Turning Your Indoor Jungle from Tragic to Magic: Chive Tips for Plant Perfection

Spider plants, hoyas, and Boston ferns are non-toxic to cats and work well as houseplants. Chive's ceramic wall flowers — stocked in the Getty Museum and over 200 galleries — are also definitively cat-safe. The cat will investigate one, determine it is not food, and never think about it again.

The best low light plants for every room — bathroom, bedroom, hallway, living room — are different plants, matched to what each room actually provides. Not all low light is the same. The wrong plant doesn't fail dramatically — it just gets quieter until you stop noticing it's alive.

The best low light houseplants — ZZ plant, snake plant, pothos, peace lily, and cast iron plant — thrive in dim rooms with minimal care. Not every plant needs a bright window. The question is whether yours has the right pot.

There's something deliciously theatrical about west-facing windows, the way they frame the afternoon sun like a spotlight hitting center stage. Unlike their demure northern cousins that whisper gentle encouragement or...

The modern apartment dweller exists in a state of perpetual spatial mathematics, calculating square footage with the precision of NASA engineers while attempting to squeeze entire lifestyles into spaces that...

The transformation from plant killer to plant parent represents one of the more optimistic ventures of modern domestic life. Countless individuals have gazed upon the lush Instagram feeds of botanical...

Low light indoor plants don't need sympathy — they need the right match. ZZ, snake, and cast iron plants thrive in dim rooms because they were designed for it. The gap between plants that belong in your dim room and the ones just hoping for the best is wider than you think.

Not every plant requires a bright window — some thrive without one. The best low light plants grow new leaves, add new stems, and increase in size in the room corners. The list is shorter than most people hope, and longer than they believe.

One might think that selecting a planter pot involves nothing more than finding a container that doesn't actively repel soil. But like choosing a roommate or a dermatologist, the decision...

The thing about plant people is they're never satisfied with just one plant. It starts innocently enough—a small succulent on a desk, a modest pothos in the kitchen—but before long,...

Large Plants for North Facing Windows: When Sunlight Plays Hard to Get One might think that north-facing windows are where houseplants go to die, like some kind of vegetative purgatory....

How to repot a plant comes down to three signs, one rule, and one soil decision that most people get wrong. Chive Studio has been making plant pots with drainage since 2004. The neighbor in the white linen pants already knows — find out what he does.