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Here you will find our ‘Plant of the week’ and lots of useful information about terrariums.
Monstera deliciosa – Plant of the week
This plant is the Swiss Cheese Plant coming straight out of the 1970s and making a huge comeback! Its juvenile leaves are a beautiful dark glossy green heart shape but as they age they become perforated thus the Swiss Cheese name! Sometimes this plant is sold with...
Pilea peperomioides – Plant of the week
The nickname for this plant is the Missionary Plant or Chinese Money Plant. It has perfectly round green leaves balanced on stems like spinning plates. This is the ultimate ‘must have‘ house plant! They sit happily in the corner of a room away from direct light not...
Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana – plant of the week
Maranta leuconeura var. kerchoveana has the most beautiful leaves, they look like they’ve been painted the colours are so bright! It is a fabulous houseplant with many wonderful features. Its foliage folds up as if in prayer at night thus the nickname ‘Prayer Plant’....
Rhipsalis – plant of the week
This week the star plant is going to be Rhipsalis! This plant grows in Central and South America and the Caribbean. They are classified as jungle cacti but unlike most cacti they do not live in arid conditions. They are found in rain forests living on trees and...
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