Ideas & Inspiration Houseplants
A house is not a home unless there are plants and books. Sunnyside Gardens has many tropical houseplants that will add life and beauty to any decor. Some varieties will even help to purify the air!
Pet-Friendly Plants for Safe Green Spaces
March is National Pet Poison Prevention Month, a great reminder to ensure your garden, flower beds, and houseplants are safe for your furry friends. At…
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Air Plant Care: How to Keep Tillandsia Thriving
Air plants (Tillandsia) are unique, low-maintenance plants that don’t require soil to grow—making them a perfect addition to any indoor garden. As epiphytes, they can…
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Benjamin Ficus Care-Dropping Leaves
Ficus trees are cherished for their beauty and their foliage, which closely resembles that of outdoor deciduous trees. This similarity brings a touch of natural elegance to indoor spaces, making ficus a popular choice among houseplants. Ficus plants can be a bit finicky, especially during the low-light months of a Minnesota winter. If your plant is dropping leaves, don’t panic! Here are some suggestions to help it bounce back.
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Kokedama Care-Moss Wrapped Roots
Kokedama is a Japanese horticultural art form that involves encasing a plant’s root system in a soil-filled moss ball, secured with string. These unique arrangements can be displayed on flat surfaces or suspended for a striking visual effect. Proper care is essential to maintain their health and beauty. Learn more about how to care for your Kokedama!
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Blooming Basket Care
Care Instructions for Your Indoor Blooming Table Arrangement Thank you for bringing home one of our beautifully designed blooming table arrangements! Each piece is carefully…
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10 Best Air-Purifying Houseplants for a Healthier Home
Looking to decorate your home and improve indoor air quality at the same time? Houseplants do more than just add greenery—they also help remove toxins…
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How to Repot Houseplants for Healthy Growth
Sooner or later, all houseplants need to be repotted. Early spring is an ideal time to do this, as the increasing sunlight helps plants adjust…
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Plant Care Tips: How to Save Your Plants from the Cold
As temperatures drop, it’s time to protect your plants from the cold and transition them indoors. Here at Sunnyside, we track the daily lows carefully—tropical…
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African Violet-Pet Friendly Houseplant
African violets are pet friendly. Fido and Mr Kitty can rest easy knowing these traditional blooming plants are not going to give them a belly…
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Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree
The Ficus lyrata, commonly called the fiddle-leaf fig, is a perfect indoor specimen plant. The plant features very large, heavily veined, and violin-shaped leaves that…
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Tips on caring for houseplants
This is the time of year when we get a lot of questions about houseplants at Sunnyside. We Minnesotans are coming out of a dark, cold, dry winter season and your plants may be showing signs of distress.
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Easy Care Houseplants
Keeping houseplants is an excellent way to add life to your home or office, but not all of us have the green thumb to keep…
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Pothos-Houseplant Digest
The easiest plants to care for in the human world are often the ones we remember seeing all through our childhood in friends’ homes, in…
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Bringing in your outdoor plants.
Time to designate your favorite sunny window for plants a plenty. Don’t be fooled by the sun and 80 degrees this weekend, the season that…
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Weekend Garden Warrior Plan
The time you get to spend with family and friends on the weekend, or whatever your days off end up being, go quickly. We don’t…
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Succulent Gardening
Greening Up Indoors: Succulents! At Sunnyside Gardens, we take all kinds of gardening seriously. It’s no surprise that our first arrivals of any season are…
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