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Our third youtube video is finally here! You can click on the link below to watch :) We also have a video breakdown below. Desert Rose In this video we cover 10 easy houseplant seeds & bulbs that are great for beginners just getting started out in the hobby!

Regardless of what space or budget you have, there’s a way to liven it up with some plants! Not just that, but there are flowering plant varieties with gorgeous and colorful blooms that still grow and flower out of full sun. Here in this article, we’ve outlined 5 flowering plants that are great for shady gardens.

Our second Youtube video is out! It covers the basics on growing houseplants from seed, the conditions tropical seeds need to thrive, and 2 basic methods of achieving these conditions. Here's the breakdown of the video:

Plantflix is all about creative gardening, there is no limitation that can keep someone from gardening who really wants to, regardless of how much space, light or funds you have for the hobby! This post tells the story of how I’ve experimented and figured out ways to garden in our tiny and very shady north-facing patio

Growing from seed is a very entertaining hobby! It requires dedication, hard work, and most of all: love. With tools of all budgets that can help you garden anywhere, like grow light strips and heat mats, setting aside a shelf for your indoor garden is totally doable with minimal damage.

The houseplant seed world is still pretty niche and limited, but even so, there are several popular varieties that are instantly recognizable to houseplant collectors that you too can grow from seed (or bulb!) Though growing from seed can certainly come with its challenges, that's what makes the hobby fun!

A lot of you gardening hobbyists out there may not have the space and light situation you’d like to have(that’s me!), but if that’s what’s keeping you from starting a veggie or herb garden, hopefully this article will inspire you to give it a try.

Growing plants from seed is a hobby in it’s own right, with different seed varieties requiring different germination methods. So if you’re just getting started in the hobby, it’s best to start off with the easier seed varieties, and then work your way up to the more difficult seeds.

Growing various houseplants from seed can be tricky, however if you’re someone that just needs that extra challenge, then palm, cycad or some tree varieties are the natural next step ;) These seeds have a very tough outer shell, which means it's harder for the seed to actually sprout. Here are some tricks to succeed!

There a common misconception that fall and winter means the end of the gardening season, which is simply not true! Now we here at Plantflix are all about indoor gardening, and of course you can keep gardening indoors all year round, and even if you have a patio or full-on gardens outdoors.

I get questions pretty regularly about what seeds are good to get depending on a person’s situation and experience, so here’s a post breaking down the categories currently available in our shop and how to navigate them based on difficulty and other factors :)

We get tagged in new photos of little houseplant seedlings all the time, and naturally we're always germinating our own exotic seeds. Here's our list of the top 10 cutest plant babies (we think) in our catalog!