBG.org. This service is free of charge. We look forward to hearing from you!