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02 Dec

Easy to Grow Low Maintenance Balcony Plants

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Whether you live in a big mansion or a small apartment, whether it’s on the ground floor or at the topmost floor of your building. You will definitely have some space to keep beautiful plants. Now, it’s your choice whether you want to place them indoors in your bedroom, living room, or outside in your balcony or terrace garden. Most of the people have balconies where they prefer to keep the plants. That is why low-maintenance balcony plants are quite commonly found everywhere. These evergreen balcony plants are a great addition to your home and your balcony. The green shade…

30 Nov

Bug Eater Plants: Carnivorous Plants that Feed on Insects

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As a person we all are aware of the food cycle, plants consume sunlight, plants are eaten by small animals and small animals are the prey of bigger animals. This is a normal food cycle in nature but there are exceptions everywhere. We know plants survive on sunlight, soil, and water for nutrients but there are some plants that directly feed on animals like bugs, insects, and flies. These plants are known as bug eater plants or carnivorous plants. Bug eater plants or carnivorous plants may look a little unusual than your normal houseplants. These plants are native to places…

19 Nov

Some Proven Peace Lily Benefits for Your Home

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People love to have low-maintenance plants at homes that thrive well in your home atmosphere. The peace lily is one such plant that is kept at home due to its beautiful white flowers that bloom in the spring and its glossy dark green leaves. Apart from being a showy plant, several peace lily benefits also attract the people to keep one at their homes. The peace lily is a kind of houseplant that never disappoints you but protects you and uplifts your interiors. Spathiphyllum plant commonly known as the peace lily belongs to the Araceae family and is native to…

18 Nov

String of Bananas: Guide to grow & care for this Succulent

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String of Bananas whose scientific name is Senecio radicans / Curio radicans is a tropical plant native to South Africa. The plant belongs to the Asteraceae family and it’s a close relative to the String of pearls plant. But in comparison to its relative, this succulent is a fast grower and easy to care for. ‘String of Bananas’ is grown for their interesting foliage rather than for its flowers. The plant blooms during the early spring with Light pink, white flowers. It is grown both indoors and outdoors but when you grow them indoors, the growth rate is moderate but…

03 Nov

How to Propagate Snake Plant (Sansevieria/Mother-in-Law Tongue)?

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Dracaena Trifasciata is the scientific name of snake plant but it is well known for its several other names like the mother-in-law tongue, viper’s bowstring hemp, or Devil’s Tongue. The plant is a member of the Asparagaceae family and belongs to the West Africa region. If you have to choose one great plant for your home, the snake plant would be considered one of the best plants due to many reasons. They are very easy to care for and you do not have to worry about how to propagate snake plants as there are several methods to do so. The…

27 Oct

Know-How to Propagate ‘String of Dolphins’ Plant

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The string of dolphins whose scientific name is Senecio Peregrinus belongs to the Asteraceae family. The plant is commonly known as the dolphin plant and the dolphin necklace as the leaves of this beautiful succulent resembles a pod of jumping dolphins. It is a hybrid plant made by crossbreeding strings of pearls and candle plants. The plant looks amazon in vertical gardens and hanging baskets due to its unique foliage appearance. However, they are not very common in stores and due to their less availability, people have less idea about how to propagate string of dolphins plant. The plant cannot…

26 Oct

Mother of Thousands Plant: Care, Grow & Propagate it

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'Mother of Thousands' plant whose scientific name is Kalanchoe Daigremontiana is a not so common Succulent that belongs to Madagascar. It is also known as the Alligator plant, Mexican Hat Plant, and the Devil's backbone which is a part of the Crassulaceae Family. The large pointed blue-green-colored leaves grow up to 6 inches long and 3 inches wide. The leaves of the plant develop small plantlets at the edges of the leaves and they drop quite easily from the main plant. These plantlets have a tendency to root anywhere they fall if they find the right soil for growth and…

23 Oct

Major Spider Plant Varieties & their Lookalikes

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Spider plant is a beautiful indoor plant with attractive green foliage. There are more than 200 spider plant varieties in the world but majorly all the varieties differ due to color and the pattern of stripes on the leaves. Some varieties have green leaves with an off-white centre strip while some plants have green leaves with off-white edges of the leaves. You may take a look at spider plant varieties pictures to understand the difference in the pattern of leaves. Spider plant is approved by NASA as one of the best plants that can purify 90 per cent of the…

20 Oct

Incredible Crassula Plant Benefits that You Must Know

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Crassula Plant Benefits encourages people to plant this beautiful succulent at homes and offices. The official name of the jade plant is Crassula Ovata but is commonly known by some other names like Money Plant, Dollar Plant, Lucky Plant, and Lucky tree, etc. The plant has fresh, glossy, green foliage with a thick stem. Attractive features planted in small containers always grab the attention of people. The plant is also known for its diverse varieties that come with different patterns, sizes, and colors. If you are thinking about planting a jade plant at home, do check out the Crassula plant…

19 Oct

Snake Plant Benefits and Some Lesser-Known Disadvantages

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The snake plant (Sansevieria) is one of those plants that helps you in bringing a charm to you along with some very extraordinary benefits. The easy maintenance makes it suitable for new gardeners and people who are not aware of taking utmost care of plants at home or offices. This is one of the greatest Snake plant benefits which makes it one of the most preferred plant species in the world. The plant looks stunning due to its evergreen foliage which is shades of dark green and light green and resembles the skin of the snake. But with the advantages,…