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10 Oct

Purple Heart Plant: Know How to Care, Propagate and its benefits

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"Purple Heart" Plant also known as the Tradescantia Pallida plant is a beautiful indoor plant that has a royal purple-colored stem and the upper surface of the leaves. Mostly the plant is grown as an indoor plant due to its unique but attractive foliage and blooms with beautiful pink to purple colored flowers throughout the warm season. The plant belongs to the spiderwort family and is native to the Gulf Coast region of Mexico. The plant is very commonly used as a hanging plant, as a groundcover due to its aggressive spread, and as well in outdoor or terrace gardens.…

30 Sep

Complete Guide of Lucky plants for Home, Business, Office and more

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We all love to decorate our houses with beautiful plants that have distinct colored foliage, to uplift the look of our room, balcony, terrace garden, or outdoor garden. There are a lot of varieties in plants when you want to choose one for your home, but if you want something good then always look for the good qualities. Some plants are great air purifiers, some plants remove the toxins by increasing humidity in the air, while some are lucky plants that bring fortune, good positive vibes, and create a healthy atmosphere where you place them. You can use different lucky…

28 Sep

China doll plant (Radermachera Sinica): Growing & caring tips

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China doll plant whose scientific name is Radermachera Sinica is a beautiful indoor plant that has glossy, mid-green to dark green foliage. The plant looks like a small tree due to the spread of the leaves all around and these leaves are divided into separate leaflets which look quite delicate. The beautiful plant belongs to the Bignoniaceae family that was adapted as a houseplant in the 1980s. Before that these plants were seen as landscape plants that can attain a height of around 26-30 feet with a thick stem. The china doll plant is also known as the serpent tree,…

26 Sep

Schefflera‌ ‌propagation‌: Different methods & steps to regrow your plant

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The Schefflera Arboricola that belongs to the Araliaceae is a beautiful indoor plant with variegated, hand-shaped leaves with an eye-grabbing look of the stem. The vibrant green foliage looks good indoors but you will miss out on the beautiful bloom of the plant as the plant is said to not have the flowers when grown indoors. There are numerous Schefflera varieties but you can grow all of these varieties and maintain them quite easily at home. If you want to grow more of these plants at home, that can also be done easily by Schefflera‌ ‌propagation‌. The plant is also…

24 Sep

Here are the benefits of Syngonium Plant that will compel you to buy it

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Syngonium plant whose scientific name is Syngonium podophyllum belongs to the Araceae family. The plant is commonly known as the arrowhead plant due to its arrowhead-shaped leaves that are mostly variegated. Although they are known to be compact indoor plants, some Syngonium plant varieties like the white butterfly love to spread their leaves in all directions. The Syngonium plant is one of the most commonly potted Feng Shui plants and it is available in many regular sized and miniature varieties. Arrowhead plants are considered to be toxic so keep your pets and small children away in front of the plant.…

06 Aug

Poinsettia Plants: Major Varieties, Caring Tips, And Facts

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The Poinsettia plant is a well-known plant species native to Mexico and Central America and belongs to the Euphorbia family. The plant is very famous due to its colorful green and red foliage, making it a perfect decorative plant for Christmas. Euphorbia pulcherrima is the poinsettia common name or the botanical name. After getting matured the plant attains a height of 3-10 ft and grows around 3–7 ft. wide. The plant however native to Mexico is sold majorly in the UK and Canada during the Christmas season. Although the basic red coloured Poinsettia plant is the best selling plant of…

06 Jul

Fittonia Plant or Nerve Plant: Care, Propagation, & Benefits

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The Fittonia Plant or Nerve Plant is a tropical plant that belongs to the Acanthaceae family. The plant is native to the tropical rainforest of South America and mainly found in the Peru region. The most common Fittonia plant bears dark green leaves with striking silver-colored veins. Other varieties come with different stripe colors like red, pink, white, and green. The nerve plant indeed flowers after some time but the flower's color is dependent on the variety of the plant. However, mostly reddish, and yellowish-white colors can be seen in flowers. A mature plant can grow up to 3-6 inches…

26 Jun

String of Dolphins: Low maintenance Hanging Succulent Plant

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Another beautiful plant from the Asteraceae family, the string of dolphins is a beautiful succulent plant that can be grown indoors in hanging baskets or vertical gardens. Senecio peregrinus is the botanical name of this plant species and it is a hybrid of Senecio Rowleyanus (string of pearls) and Senecio Articulatus (hot cactus dog). The curly leaves of this adorable plant resemble the shape of a pod of jumping dolphins. These plants are majorly grown due to its interesting foliage rather than its beautiful flowers. A mature String of Dolphins plant can attain a height of 6 inches (15 cm).…

04 Jun

All the Major Varieties & Benefits of Haworthia Succulent Plant

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Haworthia plant is a small succulent plant belonging to the Asphodelaceae family. The beautiful Haworthia plant is native to South Africa and is also known as the “Zebra cactus” plant. These plants are generally potted indoors due to their beautiful green leaves with zebra-like stripes over those leaves. The plant resembles Aloes, and Gasteria plants but actually they have a distinctive look due to their distinguished flowers. Hawthoria plants are house plants that grow around 6 inches tall but some species grow around 20 inches tall. The plant has stemless leaves and those leaves form a rosette shape that grows…

22 May

Calathea Plant: All Major Types and Benefits

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Calathea plant is one of the best plants that can thrive in the indoor conditions and at the same time adds more greenery to your indoor space. The plant belongs to the Marantaceae family and there are 300 species of this plant available in the world. The plant belongs to the tropical regions of South America and it is a very beautiful pot plant. The calathea plant has variegated foliage along with beautiful flowers that bloom in summer with yellow, purple, and white colors. Calathea plant is also known as a prayer plant commercially in many parts of the world.…