INDE 40053- INTERIOR FLORAL DESIGN AND PLANTSCAPING

LIST OF INDOOR PLANTS

PLANT COMMON NAME & PICTURE DESCRIPTION CARE & MAINTENANCE

SCIENTIFIC NAME

I. BROMELIAD

URN PLANT AECHMEA FASCIATA IS WITH THIS BROMELIAD

(AECHMEA FASCIATA) A SPECIES OF PLANT, CARE SHOULD
FLOWERING PLANT IN BE TAKEN TO MOVE
THE BROMELIACEAE PLANT TO DIRECT SUN
FAMILY. IT IS GRADUALLY TO AVOID
COMMONLY CALLED SCORCHING ITS
THE SILVER VASE OR LEAVES. A FEW HOURS
URN PLANT AND IS OF MORNING SUN IS
NATIVE TO BRAZIL. THIS IDEAL. WATER: KEEP
PLANT IS PROBABLY THE PLANT'S URN
THE BEST KNOWN FILLED WITH WATER AT
SPECIES IN THIS ALL TIMES AND
GENUS, AND IT IS CHANGE IT WEEKLY.
OFTEN GROWN AS A WATER REGULARLY TO
HOUSEPLANT IN KEEP THE SOIL
TEMPERATE AREAS. LIGHTLY MOIST, BUT
NOT SOGGY.

VASE PLANT IT IS CULTIVATED FOR BILLBERGIA PLANTS

(BILLBERGIA) ITS ATTRACTIVE PREFER BRIGHT,
FOLIAGE AND INDIRECT LIGHT. PLACE
PENDULOUS THEM IN A LOCATION
INFLORESCENCE. THE WITH FILTERED
FLOWERS OF SUNLIGHT OR PARTIAL
BILLBERGIA NUTANS SHADE. WATER THEM
ARE TYPICALLY PINK THOROUGHLY,
OR PURPLE, AND THEY ALLOWING EXCESS
HANG DOWN FROM THE WATER TO DRAIN OUT,
CENTRAL STEM, AND THEN ALLOW THE
RESEMBLING TEARS OR TOP INCH OF SOIL TO
A CASCADING DRY OUT BEFORE
WATERFALL. WATERING AGAIN.

PINK STARLITE; EARTH A WONDERFUL,

STAR SLOWLY GROWING, IT FAVORS HUMID
(CRYPTHANTUS ACAULIS) STAR-SHAPED SURROUNDINGS WITH
BROMELIAD THAT MOIST, RICH, AND
GROWS HORIZONTALLY WELL-DRAINED SOIL.
AND LOW TO THE PROVIDE BRIGHT LIGHT
GROUND. ITS ELLIPTIC WITHOUT DIRECT SUN
LEAVES HAVE EXPOSURE. ONCE
BRILLIANT PINK AND ESTABLISHED,
GREEN STREAKS THAT MODERATELY
ARCH DOWNWARD. DROUGHT RESISTANT.
PESTS AND ILLNESSES
ARE TYPICALLY
 UNCOMMON.

DYCKIA FORSTERANA DYCKIA FORSTERIANA DYCKIA FORSTERIANA

IS A STRIKING PLANT WITH BRIGHT, DIRECT
WITH A ROSETTE OF SUNLIGHT. IT CAN
STIFF, SILVERY-GRAY TOLERATE MILD
LEAVES. THE LEAVES FROSTS, BUT
ARE NARROW AND EXTENDED EXPOSURE
POINTED, AND THEY TO FREEZING
HAVE SMALL TEETH TEMPERATURES MAY
ALONG THE EDGES, HARM THE PLANT. USE
WHICH CAN BE SHARP, A WELL-DRAINING SOIL
SO CAUTION SHOULD MIX SUITABLE FOR
BE EXERCISED WHEN SUCCULENTS OR
HANDLING THE PLANT. CACTI.

GUZMANIA ORANGEADE LIKE OTHER GUZMANIA AVOID EXPOSING IT TO

VARIETIES, GUZMANIA DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
ORANGEADE WHICH CAN SCORCH
TYPICALLY FORMS A THE LEAVES.
ROSETTE OF LONG, GUZMANIA
ARCHING LEAVES WITH ORANGEADE REQUIRES
A CENTRAL FLOWER REGULAR WATERING
SPIKE RISING FROM TO KEEP THE CENTRAL
THE CENTER. THE CUP FILLED WITH
FOLIAGE IS USUALLY WATER.
GREEN OR
VARIEGATED WITH
OTHER COLORS,
COMPLEMENTING THE
BRIGHT ORANGE
BRACTS.

FINGERNAIL PLANT ONE OF THE PROVIDE BRIGHT,

(NEOREGELIA DISTINCTIVE FEATURES INDIRECT LIGHT OR
SPECTABILIS) OF NEOREGELIA FILTERED SUNLIGHT
SPECTABILIS IS ITS FOR NEOREGELIA
ABILITY TO CHANGE SPECTABILIS.USE
COLOR AS IT MATURES DISTILLED OR
AND APPROACHES RAINWATER TO
BLOOMING. AS THE PREVENT MINERAL
PLANT REACHES BUILDUP.
MATURITY, THE ADDITIONALLY, WATER
CENTER OF THE THE SOIL AROUND THE
ROSETTE PLANT, ENSURING IT
REMAINS
CONSISTENTLY MOIS

BIRD'S NEST PLANT NIDULARIUM PLANTS PROVIDE NIDULARIUM

(NIDULARIUM) ARE APPRECIATED FOR PLANTS WITH BRIGHT,
THEIR COLORFUL AND INDIRECT LIGHT. AVOID
OFTEN PATTERNED DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
FOLIAGE. THE LEAVES WHICH CAN SCORCH
CAN EXHIBIT SHADES THE LEAVES.: KEEP
OF GREEN, RED, THE CENTRAL CUP OF
ORANGE, YELLOW, OR THE PLANT FILLED
VARIEGATED WITH WATER AT ALL
 COMBINATIONS OF TIMES.
THESE COLORS.

AIR PLANT THE CENTRAL CUP OF PROVIDE NIDULARIUM

(TILLANDSIA) NIDULARIUM PLANTS PLANTS WITH BRIGHT,
OFTEN HOLDS WATER INDIRECT LIGHT. AVOID
AND SERVES AS A DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
NATURAL RESERVOIR. WHICH CAN SCORCH
THIS WATER-FILLED THE LEAVES.GROW
CUP PROVIDES NIDULARIUM PLANTS IN
HABITAT AND A WELL-DRAINING
NOURISHMENT FOR BROMELIAD MIX OR AN
VARIOUS ORGANISMS ORCHID MIX.

LOBSTER'S CLAW THE VRIESEA CARINATA

(VRIESEA CARINA`TA) RED ROSETTE VRIESEAS ARE EASY
PRODUCES A LOBSTER- TO CARE FOR BECAUSE
CLAW-SHAPED FLOWER THEY JUST NEED THE
STALK WITH CRIMSON CENTER VASE, NOT
BRACTS THAT HAVE THE SOIL, TO BE
YELLOW ENDS. THE WATERED. COMPARED
VIBRANT FLOWER TO MOST HOUSE
STALK REACHES 12 PLANTS, THIS PLANT
INCHES TALL, MAKING HAS RELATIVELY FEW
IT A LIVELY ROOTS THAT DO NOT
COMPLEMENT TO A DRAW WATER OR
TINY SPACE, DESPITE NUTRIENTS FROM THE
THE LEAF ROSETTE ROOT SYSTEM.
BEING ONLY 8 INCHES
TALL AND EQUALLY
WIDE.

II. CACTI

APOROCACTUS APOROCACTUS PLANTS PLACE THEM NEAR A

ARE OFTEN WINDOW WITH
CULTIVATED AS FILTERED LIGHT OR
ORNAMENTAL PROVIDE THEM WITH
HOUSEPLANTS OR BRIGHT ARTIFICIAL
CONTAINER PLANTS. LIGHTING.
THEY HAVE SLENDER, APOROCACTUS PLANTS
CYLINDRICAL STEMS HAVE MODERATE
THAT ARE SEGMENTED WATER
OR JOINTED REQUIREMENTS.
ALLOW THE SOIL TO
DRY OUT SLIGHTLY
BETWEEN WATERINGS,
BUT DO NOT LET IT
BECOME BONE DRY
 STAR CACTUS ASTROPHYTUM PLANTS ASTROPHYTUM PLANTS
(ASTROPHYTUM) ARE TYPICALLY PREFER BRIGHT,
SOLITARY AND HAVE INDIRECT LIGHT. THEY
GLOBULAR OR CAN TOLERATE SOME
CYLINDRICAL BODIES DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
WITH RIBS OR RIDGES. ESPECIALLY DURING
THE SURFACE OF THE THE MORNING OR LATE
PLANT IS COVERED IN AFTERNOON. ALLOW
NUMEROUS SMALL THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
BUMPS OR TUBERCLES COMPLETELY
BETWEEN WATERINGS
AND THEN WATER
THOROUGHLY

SEA URCHIN CACTUS; ASTROPHYTUM THIS CACTUS PREFERS

SAND DOLLAR ASTERIAS IS A SMALL, WARM
(ASTROPHYTUM SLOW-GROWING TEMPERATURES. IT
ASTERIAS) CACTUS THAT GROWS WELL IN A
TYPICALLY FORMS TEMPERATURE RANGE
SOLITARY GLOBULAR OF ABOUT 70°F (21°C)
OR CYLINDRICAL TO 85°F (29°C) DURING
STEMS. THE STEMS THE ACTIVE GROWING
HAVE PROMINENT RIBS SEASON. USE A WELL-
COVERED WITH SMALL DRAINING CACTUS OR
TUBERCLES, GIVING SUCCULENT POTTING
THEM A SPIKY OR MIX FOR
STAR-LIKE ASTROPHYTUM
APPEARANCE ASTERIAS.

GOAT'S HORN CACTUS ASTROPHYTUM ASTROPHYTUM

(ASTROPHYTUM CAPRICORNE IS A CAPRICORNE THRIVES
CAPRICORNE) SLOW-GROWING IN BRIGHT, INDIRECT
CACTUS THAT LIGHT. IT CAN
TYPICALLY FORMS TOLERATE SOME
SOLITARY OR DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
CLUMPING STEMS. THE ALLOW THE SOIL TO
SURFACE OF THE DRY OUT COMPLETELY
STEMS IS COVERED BETWEEN WATERINGS,
WITH DISTINCTIVE RIBS AND THEN WATER
AND TUBERCLES. THOROUGHLY. USE A
WELL-DRAINING
CACTUS OR
SUCCULENT POTTING
MIX FOR
ASTROPHYTUM
CAPRICORNE.

BISHOP'S CAP ASTROPHYTUM ASTROPHYTUM

(ASTROPHYTUM MYRIOSTIGMA IS A MYRIOSTIGMA THRIVES
MYRIOSTIGMA) SMALL TO MEDIUM- IN BRIGHT, INDIRECT
SIZED CACTUS THAT LIGHT. ALLOW THE SOIL
TYPICALLY GROWS AS TO DRY OUT
A SOLITARY STEM, BUT COMPLETELY
IT CAN SOMETIMES BETWEEN WATERINGS,
FORM CLUMPS WITH AND THEN WATER
MULTIPLE HEADS.THIS THOROUGHLY. ENSURE
SPECIES TYPICALLY THAT EXCESS WATER
HAS NO OR VERY FEW DRAINS AWAY TO
SPINES, WHICH MAKES PREVENT
IT STAND OUT AMONG WATERLOGGED SOIL.
 OTHER CACTI.

OLD MAN CACTUS CEPHALOCEREUS THESE CACTI PREFER

(CEPHALOCEREUS) CACTI ARE KNOWN FOR BRIGHT, DIRECT
THEIR TOWERING, SUNLIGHT. THEY
COLUMNAR GROWTH THRIVE IN FULL SUN
HABIT. THEY CAN CONDITIONS. DURING
GROW TO IMPRESSIVE THE WINTER MONTHS,
HEIGHTS. THESE CACTI REDUCE WATERING
TYPICALLY HAVE AND ALLOW THE PLANT
SPINES EMERGING TO HAVE A PERIOD OF
FROM AREOLES ALONG REST WITH MINIMAL
THE RIBS OF THE MOISTURE.
STEMS.

GOLDEN SPINES CEPHALOCEREUS PROVIDE

(CEPHALOCEREUS CHRYSACANTHUS IS A CEPHALOCEREUS
CHRYSACANTHUS) COLUMNAR CACTUS, IT CHRYSACANTHUS WITH
HAS NOTABLE GOLDEN- PLENTY OF BRIGHT,
YELLOW SPINES THAT DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
GIVE THE CACTUS ITS CEPHALOCEREUS
DISTINCTIVE CHRYSACANTHUS HAS
APPEARANCE. THE LOW TO MODERATE
SPINES ARE LONG AND WATER
SLENDER, RADIATING REQUIREMENTS. THE
FROM THE AREOLES SOIL SHOULD BE
ALONG THE RIBS OF LOOSE AND ALLOW
THE STEM. WATER TO DRAIN
QUICKLY TO PREVENT
ROOT ROT.

MEXICAN GIANT CEPHALOCEREUS IT THRIVES IN FULL SUN

(CEPHALOCEREUS FULVICEPS IS A CONDITIONS AND
FULVICEPS) COLUMNAR CACTUS SHOULD BE PLACED IN
WITH A TALL AND A LOCATION WHERE IT
UPRIGHT GROWTH CAN RECEIVE AT LEAST
HABIT. THE SPINES OF SIX HOURS OF DIRECT
CEPHALOCEREUS SUNLIGHT PER DAY.
FULVICEPS ARE THE SOIL SHOULD BE
TYPICALLY GOLDEN- LOOSE AND ALLOW
YELLOW OR BROWNISH WATER TO DRAIN
IN COLOR. THEY QUICKLY TO PREVENT
EMERGE FROM ROOT ROT.
AREOLES ALONG THE
RIBS OF THE STEM.
WOOLY TORCH; BILLY CEPHALOCEREUS PROVIDE
GOAT ; BALD OLD MAN PALMERI IS CEPHALOCEREUS
(CEPHALOCEREUS CHARACTERIZED BY ITS PALMERI WITH AMPLE
PALMERI) TALL AND ERECT BRIGHT, DIRECT
GROWTH HABIT, THE SUNLIGHT.ALLOW THE
STEMS ARE SOIL TO DRY OUT
COLUMNAR, RIBBED, COMPLETELY
AND CYLINDRICAL, BETWEEN WATERINGS,
WITH A BLUISH-GREEN AND THEN WATER
OR GRAYISH-GREEN THOROUGHLY.
COLORATION. THEY
CAN HAVE A DIAMETER
OF UP TO 25
CENTIMETERS (10
INCHES).

PEANUT CACTUS CHAMAECEREUS CACTI PROVIDE

(CHAMAECEREUS) ARE CHARACTERIZED CHAMAECEREUS CACTI
BY THEIR SMALL SIZE WITH BRIGHT, INDIRECT
AND GLOBULAR OR SUNLIGHT. AVOID
CYLINDRICAL SHAPE. OVERWATERING, AS
THEY TYPICALLY HAVE EXCESSIVE MOISTURE
NUMEROUS RIBS AND CAN LEAD TO ROOT
ARE COVERED IN ROT. DURING THE
SPINES. THE SPINES WINTER MONTHS,
CAN VARY IN COLOR REDUCE WATERING
AND LENGTH AND ALLOW THE CACTI
DEPENDING ON THE TO HAVE A PERIOD OF
SPECIES AND REST WITH MINIMAL
CULTIVAR. MOISTURE.

PEANUT CACTUS THE PEANUT CACTUS IT THRIVES IN SEVERAL

(CHAMAECEREUS GETS ITS COMMON HOURS OF BRIGHT
SYLVESTRI) NAME FROM THE LIGHT EACH DAY BUT
RESEMBLANCE OF ITS SHOULD BE
CYLINDRICAL STEMS TO PROTECTED FROM
PEANUTS OR LITTLE INTENSE, DIRECT
SAUSAGES. THE STEMS SUNLIGHT. ALLOW THE
ARE GREEN AND SOIL TO DRY OUT
COVERED WITH SOFT, PARTIALLY BETWEEN
HAIR-LIKE SPINES THAT WATERINGS, AND THEN
GIVE THE CACTUS A WATER THOROUGHLY.
FUZZY OR WOOLLY
APPEARANCE

BARREL CACTUS ECHINOCACTUS CACTI PROVIDE

(ECHINOCACTUS) ARE KNOWN FOR THEIR ECHINOCACTUS CACTI
DISTINCTIVE ROUND OR WITH AMPLE BRIGHT,
BARREL-SHAPED DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
BODIES, WHICH ARE THESE CACTI PREFER
COVERED IN WARM
PROMINENT RIBS. TEMPERATURES. THEY
THESE CACTI CAN TOLERATE A WIDE
TYPICALLY HAVE RANGE OF
LARGE, SHARP SPINES TEMPERATURES BUT
THAT GROW FROM THE GENERALLY GROW
AREOLES ALONG THE BEST IN
 RIBS. TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 70°F (21°C)
AND 90°F (32°C).

GOLDEN BARREL THE GOLDEN BARREL THE GOLDEN BARREL

(ECHINOCACTUS CACTUS IS NAMED FOR CACTUS CAN
GRUSONII) ITS DISTINCTIVE SHAPE, TOLERATE AVERAGE
WHICH RESEMBLES A INDOOR HUMIDITY
LARGE BARREL OR LEVELS. IT DOES NOT
CUSHION. IT HAS A REQUIRE HIGH
ROUNDED, GLOBULAR HUMIDITY AND CAN
BODY THAT CAN REACH ADAPT WELL TO DRIER
A DIAMETER OF UP TO CONDITIONS. THE SOIL
90 CENTIMETERS (35 SHOULD BE LOOSE AND
INCHES) WHEN FULLY ALLOW WATER TO
MATURE. DRAIN QUICKLY TO
PREVENT ROOT ROT.

MEXICAN GIANT BARREL ECHINOCACTUS ARE PLANT IT IN A SAFE

(ECHINOCACTUS INGENS) SLOW-GROWING CACTI SPOT IN THE WATER-
WITH BARREL-SHAPED WISE LANDSCAPE OR
OR COLUMNAR, DEEPLY IN A CONTAINER. DON’T
RIBBED STEMS CROWD IT IN; LEAVE
BEARING STRONG ROOM FOR NEW
SPINES, AND BELL- OFFSETS, CALLED
SHAPED FLOWERS IN PUPS. THESE BABIES
SUMMER GROW FROM A WELL
ESTABLISHED ROOT
BASE, SOMETIMES IN
CLUSTERS. THIS PLANT
DOES NOT LIKE THE
HOT SOUTHWESTERN
SUN DURING THE
HOTTEST DAYS OF
SUMMER.

HEDGEHOG CACTUS ECHINOCEREUS CACTI THESE CACTI PREFER

(ECHINOCEREUS) ARE CHARACTERIZED WARM
BY THEIR CYLINDRICAL TEMPERATURES. THEY
OR COLUMNAR STEMS, CAN TOLERATE A WIDE
WHICH ARE OFTEN RANGE OF
RIBBED. THEY TEMPERATURES BUT
TYPICALLY HAVE GENERALLY GROW
DENSE SPINES THAT BEST IN
GROW FROM THE TEMPERATURES
AREOLES ALONG THE BETWEEN 70°F (21°C)
RIBS. AND 90°F (32°C). ALLOW
THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
COMPLETELY
BETWEEN WATERINGS,
AND THEN WATER
THOROUGHLY.
 RAINBOW CACTUS THE STEMS OF IT THRIVES IN FULL SUN
(ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOCEREUS CONDITIONS AND
PAPILLOSUS NEO PAPILLOSUS NEO- SHOULD BE PLACED IN
MEXICANUS) MEXICANUS ARE A LOCATION WHERE IT
CYLINDRICAL OR RECEIVES AT LEAST
COLUMNAR, AND THEY SIX HOURS OF DIRECT
CAN GROW UP TO 30 SUNLIGHT PER DAY.
CENTIMETERS (12 DURING THE WINTER
INCHES) IN HEIGHT. THE MONTHS, REDUCE
STEMS HAVE SEVERAL WATERING AND
RIBS COVERED WITH PROVIDE A PERIOD OF
DISTINCT TUBERCLES REST WITH MINIMAL
OR BUMPS MOISTURE.

RAINBOW CACTUS ECHINOCEREUS ECHINOCEREUS

(ECHINOCEREUS PAPILLOSUS PAPILLOSUS
PAPILLOSUS RIGIDISSIMUS IS NATIVE RIGIDISSIMUS PREFERS
RIGIDISSIMUS) TO THE WARM TEMPERATURES
SOUTHWESTERN AND CAN TOLERATE A
UNITED STATES AND WIDE RANGE OF
NORTHERN MEXICO, TEMPERATURES.THIS
PARTICULARLY IN THE CACTUS HAS LOW
STATES OF ARIZONA, WATER
NEW MEXICO, AND REQUIREMENTS.
TEXAS. IT IS A SMALL ALLOW THE SOIL TO
TO MEDIUM-SIZED DRY OUT BETWEEN
CACTUS THAT WATERINGS, AND THEN
TYPICALLY GROWS IN WATER THOROUGHLY.
CLUMPS OR CLUSTERS.

EASTER LILY CACTUS ECHINOPSIS CACTI ARE PROVIDE ECHINOPSIS

(ECHINOPSIS) KNOWN FOR THEIR CACTI WITH BRIGHT,
LARGE, SHOWY DIRECT SUNLIGHT.
FLOWERS. THE ECHINOPSIS CACTI
FLOWERS TYPICALLY HAVE LOW WATER
EMERGE FROM THE REQUIREMENTS, AS
SIDES OF THE STEMS THEY ARE ADAPTED TO
NEAR THE TOP. THEY ARID CONDITIONS. USE
CAN BE FUNNEL- A WELL-DRAINING
SHAPED, TUBULAR, OR CACTUS OR
BELL-SHAPED, SUCCULENT POTTING
DEPENDING ON THE MIX FOR ECHINOPSIS
SPECIES. CACTI.
 EASTER LILY CACTUS; ECHINOPSIS MULTIPLEX T THRIVES IN FULL SUN
BARREL CACTUS HAS COLUMNAR STEMS CONDITIONS AND
(ECHINOPSIS MULTIPLEX) THAT CAN GROW UP TO SHOULD BE PLACED IN
60 CENTIMETERS (24 A LOCATION WHERE IT
INCHES) TALL.THE RECEIVES AT LEAST
SPINES OF ECHINOPSIS SIX HOURS OF DIRECT
MULTIPLEX ARE SUNLIGHT PER DAY.
RELATIVELY SHORT ALLOW THE SOIL TO
AND COME IN A DRY OUT COMPLETELY
VARIETY OF COLORS, BETWEEN WATERINGS,
INCLUDING WHITE, AND THEN WATER
YELLOW, BROWN, OR THOROUGHLY.
BLACK. THE FLOWERS
ARE TYPICALLY
FUNNEL-SHAPED AND
COME IN A WIDE RANGE
OF COLORS

CHIN CACTUS GYMNOCALYCIUM GYMNOCALYCIUM

(GYMNOCALYCIUM) CACTI TYPICALLY HAVE CACTI PREFER WARM
ROUNDED OR ANGULAR TEMPERATURES
RIBS THAT RUN RANGING FROM 70°F
VERTICALLY ALONG (21°C) TO 90°F (32°C).
THEIR STEMS. THE THEY CAN TOLERATE
NUMBER OF RIBS CAN HIGHER
VARY DEPENDING ON TEMPERATURES BUT
THE SPECIES. THE RIBS MAY REQUIRE
ARE USUALLY PROTECTION FROM
ADORNED WITH EXTREME HEAT.
CLUSTERS OF SPINES WATER THOROUGHLY,
ENSURING THAT
WATER DRAINS OUT OF
THE BOTTOM OF THE
POT.

PLAID CACTUS ONE OF THE NOTABLE PROVIDE BRIGHT BUT

(GYMNOCALYCIUM FEATURES OF FILTERED LIGHT FOR
MIHANOVICHII) GYMNOCALYCIUM OPTIMAL GROWTH AND
MIHANOVICHII IS ITS TO MAINTAIN THE
VIBRANT COLORS. VIBRANT COLORATION.
HOWEVER, IT IS ALLOW EXCESS WATER
IMPORTANT TO NOTE TO DRAIN AWAY TO
THAT THE WILD FORM PREVENT
OF THIS CACTUS IS WATERLOGGING,
USUALLY GREEN. WHICH CAN LEAD TO
ROOT ROT. A MIX
CONSISTING OF
REGULAR POTTING
SOIL, COARSE SAND,
PERLITE, OR PUMICE
WORKS WELL.
 GIANT CHIN CACTUS THE BODY OF PROVIDE
(GYMNOCALYCIUM GYMNOCALYCIUM GYMNOCALYCIUM
SAGLIONE) SAGLIONIS IS SAGLIONIS WITH
TYPICALLY GREEN BUT BRIGHT, DIRECT
CAN DEVELOP A BLUISH SUNLIGHT. WATER
OR GRAYISH HUE. GYMNOCALYCIUM
GYMNOCALYCIUM SAGLIONIS SPARINGLY
SAGLIONIS HAS A AND ALLOW THE SOIL
GLOBULAR OR TO DRY OUT BETWEEN
FLATTENED GLOBULAR WATERINGS
GROWTH HABIT.

HEDGEHOG/COB CACTUS LOBIVIA CACTI ARE LOBIVIA CACTI PREFER

(LOBIVIA) COVERED IN SPINES, WARM TEMPERATURES
WHICH CAN VARY IN AND CAN TOLERATE A
COLOR, LENGTH, AND WIDE RANGE,
ARRANGEMENT TYPICALLY BETWEEN
DEPENDING ON THE 65°F (18°C) AND 85°F
SPECIES. LOBIVIA (29°C). WATER LOBIVIA
CACTI ARE KNOWN FOR CACTI SPARINGLY AND
THEIR SHOWY AND ALLOW THE SOIL TO
COLORFUL FLOWERS. DRY OUT BETWEEN
THE FLOWERS CAN BE WATERINGS.USE A
TUBULAR OR FUNNEL- WELL-DRAINING
SHAPED CACTUS OR
SUCCULENT POTTING
MIX FOR LOBIVIA CACTI.

PINCUSHION CACTUS MAMMILLARIA CACTI MAMMILLARIA CACTI

(MAMILARIA) GENERALLY HAVE A REQUIRE BRIGHT,
GLOBULAR OR DIRECT SUNLIGHT TO
CYLINDRICAL GROWTH THRIVE. DURING THE
HABIT, WITH INDIVIDUAL ACTIVE GROWING
STEMS OR CLUMPS OF SEASON, WATER THEM
MULTIPLE STEMS. THE WHEN THE SOIL IS
SIZE OF MAMMILLARIA COMPLETELY DRY.
SPECIES CAN RANGE REDUCE WATERING
FROM SMALL AND FREQUENCY DURING
COMPACT PLANTS TO THE WINTER
LARGER AND MORE DORMANCY PERIOD.
COLUMNAR FORMS.

BALL CACTUS NOTO CACTI OFTEN PLACE THEM IN A

(NOTOCACTUS) HAVE DISTINCT RIBS LOCATION WHERE
THAT RUN VERTICALLY THEY RECEIVE AT
ALONG THEIR STEMS. LEAST SIX HOURS OF
THE NUMBER OF RIBS DIRECT SUNLIGHT PER
CAN VARY AMONG DAY. IF GROWING
SPECIES, AND THEY INDOORS. WATER
MAY BE ROUNDED OR NOTO CACTI
ANGULAR IN SPARINGLY AND ALLOW
SHAPE.NOTO CACTI THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
PRODUCE SHOWY BETWEEN WATERINGS.
FLOWERS, USUALLY WATER NOTO CACTI
APPEARING AT THE TOP SPARINGLY AND ALLOW
OF THE STEMS. THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
BETWEEN WATERINGS.
 SAND CAP A SMALL, ROUGHLY USE AN OPEN AND
(NOTOCACTUS APRICUS) SPHERICAL, RIBBED FREE DRAINING
CACTUS WITH YELLOW MINERAL COMPOST
OR BROWN SPINES AND WITH LITTLE ORGANIC
A WOOLLY CROWN. MATTER (PEAT, HUMUS)
FUNNEL-SHAPED THAT ALLOWS
YELLOW FLOWERS ARE THEREFORE ROOTS TO
PRODUCED FROM THE BREATH (AS IT IS ROT
CROWN IN SPRING PRONE). ALSO, IT
NEEDS REGULAR
WATER IN SUMMER.
KEEP RATHER DRY IN
WINTER, TENDS TO
LOSE ITS ROOTS IN
WINTER AND THE
PLANT TOLERATES
VERY BRIGHT
SITUATION

SCARLET BALL THE STEMS OF NOTO NOTOCACTUS THRIVES

(NOTOCACTUS CACTUS HAVE IN BRIGHT, INDIRECT
HASELVERGII) NUMEROUS VERTICAL SUNLIGHT. PLACE IT IN
RIBS WITH A LOCATION WHERE IT
PRONOUNCED CAN RECEIVE SEVERAL
TUBERCLES OR BUMPS HOURS OF BRIGHT,
ALONG THE RIBS. THE FILTERED SUNLIGHT
STEMS OF NOTO EACH DAY. WATER
CACTUS HAVE NOTOCACTUS
NUMEROUS VERTICAL SPARINGLY, ALLOWING
RIBS WITH THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
PRONOUNCED BETWEEN WATERINGS.
TUBERCLES. ITS
FLOWERS ARE
TYPICALLY LARGE AND
SHOWY, MEASURING
AROUND 5-7
CENTIMETERS (2-2.8
INCHES) IN DIAMETER.

GOLDEN BALL NOTOCACTUS (NOTO NOTOCACTUS

(NOTOCACTUS CEPHALOCEREUS REQUIRES BRIGHT,
LENINGHAUSII) LENINGHAUSII) IS A DIRECT SUNLIGHT TO
SPECIES OF CACTUS THRIVE.DURING THE
WITHIN THE FAMILY GROWING SEASON,
CACTACEAE. IT IS WATER THE PLANT
NATIVE TO ARGENTINA WHEN THE TOP INCH
AND URUGUAY AND IS OF SOIL FEELS DRY.
COMMONLY KNOWN BY REDUCE WATERING
VARIOUS NAMES, FREQUENCY DURING
INCLUDING "GOLDEN THE WINTER DORMANT
BARREL CACTUS," PERIOD. SE A WELL-
"WOOL CACTUS," OR DRAINING CACTUS OR
"SILVER-SPINED SUCCULENT POTTING
CACTUS." MIX.
 PRICKLY PEAR ONE OF THE OPUNTIA CACTI
(OPUNTIA) DISTINCTIVE FEATURES PREFER WARM
OF OPUNTIA CACTI IS TEMPERATURES AND
THEIR FLATTENED, ARE GENERALLY
FLESHY PADS OR TOLERANT OF A WIDE
SEGMENTED STEMS, RANGE. WATER THEM
WHICH ARE REFERRED SPARINGLY AND ALLOW
TO AS CLADODES. THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
OPUNTIA CACTI BETWEEN WATERINGS.
PRODUCE VIBRANT, AVOID OVERWATERING,
SHOWY FLOWERS. THE AS IT CAN LEAD TO
FLOWERS ARE ROOT ROT.
TYPICALLY LARGE,
WITH MULTIPLE PETALS
AND COME IN VARIOUS
COLORS

BEAVER TAIL - LOW-GROWING - THEY THRIVE IN

(OPUNTIA BASILARIS) PRICKLY PEAR, 4-16 IN. SANDY, GRITTY,
HIGH, WITH BRILLIANT, MINERAL-RICH, AND
MAGENTA FLOWERS. ALKALINE SOIL THAT
THE PADS OF THIS PROVIDES GOOD
CACTUS LACK THE DRAINAGE. THESE
LONG, STRAIGHT PLANTS PREFER A SOIL
SPINES OF OTHER PH OF 6.2-8.2.
PRICKLY PEARS BUT - OVERWATERING
ARE COVERED WITH YOUR BEAVERTAIL
MINISCULE, GRAY-BLUE CACTUS IS AN EASY
BRISTLES WITH MISTAKE TO MAKE
BARBED TIPS. BECAUSE THIS PLANT
REQUIRES FAR LESS
WATER THAN MOST
PEOPLE MIGHT
EXPECT.
- BEAVERTAIL CACTUS
LIKES FULL SUN WITH
REFLECTED HEAT AND
IS HARDY FROM ABOUT
NINE TO FIFTEEN
DEGREES. PLANT THE
CACTUS IN FAST-
DRAINING, SANDY, OR
GRAVELLY SOIL. THIS
PLANT NEEDS MINIMAL
IRRIGATION WHEN
ESTABLISHED AND
ONLY OCCASIONAL
WATER DURING THE
HOT, DRY SEASON. IT
DOES NOT NEED ANY
WATER DURING THE
WINTER MONTHS.
 BUNNY EARS - A BUSHY, PERENNIAL - REQUIRES WARM,
(OPUNTIA MICRODASYS) CACTUS WITH OVAL TO DRY CONDITIONS AND
ROUND, FLATTENED, DOES NOT TOLERATE
SMALL PADS, UP TO 6 FROST OR EXCESS
IN. ACROSS (15 CM). HUMIDITY. KEEP
RED WHEN NEW, THE TEMPERATURES
PADS APPEAR IN PAIRS, BETWEEN 70 TO 100
LIKE THE EARS OF A DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
RABBIT, AND MATURE (21 TO 37 DEGREES
TO A SOFT, VELVETY CELSIUS) AND AVOID
GREEN AS THEY GROW. EXCESS MOISTURE BY
ENSURING THAT THE
POTTING MIX IS WELL-
DRAINING AND THE
POTTING CONTAINER
HAS DRAINAGE HOLES.
- BUNNY EARS ARE
PRONE TO ROOT ROT
WHEN LEFT IN WATER
FOR TOO LONG.
- IT HELPS TO HAVE A
POT WITH ENOUGH
DRAINAGE HOLES TO
ALLOW EXCESS WATER
TO DRAIN FREELY INTO
THE CATCH SAUCER.
- THE BUNNY EAR
CACTUS LOVES THE
SUN, AND FOR THE
BEST GROWTH
LEADING TO A HEALTHY
ROOT SYSTEM, IT
NEEDS SIX HOURS OF
SUN TO KEEP IT HAPPY.
FOR INDOOR
GROWING, A SOUTH OR
WEST-FACING WINDOW
IS IDEAL.
- THE BUNNY CACTI
NEED ONLY
OCCASIONAL
WATERING, AS IT IS
QUITE A DROUGHT-
TOLERANT PLANT
BECAUSE OF THE
CACTUS PADS.
 CHRISTMAS CACTUS, - IT IS NATIVE TO -TEMPERATURE:
THANKSGIVING CATUS BRAZIL AND IS MAINTAIN AN OPTIMAL
(SCHLUMBERGERA) TECHNICALLY AN CLIMATE OF 65
EPIPHYTE THAT GROWS DEGREES.
IN HUMID - WATERING: KEEP THE
RAINFORESTS—A VERY SOIL EVENLY MOIST
DIFFERENT HABITAT WHILE YOUR PLANT IS
FROM THE "TYPICAL" BLOOMING, MISTING IT
CACTI OF MEXICO AND FREQUENTLY.
THE DESERT - LIGHT: PLACE THE
SOUTHWEST. IT HAS CACTUS IN AN EAST-
FLESHY STEMS AND FACING WINDOW FOR
SHOWY FLOWERS AND MODERATE LIGHT AND
GROWS WELL AS A SOME DIRECT SUN.
HOUSEPLANT, - FERTILIZATION: APPLY
PREFERRING A HIGH-POTASSIUM
MOISTURE BUT FERTILIZER EVERY
ADAPTING TO A TWO WEEKS ONCE
VARIETY OF HOME BUDS FORM.
ENVIRONMENTS. - PLAN TO WATER
EVERY 2 TO 3 WEEKS,
BUT ONLY WATER
WHEN THE TOP ONE
THIRD OF SOIL FEELS
DRY TO THE TOUCH.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF THE
PLANT IS IN 6 INCHES
OF SOIL, WATER WHEN
THE TOP 2 INCHES
FEEL DRY.
- WHEN THE SOIL IS
SUFFICIENTLY DRY,
SOAK THE SOIL UNTIL
WATER RUNS
THROUGH THE POT’S
DRAINAGE HOLES.
PLACE A TRAY
UNDERNEATH THE POT
TO CATCH THE WATER.
AFTER 10-15 MINUTES,
DISCARD ANY EXCESS
WATER IN THE TRAY SO
THAT THE POT DOESN’T
SIT IN WATER.
 CHRISTMAS CACTUS - THIS CACTUS - ALTHOUGH A CACTUS,
(SCHLUMBERGERA PRODUCES SMALL, THIS IS A TROPICAL
BRIDGESII) FLAT STEM SEGMENTS PLANT THAT LIKES
THAT ARE ROUNDISH IN WATER, JUST LIKE THE
NATURE, WITH MINOR CACTUS ORCHID
SERRATIONS ON BOTH SPECIES. THE TOP
SIDES. THEY FLOWER INCH OF SOIL SHOULD
AT THE END OF THESE BE KEPT MOIST TO THE
SEGMENTS. THE TOUCH AT ALL TIMES.
CHRISTMAS VARIETY NEVER ALLOW THE
HAS NEON PINK SOIL TO BECOME
POLLEN-BEARING WATER-LOGGED, OR
STAMEN. PERMIT WATER TO
STAND IN THE POT
TRAY.
- GROW BEST IN
BRIGHT, INDIRECT
LIGHT. TRY PLACING
THEM WITHIN SIX FEET
OF A SOUTH-, EAST-,
OR WEST-FACING
WINDOW.
- FERTILIZE EVERY ONE
TO TWO MONTHS
DURING THE GROWING
SEASON (APRIL TO
SEPTEMBER)

CRAB CACTUS/ -SCHLUMBERGERA -THANKSGIVING

THANKSGIVING CACTUS TRUNCATA IS NOT A CACTUS GROWS BEST
(SCHLUMBERGERA TRUE CACTUS! IN LIGHT SHADE
TRUNCATA) INSTEAD, IT IS AN DURING THE SUMMER
EPIPHYTE. MONTHS. YOU CAN
- EPIPHYTES ARE GIVE IT MORE
PLANTS THAT LIVE ON SUNLIGHT IN THE
OTHER PLANTS. THE WINTER, WHEN IT IS
WORD EPIPHYTE BLOOMING.
COMES FROM GREEK - TOO MUCH SUN IN
WORDS EPI (MEANING THE SUMMER MONTHS
“UPON”) AND PHYTON CAN MAKE THE LEAVES
(MEANING “PLANT”.) PALE AND YELLOW
- THANKSGIVING LOOKING. TOO MUCH
CACTUS HAS CLAW- SUN CAN CAUSE THE
LIKE APPENDAGES ON LEAVES TO TURN
ITS FLAT STEMS (OR REDDISH.
CLADODES) THAT - MOST IMPORTANT
RESEMBLE CRAB ASPECT OF
CLAWS, HENCE ONE OF THANKSGIVING
ITS OTHER COMMON CACTUS CARE IS
NAMES, CRAB CACTUS. WATERING. DON’T LET
THE BLOOMS ON THIS THESE TROPICAL
CACTUS ARE ERECT PLANTS DRY OUT, BUT
AND DO NOT HANG BE SURE THAT THEY
DOWN LIKE THE DON’T COLLECT
FLOWER ON EXCESS WATER IN THE
SCHLUMBERGERA X ROOT AREA, EITHER.
BUCKLEYI. ALTHOUGH - A HANDY WAY TO
THIS PLANT IS A WATER A
CACTUS (FAMILY THANKSGIVING
CACTACEAE), IT CACTUS IS THE “SOAK
 PREFERS THE HIGHER AND DRAIN” METHOD.
HUMIDITY OF ITS TO DO THIS, BRING THE
NATIVE BRAZILIAN PLANT TO THE SINK
RAINFORESTS. IT DOES AND GIVE IT A GOOD
NOT DO WELL IN HOT, WATERING, ALLOWING
ARID ENVIRONMENTS, THE WATER TO DRAIN
LIKE OTHER CACTI. IT OUT OF THE DRAIN
CAN GROW OUTSIDE IN HOLE IN THE BOTTOM
ZONES 10 THROUGH 12, OF THE POT.
BUT IN COLDER ZONES, - THE MATURE SIZE OF
IT MUST BE GROWN AS THE THANKSGIVING
A HOUSEPLANT. CACTUS IS ABOUT 12-24
INCHES (30-60 CM). THE
GROWTH HABIT OF
THIS HOLIDAY CACTUS
IS PENDULOUS. FOR
THIS REASON,
GROWING THE PLANT
IN HANGING BASKETS
IS IDEAL.

III. FERN

MAIDENHAIR FERN ADIANTUM RADDIANUM MAIDENHAIR FERNS

(ADIANTUM RADDIANIUM) HAS FRONDS (LEAVES) PREFER BRIGHT,
THAT ARE TYPICALLY INDIRECT LIGHTAND
LIGHT GREEN AND REQUIRE
HAVE A FEATHERY OR CONSISTENTLY MOIST
LACY APPEARANCE. SOIL. IT IS IMPORTANT
THE LEAFLETS ARE TO KEEP THE SOIL
DELICATE AND OFTEN EVENLY MOIST BUT
HAVE A FAN-SHAPED NOT WATERLOGGED.
OR OBLONG SHAPE ADIANTUM RADDIANUM
WITH ROUNDED OR PREFERS WELL-
NOTCHED EDGES. DRAINING SOIL THAT
RETAINS MOISTURE.

MAIDENHAIR FERN ADIANTUM TENERUM ADIANTUM TENERUM

(ADIANTUM TERENUM) HAS ELEGANT, LIGHT PREFERS BRIGHT,
GREEN FRONDS THAT INDIRECT LIGHT. IT
ARE FINELY DIVIDED THRIVES IN MODERATE
AND FAN-SHAPED. THE TO BRIGHT, FILTERED
FRONDS ARE LIGHT CONDITIONS. IT
COMPOSED OF IS IMPORTANT TO KEEP
NUMEROUS SMALL THE SOIL EVENLY
LEAFLETS OR PINNAE MOIST BUT NOT
ATTACHED TO A WATERLOGGED. AVOID
CENTRAL STEM OR ALLOWING THE SOIL TO
RACHIS. THE DRY OUT COMPLETELY
SOUTHERN BETWEEN WATERINGS.
MAIDENHAIR FERN
TYPICALLY FORMS A
LOW CLUMPING HABIT.
SPRENGERI ASPARAGUS 'SPRENGERI' HAS LONG, 'SPRENGERI' PREFERS
(ASPARAGUS ARCHING STEMS BRIGHT, INDIRECT
DENSIFLORUS COVERED WITH LIGHT BUT CAN
'SPRENGERI') FEATHERY, NEEDLE- TOLERATE SOME
LIKE, BRIGHT GREEN SHADE. IT IS BEST TO
LEAVES CALLED PROTECT IT FROM
CLADOPHYLLS. THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
LEAVES ARE SOFT AND ESPECIALLY DURING
DENSELY ARRANGED THE HOTTEST PARTS
ALONG THE STEMS, OF THE DAY. ALLOW
CREATING A THE TOP INCH OF SOIL
CASCADING OR TO DRY OUT SLIGHTLY
TRAILING EFFECT. BETWEEN WATERINGS.

BIRD'S NEST FERN ASPLENIUM NIDUS, BIRD’S NEST FERNS

(ASPLENIUM NIDUS) COMMONLY CALLED GROW WELL IN
BIRD'S NEST FERN, IS A FILTERED SUNLIGHT TO
SLOW-GROWING, A MODERATE AMOUNT
EPIPHYTIC FERN OF OF SHADE. DON’T
THE SPLEENWORT EXPOSE THEM TO
FAMILY FEATURING DIRECT SUNLIGHT
SIMPLE, ENTIRE, OTHER THAN THE VERY
STRAP-SHAPED, EARLY MORNING SUN.
GLOSSY, BRIGHT APPLE HARSH DIRECT
GREEN FRONDS WITH SUNLIGHT CAN BURN
CONTRASTING DARK THE LEAVES. INDOORS,
BROWN TO BLACK AN EAST- OR NORTH-
MIDRIBS AND FACING WINDOW IS
UNDULATING MARGINS. IDEAL.
THESE PLANTS LIKE
SOIL THAT’S LOOSE
AND RICH IN ORGANIC
MATTER WITH
EXCELLENT DRAINAGE.
A PEAT-BASED
POTTING MIX IS GOOD
FOR CONTAINER
PLANTS.
THE FERNS PREFER A
CONSISTENT AMOUNT
OF SOIL MOISTURE,
BUT THEY DON’T DO
WELL SITTING IN
SOGGY SOIL.

HAWAIIAN TREE FERN; CIBOTIUM CHAMISSOI IS REQUIRES

MAN FERN AN EVERGREEN TREE CONSISTENTLY MOIST
(CIBOTIUM CHAMISSOI) FERN THAT CAN GROW SOIL; DO NOT LET DRY
UP TO 8 METRES TALL. OUT BETWEEN
THE BOLE, WHICH CAN WATERINGS.
BE 20 - 60CM IN SUN TO PARTIAL
DIAMETER, IS TOPPED SHADE.
BY A ROSETTE OF
LARGE FRONDS.
INDIVIDUAL FRONDS
 CAN BE UP TO 2
METRES LONG.
THE PLANT IS
GATHERED FROM THE
WILD, MAINLY FOR
LOCAL USE AS A
SOURCE OF FIBRE AND
EMERGENCY FOOD
SUPPLY.

HOLLY FERN CYRTOMIUM HOLLY FERN HAS AN

(CYMTOMIUM FALCATUM) FALCATUM, COMMONLY EXTENSIVE ROOT
CALLED JAPANESE SYSTEM AND NEEDS
HOLLY FERN, IS NATIVE MOIST, WELL-DRAINED,
TO EASTERN ASIA, AND SLIGHTLY ACIDIC
INDIA, SOUTHERN SOIL TO GROW ITS
AFRICA AND HAWAII. BEST. MAKING THE
THE FRONDS OF THIS SOIL MORE FERTILE
FERN RESEMBLE HOLLY HELPS ADD SOME
BRANCHES. THIS IS AN ORGANIC MATTER TO
EVERGREEN FERN THE MIX. WHEN
(DECIDUOUS IN ST. GROWING IN A
LOUIS) THAT TYPICALLY CONTAINER INDOORS,
GROWS IN A DENSE, WE RECOMMEND
VASE-SHAPED CLUMP PROVIDING YOUR
TO 2’ TALL. ARCHING, PLANT WITH BRIGHT
GLOSSY, DARK GREEN INDIRECT SUNLIGHT
FRONDS (1-2.5’ LONG) BUT NOT TOO MUCH
ARE NOTED FOR THEIR DIRECT SUN AS IT CAN
THICK, LEATHERY BURN THE FRONDS.
PINNAE, WHICH ARE THE CYRTOMIUM
FALCATE (SICKLE- FALCATUM HOLLY
SHAPED) AS THE FERN PREFERS
SPECIES NAME DAMPENED PEAT MOSS
SUGGESTS. COMPARED TO OTHER
FERNS. THUS, IF YOU
GROW IT OUTSIDE, YOU
CAN REDUCE
WATERING WITH
FREQUENT RAIN.

SQUIRREL'S FOOT FERN DAVALLIA SQUIRREL'S FOOT

(DAVALLIA TRICHOMANOIDES IS A FERN (AND THE OTHER
TRICHOMANIODES) FURRY-FOOTED, DAVALLIA SPECIES)
FANCIFUL FERN, ARE BEST GROWN AT
COMMONLY KNOWN AS TEMPERATURES
THE SQUIRREL'S FOOT ABOVE 60 DEGREES
FERN. FINELY DIVIDED, FAHRENHEIT. WHILE
DARK GREEN FOLIAGE THESE PLANTS ARE
DRESS FUZZY LESS DEMANDING OF
RHIZOMES THAT HIGH HUMIDITY THAN
RESEMBLE THE FOOT MANY FERNS, IT'S STILL
OF A SQUIRREL. THE IMPORTANT TO MIST
DISTINCTIVE, HAIRY REGULARLY OR USE A
RHIZOMES ARE EASILY ROOM HUMIDIFIER TO
SEEN CREEPING OVER PREVENT THE
THE EDGE OF A POT OR RHIZOMES FROM
ALONG THE SOIL DRYING OUT.
SURFACE. SQUIRREL'S FOOT
FERN IS VERY
 SENSITIVE TO DRY
SOIL, SO CHOOSE A
POTTING SOIL THAT
RETAINS MOISTURE. A
GOOD SOIL WILL STILL
DRAIN WELL AND
CONTAIN LOTS OF
ORGANIC MATTER
SUCH AS COCO COIR
OR SPHAGNUM MOSS.
SQUIRREL'S FOOT
FERN SHOULD BE
REPOTTED AFTER IT
DOUBLES IN SIZE OR
ONCE A YEAR,
WHICHEVER COMES
FIRST.

FLUFFY-RUFFLE FERN; NEPHROLEPIS KEEP THE COMPOST

BOSTON FERN EXALTATA, COMMONLY MOIST (BUT NOT WET)
(NEPHROLEPIS EXALTATA) CALLED SWORD FERN AT ALL TIMES DURING
OR BOSTON FERN, IS SPRING AND SUMMER.
NATIVE TO FLORIDA, WATER WHEN THE TOP
WEST INDIES, MEXICO, FEW CENTIMETRES OF
CENTRAL AMERICA, COMPOST BECOME
SOUTH AMERICA, DRY IN AUTUMN AND
POLYNESIA AND WINTER. MIST YOUR
AFRICA. IT IS AN PLANT A COUPLE OF
EVERGREEN FERN TIMES A WEEK. FEED
THAT GROWS WITH AN WITH A WEAK LIQUID
UPRIGHT SPREADING FEED ONCE A MONTH
HABIT TO 3' TALL AND IN SPRING AND
AS WIDE. IN ITS NATIVE SUMMER.
HABITAT, IT MAY GROW
TO AS MUCH AS 7' TALL.

BUTTON FERN PELLAEA THE BEST-CASE

(PELLAEE ROTUNDIFOLIA) ROTUNDIFOLIA, WATERING SCENARIO
COMMONLY KNOWN AS FOR BUTTON FERN
BUTTON FERN, IS A WOULD BE TO WATER
SMALL EVERGREEN WHEN THE TOP LAYER
FERN WITH PINNATE OF SOIL APPEARS DRY.
ARCHING FRONDS ALLOW THE FERN
RISING AND SPREADING ITSELF TO DRY OUT
TO 12” TALL AND AS COMPLETELY ALONG
WIDE. EACH FROND IS WITH THE SOIL. THIS
COVERED WITH SMALL, PLANT DOES NOT DO
SLIGHTLY-GLOSSY, WELL IN SOGGY
ROUND, DEEP GREEN SUBSTRATES. THIS
PINNAE (LEAFLETS TO PLANT DOES WELL IN
3/4” DIAMETER). LEAF BRIGHT LIGHTING BUT
STALKS TURN A DARK ONE SHOULD AVOID
RED WITH AGE. DIRECT SUNLIGHT OF
ANY KIND.
 STAGHORN FERN PLATYCERIUM STAGHORN FERNS
(PLATYCERIUM BIFURCATUM, PREFER TO BE KEPT IN
BIFARCATUM ) COMMONLY CALLED A LOCATION THAT
STAGHORN FERN, IS AN BOASTS CONSISTENT,
EVERGREEN EPIPHYTIC SHADED LIGHT. THAT
FERN THAT PRODUCES BEING SAID, THEY CAN
DISTINCTIVE FERTILE HANDLE MORE
FRONDS RESEMBLING SUNLIGHT IF GIVEN
THE FORKED ANTLERS ENOUGH WATER,
OF A STAG. IT IS NATIVE WARMTH, AND
TO SOUTHEAST ASIA, HUMIDITY. STAGHORN
POLYNESIA AND FERNS SHOULD BE
AUSTRALIA, WHERE IT MOUNTED ONCE THEY
IS TYPICALLY FOUND PROGRESS TOWARD
GROWING ON TREE MATURITY. PROPER
TRUNKS AND WATERING IS AN
BRANCHES. ESSENTIAL
COMPONENT OF A
STAGHORN FERN'S
SUCCESS. THEY'LL
NEED FREQUENT
WATERING, BUT THE
BASE SHOULD BE
ALLOWED TO DRY OUT
IN BETWEEN—ABOUT
ONCE A WEEK IN
WARMER CLIMATES.

HARE'S FOOT FERN HARES FOOT FERN, GIVE PLANTS AMPLE

(POLYPODIUM AUREUM) ALSO REFERRED TO AS WATER AND MIST THE
RABBITS FOOT FERN RHIZOMES DAILY IF
(DAVALLIA FEJEENSIS), NOT GROWN IN A
IS AN EVERGREEN HUMID ROOM.
PERENNIAL FERN. IT IS FLUSH THE SOIL OF
INDIGENOUS TO FIJI ACCUMULATED
AND A MEMBER OF THE FERTILIZER SALTS AT
DAVALLIACEAE FAMILY. LEAST ONCE A YEAR.
A RESILIENT FERN THAT SOAK THE ROOT BALL
CAN LIVE BOTH INSIDE TO CLEAN OUT
AND OUTSIDE IS THE FERTILIZER IF YOU
RABBIT FEET FERN. DESIRE. RABBIT'S FOOT
FERNS DO BEST IN
DAPPLED LIGHT OR
PARTIAL SHADE
CONDITIONS. INDOORS,
A NORTH-FACING OR
EAST-FACING WINDOW
IS IDEAL.
 PTERIS PTERIS CRETICA, IT GROWS WELL
(PTERIS CRETICA COMMONLY CALLED INDOORS IN BRIGHT,
'ALBOLINEATA') CRETAN BRAKE FERN, INDIRECT LIGHT TO
RIBBON FERN OR FULL SHADE. AVOID
TABLE FERN, IS A DIRECT SUN. KEEP THE
SLOW-GROWING POTTING MIX EVENLY
EVERGREEN FERN MOIST AND PROVIDE
THAT TYPICALLY RISES HUMIDITY (SEE BELOW
TO 18-24” TALL AND AS FOR WAYS TO
WIDE. IT IS NATIVE TO INCREASE HUMIDITY
EUROPE, ASIA AND AROUND YOUR PLANT).
AFRICA. THE FRONDS OLD FRONDS MAY BE
ARE PALE GREEN AND CUT BACK AT THE
ARCHING, EACH WITH 1- BASE.
5 PAIRS OF SIMPLE OR
FORKED PINNAE.

MOSS FERN SELAGINELLA IT PREFERS FULL

(SEGALINELLA KRAUSSIANA 'AUREA' SHADE, WHETHER
KRAUSSIANA) FORMS LOW, MOSSY GROWN AS AN
CUSHIONS OF OUTDOOR PLANT OR IN
FEATHERY, A TERRARIUM. IT CAN
CHARTREUSE FOLIAGE DO WELL IN LOW LIGHT
THAT SPREADS WELL WITH A BIT OF BRIGHT
TO MAKE AN LIGHT BUT NEEDS A
EXCELLENT GROUND SEMI-SHADE. THE
COVER FOR DARK MORE LIGHT THIS
SHADY AREAS. IT WILL INDOOR PLANT GETS,
TAKE A SMALL AMOUNT THE GREENER THE
OF FOOT TRAFFIC. FOLIAGE IS.
COMMONLY CALLED, WATERING
GOLDEN CLUBMOSS, IT REQUIREMENTS: MOIST
IS LOVELY SPILLING BUT NOT SOGGY
OVER THE EDGE OF A LIGHT REQUIREMENTS:
CONTAINER. FULL SHADE
PREFERRED HUMIDITY:
HIGH

IV. FOLIAGE

SILVER QUEEN AGLAONEMA 'SILVER THE AGLAONEMA

(AGLAONEMA CRISPUM) QUEEN', SOMETIMES REQUIRES ITS SOIL TO
CALLED PAINTED DROP BE KEPT MOIST AT ALL
TONGUE, IS AN TIMES SO TRY TO
EVERGREEN AVOID LETTING THE
PERENNIAL WITH A SOIL DRYING OUT
FREE-BRANCHING COMPLETELY. TIME
HABIT THAT TYPICALLY FOR A SPRING CLEAN!
GROWS TO 24” TALL. IT USE A DAMP CLOTH TO
IS A VERY POPULAR REMOVE ANY DUST
HOUSEPLANT THAT SETTLING ON YOUR
SURVIVES WELL IN LOW AGLAONEMA'S LEAVES
LIGHT. IT IS PRIMARILY TO KEEP IT IN TIP TOP
GROWN FOR ITS CONDITION.
ATTRACTIVE
VARIEGATED FOLIAGE
AND NOT FOR ITS
 INSIGNIFICANT
FLOWERS.

CHINESE EVERGREEN IT TYPICALLY GROWS DARKER GREEN

(AGLOANEMA TO 20” TALL. THICK, VARIETIES OF CHINESE
COMMUTATUM) ELLIPTIC TO LANCE- EVERGREENS CAN
SHAPED, DARK GREEN GROW IN NEAR-SHADE,
LEAVES (TO 4-8” LONG WHILE THE
AND 2-3” WIDE) WITH VARIEGATED
ATTRACTIVE SILVER- VARIETIES REQUIRE A
GRAY BLOTCHES ON BIT MORE BRIGHT
ERECT, SOMETIMES LIGHT. THE CHINESE
BRANCHED STEMS. AS EVERGREEN PLANT
A HOUSEPLANT, IT THRIVES IN MOIST BUT
RARELY FLOWERS. NOT WATER-LOGGED
FLESHY TROPICAL SOIL. TO ACHIEVE THIS
ASIAN HERBS OF SLOW BALANCE, WATER
GROWTH, WITH YOUR PLANT
LEATHERY LEAVES THOROUGHLY, THEN
OFTEN BEARING ALLOW IT TO DRY OUT
SILVERY OR BEFORE WATERING
COLOURFUL AGAIN.
PATTERNS; THEY ARE
DURABLE AND ARE
TOLERANT OF INDOOR
CONDITIONS.

FALSE/SPIDER ARALIA ALSO KNOWN AS IT NEEDS BRIGHT,

(ARALIA ELEGANTISSIMA) SPIDER ARALIA OR INDIRECT LIGHT BUT
THREADLEAF ARALIA, NO DIRECT SUN
BELONGS TO THE SHOULD HIT THE
ARALIACEAE FAMILY LEAVES AT ANY POINT
AND IS A VERY DURING THE DAY.
POPULAR HOWEVER, YOU DON'T
HOUSEPLANT. IT WANT TO PROVIDE TOO
GROWS UP TO 2 LITTLE LIGHT EITHER,
METRES TALL AND HAS BECAUSE THE FOLIAGE
A SLENDER, UPRIGHT TENDS TO BECOME
SHAPE AND AN DULL GREEN IN LOW-
OVERALL ELEGANT LIGHT CONDITIONS.
APPEARANCE. THE
PLANTS HAVE NARROW
LEAVES WITH TOOTHED
EDGES THAT ARE
ARRANGED IN THE
SHAPE OF A HAND,
EMERGING FROM THE
CENTRE LIKE RAYS
FROM ITS LONG STEMS.
 CAST IRON PLANT GROWING IN LARGE, THE ASPIDISTRA'S
(ASPIDISTRA ELATIOR) LEAFY CLUMPS, CAST CAST IRON NATURE
IRON PLANT IS MEANS IT WILL DEAL
UNSURPASSABLE FOR WITH SPORADIC
DEPENDABLE, DARK OCCASIONAL
GREEN FOLIAGE IN WATERING EASILY AND
VERY LOWLIGHT CAN WORK AROUND
CONDITIONS. THE DRY SOIL. HUMIDITY
GLOSSY, COARSE- LEVELS ARE NOT
TEXTURED LEAVES IMPORTANT FOR THIS
PROVIDE AN PLANT. DRY OR MOIST
EXCELLENT AIR, IT CAN COPE WITH
BACKGROUND FOR IT ALL, SO GO NUTS.
LOW FLOWERING
ANNUALS OR MAKE
EFFECTIVE MASS
PLANTINGS WHEN
ALLOWED TO SPREAD
BY UNDERGROUND
STEMS INTO A
GROUNDCOVER.

HIEMALIS BEGONIA A BEAUTIFULLY THIS PLANT SHOULD BE

(BEGONIA HIEMALIS MOUNDED SELECTION GROWN IN A LOCATION
'TORAN ORANGE') THAT PRESENTS WITH PARTIAL SHADE
BRIGHT ORANGE OR WHICH IS SHADED
DOUBLE BLOOMS FROM THE HOT
ABOVE DARK GREEN, AFTERNOON SUN. IT
HEART SHAPED REQUIRES AN EVENLY
FOLIAGE; EXCELLENT MOIST WELL-DRAINED
PERFORMANCE IN SOIL FOR OPTIMAL
HANGING BASKETS, GROWTH, BUT WILL DIE
PATIO CONTINUERS OR IN STANDING WATER. IT
GARDEN BEDS; SEASON IS NOT PARTICULAR AS
LONG BLOOMING; TO SOIL PH, BUT
DEADHEAD TO GROWS BEST IN RICH
ENCOURAGE NEW SOILS. IT IS SOMEWHAT
BLOOMS TOLERANT OF URBAN
POLLUTION, AND WILL
BENEFIT FROM BEING
PLANTED IN A
RELATIVELY
SHELTERED LOCATION.

IRON CROSS BEGONIA IRON CROSS BEGONIA INDOORS THE BEST

(BEGONIA MASONIANA) IS A TENDER, PLACE FOR YOUR IRON
HERBACEOUS CROSS BEGONIA IS IN A
PERENNIAL, TYPICALLY SPOT WITH BRIGHT,
GROWN AS AN INDIRECT LIGHT, SUCH
ORNAMENTAL AS AN EAST-FACING OR
HOUSEPLANT, THAT IS NORTH-FACING
NATIVE TO CHINA AND WINDOW.
VIETNAM. IT GROWS TOO MUCH DIRECT SUN
FROM A RHIZOME AND CAN BURN THE LEAVES
IS NOTED FOR ITS AND MAKE THE LEAF
UNIQUE FOLIAGE, DRAWINGS FADE
RATHER THAN ITS AWAY. FILTER THE
SEASONAL LIGHT WITH
GREENISH/WHITE SOMETHING LIKE A
FLORAL DISPLAY. SHEER CURTAIN.
 DON’T WATER TOO
OFTEN. LET THE SOIL
DRY OUT SLIGHTLY
BETWEEN WATERINGS.

BEGONIA REX BEGONIA REX- REX BEGONIA

(BEGONIA REX- CULTORUM IS A NAME REQUIRES HIGH
CULTORUM) APPLIED TO A GROUP HUMIDITY (50% OR
OF CULTIVATED HIGHER) FOR HEALTHY
BEGONIAS KNOWN AS GROWTH. IF HUMIDITY
REX BEGONIAS. ALL IS LOW, YOU WILL
REX BEGONIAS NOTICE THE LEAF
INCLUDE THE WILD EDGES BECOME CRISP.
SPECIES B. REX IN IF IT IS DIFFICULT TO
THEIR PARENTAGE. KEEP INDOOR
THIS RHIZOMATOUS HUMIDITY HIGH, PLACE
PERENNIAL IS NATIVE THE POTS ON GRAVEL
TO ROCKY, FORESTED OR PEBBLE WITH
VALLEYS AND SLOPES WATER IN A ROUND
IN NORTHEASTERN TRAY, WHICH WILL
INDIA, SOUTHERN GREATLY HELP
CHINA, AND VIETNAM. MAINTAIN HIGH
HUMIDITY FOR THE
PLANTS.

CROTON; SAN FRANCISCO LEAVES ARE THICK AND JUST MAKE SURE TO
(B BRAVO CROTON) LEATHERY, OVATE, KEEP IT UNDER PART-
OBLONG TO LINEAR, SHADE OR BRIGHT
THE MARGINS ENTIRE, INDIRECT LIGHT. LIKE
LOBED OR SPIRALLY OTHER INDOOR
TWISTED. YOUNG PLANTS, THIS PLANT
LEAVES ARE USUALLY NEEDS TO BE EVENLY
GREEN, YELLOW OR MOIST. MAKE SURE TO
RED, LATER CHANGING CHECK THE TOP SOIL IS
TO SINGLE COLOR OR DRY IN BETWEEN
VARIEGATION OF GOLD WATERINGS JUST TO
CREAM, WHITE, RED, MAKE SURE THAT THE
MAROON, PURPLE, SOIL WOULD NOT BE
BLACK OR BROWN. A TOO SOGGY TO RUIN
MILKY SAP BLEEDS THE ROOT SYSTEM OF
FROM CUT STEMS. THE PLANT.
 ANGEL'S WINGS A FAVORITE VALUED WHEN GROWN
(CALADIUM BICOLOR) FOR ITS MULTI- INDOORS, THEY NEED
COLORED, LARGE, AMPLE BRIGHT, BUT
ARROW-LIKE LEAVES. INDIRECT SUNLIGHT TO
FOLIAGE COLORED IN GROW. IF GROWN
BANDS AND BLOTCHES OUTDOORS THEY
OF RED, ROSE, PINK, PREFER SHADE TO
WHITE, BRONZE AND DAPPLED SUNLIGHT.
GREEN. EXCELLENT TOO MUCH LIGHT WILL
SHADY BORDER PLANT CAUSE THE VIBRANT
THAT WORKS WELL IN COLORS TO FADE.
CONTAINERS BOTH DURING THEIR
INDOORS AND OUT. GROWING SEASON,
LARGE, THIN LEAVES THESE PLANTS LIKE
ARE SHAPED LIKE THEIR RICH WELL-
ARROWHEADS AND DRAINING SOIL TO BE
COME IN A VARIETY OF KEPT EVENLY MOIST
PATTERNS AND BUT NEVER SOGGY.
COLORS.

RATTLESNAKE PLANT RATTLESNAKE PLANT CHOOSE A WELL-

(CALATHEA INSIGNIS) (GOEPPERTIA INSIGNIS) DRAINING SOIL.
IS A TROPICAL ALTHOUGH THESE
EVERGREEN PLANTS CAN'T HANDLE
PERENNIAL NATIVE TO STANDING WATER,
BRAZIL, COMMONLY THEY LIKE TO BE KEPT
GROWN AS AN INDOOR MOIST. A LIGHT SANDY
HOUSEPLANT. IT CAN SOIL OR A POTTING MIX
BE TRICKY TO OF TWO PARTS PEAT
NURTURE, BUT IF YOU MOSS AND ONE PART
GIVE IT THE CARE IT PERLITE WORKS WELL.
NEEDS, YOU WILL BE OVER THE SUMMER,
REWARDED WITH AN WHEN YOUR
IMPRESSIVE DISPLAY RATTLESNAKE PLANT
FROM THE DISTINCTIVE EXPERIENCES THE
FOLIAGE WITH A WAVY MOST GROWTH, IT
PATTERN ALONG THE NEEDS TO BE
EDGES AND WATERED
VARIEGATED WITH FREQUENTLY TO KEEP
SHADES OF GREENS. THE SOIL OR POTTING
MIX MOIST. DURING
THE WINTER SEASON,
ALLOW THE TOP LAYER
OF SOIL TO DRY OUT
BEFORE WATERING
AGAIN. RATTLESNAKE
PLANTS DON'T
TOLERATE
WATERLOGGED
CONDITIONS; IF THE
LEAVES START TO
TURN YELLOW, YOU
MAY BE
OVERWATERING.
 PEACOCK PLANT A TALL, SLENDER DUE TO THE CALATHEA
(CALATHEA MAKOYANA) PLANT THAT WITH THE MAKOYANA REQUIRING
RIGHT CARE CAN THE RIGHT LEVEL OF
BECOME A COLORFUL MOISTNESS AND
HOUSE PLANT FOR HUMIDITY LEVELS TO
YOUR COLLECTION. FLOURISH THIS MAY
THE PEACOCK PLANT NOT BE THE IDEAL
HAS ALL THE PLANT FOR SOMEONE
ELEGANCE AND WHO IS NEW TO
BEAUTY OF A GARDENING OR
PEACOCK’S TAIL, UNSURE WHETHER
WHICH IS WHY IT HAS THEY CAN KEEP THE
BEEN GIVEN ITS TEMPERATURE AND
RATHER GLORIOUS HUMIDITY RIGHT FOR
NAME. THE LEAVES ARE THIS PLANT TO GROW.
PALE GREEN WITH A INDIRECT SUNLIGHT IS
DARK GREEN BEST SUITED FOR THIS
FEATHERED EFFECT SPECIES. DIRECT SUN
FROM THE MIDDLE OF WILL DAMAGE THE
THE LEAF TO THE LEAVES AND LOW
OUTER EDGES. LIGHT WILL SLOW
GROWTH, SO A BIT OF
BALANCE IS REQUIRED.
GOOD DRAINAGE IS
IMPORTANT.

ZEBRA PLANT CALATHEA ZEBRINA CHOOSE LOAMY,

(CALATHEA ZEBRINA) ARE FAMOUS FOR WELL-DRAINING SOIL
THEIR UNIQUELY WHEN POTTING THIS
STRIPED FOLIAGE, PLANT. PLACE THE
GIVING RISE TO THE PLANT IN A SPOT THAT
COMMON NAME OF THE RECEIVES BRIGHT,
ZEBRA PLANT. SIMILAR INDIRECT LIGHT.
TO ITS POPULAR WATER REGULARLY
COUSIN—THE PRAYER WHEN THE TOP ONE TO
PLANT—ZEBRA PLANT TWO INCHES OF SOIL
LEAVES ARE BRIGHT BEGINS TO DRY. SKIP
GREEN WITH DARK FERTILIZER UNLESS
GREEN STRIPES. GROWTH IS VERY
NOTED FOR ITS STUNTED.
STRIKING ORNAMENTAL
LEAVES WHICH
FEATURE ZEBRA-LIKE
STRIPES AS
SUGGESTED BY BOTH
THE SPECIFIC EPITHET
AND THE COMMON
NAME. THIS IS A
COMPACT,
RHIZOMATOUS,
EVERGREEN
PERENNIAL THAT
TYPICALLY GROWS TO
1-3' TALL IN
CONTAINERS.
INCH PLANT, STRIPED DARK SLATE GREEN GIVE BRIGHT SHADE
INCH PLANT FLESHY 1¼" LEAVES AND GOOD DRAINAGE.
(CALLISIA) ARE MARKED WITH IT'S BEST TO KEEP ON
DISTINCTIVE PARALLEL THE DRY SIDE, AS
WHITE LINES. SMALL OVERWATERING CAN
WHITE FLOWERS BE DETRIMENTAL.
APPEAR AT THE TIP OF EASY, FAST GROWING
ELONGATED STEMS IN UNCOMMON HOUSE
SUMMER. PLANT, MAT FORMING
GROUNDCOVER, OR
BASKET PLANT.

SPIDER PLANT SPIDER PLANT, SPIDER PLANT NEEDS

(CHLOROPHYTUM CHLOROPHYTUM ARE SIMPLE: PLACE
COMOSUM) COMOSUM, IS ONE OF THE PLANT IN BRIGHT
THE MOST COMMON TO MODERATE LIGHT IN
AND WELL-KNOWN OF A ROOM THAT'S A
ALL HOUSEPLANTS. IT COMFORTABLE
IS ESPECIALLY TEMPERATURE FOR
POPULAR WITH EVERYONE. KEEP THE
BEGINNERS, BEING SOIL SLIGHTLY MOIST.
EASY TO GROW AND ONCE-A-WEEK
PROPAGATE, WATERING IS
TOLERANT OF SUFFICIENT IN SPRING
NEGLECT, AND ABLE TO AND SUMMER; IN
THRIVE IN NEARLY ANY WINTER, ALLOW THE
TYPE OF CONDITION. IT SOIL TO DRY A BIT
GETS ITS COMMON MORE BETWEEN
NAME FROM THE SMALL WATERINGS.
PLANTLETS PRODUCED
ON LONG TRAILING
STEMS THAT VAGUELY
RESEMBLE SPIDERS.

GRAPE IVY GRAPE IVY, CISSUS WHEN CARING FOR

(CISSUS RHOMBIFOLIA) RHOMBIFOLIA, HAS AN GRAPE IVY, A LOW
APPROPRIATE LIGHT EXPOSURE IS
COMMON NAME MOST ADVANTAGEOUS,
BECAUSE IT IS A ALTHOUGH GRAPE IVY
MEMBER OF THE CAN TOLERATE BRIGHT
GRAPE FAMILY, TO MODERATE LIGHT IF
VITACEAE, AND ALSO KEPT SUFFICIENTLY
RESEMBLES SOME OF MOIST. ALLOW SOIL OF
THE OTHER GRAPE IVY TO DRY
ORNAMENTAL VINES SLIGHTLY BETWEEN
WHICH BEAR THE NAME WATERINGS, TAKING
IVY. THE GENUS CISSUS CARE NOT TO OVER
CONSISTS OF IRRIGATE.
APPROXIMATELY 350
SPECIES OF TROPICAL
AND SUBTROPICAL
VINES AND SHRUBS.
 BLEEDING HEART VINE BLEEDING HEART VINE THIS PLANT NEEDS
(CLERODENDRUM HAS ATTRACTIVE, DARK DIRECT SUN IN ORDER
THOMSONIAE) GREEN LEAVES. EVEN TO BLOOM WELL; A
THOUGH IT IS VINE OR SUNNY WINDOW MAY
LIANA, IT IS ALSO A BE SUFFICIENT IF YOU
SOMEWHAT BUSHY DON'T MOVE THE
CLIMBER. THE GLOSSY, CONTAINER
DARK GREEN, OVAL OUTDOORS FOR THE
LEAVES ARE 5-7″ LONG SEASON. WATER AND
WITH SMOOTH EDGES FERTILIZE REGULARLY
AND POINTED ON THE WHEN ACTIVELY
END. IN ITS NATIVE GROWING. USE A RICH
HABITAT IT CAN GROW BUT WELL-DRAINED
10-15 FEET TALL, BUT POTTING MEDIUM AND
AS A CONTAINER PLANT KEEP MOIST BUT NOT
WILL REMAIN MUCH WET.
SMALLER.

CROTON BRAVO IS A VERY CROTONS NEED

(CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM COLORFUL FAVORITE, PLENTY OF BRIGHT
PICTUM) OLD HEIRLOOM LIGHT, A
CROTON (CODIAEUM CONSISTENTLY WARM
VARIEGATUM) WITH SPOT AND HIGH
BROAD NOTCHED HUMIDITY. THEY CAN
LEAVES IN BRILLIANT TAKE SOME DIRECT
SHADES OF RED, PINK, SUNSHINE BUT KEEP
GREEN, RUST, ORANGE, THEM AWAY FROM
AND CREAM. DIRECT MIDDAY SUN.
KEEP THE SOIL MOIST
FROM SPRING TO
AUTUMN, AND PROVIDE
SOME HUMIDITY BY
MISTING REGULARLY
OR STANDING ON A
TRAY OF MOIST
PEBBLES. KEEP THE
SOIL MOIST (BUT NOT
SOAKING WET) AT ALL
TIMES FROM SPRING
TO AUTUMN. USE TEPID
WATER AND MAKE
SURE ANY EXCESS HAS
DRAINED AWAY. WATER
LESS IN WINTER,
ALLOWING THE TOP
FEW CENTIMETRES OF
COMPOST TO DRY OUT
BETWEEN WATERINGS.
 PAINTED NETTLE VARIETIES OF COMMON PAINTED NETTLE
(COLEUS BLUMEI) COLEUS, OR PAINTED (COLEUS BLUMEI)
NETTLE GROWS BEST IN
(PLECTRANTHUS BRIGHT LIGHT,
SCUTELLARIOIDES, AVERAGE WARMTH
FORMERLY COLEUS AND CONSISTENTLY
BLUMEI), FROM JAVA, MOIST, FERTILE, WELL-
ARE WELL-KNOWN DRAINED SOIL
HOUSE AND GARDEN COUPLED WITH
PLANTS UP TO ONE REGULAR FEEDING
METRE (THREE FEET) DURING THE GROWING
TALL. THEY HAVE SEASON. COLEUS
SQUARE STEMS AND BLUMEI HAS NO NEED
SMALL, BLUE, TWO- FOR HIGH HUMIDITY
LIPPED FLOWERS EXCEPT WHERE THE
BORNE IN SPIKES. THE TEMPERATURES ARE
LEAVES ARE OFTEN TOO HIGH.
VARIEGATED WITH
COLOURFUL
PATTERNS…

ELEPHANT EARS; TARO ALTHOUGH COLOCASIA NEEDS

(COLOCASIA ESCULENTA) CULTIVATED AS AN PLENTY OF WARMTH,
ANNUAL, TARO IS A HUMIDITY AND MOIST
PERENNIAL HERB WITH SOIL TO THRIVE.
A THICK, TUBEROUS OUTSIDE, GROW IN
UNDERGROUND STEM DAPPLED SHADE, IN
WHOSE LEAVES ARE MOIST, RICH SOIL IN A
SIMPLE, BROAD, AND SHELTERED SPOT AND
LONG-PETIOLED. BRING BACK INDOORS
UNOPENED LEAVES IN AUTUMN. IF
AND PETIOLES ARE GROWING AS A HOUSE
PREPARED LIKE PLANT, GIVE IT BRIGHT
SPINACH AND USED AS BUT INDIRECT LIGHT
A VEGETABLE, WHILE AND A HUMID
THE TUBERS CAN BE ATMOSPHERE.
STEAMED OR BOILED
AS A DELICACY.

NOSE FIRE PLANT COLUMNEA–OFTEN IT NEEDS BRIGHT,

(COLUMNEA) CALLED GOLDFISH INDIRECT LIGHT. PLACE
PLANT–IS A TROPICAL THE PLACE NEAR A
TRAILING THAT WINDOW THAT DOES
PRODUCES TUBULAR NOT RECEIVE FULL SUN
FLOWERS IN SHADES EXPOSURE OR USE A
OF BRILLIANT RED, PLANT LAMP TO
ORANGE, OR YELLOW, ACHIEVE THIS LIGHTING
OR COMBINATIONS OF ENVIRONMENT.
ALL THREE. IT HAS CONSISTENT
BRANCHES THAT ARCH WATERING MAINTAINS
HORIZONTALLY OR MOIST BUT WELL-
DISTINCTLY WEEP. THE DRAINED SOIL
PRIMARY BLOOMING THROUGHOUT THE
PERIOD LASTS FOR PLANT'S GROWING
SEVERAL MONTHS; SEASON—SPRING
UNDER THE RIGHT THROUGH FALL.
CONDITIONS, PROVIDE CONTAINERS
COLUMNEA WILL BLOOM OR HANGING BASKETS
ON AND OFF ALMOST WITH PLENTY OF
 YEAR AROUND. DRAINAGE HOLES TO
AVOID SOGGY ROOTS.

TI-PLANT TI PLANT (CORDYLINE AS A POTTED

(CORDYLINE TERMINALIS) FRUTICOSA *CORRECT SPECIMEN, TI PLANT
SCI NAME) IS A GROWS WELL IN
TROPICAL BROADLEAF STANDARD
EVERGREEN PLANT COMMERCIAL POTTING
WITH COLORFUL PALM- MIX, BUT REMEMBER
LIKE LEAVES. THE THAT THIS PLANT LIKES
SMOOTH, FLEXIBLE, A HUMID
SWORD-SHAPED ENVIRONMENT. ADDING
LEAVES ARE 1 TO 2.5 A TRAY OF PEBBLES
FEET LONG AND ABOUT WITH WATER UNDER
4 TO 6 INCHES WIDE ON THE POT CAN HELP
MOST VARIETIES. IN INCREASE HUMIDITY--
SPRING, OUTDOOR BUT MAKE SURE THE
PLANTS MAY PRODUCE POT IS WELL-DRAINING.
SMALL SIX-PETALED THE PLANT CANNOT
STAR-SHAPED FLORETS STAND IN WATER.TI
ON A DROPPING PLANT IS CONSIDERED
BRANCHED STEM OR A FULL-SUN SPECIMEN
PANICLE. THE (SIX HOUR OR MORE
FRAGRANT BLOOMS PER DAY), BUT WHEN
CAN BE WHITE, PINK, GROWN OUTDOORS, IT
LAVENDER, OR YELLOW, WILL BENEFIT FROM
LATER IN THE SEASON, BEING SHADED DURING
1-1/2-INCH FLESHY THE HOTTEST HOURS
ROUND BERRY FRUITS OF THE
DEVELOP, IN GREEN, AFTERNOON.WHEN
YELLOW, OR RED. IF GROWN INDOORS, GIVE
GROWN OUTDOORS IN TI PLANT A SUNNY
THE GARDEN, TI PLANT WINDOW, IF POSSIBLE,
IS BEST PLANTED IN THE OR AS MUCH BRIGHT
SPRING, WHERE IT INDIRECT LIGHT AS YOU
GROWS QUICKLY TO A CAN. WHEN GROWING
MAXIMUM HEIGHT OF TI PLANT INDOORS,
ABOUT 10 FEET. WAIT FOR THE TOP
INCH OF SOIL TO DRY
OUT, THEN WATER
DEEPLY UNTIL WATER
RUNS OUT THE
DRAINAGE HOLES IN
THE POT. WATERING
ONCE A WEEK IS
USUALLY SUFFICIENT
FOR POTTED PLANTS.

FIRECRACKER FLOWER CROSSANDRA IS A THE CROSSANDRA

(CROSSANDRA) BEDDING PLANT PLANT THRIVES IN
GROWING IN ORGANIC MATTER AND
SUBTROPICAL REGIONS NEEDS WELL-DRAINED
AND GROWING WELL AS SOIL. THE BEST SPOT
AN INDOOR PLANT. THE FOR FIRECRACKER
FOLIAGE REACHES UP PLANTS IS IN A BRIGHT
TO THREE FEET AREA WITH INDIRECT
OUTDOORS BUT IS SUNLIGHT.
ONLY TWO FEET TALL NONETHELESS, IT
INDOORS. IT HAS SHINY GROWS WELL IN A
GREEN FOLIAGE WITH A SHADY GARDEN NOT
 WAVY TEXTURE AND AN EXPOSED TO FULL SUN.
OVAL TO A TEARDROP WHETHER GROWN
SHAPE. ATOP THE INDOORS AS POTTED
FOLIAGE, BRIGHT PLANTS OR IN THE
ORANGE FLOWERS GARDEN, PROVIDE
APPEAR ATTACHED TO EVENLY MOIST SOIL.
AN UPRIGHT STEM. THE PLANT IS NOT
EACH FLOWER HAS FIVE DROUGHT TOLERANT,
FAN-SHAPED PETALS BUT ALSO IT MUST NOT
OVERLAPPING ONE BE SOGGY. NEVER
ANOTHER. AT THE BASE ALLOW THE SOIL
OF THE FLOWER, IT MOISTURE TO DRY OUT.
FORMS A SLENDER THE CROSSANDRA
TUBE STANDING OUT PLANT IS SENSITIVE TO
FROM THE FLOWER HEAT AND COLD
SPIKES. TEMPERATURES
OUTDOORS OR
INDOORS. THEREFORE,
GROW CROSSANDRA IN
A TEMPERATURE
RANGE OF 70°F TO 75°F.

BAMBURANTA CTENANTHE CTENANTHE

(CTENANTHE COMPRESSA COMPRESSA THRIVES
COMPRESSA) (BAMBURANTA PLANT) BEST IN BRIGHT,
IS A CLUMP-FORMING, INDIRECT LIGHT. IT
EVERGREEN WILL TOLERATE SOME
PERENNIAL PLANT DEGREE OF SHADE,
THAT CAN REACH A HOWEVER,
HEIGHT OF 40 TO 60 CM. INSUFFICIENT LIGHT
IT HAS LARGE MID- MAY CAUSE LOSS OF
GREEN LEAVES. THEY VARIEGATION IN THE
ARE LINEAR, ENTIRE LEAVES. IF THERE IS
AND PETIOLATE. IT TOO MUCH LIGHT, THE
PRODUCES CYMES OF COLORS IN THE
YELLOW TUBULAR LEAVES FADE.
FLOWERS. IT WILL BAMBURANTA PLANT
SURVIVE LONG AFTER GROWS BEST IN A
THE GARDENER HAS WELL-DRAINED, PEAT
LEFT AND WILL BASED, INDOOR
TOLERATE QUITE DRY, POTTING SOIL.IT
SHADY SPOTS. WHILE PREFERS NORMAL
NOT EYE CATCHING IT TEMPERATURES
PROVIDES A BETWEEN 60 DEGREES
DEPENDABLE LUSH FAHRENHEIT – 80
GREEN BACKDROP. DEGREES FAHRENHEIT,
AVOID TEMPERATURES
BELOW 12 DEGREES
CELSIUS / 55 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT. LOWER
TEMPERATURES CAN
DAMAGE THE LEAVES
OF THIS PLANT.WATER
YOUR PLANT
REGULARLY DURING
THE GROWING SEASON
AND ALWAYS KEEP THE
SOIL MOIST BUT NEVER
ALLOW YOUR PLANT TO
SIT IN WATER. DURING
 THE WINTER SEASON,
REDUCE WATERING
AND YOU CAN ALLOW
THE TOPSOIL TO
BECOME SLIGHTLY DRY
BETWEEN EACH
WATERING.

PAPYRUS ; UMBRELLA PAPYRUS IS A TALL, PAPYRUS PLANTS

PLANT STATELY PLANT. THE DON'T REQUIRE VERY
(CYPERUS) TRIANGULAR STEM MUCH MAINTENANCE
GROWS OUT OF A AND WHILE THIS IS
CLUMP; UNDER THE CLASSIFIED AS A
STEM LIES A THICK PERENNIAL, IT CAN BE
MASS OF RHIZOMES— TREATED AS AN
THE MEANS BY WHICH ANNUAL PLANT. THIS
THE PLANT SPREADS. PLANT IS NATIVE TO
ATOP THE STEM RESTS THE MARSHY BORDERS
THE REAL BEAUTY OF OF THE NILE RIVER
THIS SEDGE: A SHOWY VALLEY IN EGYPT, SO IT
UMBEL. THE GREENISH- WILL GROW BEST IN
BROWN FLOWERS LOCATIONS
BLOOM IN SUMMER SIMULATING THAT
THEN GIVE WAY TO THE ENVIRONMENT:
FRUITS THAT LOOK CONSTANTLY WET AND
SOMEWHAT LIKE A NUT. SUNNY. THESE PLANTS
BUT PAPYRUS IS PREFER FULL SUN BUT
PRIMARILY A FOLIAGE WILL TOLERATE PART
PLANT: THE SHADE, ESPECIALLY IN
ACCOMPANYING THE HOTTEST
BRACTS (MODIFIED CLIMATES.PAPYRUS
LEAVES) THAT MAKE GROWS ONLY IN WET,
THE UMBELS POP AND BOGGY SOIL SUCH AS
GIVE THEM STRONG SWAMPY AREAS,
VISUAL APPEAL. AROUND LANDSCAPE
PONDS, AND RAIN
GARDENS THAT SEE
CONSTANT MOISTURE.
THIS PLANT NEEDS
LOTS OF MOISTURE.
CONSTANT WET FEET
ARE PREFERABLE, AND
IN DRYER LOCATIONS,
YOU WILL NEED TO
WATER PAPYRUS
DAILY.
GIANT DUMB CANE DIEFFENBACHIA DIEFFENBACHIA IS
(DIEFFENBACHIA AMOENA IS A LARGE, 6- BEST GROWN AS AN
AMOENA) FOOT PLANT WITH 20- INDOOR PLANT IN
INCH LEAVES. ONE BRIGHT, INDIRECT
NOTABLE CULTIVAR IS SUNLIGHT. PLANT IT IN
'TROPIC SNOW', WHICH FERTILE, WELL-
HAS SMALLER LEAVES DRAINED POTTING SOIL
AND MORE WITH A HIGH PEAT
VARIEGATION. CONTENT. AS A
DIEFFENBACHIA IS A TROPICAL PLANT, IT
GENUS OF TROPICAL WILL DO BEST IN HIGH
PERENNIALS WITH HUMIDITY. ONE WAY TO
SEVERAL SPECIES PROVIDE THIS IS TO
THAT ARE COMMONLY PLACE THE POT ON A
GROWN AS TRAY OF PEBBLES
HOUSEPLANTS.THOUG FILLED WITH WATER.
H THE NAME "DUMB MISTING THE LEAVES
CANE" HAS FALLEN OUT CAN HELP DURING THE
OF FAVOR AS A DRY WINTER MONTHS.
DEROGATORY TERM, IT DURING THE GROWING
GOT THAT NAME SEASON,
BECAUSE THE PLANT DIEFFENBACHIAS LIKE
CONTAINS TOXINS IN REGULAR MOISTURE
ALL OF ITS PARTS AND DO NOT WANT TO
(INCLUDING ITS ROOTS DRY OUT. A LARGE
AND SAP) THAT, IF IT IS DIEFFENBACHIA MIGHT
IN CONTACT NEAR THE NEED TO BE WATERED
FACE OR INGESTED, IT TWICE A WEEK.
CAN INHIBIT SPEECH. IT
IS HIGHLY TOXIC TO
HUMANS, DOGS, AND
CATS.

FALSE ARALIA; DIZYGOTHECA FALSE ARALIA NEEDS

THREADLEAF ELEGANTISSIMA, A.K.A. AN ALL-PURPOSE
(DIZYGOTHECA FALSE ARALIA, IS AN HOUSEPLANT POTTING
ELEGANTISSIMA) ELEGANT, TROPICAL MIX. FOR A LUSH,
SHRUB OR SMALL BUSHY PLANT, GIVE
TREE. THIS BEAUTY FALSE ARALIA PLENTY
HAS NARROW, SAW- OF BRIGHT LIGHT, BUT
TOOTH-EDGED LEAVES, NO DIRECT SUN. TOO
STARTING WITH A MUCH SUN EXPOSURE
METALLIC REDDISH MAY CAUSE LEAF
COLOUR AND MATURE EDGES TO TURN
TO DARK BLACKISH BROWN. WATER
GREEN. DIZYGOTHECA THOROUGHLY AND
ELEGANTISSIMA IS ALLOW TOP 1 IN (2.5
NATIVE TO TROPICAL CM) OF SOIL TO DRY
NEW CALEDONIA AND OUT BETWEEN
POLYNESIA, WHERE IT WATERINGS. WILTED
GROWS AS AN LEAVES ARE A SIGN OF
EVERGREEN OVERWATERING.
PERENNIAL IN DAMP MODERATE TO HIGH
RAINFORESTS. (AROUND 50%
RELATIVE HUMIDITY OR
ABOVE). INDOOR
HUMIDITY CAN DROP
DRASTICALLY DURING
THE WINTER MONTHS,
WITHOUT OUR
 NOTICING IT.

DRAGON TREE DRACAENA DRACO, DRACAENA DRACO

(DRACAENA DRACO) COMMONLY KNOWN AS PREFERS WARM, DRY
THE DRAGON TREE OR CLIMATES AND
DRAGON'S BLOOD THRIVES IN FULL SUN
TREE, IS A UNIQUE AND OR PARTIAL SHADE. IT
STRIKING TREE IS WELL ADAPTED TO
SPECIES BELONGING ARID AND COASTAL
TO THE FAMILY CONDITIONS. IN TERMS
ASPARAGACEAE. THE OF TEMPERATURE, IT
DRAGON TREE IS A CAN TOLERATE MILD
SLOW-GROWING, FROSTS BUT PREFERS
EVERGREEN TREE TEMPERATURES
WITH A SINGLE, THICK, ABOVE FREEZING. IT IS
AND STURDY TRUNK. OFTEN GROWN IN
THE TRUNK IS MEDITERRANEAN AND
TYPICALLY GRAYISH- SUBTROPICAL
BROWN AND CAN REGIONS.WHILE THE
BECOME HIGHLY DRAGON TREE IS
BRANCHED AS THE DROUGHT-TOLERANT
TREE AGES. ONCE ESTABLISHED, IT
BENEFITS FROM
REGULAR WATERING
DURING THE GROWING
SEASON.

CORNPLANT THE CORN PLANT HOME GARDENERS

(DRACAENA FRAGRANS) (DRACAENA USUALLY GROW CORN
FRAGRANS) IS A PLANTS AS LARGE
TROPICAL AFRICAN POTTED PLANTS
EVERGREEN TREE INDOORS SINCE THEY
POPULAR IN EUROPE ARE TROPICAL PLANTS
AS AN INDOOR PLANT THAT REQUIRE
SINCE THE MID-1800S— CLIMATE-CONTROLLED
AND IN THE U.S. SINCE CONDITIONS. CORN
THE EARLY 20TH PLANTS DO BEST IN
CENTURY. THEY GROW BRIGHT INDOOR
FAIRLY SLOWLY, FROM LOCATIONS
THICK CANES OR PROTECTED AGAINST
STEMS THAT PRODUCE DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
LONG, NARROW DRAFTS, AND AIR
LEAVES LIKE STALKS CONDITIONING AND
OF CORN, GROWING HEATING VENTS.
UPWARD. THIS THESE PLANTS ALSO
GROWTH HABIT ALSO PREFER A HIGH
MAKES THEM LOOK A HUMIDITY
LOT LIKE PALM TREES, ENVIRONMENT. YOU
WHICH IS WHY THEY’RE CAN PUT CORN PLANTS
SOMETIMES CALLED OUTDOORS DURING
“FALSE PALMS.” THEY THE SUMMER IF THEY
MAKE GOOD ARE IN A SHELTERED,
HOUSEPLANTS SOMEWHAT SHADY
BECAUSE THEY ARE LOCATION. KEEP THE
TALL AND NARROW, SOIL EVENLY MOIST
TYPICALLY ONLY BUT NOT SOGGY
REACHING AROUND 4- DURING THE GROWING
TO 6-FEET TALL IN SEASON. A LOOSE,
CONTAINERS. LOAMY POTTING SOIL
MIX IS THE BEST
 OPTION FOR GROWING
CORN PLANTS.

MADAGASCAR DRAGON DRACAENA THANKS TO ITS

TREE MARGINATA, MORE TOLERANCE FOR A
(DRACAENA MARGINATA) COMMONLY KNOWN AS WIDE RANGE OF
A DRAGON TREE, IS AN TEMPERATURES,
ATTRACTIVE PLANT DRAGON TREES ARE
WITH GREEN SWORD- VERY POPULAR AS
LIKE, RED-EDGED LARGE POTTED PLANTS
LEAVES. THIS SMALL FOR HOMES AND
TREE WILL GROW TO OFFICES. THEY
ABOUT 20 FEET IN SHOULD BE PLANTED
WARM OUTDOOR IN WELL-DRAINING SOIL
CLIMATES, BUT IT IS AND WATERED
GENERALLY GROWN AS REGULARLY DURING
A POTTED THEIR GROWING
HOUSEPLANT AND SEASON. THOUGH
KEPT PRUNED TO 6 THEY CAN THRIVE IN A
FEET OR LESS. KEEP VARIETY OF LIGHT
THE DRAGON TREE CONDITIONS, THEY DO
AWAY FROM PETS BEST WITH INDIRECT
BECAUSE IT'S TOXIC TO BRIGHT LIGHT. TO
ANIMALS IF INGESTED. ENSURE YOU DON'T
DROWN IT, WAIT UNTIL
THE TOP HALF OF THE
SOIL IS DRY BEFORE
WATERING (THIS CAN
OFTEN TAKE THREE
WEEKS OR MORE)

REFLEXA; SONG OF INDIA SONG OF INDIA SONG OF INDIA IS

(DRACAENA REFLEXA) (DRACAENA REFLEXA) KNOWN FOR ITS EASY-
IS A TROPICAL TREE GROWING HABITS, LIKE
NATIVE TO ISLANDS OF MANY OF THE PLANTS
THE INDIAN OCEAN, WITHIN THE DRACAENA
INCLUDING GENUS. THE KEY TO
MOZAMBIQUE, KEEPING THIS SPECIES
MADAGASCAR, AND HEALTHY IS TO KEEP
MAURITIUS. IT HAS ITS CARE BALANCED:
ALTERNATING DARK PROVIDE CONSISTENT
GREEN AND TEMPERATURES FOR IT
CHARTREUSE STRIPES TO GROW (BETWEEN 65
ON NARROW, AND 75 DEGREES
LANCEOLATE LEAVES FAHRENHEIT),
WITH VEINS THAT RUN INDIRECT SUNLIGHT,
PARALLEL ALONG AND ALLOW THE SOIL
THEIR LENGTH. THESE TO DRY SOMEWHAT
LEAVES ARE IN A BETWEEN WATERINGS.
WHORLED SONG OF INDIA
ARRANGEMENT, REQUIRES BRIGHT,
GRADUALLY DYING OFF INDIRECT SUNLIGHT
TO REVEAL A STEM FOR AT LEAST FOUR
WITH AN INTERESTING HOURS PER DAY. SONG
PATTERN.THIS OF INDIA IS NOT VERY
BROADLEAF PARTICULAR ABOUT
EVERGREEN WILL SOIL. A PEATY, WELL-
OFTEN GROW 12 TO 20 DRAINED POTTING MIX
FEET TALL IN THE WILD, IS BEST.WATER YOUR
BUT IT CAN BE AN PLANT OFTEN ENOUGH
 ADAPTABLE PLANT TO KEEP ITS SOIL
WHEN GROWN MOIST, BUT NOT
INDOORS. SOAKED, FROM SPRING
THROUGH FALL.

GOLD DUST DRACAENA DRACAENA THIS STURDY

(DRACAENA SURCOLOSA) SURCULOSA IS A SLOW HOUSEPLANT EASY TO
GROWING, CESPITOSE, CARE FOR. IT IS A
EVERGREEN PLANT, SLOW-GROWING
WITH THIN ERECT EVERGREEN PLANT
STEMS, WINDING OR THAT IS NORMALLY
HANGING AT TIMES GROWN FOR ITS
THAT GROW ABOUT BEAUTIFUL
60CM (23 INCH) HIGH VARIEGATED FOLIAGE.
WITH A SPREAD OF DRACAENA
38CM (15 INCH). SURCULOSA NEED
BRANCH PROFUSELY BRIGHT LIGHT, BUT
AND BEAR WHORLS OF SHOULD NOT BE
TWO OR THREE PLACED IN DIRECT
OPPOSITE, ELLIPTIC SUNLIGHT. PROVIDE
LEAVESWITH POINTED THE PLANT WITH SOME
APEX, 8CM (3INCH) HUMIDITY BY STANDING
LONG AND 4CM (1.5 THE POT ON A TRAY
INCH) WIDE ON THIN WITH MOIST PEBBLES
BUT WIRY STEMS. THE AND BY MIST-SPRAYING
LEAVES ARE DARK OCCASIONALLY, BUT
GREEN SPOTTED WITH AVOID OVER-
CREAM. NEW LEAVES WATERING THE
APPEAR AS TIGHTLY LEAVES. WATER
ROLLED CONES, DRACAENA GOLD DUST
UNFURLING TO SHOW 1-2 TIMES A WEEK, OR
BEAUTIFUL CREAMY WHEN THE SOIL IS DRY
YELLOW MARKINGS. DOWN TO ABOUT THE
FIRST KNUCKLE. DON’T
OVER WATER.

DEVIL’S IVY; GOLDEN POTHOS, ALSO POTHOS PLANTS

POTHOS SOMETIMES CALLED THRIVE IN BRIGHT,
(EPIPREMNUM AUREUM DEVIL’S IVY, GOLDEN INDIRECT LIGHT, BUT
(SCINDAPSUS AUREUS) ) POTHOS, OR HUNTER’S THEY CAN TOLERATE
ROVE, IS ONE OF THE MEDIUM TO LOW
MOST POPULAR HOUSE INDIRECT LIGHT.
PLANTS IN NORTH WATER YOUR POTHOS
AMERICA. THE GOLDEN EVERY 1-2 WEEKS,
POTHOS IS KNOWN FOR ALLOWING SOIL TO DRY
ITS HEART-SHAPED OUT BETWEEN
GREEN LEAVES WITH WATERINGS. EXPECT
YELLOW VARIEGATION. TO WATER MORE
IT IS A CLIMBING VINE OFTEN IN BRIGHTER
THAT PRODUCES LIGHT AND LESS OFTEN
ABUNDANT YELLOW- IN LOWER LIGHT.
MARBLED FOLIAGE. IN POTHOS CAN GET BY
ITS NATIVE HABITAT, IT WITH NORMAL OR EVEN
CLIMBS TREE TRUNKS DRY AIR, BUT IF YOU
BY AERIAL ROOTLETS WANT TO MAKE THEM
AND TUMBLES ALONG FEEL TRULY AT HOME,
THE GROUND AS A YOU CAN INCREASE
GROUND COVER, HUMIDITY LEVELS: AIM
REACHING UP TO 40’ OR FOR THE 50-70% THEY
MORE IN LENGTH. WOULD RECEIVE IN
 THEIR NATIVE TROPICS.

POINSETTIA THE POINSETTIA IS A PLACE YOUR

(EUPHORBIA COMMERCIALLY POINSETTIA IN A
PULCHERRIMA) IMPORTANT BRIGHT, DRAUGHT-
FLOWERING PLANT FREE SPOT OUT OF
SPECIES OF THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
DIVERSE SPURGE IDEALLY 13-15ºC. KEEP
FAMILY IT AWAY FROM
EUPHORBIACEAE. WINDOWS, WHERE
INDIGENOUS TO TEMPERATURES CAN
MEXICO AND CENTRAL DROP SIGNIFICANTLY
AMERICA, THE AT NIGHT, AND FROM
POINSETTIA WAS FIRST DOORWAYS AND OPEN
DESCRIBED BY FIREPLACES, WHICH
EUROPEANS IN 1834. IT CAN BE DRAUGHTY.
IS A PERENNIAL SHRUB WATER ONLY IF THE
THAT GROWS UP TO 3.3 SURFACE OF THE
M TALL IN THE WILD. COMPOST IS DRY, AND
FOLIAGE DARK CONTINUE TO WATER
GREEN, THIN LEAVES SPARINGLY. INCREASE
ARE BROADLY OVATE HUMIDITY BY SPRAYING
WITH SMOOTH EDGES GENTLY WITH WATER
(ENTIRE LEAF MARGIN) EVERY FEW DAYS.
OR POINTED LOBES
AND A LONG, THIN TIP.
FLOWERS THE
COLORFUL, PETAL-LIKE
STRUCTURES ARE
BRACTS (MODIFIED
LEAVES). THE FLOWERS
INITIALLY HAVE RED OR
GREEN TIPS, BUT
LATER RELEASES
YELLOW POLLEN.

IVY TREE TREE IVY (× TREE IVY GROWS BEST

(FATSHEDRA LIZEI) FATSHEDERA LIZEI) IS A IN DAPPLED LIGHT. BUT
UNIQUE CROSS TOO LITTLE LIGHT CAN
BETWEEN SPECIES RESULT IN SMALL, DULL
FROM DIFFERENT LEAVES AND LANKY,
GENERA: FATSIA WEAK STEMS. FOR
JAPONICA (GLOSSY- INDOOR GROWTH, A
LEAVED PAPER PLANT) SPOT NEXT TO A
AND HEDERA HELIX BRIGHT WINDOW THAT
(ENGLISH IVY). THE IS OUT OF DIRECT SUN
RESULTING HYBRID IS IDEAL. THIS PLANT
HAS THE SHRUB-LIKE PREFERS A RICH,
SHAPE OF A GLOSSY- LOAMY SOIL WITH A
LEAVED PAPER PLANT, SLIGHTLY ACIDIC TO
ALONG WITH THE FIVE- NEUTRAL SOIL PH AND
LOBED LEAVES OF SHARP DRAINAGE. A
ENGLISH IVY. ITS LIGHT, ALL-PURPOSE
EVERGREEN LEAVES POTTING MIX IS FINE
ARE A GLOSSY DARK FOR CONTAINER
GREEN AND CAN GROWTH. TREE IVY
STRETCH BETWEEN 4 LIKES EVEN SOIL
AND 10 INCHES WIDE. MOISTURE, BUT
WHILE THIS PLANT IS PERPETUALLY SOGGY
PRIMARILY GROWN FOR SOIL CAN CAUSE ITS
 ITS FOLIAGE, TINY ROOTS TO ROT.
CREAM FLOWERS DO
APPEAR IN CLUSTERS
IN THE FALL.

JAPANESE ARALIA FATSIA JAPONICA, ALSO JAPANESE ARALIA

(FATSIA JAPONICA) FATSI, PAPERPLANT, GROWS BEST WHEN
FALSE CASTOR OIL PLACES IN PARTIAL TO
PLANT, OR JAPANESE FULL SHADE.
ARALIA, IS A SPECIES EXPOSURE TO BRIGHT,
OF FLOWERING PLANT DIRECT SUNLIGHT CAN
IN THE FAMILY BLEACH THE PLANT'S
ARALIACEAE, NATIVE LEAVES, SO ONLY
TO SOUTHERN JAPAN PLACE IT BENEATH
AND SOUTHERN DIFFUSED MORNING
KOREA. A HARDY, LIGHT, NEVER HARSH
UPRIGHT PLANT, AFTERNOON RAYS.IT
JAPANESE ARALIA CAN PREFERS MOIST BUT
GROW UP TO 16 FEET WELL-DRAINED SOIL.
TALL OUTDOORS, AND WATER REGULARLY TO
ABOUT SIX FEET TALL ENSURE THE SOIL
INDOORS, GROWING AT NEVER DRIES OUT,
A RATE OF 8–12 INCHES SATURATING THE SOIL
A YEAR. ITS LUSH, COMPLETELY UNTIL
DARK GREEN LEAVES WATER RUNS FROM
AND EASE OF CARE THE CONTAINER'S
MAKE IT A VERY DRAINAGE HOLES. THE
POPULAR VARIETAL JAPANESE ARALIA
FOR INDOOR PLANT PLANT PREFERS
COLLECTIONS, BUT IT'S COOLER
ALSO A STAPLE OF TEMPERATURES,
TROPICAL GARDENS DOING BEST IN ROOMS
AND ARBORETUMS. THAT ARE KEPT TO A
TEMPERATE 60–70
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

MOSAIC PLANT; NERVE NORMALLY GROWN AS AS BEAUTIFUL AS IT IS,

PLANT A POTTED FITTONIA IS
(FITTONIA HOUSEPLANT, NERVE SOMEWHAT
VERSCHAFFELTII) PLANT (FITTONIA SPP.) TEMPERAMENTAL AND
IS A SPREADING TRICKY TO GROW AS A
EVERGREEN HOUSEPLANT. IT
PERENNIAL WITH REQUIRES VERY HIGH,
DELICATELY VEINED, CONSTANT HUMIDITY,
DEEP-GREEN, OVATE SUCH AS IS FOUND IN A
LEAVES. ALTHOUGH TERRARIUM, AND
THE MOST POPULAR CANNOT TOLERATE
VEIN COLOR IS STAGNANT
SILVERY-WHITE, YOU CONDITIONS. NERVE
CAN ALSO READILY PLANT IS ALSO
FIND VARIETIES WITH SENSITIVE TO STRONG,
VEINS IN RED, PINK, DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND
WHITE, AND GREEN. WILL QUICKLY SUFFER
FITTONIA TYPICALLY FROM LEAF BURN.
GROWS TO A HEIGHT WHEN GROWN
OF 3 TO 6 INCHES WITH INDOORS, POT A
A TRAILING SPREAD OF NERVE PLANT IN A
12 TO 18 INCHES. PEATY COMMERCIAL
POTTING MIX. THE
PLANT NEEDS TO BE
 KEPT CONSTANTLY
MOIST WITH A HIGH
LEVEL OF AMBIENT
HUMIDITY PROVIDED
BY FREQUENT MISTING
OR BY PLACING THE
POT IN A TRAY FILLED
WITH PEBBLES AND
WATER.

PURPLE VELVET PLANT THE PURPLE PASSION PURPLE PASSION VINE

(GYNURA AURANTIACA) VINE (GYNURA SHOULD BE GROWN IN
AURANTIACA) IS NATIVE BRIGHT, INDIRECT
TO INDONESIA AND LIGHT TO FILTERED
JAVA. THE VELVETY SUN. WATER THIS
GREEN OVAL LEAVES PLANT OFTEN ENOUGH
HAVE BRIGHT PURPLE TO KEEP THE SOIL
EDGES AND VEINING, MOIST, BUT NOT
AND A FAINT PURPLE SOGGY, THROUGHOUT
SHEEN DUE TO THE THE GROWING
PURPLE COLOR OF THE SEASON. OPT FOR
TINY HAIRS ON THE POTS WITH PLENTY OF
LEAF SURFACE. IT ALSO DRAINAGE TO HELP
HAS BRIGHT PURPLE PREVENT ROOT ROT,
STEMS, MAKING IT ONE PLANTING YOUR
OF THE MOST PURPLE PASSION VINE
COLORFUL FOLIAGE IN SOIL LIKE A
PLANTS YOU CAN COMMERCIAL POTTING
DISPLAY INDOORS. THE MIX WITH VERMICULITE.
TRAILING VINES MAKE THOUGH IT DOES HAVE
IT PERFECT FOR A SOME SPECIFIC NEEDS,
HANGING BASKET. IT IS INCLUDING CAREFUL
ALSO KNOWN AS THE WATERING AND
"PURPLE VELVET REGULAR FERTILIZING,
PLANT" AND THE CARING FOR PURPLE
"ROYAL VELVET PLANT" PASSION VINE IS NOT
DUE TO ITS SOFT TERRIBLY
VELVETY TEXTURE. COMPLICATED OR
TIME-CONSUMING.
CARED FOR PROPERLY,
IT WILL PROVIDE
YEARS OF BEAUTY AS
AN INDOOR PLANT.

IVY ENGLISH IVY (HEDERA ENGLISH IVY PLANTS

(HEDERA HELIX) HELIX) IS AN GROW WELL IN PART
EVERGREEN SHADE TO FULL SHADE.
PERENNIAL. IT IS ALSO THE ABILITY TO GROW
CLASSIFIED AS A IN SHADE HAS MADE
WOODY VINE. ENGLISH ENGLISH IVY A
IVY CAN ACT AS A TRADITIONAL GROUND
GROUND COVER, COVER FOR PLANTING
SPREADING UNDER TREES, WHERE
HORIZONTALLY. BUT IT MOST GRASSES MAY
IS ALSO A CLIMBER, NOT GROW WELL.
DUE TO ITS AERIAL GROW THIS
ROOTLETS, WHICH EVERGREEN VINE IN
ALLOWS IT TO CLIMB TO WELL-DRAINED SOIL.
 80 FEET HIGH. THE WHEN WATERING YOUR
PLANT WILL IVY, ALWAYS CHECK
EVENTUALLY BEAR THE SOIL BEFORE
INSIGNIFICANT ADDING WATER. IVY
GREENISH FLOWERS, PREFERS TO BE KEPT
BUT IT IS GROWN SLIGHTLY ON THE DRY
PRIMARILY FOR ITS SIDE, SO LET THE SOIL
EVERGREEN LEAVES. IN DRY OUT SOME (DRY
THIS REGARD, IVY CAN TO THE TOUCH ON
BE CLASSIFIED AS A TOP) BEFORE YOU
FOLIAGE PLANT. THE WATER YOUR IVY
BEST TIME TO PLANT PLANTS AGAIN.
ENGLISH IVY IS SPRING.
IT IS A FAST,
AGGRESSIVE GROWER
THAT IS CONSIDERED
INVASIVE IN MANY
AREAS.

WAX PLANT HOYAS, ALSO CALLED HOYAS REQUIRE

(HOYA CARNOSA) WAX PLANTS, BRIGHT, INDIRECT
PORCELAIN FLOWERS, SUNLIGHT FOR UP TO
OR HONEY PLANTS, SIX HOURS DAILY,
ARE AN ASIAN NATIVE MODERATELY MOIST,
PLANT RELATED TO WELL-DRAINING SOIL
MILKWEEDS WITH THAT SHOULD DRY OUT
FRAGRANT, LOW- BETWEEN WATERINGS,
MAINTENANCE HUMIDITY, OR
TROPICAL FLOWERS REGULAR MISTING,
THAT GROW IN A BALL- AND WELL-BALANCED
SHAPED CLUSTER. THE FERTILIZER MONTHLY.
PLANTS PRODUCE
WOODY STEMS WITH
WAXY LEAVES, WHICH
REMAIN EVERGREEN.
YOU CAN TRAIN A HOYA
PLANT AS A VINE, OR
ALLOW IT TO TRAIL
OVER THE SIDE OF THE
CONTAINER. EITHER
WAY, EXPECT THE FULL
LENGTH OR HEIGHT OF
THE PLANT TO BE 2 TO
4 FEET.
POLKA DOT PLANT POLKA DOT PLANT POLKA DOT PLANTS
(HYPOESTES (HYPOESTES ARE EASY TO GROW
PHYLLOSTACHYA) PHYLLOSTACHYA), WITH THE PROPER
SOMETIMES CALLED CONDITIONS. PLANT
FRECKLE FACE PLANT, POLKA DOT PLANT IN
IS AN HERBACEOUS RICH, WELL-DRAINED
PERENNIAL WITH POTTING MIX.
BRIGHTLY VARIEGATED PUT POLKA DOT
LEAVES. THE MOST PLANTS IN A WARM
COMMON POLKA DOT PLACE WITH BRIGHT,
PLANTS FEATURE INDIRECT LIGHT
GREEN FOLIAGE INDOORS OR PART SUN
FLECKED WITH PINK, OUTDOORS.
BUT VARIETIES WITH WATER YOUR POLKA
PURPLE, WHITE, OR DOT PLANT WHEN THE
RED VARIEGATION ARE TOP HALF-INCH OF SOIL
ALSO AVAILABLE. HAS DRIED OUT.
POLKA DOT PLANT FERTILIZE PLANTS
GROWS BEST IN WARM, ONCE PER MONTH
HUMID CONDITIONS DURING SPRING AND
WITH BRIGHT, INDIRECT SUMMER.
LIGHT OR PARTIAL POLKA DOT PLANTS
SHADE. COMPLETE THEIR
GROWTH CYCLE AFTER
FLOWERING, GIVING
THEM A LIFESPAN OF
ONE TO TWO YEARS IN
MOST ENVIRONMENTS.

BLOODLEAF PLANT BLOOD LEAF, ALSO THE MAIN CARE

(IRESINE HERBSTII) COMMONLY KNOWN AS REQUIREMENTS FOR
IRESINE, CHICKEN GROWING BLOOD LEAF
GIZZARD, AND INCLUDES PLANTING IT
BEEFSTEAK PLANT, IS IN MOVABLE
AN UNCOMMON SHRUB CONTAINERS OR
WITH STRIKING INDOORS IF YOU LIVE
FOLIAGE THAT MAKES IN REGIONS WITH
IT A GORGEOUS COOLER
ADDITION INDOORS OR TEMPERATURES.GIVE
OUTDOORS IN FULL THE PLANT ENOUGH
SUN OR PARTIAL LIGHT OR IT WILL
SHADE. THEY RANGE GROW LEGGY.PLACE IN
FROM SMALL TO ORGANICALLY RICH,
MEDIUM-SIZED PLANTS, WELL-DRAINING SOIL,
AND MOST ARE INDOORS OR
PERENNIAL. OUTDOORS. KEEP SOIL
OUTDOORS, THE PLANT MOIST, BUT NEVER
CAN GROW TO BE 5 SOGGY. ADD HUMIDITY
FEET TALL WITH A 3- TO YOUR HOME OR PUT
FOOT SPREAD. AN INDOOR PLANT IN A
HOWEVER, INDOORS, HUMID ROOM.
IT'S MORE LIKELY TO FERTILIZE DURING THE
STAY BETWEEN 12 AND GROWING SEASON.
18 INCHES TALL, WITH
RED LEAVES THAT ARE
UP TO 4 INCHES LONG.
 SANTAN THE IXORA PLANT IS A THE IXORA PLANTS
(IXORA) BEAUTIFUL FLOWERING LIKE SOIL THAT IS RICH
SHRUB THAT COMES IN IN ORGANIC MATTER.
MANY DIFFERENT IDEALLY, ABOUT 5 TO 8
COLORS. IT PRODUCES HOURS OF BRIGHT,
A FANTASTIC DISPLAY DIRECT SUNLIGHT PER
OF FLOWERS FOR ANY DAY. WATER THE
GARDEN. IT IS A DENSE PLANT IXORA ONCE A
MULTI-BRANCHING WEEK WITH A DEEP
EVERGREEN SHRUB SOAKING, AND KEEP
THAT IS NOTABLE FOR THE SOIL MOIST BUT
ITS BRIGHTLY NOT DRIPPING WET. A
COLORED BLOOMS. GOOD RULE OF THUMB
THE SCARLET, IS TO NEVER LET THE
TUBULAR FLOWERS SOIL DRY OUT. THE
GROW IN DENSE TEMPERATURE NEEDS
ROUNDED CLUSTERS FOR THE THRIVING
AND CAN BLOOM YEAR- IXORA PLANT ARE
ROUND IN THE RIGHT ESSENTIAL.
CONDITIONS. THE
PLANT CAN GROW UP
TO 2 METERS HIGH AND
HAS SMALL LEAVES
WITH SERRATED
EDGES. THIS SPECIES
IS THE NATIONAL
FLOWER OF SRI LANKA.

CREEPING JENNY CREEPING JENNY IS A CREEPING JENNY WILL

(LYSIMACHIA PERENNIAL WITH THRIVE BEST IN FULL
NUMMULARIA) BRIGHT, SMALL SUN TO PARTIAL
YELLOW FLOWERS. SHADE. THE LEAVES
THOUGH THE BLOOMS WILL BE A DIFFERENT
WON'T LAST LONG, COLOR BASED ON THE
THEY ARE PRETTY. FOR PLANT'S SUN
THAT REASON, THIS EXPOSURE: GOLDEN
LOW-GROWING YELLOW IN FULL SUN
"CREEPER" IS BEST AND CHARTREUSE
GROWN FOR ITS GREEN IN PARTIAL
FOLIAGE, WHICH SHADE. CREEPING
MAKES AN EXCELLENT JENNY PREFERS
GROUND COVER. MOIST, WELL-DRAINING
GOLDEN CREEPING SOILS.
JENNY IS ALSO CALLED
MONEYWORT BECAUSE
THE LEAVES ARE
SHAPED LIKE TINY
COINS. IT IS A MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY
PRIMULACEAE

PRAYER PLANT THE PRAYER PLANT IS PRAYER PLANTS ARE

(MARANTA LEUCONERA) ONE OF THE MOST LOW-GROWING,
DISTINGUISHABLE SPREADING PLANTS
TROPICALS, THANKS TO THAT THRIVE BEST
ITS BEAUTIFUL WHEN PROVIDED WITH
DECORATIVE LEAVES. GREENHOUSE-LIKE
THE POPULAR CONDITIONS,
TRICOLOR VARIETY INCLUDING WARM,
HAS DEEP GREEN, MOIST, GENTLE
 VELVETY LEAVES WITH AIRFLOW, AND PLENTY
YELLOW SPLOTCHES OF FERTILIZER.
DOWN THE MIDRIB AND POORLY DRAINED SOIL
ARCHING RED VEINS CAN CAUSE THE PLANT
TRAVELING TO THE TO DIE FROM ROOT
LEAF MARGINS. A ROT OR COLLAPSE.1
SLOW-GROWER, THE LIKEWISE, PLANTS
PRAYER PLANT CAN THAT ARE EXPOSED TO
EVENTUALLY REACH UP TOO MUCH SUN CAN
TO A FOOT IN HEIGHT BECOME WASHED OUT
INDOORS. AND DEVELOP BROWN
BLOTCHES ON THEIR
LEAVES.

SWISS CHEESE PLANT ; MONSTERA DELICIOSA, MONSTERA DELICIOSA

SPLIT LEAF ALSO KNOWN AS THE GROWS BEST IN HUMID
PHILODENDRON SPLIT-LEAF AND WARM
(MONSTERA DELICIOSA) PHILODENDRON OR ENVIRONMENTS,
SWISS CHEESE PLANT, REQUIRING DAPPLED
IS A TROPICAL PLANT OR PARTIAL LIGHT,
OFTEN KEPT AS A ACIDIC OR NEUTRAL,
HOUSEPLANT. THIS WELL-DRAINED PEAT-
EASY-TO-GROW BASED SOIL, AND
CLIMBING EVERGREEN TEMPERATURES
CAN BE FOUND IN MANY BETWEEN 65 AND 85
DESIGNER SPACES FOR DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
ITS "WOW" FACTOR. USE A POT WITH AMPLE
MONSTERA DELICIOSA DRAINAGE HOLES AND
MAKES A STATEMENT WATER REGULARLY.
WITH ITS GLOSSY,
HEART-SHAPED SPLIT
LEAVES.

SCREW PINE THIS PRICKLY PLANT, LOTS OF DIRECT LIGHT

(PANDANUS UTILIS) ALSO CALLED THE IS GOOD, BUT THE
SCREW PINE, GROWS PLANT CAN SURVIVE
LONG LEAVES THAT DAPPLED SHADE AS
ARCH ATTRACTIVELY WELL. WATER IT
OUTWARD FROM THE THOROUGHLY BUT
CENTER. THE SCREW SPORADICALLY. ITS
PINE IS ACTUALLY NOT SOIL CAN BE ALLOWED
A PINE, AND ITS NAME TO DRY ON THE TOP
COMES FROM ITS LAYER, BUT SHOULD
LEAVES’ SLIGHT NEVER DRY OUT
RESEMBLANCE TO COMPLETELY. WARM
THOSE OF A TEMPERATURES
PINEAPPLE. THOUGH ABOVE SIXTY
THESE LEAVES SPIRAL DEGREES. THIS PLANT
NICELY, THEY HAVE ISN’T PICKY ABOUT ITS
ROWS OF SHARP, SOIL REQUIREMENTS.
HOOKED SPINES IT RESPONDS WELL TO
RUNNING UP THE SIDES THE SLIGHTLY SANDY
THAT CAN BE NASTY TO POTTING SOIL.
TOUCH.
 WATERMELON WATERMELON WATERMELON
PEPEROMIA PEPEROMIA PEPEROMIA LOVES
(PEPEROMIA ARGYREIA) (PEPEROMIA BRIGHT TO MEDIUM
ARGYREIA) HAVE INDIRECT LIGHT, SO
EXPLODED IN PLACE IT IN AN AREA
POPULARITY AMONG NEAR A WINDOW BUT
HOUSEPLANT LOVERS NOT IN DIRECT
THANKS TO THEIR SUNLIGHT.
STUNNING WATERMELON
WATERMELON- PEPEROMIA DO WELL
PATTERNED FOLIAGE. IN MOST STANDARD
THEY HAVE A COMPACT POTTING MIXES AS
GROWTH HABIT, AND LONG AS THEY ARE
THEIR LEAVES ARE NOT WELL-DRAINING, BUT
ONLY COLORFUL BUT CAN ALSO HOLD SOME
ALSO HAVE A MOISTURE. ALLOW THE
SHIMMERY TOP COUPLE INCHES
APPEARANCE THAT IS OF SOIL TO DRY OUT
ESPECIALLY STUNNING BETWEEN WATERING
WHEN THE SUNLIGHT AND THEN WATER
CATCHES THEM. THOROUGHLY.
WATERMELON
PEPEROMIA DO WELL
IN WARM, SLIGHTLY
HUMID CONDITIONS.

EMERALD RIPPLE PEPEROMIA CAPERATA PEPEROMIA DOES

(PEPEROMIA CAPERATA) IS ALSO KNOWN AS BEST IN AN EAST OR
EMERALD RIPPLE NORTH-FACING
PEPEROMIA. HEART- WINDOW WHERE IT
SHAPED, RICHLY CAN RECEIVE BRIGHT
VEINED RUFFLED DARK INDIRECT LIGHT.
GREEN LEAVES. THE NEVER ANY DIRECT
WRINKLED, HEART- SUNLIGHT. THE
SHAPED LEAVES ARE GROWING SEASON FOR
DARK GREEN, ABOUT PEPEROMIA IS SPRING
AN INCH AND A HALF THROUGH FALL. IT
LONG. THEY GROW ON NEEDS MODERATE,
RED-PURPLE-TINGED CONSISTENT
STALKS.THE WATERING DURING
PEPEROMIA RIPPLE IS THESE MONTHS. USE A
AN HERBACEOUS PEAT-BASED POTTING
PERENNIAL HAILING SOIL TYPE (AFRICAN
FROM THE VIOLET SOIL) OR A SOIL
RAINFORESTS OF MIXTURE MADE FOR
BRAZIL, SOUTH SUCCULENT PLANTS.
AMERICA. IT BELONGS
TO THE PIPERACEAE
FAMILY.
 PEPEROMIA PEPEROMIA FRASERI IS WHEN GROWING THIS
(PEPEROMIA FRASERI) A ROSETTE-FORMING, PLANT INDOORS IN
UPRIGHT PERENNIAL COLD AREAS, IT IS
WITH STIFF, HEART- IMPORTANT TO
SHAPED, GLOSSY, PROVIDE PLENTY OF
DEEP GREEN LEAVES BRIGHT, INDIRECT
WITH RED VEINS, PALE SUNLIGHT. THE
GREEN BELOW. IT IS A FLOWERING
WOODY AND PEPEROMIA GROWS
EVERGREEN SHRUB BEST IN A POT FILLED
THAT CAN REACH WITH WELL-DRAINING,
ANYWHERE BETWEEN SOIL-BASED
TWO TO FIVE FEET IN CONTAINER MIX. MAKE
HEIGHT. THE PLANT SURE TO WATER
HAS ORNAMENTAL REGULARLY, BUT
FOLIAGE MADE UP OF DON'T OVER-WATER AS
SHINY DARK LEAVES THE PLANT CAN
WITH SCALLOPED AND BECOME SUSCEPTIBLE
RIDGED EDGES, AND TO ROOT ROT. ALLOW
THE FLOWERS ARE THE SURFACE OF SOIL
SMALL AND OFF-WHITE TO DRY OUT BETWEEN
OR WHITE IN COLOR. WATERINGS. THE POT
SHOULD ALSO HAVE A
FEW DRAINAGE HOLES
AT THE BOTTOM FOR
ADEQUATE DRAINAGE.

FIDDLE-LEAF FIDDLELEAF CARING FOR

PHILODENDRON PHILODENDRON IS A FIDDLELEAF
(PHILODENDRON LARGE FOLIAGED PHILODENDRONS
BIPENNIFOLIUM) HOUSEPLANT THAT BASICALLY RESTS ON A
GROWS UP TREES IN CONSISTENT
ITS NATURAL HABITAT WATERING REGIMEN,
AND REQUIRES OCCASIONAL DUSTING
SUPPLEMENTAL OF THE BIG LEAVES,
SUPPORT IN AND REMOVAL OF
CONTAINERS. AS A DEAD PLANT MATERIAL.
HOUSEPLANT, ITS REDUCE WATERING A
GLORIOUS CUT BIT IN WINTER BUT,
FOLIAGE IS A OTHERWISE, KEEP THE
SHOWSTOPPER AND SOIL MODERATELY
ITS EASY GROWTH AND MOIST. PROVIDE
LOW MAINTENANCE SUPPORT
ASSIGN IT IDEAL STRUCTURES FOR THIS
HOUSEPLANT STATUS. PHILODENDRON WHEN
TRAINING THEM UP
VERTICALLY.
 VELVET LEAF VINE NATIVE TO THE THIS PHILODENDRON IS
(PHILODENDRON MICANS) TROPICAL REGIONS OF EASY TO CARE FOR
MEXICO AND THE AND GROW INDOORS
CARIBBEAN, THE AS A HOUSEPLANT. IT
PHILODENDRON APPRECIATES BRIGHT,
MICANS IS A STUNNING INDIRECT LIGHT; WELL-
PHILODENDRON DRAINING SOIL; AND
VARIETY THAT IS REGULAR WATERING.
KNOWN FOR ITS WHILE THE
VELVETY, HEART- PHILODENDRON
SHAPED LEAVES AND MICANS DOES
TRAILING GROWTH PRODUCE FLOWERS IN
HABIT. PHILODENDRON THE WILD, IT IS
MICANS LOOK GREAT IN EXTREMELY RARE FOR
HANGING PLANTERS OR THEM TO FLOWER
CLIMBING MOSS POLES INDOORS AND WHEN
OR TRELLISES, AND THEY DO, THE BLOOMS
SIMILAR TO OTHER ARE FAIRLY
PHILODENDRON INSIGNIFICANT
VARIETIES, IT IS LOW- COMPARED TO THEIR
MAINTENANCE AND BRILLIANT FOLIAGE.
EASY TO GROW.

COMMON PHILODENDRON PHILODENDRON PHILODENDRONS MAKE

(PHILODENDRON SCANDENS, ALSO GREAT HOUSEPLANTS
SCANDENS) CALLED THE THANKS TO THEIR
HEARTLEAF GENERALLY LOW-
PHILODENDRON DUE MAINTENANCE
TO ITS BEAUTIFUL LEAF NATURE, BUT IT'S STILL
SHAPE, CAN DECORATE IMPORTANT TO
THE HOME AS A MAINTAIN PROPER
CLIMBING OR HANGING GROWING CONDITIONS
PLANT. HERE YOU WILL TO KEEP YOUR PLANT
FIND OUR TOP TIPS ON HEALTHY. CARE FOR
CARE AND YOUR PHILODENDRON
PROPAGATION OF THIS BY AIMING TO MIMIC ITS
PLANT. THIS PLANT IS A NATURAL TROPICAL
VERY POPULAR ENVIRONMENT:
CLIMBER. IT HAS PROVIDE PLENTY OF
HEART-SHAPED LEAVES WARMTH AND
THAT ARE SOMETIMES MOISTURE NEAR A
MULTICOLORED. SUNNY WINDOW.
BEWARE OF DIRECT
SUNLIGHT; IT CAN
BURN THEIR DELICATE
LEAVES.
 SELF-HEADING THE PHILODENDRON PHILODENDRON
PHILODENDRON SELLOUM PLANT IS SELLOUM LIGHT
(PHILODENDRON NATIVE TO THE REQUIREMENTS ARE
SELLOUM) TROPICAL THEREFORE FOR
RAINFORESTS OF BRIGHT LIGHT
BRAZIL, BOLIVIA, WITHOUT BEING
PARAGUAY AND EXPOSED TO DIRECT
NORTHERN SUN.THE GOAL OF
ARGENTINA, WHERE IT PHILODENDRON
THRIVES IN THE SHADY SELLOUM WATERING IS
UNDERSTORY. ITS TO MAINTAIN
LARGE, LUSH FOLIAGE CONSISTENTLY MOIST
IS LONG-LASTING AND SOIL WITHOUT EVER
BEAUTIFUL, WITH BEING SATURATED.
DEEPLY LOBED GLOSSY THE IDEAL
LEAVES. WHEREVER TEMPERATURE FOR
IT’S USED, YOU’LL TREE PHILODENDRON
INSTANTLY GET A IS 65 TO 80ºF (18 TO
TROPICAL 27ºC). THIS IS A
ATMOSPHERE. TROPICAL PLANT AND
IT NEEDS HEAT TO
THRIVE.

ALUMINUM PLANT PILEA CADIEREI IS AN THE ALUMINUM PLANT

(PILEA CANDIEREI) EVERGREEN IS EASY-TO-CARE-FOR
PERENNIAL IN THE BUT CAN GET PICKY
NETTLE FAMILY THAT IS WHEN IT COMES TO ITS
COMMONLY CALLED GROWING
THE ALUMINUM PLANT. CONDITIONS.WHEN
ONE LOOK AT ITS GROWING THE
LEAVES, WHICH LOOK ALUMINUM PLANT
LIKE THEY HAVE BEEN INDOORS MAKE SURE
DRY BRUSHED BY THE PLANT RECEIVES
SOMEONE LET LOOSE BRIGHT, INDIRECT
WITH A GALLON OF LIGHT FOR AT LEAST
ALUMINUM PAINT, AND FOUR HOURS EACH
YOU WILL SEE WHERE DAY. CHOOSE A WELL-
IT GETS ITS NAME. IT IS DRAINING SOIL THAT IS
BECAUSE OF THIS RICH IN ORGANIC
STARTLING COLOR, MATTER. WHEN IT IS
WHICH CONTRASTS SO GROWING SEASON
WELL WITH THE DARK OVER THE SPRING AND
GREEN FOLIAGE, THAT SUMMER, EVENLY
THE PLANT IS SO MOIST SOIL IS
PRIZED. RECOMMENDED FOR
THIS PLANT.
 BABY’S TEARS ; THE PILEA DEPRESSA PILEA DEPRESSA WILL
CREEPING JENNY ARE COMMONLY GROW IN VARIOUS
(PILEA DEPRESSA) KNOWN AS BABY TEARS LIGHTING CONDITIONS,
DUE TO ITS SIMILARITY BUT AN AREA THAT
TO THE SOLEIROLIA RECEIVES LOTS OF
SOLEIROLII WHICH IS BRIGHT, INDIRECT
ALSO KNOWN AS THE LIGHT IS OPTIMAL FOR
BABY TEARS PLANT. GROWTH. PILEA
PILEA DEPRESSA ‘BABY DEPRESSA HAS
TEARS’ IS A GORGEOUS PRETTY HIGH WATER
LITTLE TRAILING PLANT REQUIREMENTS AND
THAT’S SURE TO WIN WILL APPRECIATE
THE HEARTS OF MANY FREQUENT WATERING
A DOTING PLANT WHEN PLANTED
PARENT. WITH EACH INDOORS. WHILE THIS
NEW SET OF LEAVES TROPICAL SPECIES
OVERLAPPING THE ISN’T SUSCEPTIBLE TO
LAST ON THE VINE, THE TEMPERATURE (55-80°F
RESULTING EFFECT IS WILL BE JUST FINE), IT
LIKE AN INTERLOCKING APPRECIATES A HIGH
WALL OF SOFT, PLUMP HUMIDITY LEVEL.
FOLIAGE.

PAN-AMERICAN PILEA INVOLUCRATA, THE MAIN CARE

FRIENDSHIP ALSO OFTEN REQUIREMENTS FOR
(PILEA INVOLUCRATA) REFERRED TO AS THE GROWING PILEA
FRIENDSHIP PLANT, IS INVOLUCRATA
KNOWN FOR ITS INVOLVES POTTING IT
TEXTURED, DEEPLY IN NUTRIENT-RICH BUT
VEINED LEAVES AND LOOSE AND WELL-
METALLIC DRAINING SOIL. IT
COLORATIONS OF SHOULD BE PLACED IN
BRONZE AND SILVER. IT A BRIGHT LOCATION
IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE OUT OF DIRECT
THAT THIS PLANT IS SUNLIGHT.
OFTEN CONFUSED WATER IT REGULARLY
WITH PILEA MOLLIS, BUT DO NOT OVER-
WHICH IS ALSO SATURATE THE SOIL.
REFERRED TO AS A USE A WELL-
FRIENDSHIP PLANT. IN BALANCED, HALF-
THIS GUIDE, WE WILL STRENGTH FERTILIZER
BE DISCUSSING PILEA DURING THE GROWING
INVOLUCRATA SEASON.
SPECIFICALLY,
IDENTIFIABLE BY ITS
OVATE, OPPOSITE
PAIRS OF LEAVES, AND
UNIQUE FOLIAGE
COLORING. THIS PLANT
IS A CREEPING PLANT
PERFECT FOR
TERRARIUMS AND IT’S A
PET-FRIENDLY
HOUSEPLANT, TOO.
 CREEPING CHARLIE CREEPING CHARLIE CREEPING CHARLIE
(PILEA NUMMULARIIFOLIA) (PILEA (PILEA
NUMMULARIIFOLIA) IS A NUMMULARIIFOLIA)
TROPICAL LIKES EVEN MOISTURE,
GROUNDCOVER NATIVE BUT ALLOW IT TO DRY
TO THE CARIBBEAN OUT SOMEWHAT
AND AREAS OF SOUTH BETWEEN WATERING,
AMERICA THAT GROWS AND WATER IT LESS IN
BEAUTIFULLY AS A WINTER–MAYBE ONCE
TRAILING HOUSE A WEEK OR SO. GIVE IT
PLANT. IT IS A BRIGHT, INDIRECT
PERENNIAL LIGHT, AND FEED IT
EVERGREEN CREEPING LIGHTLY WITH A SLOW-
HERBACEOUS RELEASE FERTILIZER
HOUSEPLANT. IT HAS FORMULATED FOR
RIGHT GREEN, ROUND HOUSE PLANTS. WHEN
TO OVAL LEAVES AND IT OUTGROWS ITS POT,
ARE DEEPLY WRINKLED REPOT IN SPRING. LIKE
WITH NOTCHED TIPS. MOST TROPICALS, IT
VEINS APPEAR TO BE LIKES SOME AMBIENT
SUNKEN GIVING THE HUMIDITY, SO AVOID
INTERVEINAL SECTIONS PLANTING IT NEAR
A PUFFY, CRINKLY VENTS OR FANS
LOOK. FLOWERS ARE WHERE IT WILL BE
WHITE GREENISH BUT SUBJECTED TO DRY
ARE INSIGNIFICANT. AIR.
SPRAWLING FLESHY
STEMS CAN ROOT AT CONSIDER BRINGING IT
THE NODES WHERE OUTDOORS IN SUMMER
STEMS CONTACT SOIL TO ENCOURAGE MORE
SO IT CAN BE QUITE VIGOROUS GROWTH.
WEEDY. IT IS IDEAL FOR
A HANGING PLANT.

MAP PLANT PISONIA UMBELLIFERA PISONIA NEEDS BRIGHT

(PISONIA UMBRELLIFERA) 'VARIEGATA' (MAP TO DIRECT LIGHT TO
PLANT) - A 12 FOOT MAINTAIN ITS BEST
TALL SHRUB OR SMALL LEAF COLORATION.
TREE WITH BEAUTIFUL PISONIA GROWS BEST
VARIEGATION ON THE 9 IN WARM ROOM
TO 16 INCH LONG BY UP TEMPERATURE AND
TO 6 INCH WIDE MEDIUM TO HIGH
LEAVES. THERE IS A HUMIDITY.
MOTTLING OF LIGHT THE SOIL SHOULD BE
AND DARK GREEN ALLOWED TO DRY TO
COLORS ON THE LEAF THE TOUCH BETWEEN
WITH THE CREAMY THOROUGH
EDGES THAT WHEN WATERINGS
FIRST EMERGING CAN FERTILIZER CAN BE
BE SUFFUSED WITH APPLIED ONCE A
PINK. BLOOMS, WHICH MONTH DURING
APPEAR IN EARLY SPRING AND SUMMER.
SUMMER, ARE OPEN
CLUSTERS OF
FRAGRANT SMALL
GREEN FLOWERS
TINGED WITH PINK. THE
STICKY FRUITS THAT
FOLLOW ARE
RESPONSIBLE FOR
 SEVERAL OTHER
COMMON NAMES, BIRD
CATCHER TREE,
BIRDLIME TREE AND
UMBRELLA
CATCHBIRDTREE AS
INSECTS AND SMALL
BIRDS CAN GET STUCK
TO THESE FRUIT.

MING ARALIA MING ARALIA IS AN IT NEEDS BRIGHT

(POLYSCIAS FRUTICOSA EVERGREEN SHRUB OR INDIRECT LIGHT, WARM
ELEGANS) SHORT TREE THAT IS AIR TEMPERATURES,
ERECT AND UPRIGHT AND MEDIUM TO HIGH
AND GROWS UP TO 26' HUMIDITY. IT CAN BE
TALL IN ITS NATIVE GROWN IN A VARIETY
HABITAT.THIS PLANT IS OF SOIL TYPES
PRIZED FOR ITS PROVIDING IT
ORIENTAL LOOK, THE RECEIVES GOOD
FERN-LIKE FOLIAGE OF DRAINAGE. IT WILL
THIS TREE MAKES IT AN PERFORM BEST IN SOIL
EXCELLENT SPECIMEN THAT IS NOT TOO WET
FOR INTERIORSCAPES, OR DRY. ALLOW THE
BUT LARGE PLANTS TOP 2 INCHES OF SOIL
ARE VERY EXPENSIVE. TO DRY BEFORE
WATERING. MISTING
BETWEEN WATERING
WILL HELP TO RAISE
THE HUMIDITY.

MOSES-IN-THE- BOTANICAL NAME: LIGHT: GROW YOUR

CRADLE/BOAT TRADESCANTIA PLANT IN BRIGHT,
(RHOEO SPATHACEA SPATHACEA INDIRECT LIGHT YEAR-
VITTATA) ROUND FOR GOOD
MOSES IN THE CRADLE FOLIAGE COLOR AND
IS A POPULAR HOUSE FLOWERS. IT WILL
PLANT, RELATED TO TOLERATE LOWER
THE INCH PLANT. LIGHT LEVELS, BUT THE
YOU'LL FIND THAT IT'S LEAVES WILL BE MORE
JUST AS EASY TO GREEN THAN PURPLE.
GROW. KEEP IT OUT OF THE
HOT, MIDDAY SUN.
DARK-GREEN, LANCE- WATER: KEEP SOIL
SHAPED LEAVES WITH LIGHTLY MOIST SPRING
PURPLISH-RED THROUGH FALL. IN
UNDERSIDES MAKE WINTER, ALLOW THE
THIS A BEAUTIFUL POTTING MEDIUM TO
HOUSE PLANT YEAR- DRY OUT SLIGHTLY
ROUND. YOU CAN KEEP BETWEEN WATERINGS.
YOUR PLANT INDOORS. SOFT, LIMP STEMS MAY
BUT IF YOU MOVE IT BE CAUSED BY OVER-
OUTDOORS FOR THE WATERING, WHICH CAN
SUMMER, KEEP IT LEAD TO ROOT ROT.
SHADED FROM DIRECT USE A POT WITH
SUN. ALSO, CHECK THE DRAINAGE HOLES TO
SOIL EVERY COUPLE PREVENT SOGGY SOIL.
DAYS SO THAT IT HUMIDITY: MODERATE
DOESN'T DRY OUT. ROOM (AROUND 40%
RELATIVE HUMIDITY).
INDOOR AIR CAN
 BECOME EXTREMELY
DRY DURING THE
WINTER MONTHS,
CAUSING BROWN LEAF
TIPS ON PLANTS. IT'S A
GOOD IDEA TO USE A
HUMIDITY MONITOR
NEAR YOUR PLANTS,
RATHER THAN GUESS.
STAND THE POT ON A
HUMIDITY TRAY OR USE
A COOL-MIST ROOM
HUMIDIFIER NEAR THE
PLANT.
TEMPERATURE:
AVERAGE TO WARM
ROOM TEMPERATURES
(65-80°F/18-27°C) SUIT
THIS PLANT YEAR-
ROUND. IT WILL
TOLERATE A MINIMUM
TEMPERATURE OF
55°F/13°C. KEEP
TRADESCANTIA
SPATHACEA AWAY
FROM HEAT/AC VENTS,
DRAFTY DOORWAYS
OR WINDOWS -- IT
DOESN'T LIKE
FLUCTUATING
TEMPERATURES.
SOIL: GOOD-QUALITY,
ALL-PURPOSE
HOUSEPLANT POTTING
MIX.
FERTILIZER: FEED
MONTHLY WITH A
BALANCED, WATER-
SOLUBLE HOUSEPLANT
FERTILIZER IN SPRING
AND SUMMER, WHILE
THE PLANT IS ACTIVELY
GROWING.

AFRICAN VIOLET SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA SAINTPAULIA

(SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA) IS COMMONLY IONANTHA NEEDS A
REFERRED TO AS WARM, SUNNY
AFRICAN VIOLET. THE LOCATION; HOWEVER,
NAME SAINTPAULIA HARSH DIRECT
COMES FROM THE SUNLIGHT DURING THE
FAMILY NAME OF THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY
BARON WHO FIRST CAN DAMAGE THE
DISCOVERED THE LEAVES. WINDOWS
PLANT. THE PLANT FACING EAST OR
THAT WAS ORIGINALLY NORTH ARE USUALLY
DISCOVERED WAS NOT BETTER IN THE
EASY TO GROW AS A SUMMER, WHILE
HOUSEPLANT, BUT AS WINDOWS FACING
NEW CULTIVARS WERE WEST OR SOUTH ARE
CREATED, THE AFRICAN BETTER IN THE
 VIOLETS BECAME A WINTER.
BELOVED EASY-TO- THEY DO BEST AT
GROW HOUSEPLANT. AROUND 70 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT BUT DO
THE PLANT HAS A FEW WELL AS LONG AS THE
SPECIFIC NEEDS, BUT TEMPERATURE IS
FOR THE MOST PART, BETWEEN 60-80
CARING FOR DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
SAINTPAULIA IONANTHA WHILE EXCESSIVE
IS RELATIVELY EASY. HEAT CAN HARM
AFRICAN VIOLETS,
TEMPERATURES THAT
DROP TOO LOW ARE
MORE DANGEROUS.
SAINTPAULIA
IONANTHA PREFERS TO
HAVE JUST ENOUGH
WATER TO KEEP THE
SOIL MOIST BUT NOT
OVERLY WET. USE
YOUR INDEX FINGER
TO SEE HOW MOIST
THE TOP INCH OF THE
SOIL FEELS. IF THE
SOIL IS COMPLETELY
DRY, IT’S PROBABLY
TIME TO WATER.
AFRICAN VIOLETS CAN
HANDLE A LITTLE BIT
OF DROUGHT; IT’S
OKAY IF THE SOIL
DRIES OUT
COMPLETELY
SOMETIMES AS LONG
AS YOU DON’T GO TOO
LONG WITHOUT
WATERING. ON
AVERAGE, EXPECT TO
WATER EVERY 7-10
DAYS, BUT THIS TIMING
DEPENDS ON LOTS OF
FACTORS, INCLUDING
THE ENVIRONMENT,
THE SEASON, AND
EVEN THE CONTAINER

CINERARIA PERICALLIS IS FROM LIGHT: BRIGHT

(SENECIO HYBRIDUS) THE GREEK “PERI” INDIRECT SUNLIGHT;
(AROUND) AND SOME COOL MORNING
“KALLOS” (BEAUTY). SUN IS FINE. LEAVES
OFTEN BETTER KNOWN WILL BECOME PALE IF
AND MORE COMMONLY THEY ARE IN DIRECT
LISTED AS SENECIO X SUNLIGHT, ESPECIALLY
HYBRIDA. SENECIO IS IN TOO-HOT
FROM THE LATIN TEMPERATURES.
SENEX, MEANING OLD
MAN, SAID TO BE AN WATER: KEEP THE
ALLUSION TO THE POTTING MEDIUM
HAIRY BASE OF THE LIGHTLY MOIST AT ALL
FLOWER. TIMES. CINERARIA WILL
 IT WAS NAMED QUICKLY WILT WHEN
COMPOSITAE BECAUSE ALLOWED TO DRY OUT.
THE FLOWERS ARE OVERWATERING WILL
ACTUALLY A CAUSE ROOT ROT,
“COMPOSITE” OF MANY WHICH WILL ALSO
INDIVIDUAL FLOWERS MAKE IT WILT. IF YOUR
INTO ONE HEAD. PLANT COLLAPSES
HENCE, WHEN EVEN IF YOU'VE BEEN
CHILDREN PULL ONE WATERING
“PETAL” OFF AT A TIME, REGULARLY, IT LIKELY
SAYING “SHE/HE LOVES HAS ROOT ROT AND
ME, LOVES ME NOT”, SHOULD BE
THEY ARE ACTUALLY DISCARDED.
REMOVING A
COMPLETE FLOWER, HUMIDITY: MODERATE
NOT JUST A PETAL. TO HIGH (AT LEAST 40%
REQUIRES HIGH LIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY).
LEVELS (>200 FT-C.) SET POT ON A
UNDER INTERIOR HUMIDITY TRAY OR USE
CONDITIONS. A COOL-MIST ROOM
HUMIDIFIER TO RAISE
THE HUMIDITY AROUND
THE PLANT.

TEMPERATURE: KEEP
YOUR PLANT IN A COOL
LOCATION (50-65°F/10-
18°C) TO PROLONG
FLOWERING.
CINERARIA FLOWERS
WILL TOLERATE A LOW
OF 40°F/4°C AT NIGHT.

SOIL: PEAT-MOSS
BASED POTTING MIX

STRING OF BEADS THIS TENDER LIKE OTHER

(SENECIO ROWLEYANUS) EVERGREEN SUCCULENTS, THIS
PERENNIAL IN THE PLANT IS RELATIVELY
DAISY FAMILY LOW MAINTENANCE
(ASTERACEAE) IS AND ONLY NEEDS
NATIVE TO DRY AREAS BRIGHT LIGHT, WELL-
OF THE EASTERN CAPE DRAINED SOIL, AND
OF SOUTH AFRICA. INFREQUENT
THERE IS ALSO A WATERING. ROOT ROT
VARIEGATED FORM FROM OVERWATERING
WITH WIDE WHITE IS THE MOST COMMON
STRIPES AND CAUSE OF ITS DEMISE.
SECTIONS (WHICH GROW IN A VERY WELL-
MIGHT ACTUALLY BE S. DRAINING SOIL MIX,
HERREIANUS WHICH SUCH AS CACTUS MIX
HAS SLIGHTLY LARGER, OR ADD INORGANIC
ELONGATED AND MATERIALS SUCH AS
STRIPED ROUND SMALL PEA GRAVEL,
LEAVES AND IS ALSO SHARP SAND, POULTRY
CALLED STRING OF GRIT OR PUMICE TO
PEARLS OR STRING OF POTTING MEDIUM (UP
BEADS).THE PLANT TO 1:1 MIXTURE). USE A
GROWS FROM WEAK SHALLOW CONTAINER
 SURFACE ROOTS, SINCE THE PLANTS
PRODUCING TRAILING WILL NOT PRODUCE AN
STEMS UP TO THREE EXTENSIVE ROOT
FEET LONG ON THE SYSTEM (AND IF THEY
GROUND WHICH CAN ARE UNABLE TO
ROOT WHERE THEY QUICKLY REMOVE
TOUCH SOIL TO FORM MOISTURE FROM A
DENSE MATS. IT OFTEN LARGE SOIL VOLUME,
GROWS UNDER THEY WILL BE MORE
BUSHES OR BETWEEN SUSCEPTIBLE TO ROOT
ROCKS WHICH PROVIDE ROT). CLAY
SOME PROTECTION CONTAINERS ARE
FROM INTENSE BETTER THAN PLASTIC
SUNLIGHT. OR CERAMIC BECAUSE
THE MATERIAL ALLOWS
EVAPORATION
THROUGH THE SIDES
SO THE SOIL WILL DRY
OUT MORE QUICKLY.

PEACE LILY; WHITE FLAG SPATHIPHYLLUM IS A THE 'PEACE LILY' DOES

(SPATHIPHYLLUM GENUS OF ABOUT 40 BEST INDOORS IN
CLEVELANDII) SPECIES OF MOIST, BUT NOT
FLOWERING PLANTS SOGGY, SOIL. YOU
COMMONLY CALLED SHOULD ALLOW THE
'PEACE LILY'. 'PEACE SOIL TO DRY BETWEEN
LILY' IS A HERBACEOUS WATERINGS, BUT NOT
PERENNIAL TYPICALLY WILT, WHICH CAUSES
GROWN AS A THE LEAVES TO
HOUSEPLANT. WHILE IT YELLOW. USE WATER
CAN GROW UP TO 6 FT THAT IS AT ROOM
TALL, IT MORE TEMPERATURE AND
TYPICALLY GROWS TO HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
3 FT IN AN INDOOR SIT SO THAT THE
SETTING. IT IS CHLORINE CAN
POPULAR AS A EVAPORATE.
SPECIMEN OR ACCENT SPATHIPHYLLUM GROW
IN INTERIOR VERY WELL WITH SUB-
GROUPINGS FOR ITS IRRIGATION AND ALSO
DEEP-GREEN GLOSSY DO WELL IN LOWER
FOLIAGE AND WHITE LIGHT SITUATIONS, BUT
BLOOMS THAT ARE PREFER BRIGHT
INTERMITTENT IN FILTERED LIGHT. DO
MEDIUM LIGHTING AND NOT PLACE THE PLANT
LONG-LASTING. THE IN DIRECT SUN.
PLANT HAS NO FERTILIZE
SPECIFIC BLOOM TIME, SPATHIPHYLLUM AT
BUT FLOWERS FREELY ONE-QUARTER OF THE
AND TOLERATES HEAVY RECOMMENDED
SHADE. STRENGTH. OVER-
FERTILIZING CAN
PRODUCE BURNING OF
TIPS AND ROOTS.
'PEACE LILIES' ENJOY
WARM CONDITIONS
BETWEEN 68 AND 85F
DURING THE DAY AND
NO MORE THAN A 10-
DEGREE DROP AT
NIGHT. THE PLANT
 REQUIRES A LARGE
POT AND SHOULD BE
KEPT SOMEWHAT POT
BOUND. RE-POT, IF
NECESSARY IN
FEBRUARY OR MARCH.

ARROWHEAD PLANT THE ARROWHEAD SUNLIGHT

(SYNGONIUM (SYNGONIUM MEDIUM TO BRIGHT
PODOPHYLLUM) PODOPHYLLUM) IS LIGHT. TOLERATES
NATIVE TO THE LOW LIGHT. NOT
TROPICAL RAIN SUITED FOR INTENSE,
FORESTS IN CENTRAL DIRECT SUN.
AND SOUTH AMERICA. WATER
ITS COMMON NAME, ALLOW SOIL TO DRY
ARROWHEAD PLANT, IS OUT HALFWAY
DERIVED FROM THE BETWEEN WATERINGS.
SPADE-LIKE SHAPE OF HUMIDITY
ITS LEAVES. FAST- TOLERATES AVERAGE
GROWING AND LUSH, HOME HUMIDITY.
THE ARROWHEAD IS PREFERS HIGH
CONSTANTLY HUMIDITY. TO KEEP
UNFURLING NEW YOUR ARROWHEAD
FOLIAGE, IN VARIETIES HAPPY, CREATE A WET
RANGING FROM DARK PEBBLE TRAY
GREEN WITH STRONG UNDERNEATH OR
WHITE VARIEGATION TO INCORPORATE A
HUES OF LIME AND HUMIDIFIER INTO THE
EVEN PINK. YOUNG SPACE.
ARROWHEAD PLANTS TEMPERATURE
ARE TYPICALLY AVERAGE HOME
CHARACTERIZED BY TEMPERATURE OF
THEIR UPRIGHT 65°F-75°F. IF YOU’RE
CLUSTERS OF STEMS. COMFORTABLE, THE
AS THE ARROWHEAD ARROWHEAD PLANT IS
MATURES, IT CAN COMFORTABLE.
PRODUCE TRAILING OR SIZE
CLIMBING STEMS AND GROWS TO A LUSH 15”.
LARGER LEAVES. IF ITS IF SMALLER SIZE IS
YOUTHFUL SHAPE IS PREFERRED, CUT O ALL
PREFERRED, SIMPLY CLIMBING STEMS THAT
TRIM IT AS DESIRED. DEVELOP AND THE
ARROWHEAD WILL
REMAIN BUSHY.
WANDERING JEW THE WANDERING JEW TEMPERATURE:
(TRADESCANTIA IS THE COMMON NAME AVERAGE
ALBIFLORA) GIVEN TO A NUMBER OF PLANT INDOOR
PLANTS FROM THE TEMPERATURES OF 65-
TRADESCANTIA GENUS, 75ºF (18-24ºC) ARE
INCLUDING SUITABLE, AND NO
TRADESCANTIA LOWER THAN 50ºF
FLUMINENSIS, T. (10ºC).
PALLIDA, AND THE LIGHT: ENOUGH LIGHT
MOST POPULAR ONE – IS VITAL FOR THIS
TRADESCANITA PLANT TO GROW WELL,
ZABRINA. AND PREVENT SPINDLY
GROWTH. SOUTH OR
SOME COUNTRIES EAST-FACING ROOMS
CLASSIFY THIS SPECIES ARE BEST WITHOUT
AS AN INVASIVE PLANT TOO MUCH DIRECT SUN
OR EVEN A WEED. THIS (SOME DIRECT SUN IS
IS BECAUSE OF ITS APPRECIATED).
GROWTH HABIT WATERING: WATER
(GROWS FAST AND THOROUGHLY FROM
PREVENTS THE APRIL – OCTOBER
GROWTH OF OTHER KEEPING THE SOIL
PLANTS). HOWEVER, MOIST – AND THEN
GROWN INDOORS IT MUCH LESS DURING
MAKES AN ATTRACTIVE NOVEMBER – MARCH.
HANGING BASKET OR SOIL: A WELL-
WINDOWSILL PLANT. DRAINING PEAT-BASED
FLESHY OVAL OR POTTING MIX IS
LANCE-SHAPED LEAVES SUITABLE. 2 PARTS
ARE PRODUCED FROM PEAT AND 1 PART
THE PENDANT STEMS PERLITE CAN BE USED.
(GROWING A COUPLE REPOTTING: VERY
OF FEET OR SO LONG). EASY TO PROPAGATE
THESE SMALL LEAVES WITH 3 – 5 INCH
HAVE A SHINY SOFTWOOD STEM
APPEARANCE AND CUTTINGS. REMOVE
GROW TO ABOUT 2 – 4 ALL BUT 1 OR 2 LEAVES
INCHES LONG WITH AND PLACE IN A POT
POINTED TIPS. THE WITH A MOIST POTTING
UNDERSIDE OF A LEAF MIX WITHIN A WARM
IS PURPLE IN COLOR AND BRIGHT SETTING.
ON THE ZEBRINA AND WITHIN 3 – 6 WEEKS
NEW LEAVES APPEAR YOU WILL SEE NEW
PURPLE AT FIRST, THEN GROWTH APPEARING.
TURN GREEN. IN THE IT DOESN’T GET MUCH
WILD OR GROWN IN SIMPLER THAN THIS.
GARDENS (GROWN AS FERTILIZER: FEED
A BEDDING PLANT) FROM APRIL –
STEMS TAKE ROOT AT OCTOBER WITH A
THE NODES, BUT BALANCED DILUTED
INDOORS IN A HANGING FERTILIZER EVERY 2
BASKET OR CONTAINER WEEKS.
THEY GROW AND HANG HUMIDITY:
OVER THE SIDES. AVERAGE
INDOOR HUMIDITY
SHOULD BE FINE. TO
IMPROVE HUMIDITY
MIST THE LEAVES
FREQUENTLY.
 CHAIN PLANT CALLISIA NAVICULARIS, LIGHT:
(TRADESCANTIA SOMETIMES CALLED IF YOU PREFER THE
NAVICULARIS) TRADESCANTIA COMPACT LOOK, PLACE
NAVICULARIS, IS AN YOUR PLANT RIGHT IN
EASY TO GROW PLANT FRONT OF A WINDOW
THAT CAN VARY IN THAT GETS AT LEAST
APPEARANCE QUITE HALF A DAY OF DIRECT
DRASTICALLY SUNSHINE. EAST, WEST
DEPENDING ON YOUR OR SOUTH WINDOWS
GROWING CONDITIONS. WILL ALL WORK FOR
THIS MEXICO NATIVE IS THIS
A TRAILING, IF YOU LIKE A WISPIER
EVERGREEN GROUND LOOK AND GREENER
COVER WHICH IS FOLIAGE, THEN A
HAPPY BOTH INDOORS LOWER LIGHT WINDOW
AS A HOUSEPLANT, AS SUCH AS A NORTHERN
WELL AS OUTDOORS. IT EXPOSURE WINDOW
CAN BE GROWN WILL HAVE TO DO
OUTDOORS AS AN WATERING
ANNUAL IN COLDER BE AWARE THAT THE
REGIONS, OR AS A STRONGER THE LIGHT
PERENNIAL IF YOU’RE THAT YOU HAVE THIS
FORTUNATE ENOUGH PLANT GROWING IN,
TO LIVE IN HARDINESS THE MORE
ZONE 10 OR ABOVE. FREQUENTLY YOU WILL
NEED TO WATER. JUST
SOMETHING TO KEEP
IN MIND!

IF YOU HAVE THIS

PLANT GROWING IN A
SOUTHERN WINDOW, IT
WILL DRY OUT MUCH
MORE QUICKLY THAN A
PLANT GROWING IN A
NORTHERN EXPOSURE
WINDOW.
.

BRIDAL VEIL BRIDAL VEIL PLANT IS A BRIDAL VEIL PLANTS

(TRIPOGANDRA TRAILING HOUSEPLANT FLOURISH IN BRIGHT
MULTIFLORA) THAT’S PERFECT FOR INDIRECT LIGHT.
HANGING POTS. DURING THE SUMMER
DELICATELY PRETTY, MONTHS, A PARTIALLY
THE FOLIAGE OF THIS SHADED LOCATION
UNUSUAL PLANT LIKE A SCREENED-IN
DRAPES DOWN LIKE A PORCH OR SUNROOM
BRIDE’S VEIL STUDDED CAN PROVIDE BRIGHT
WITH TINY WHITE LIGHT THAT IS MUCH
“PEARLS”—THREE- BETTER SUITED FOR
PETALED BLOSSOMS THESE PLANTS THAN
MEASURING JUST A POTENTIALLY
LITTLE MORE THAN A SCORCHING DIRECT
QUARTER OF AN INCH SUNLIGHT.
ACROSS. AS FOR THE AS A GENERAL RULE,
LEAVES OF BRIDAL VEIL BRIDAL VEIL PLANTS
PLANTS, THEY SHOULD BE WATERED
FEATURE A DEEP EVERY COUPLE OF
GREEN COLOR ALONG WEEKS. IDEALLY, YOU
THEIR TOPS AND RICH SHOULD CHECK THE
 HUES OF PURPLE TO SOIL MOISTURE LEVELS
LAVENDER ON THEIR OF YOUR PLANTS ON A
UNDERSIDES. THIS WEEKLY BASIS. USING
ATTRACTIVE FOLIAGE YOUR FINGERS OR A
PROVIDES A DRAMATIC SMALL TROWEL,
BACKDROP FOR THE EXAMINE THE TOP INCH
VEIL’S HUNDREDS OF OR TWO OF SOIL. DOES
TINY WHITE FLOWERS. IT LOOK AND FEEL
WHETHER YOU’RE DRY? IF SO, IT’S TIME
NATURALLY DRAWN TO TO WATER.
FOLIAGE PLANTS OR BRIDAL VEIL
YOU LOVE A GOOD PLANTS TYPICALLY
PROFUSION OF DON’T REQUIRE MUCH
BLOOMS, THE BRIDAL FERTILIZER. PROVIDING
VEIL PLANT HAS A THEM WITH A WELL-
LITTLE SOMETHING FOR BALANCED PLANT
EVERYONE. LEARN FOOD AT LEAST ONCE
MORE ABOUT HOW TO PER MONTH DURING
CARE FOR THIS THEIR ACTIVE
FLOWERING PLANT GROWING SEASON IS
BELOW. REALLY ALL YOU NEED
FOR A HEALTHY
FLOWERING PLANT.
WHEN CHOOSING A
TROPICAL PLANT
FERTILIZER, BOTH THE
SOURCE OF
NUTRIENTS AND THEIR
APPLICATION METHOD
CAN AFFECT YOUR
BRIDAL VEIL PLANT
OVER THE LONG-TERM.

SPINELESS YUCCA THE SPINELESS YUCCA LIGHT

(YUCCA ELEPHANTIPES) (YUCCA THE SPINELESS YUCCA
ELEPHANTIPESIS) A DOES BEST IN FULL
VERSATILE SUNSHINE. IF GROWN
EVERGREEN PLANT INDOORS, THE MORE
THAT THRIVES BOTH IN SUNLIGHT YOU CAN
THE GARDEN AS WELL PROVIDE, THE BETTER
AS YOUR LIVING ROOM. THIS PLANT WILL FARE.
THEY BOAST THICK THEY CAN TOLERATE
TREE-LIKE STALKS SOME SHADE, BUT TOO
TOPPED WITH CLEAN- MUCH SHADE MIGHT
LINED, SWORD-SHAPED CAUSE FOLIAGE TO
LEAVES. TURN BROWN OR
STRETCH AND TAKE ON
THIS FORM OF YUCCA A LEGGY APPEARANCE.
HAS SOFTER LEAVES
WITHOUT SPINES, SOIL
GIVING RISE TO ITS THIS HARDY PLANT IS
NAME. THE SWORD- NATIVE TO DESERT
SHAPED LEAVES DO AREAS, WHICH MEANS
NOT HAVE SHARP, IT THRIVES IN LOOSE,
HARD EDGES, SO IT IS A INFERTILE, SANDY
BIT MORE USER- SOIL. IF YOU PLANT
FRIENDLY THAN OTHER SPINELESS YUCCA IN A
VARIETIES OF YUCCA. CONTAINER, BE SURE
HOWEVER, ITS LEAVES THE SOIL MIMICS
DO HAVE A POINTY END NATURAL CONDITIONS
SO BE CAREFUL WHEN BY USING A WELL-
WALKING NEAR IT, DRAINING MIX. CACTUS
BRUSHING AGAINST ITS OR SUCCULENT MIX
FOLIAGE WON'T CUT MIGHT SEEM IDEAL,
YOU LIKE OTHER BUT ALTHOUGH THESE
VARIETIES OF YUCA MIXES DRAIN WELL,
CAN. THEY MIGHT BE TOO
FERTILE AND MIGHT
NOT DRAIN WELL
ENOUGH FOR YOUR
SPINELESS YUCCA.

YOU CAN MAKE YOUR

OWN YUCCA POTTING
MIX BY COMBINING ONE
PART POTTING SOIL TO
THREE PARTS PERLITE
OR COARSE SAND.

WATER
AVOID OVERWATERING
SPINELESS YUCCA,
WHICH CAN CAUSE
PROBLEMS WITH ROOT
ROT. ALWAYS ALLOW
THE SOIL TO DRY OUT
BETWEEN WATERINGS.
THESE HARDY PLANTS
ARE DROUGHT
TOLERANT AND DO NOT
LIKE BEING
OVERWATERED.

YOUR WATERING
SCHEDULE WILL
DIFFER DEPENDING ON
THE ENVIRONMENT. A
YUCCA IN A HOT, DRY
AREA WILL NEED MORE
WATERING THAN ONE
IN A COOLER AREA.
ONCE THE SOIL DRIES
OUT, WATER THE
PLANT THOROUGHLY
AND DEEPLY.

IF THE YUCCA IS
GROWING IN A POT,
APPLY WATER UNTIL
YOU SEE WATER
DRAINING OUT OF THE
DRAINAGE HOLES.
ALLOW ALL THIS
EXCESS WATER TO
DRAIN AWAY, THEN BE
SURE THE SOIL DRIES
OUT BEFORE
WATERING AGAIN.

TEMPERATURE AND
 HUMIDITY
THE SPINELESS YUCCA
IS A VERY HARDY
PLANT AND IS
TOLERANT OF A WIDE
RANGE OF
TEMPERATURES FROM
JUST BELOW FREEZING
UP TO 90 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
HOWEVER, THESE
PLANTS THRIVE IN
MIDRANGE
TEMPERATURES AND
MEDIUM HUMIDITY
LEVELS. THIS MAKES
THE CONTROLLED
TEMPERATURES AND
HUMIDITY LEVELS OF
INDOOR SPACES
PERFECT FOR YUCCA
PLANTS.

FERTILIZER
BECAUSE THE
SPINELESS YUCCA
THRIVES IN LOW-
NUTRIENT SOIL,
FERTILIZING IS NOT
OFTEN NEEDED. IF
YOUR YUCCA IS IN
NEED OF SOME EXTRA
NUTRIENTS, HOWEVER,
APPLY A SLOW-
RELEASE CACTUS
FERTILIZER,
PREFERABLY ONE LOW
IN NITROGEN. THIS IS
BEST DONE DURING ITS
GROWING SEASON,
ABOUT ONCE A MONTH.
YUCCAS GROWN
OUTDOORS ARE MORE
LIKELY TO NEED
FERTILIZER THAN
THOSE GROWN
INDOORS.

SPANISH DAGGER YUCCA GLORIOSA ALSO BEST LIGHT

(YUCCA GLORIOSA) KNOWN AS SPANISH CONDITIONS:
DAGGER, THIS PARTIALLY SHADY TO
ORNAMENTAL FULL SUNLIGHT
EVERGREEN SHRUB IS RATE OF GROWTH:
NATIVE TO THE WARM, GROWS SLOWLY
COASTAL REGIONS OF SUITABLE SOIL TYPES:
THE SOUTHEASTERN ACIDIC, ALKALINE,
USA. LOAMY, NEUTRAL,
SANDY, WELL DRAINED
THE STIFF, 1-2 FOOT (30 SOIL MOISTURE: DRY
TO 60 CM) LONG
 SWORD-SHAPED
LEAVES DROOP
DOWNWARDS, AND ARE
EITHER SOLID, DEEP
GREEN, OR
VARIEGATED.

ONCE MATURE, THE

PLANT SHOOTS UP A
FLOWER STALK,
COVERED WITH MANY
BELL-SHAPED
FLOWERS IN SHADES
OF WHITE. THE FLOWER
STALK CAN REACH A
HEIGHT OF EIGHT FEET
2.4 M).
THIS PLANT IS NATIVE
TO THE SANDY,
COASTAL REGIONS OF
THE SOUTHEASTERN
US, FROM NORTH
CAROLINA DOWN TO
FLORIDA. THEREFORE,
IT THRIVES IN WELL-
DRAINED, SANDY SOIL,
AND ALSO DOES WELL
IN ROCKY SOIL.

WANDERING JEW TRADESCANTIA TO PREVENT YOUR

(ZEBRINA PENDULA) ZEBRINA IS A NATIVE WANDERING JEW
OF CENTRAL AND PLANT FROM
SOUTH AMERICA, FROM GROWING SPARSE AND
MEXICO DOWN TO GREEN, PLACE IT NEAR
COLOMBIA, AS WELL AS A WINDOW THAT GETS
THE CARIBBEAN. HERE, BRIGHT INDIRECT
IT FORMS PART OF THE LIGHT. SOME FULL SUN
UNDERGROWTH IN ISN’T A PROBLEM
LIGHTLY FORESTED EITHER, BUT DO MAKE
AND OFTEN VERY SURE YOU ACCLIMATE
MOIST AREAS. IT CAN IT GRADUALLY TO A
FORM VERY DENSE, HIGHER LIGHT
WIDE MATS THANKS TO LOCATION.
ITS CREEPING GROWTH WANDERING JEW
PATTERN AND ABILITY PLANTS CAN HANDLE A
TO THROW ROOTS VERY WIDE RANGE OF
EXTREMELY QUICKLY. TEMPS, MAKING IT
PERFECT FOR THOSE
CHILLIER WINDOW
SILLS THAT YOUR
OTHER PLANTS MAY
NOT APPRECIATE.
ROOM TEMPERATURE
IS IDEAL, BUT
ANYTHING BETWEEN
50°F TO 85°F WILL KEEP
THEM HAPPY.
YOUR TRADESCANTIA
ZEBRINA WILL
APPRECIATE LIGHTLY
 MOIST SOIL. YOU CAN
WATER A BIT MORE
DURING THE SUMMER
MONTHS, WHEN THE
PLANT IS ACTIVELY
GROWING AND NEEDS
A LOT OF MOISTURE,
AND LESS DURING
WINTER, WHEN SOIL
TENDS TO TAKE
SIGNIFICANTLY
LONGER TO DRY.
WANDERING JEW IS
NOT FUSSY ABOUT ITS
POTTING MIXTURE AT
ALL. I’VE GROWN IT IN
PURE HOUSEPLANT
POTTING SOIL WITH NO
ADDITIVES. IF YOU DO
WANT TO TAKE THINGS
TO THE NEXT LEVEL,
YOU CAN ADD SOME
PERLITE AND/OR PEAT
MOSS, ALTHOUGH THIS
IS REALLY NOT A MUST.

V. PALMS

SILVER SAW PALM THE LEAVES OF THE IT IS BEST TO KEEP THE

(ACOELORRHAPHE ACOELORRAPHE PLANTS MOIST AND
WRIGHTII) WRIGHTII (PAUROTIS) THEN GRADUALLY
ARE LIGHT GREEN REDUCE THE AMOUNT
COLOR, PALMATE AND OF WATER AS THE
PINNATE. ALTHOUGH IT PLANT MATURES. IF
IS A SMALL PALM, ITS YOU ARE IN A COLD
LEAVES GIVE IT AN REGION AND WANT TO
ESPECIALLY LUSH AND GROW THIS PLANT IN A
AIRY TEXTURE. POT, YOU WILL NEED
PAUROTIS CAN TO MAKE SURE IT IS IN
TOLERATE SALT WIND A WELL-DRAINING
AND SLIGHTLY SALTY LOCATION. THE POT
SOILS. IT IS ALSO SHOULD BE PLACED IN
KNOWN TO BE COLD A SEMI-SHADED AREA
HARDY TO THE LOW AND MULCH SHOULD
30S F FOR A SHORT USED AROUND THE
TIME, BUT IT MUST BE BASE OF THE POT.
COVERED WITH A REGULAR WATERING
BLANKET OR A COVER AND FEEDING SHOULD
DURING THOSE TIMES ALSO BE GIVEN
THROUGHOUT THE
GROWING SEASON.
IT REQUIRES FULL SUN
OR SEMI-SHADE AND
REGULAR WATER TO
THRIVE, MAKING IT AN
EXCELLENT CHOICE
FOR ANY GARDEN,
ESPECIALLY NEAR A
SEASIDE LOCATION.
CLUSTERED FISHTAIL FISHTAIL PALMS ARE GIVE THEM LOTS OF
PALM FAMOUS FOR THEIR BRIGHT INDIRECT
(CARYOTA MITIS) UNIQUELY SHAPED LIGHT AND WARM
LEAVES. THE FAN-LIKE, TEMPERATURES
ROUGH-EDGED BETWEEN 65 AND 85
FOLIAGE CLOSELY DEGREES F TO MIMIC
RESEMBLES THE TAIL THEIR NATIVE HABITAT.
FIN OF A FISH, WHICH IS PLANT THEM IN WELL-
WHERE THE NAME DRAINING SOIL AND
ORIGINATES. KEEP THE SOIL
FISHTAIL PALMS CAN SLIGHTLY DAMP AT ALL
FLOWER AND PRODUCE TIMES.
FRUIT. THE FLESHY, WHEN GROWN AS
RED OR BLACK HOUSEPLANTS, GIVE
BERRIES ARE NON- THEM SUFFICIENT
EDIBLE AND TOXIC.1 SPACE. INDOORS,
CARYOTA MITIS. NORTH FISHTAIL PALMS GROW
CAROLINA 6 TO 10 FEET TALL.
COOPERATIVE DURING THE GROWING
EXTENSION. SEASON, FEED THEM
MONTHLY WITH A
INDOOR PLANTS LIQUID FERTILIZER
TYPICALLY DO NOT FORMULATED FOR
FLOWER BUT THEY PALM TREES.
STILL ADD A TROPICAL
TOUCH TO ANY SPACE.
HOWEVER, YOU
SHOULD KNOW THAT
WHEN THESE PALM
TREES ARE GROWN
INDOORS, THEY
SOMETIMES STRUGGLE
WITH INSUFFICIENT
LIGHT AND THE WARM,
WET GROWING
CONDITIONS THEY
REQUIRE.

CANTON FISHTAIL CAYOTA IS A TROPICAL WHERE CARYOTA IS

PALM PLANT NATIVE TO NOT HARDY, GROW IT
(CARYOTA SOUTHEAST ASIA. IT IS IN A WAR
OCHLANDRA) OFTEN GROWN AS A GREENHOUSE OR USE
HOUSEPLANT IN YOUNG SPECIMENS AS
TEMPERATE REGIONS. HOUSEPLANTS.
CARYOTA IS GROWN AS CARYOTA PREFERS TO
A SPECIMEN TREE IN BE POTBOUND; REPOT
TROPICAL REGIONS. WHEN ROOTS OCCUPY
3/4 OF POT SPACE.
CARYOTA IS A GENUS CARYOTA RESTS IN
OF 12 SPECIES OF WINTER; KEEP THE
SINGLE AND CLUSTER- SOIL BARELY MOIST,
STEMMED PALMS. WITHHOLD FERTILIZER.
WATER CARYOTA
FREELY DURING THE
GROWING SEASON.
WATER CARYOTA
SPARINGLY IN WINTER.
APPLY A BALANCED
LIQUID FERTILIZER
 MONTHY.
GROW CARYOTA IN
BRIGHT LIGHT AND
MEDIUM TO HIGH
HUMIDITY.
KEEP THE
TEMPERATURE WARM.
KEEP THE SOIL EVENLY
MOIST BUT NOT
SOGGY.
FERTILIZE CARYOTA
REGULARLY FROM
SPRING TO FALL.

FISHTAIL WINE PALM THE CARYOTA URENS FISHTAIL PALMS

(CARYOTA URENS) IS A PALM NATIVE TO REQUIRE FULL SUN OR
THE INDIAN PART SHADE
SUBCONTINENT AND EXPOSURE. THESE
SOUTHEAST ASIA PALMS CAN BE GROWN
WHERE THEY GROW IN INDOORS AS LONG AS
FIELDS AND THEY ARE PLACED IN
RAINFOREST AN AREA WITH BRIGHT
CLEARINGS. THIS PALM INDIRECT LIGHT,
GROWS UP TO 60+ FEET THOUGH SINCE THEY
HIGH AND PRODUCES GROW FAST, IT IS BEST
LARGE HANGING TO GROW THESE
CLUSTERS OF BEAUTIFUL PALMS
FLOWERS NEAR THE OUTDOORS WHERE
TOP. AS THESE PLANTS BOTH YOU AND YOUR
ARE MONOCARPIC, THE NEIGHBORS WILL
COMPLETION OF THE APPRECIATE IT! WE
FLOWER AND FRUITING LOVE TO PLANT THESE
PROCESS RESULTS IN PALMS AS A LAWN
THE DEATH OF THE SPECIMEN OR FOR
TREE. ADDING QUICK SHADE
CARYOTA IS THE ONLY OVER A PATIO. THEY
GENUS OF PALM WITH ARE ALSO EXCELLENT
BIPINNATE LEAVES. FOR USE IN SHRUB
EACH LEAFLET IS BORDERS, WHERE
ABOUT 30 CM LONG GROUPINGS CAN ADD A
WITH ONE POINTED LUSH LOOK AND HELP
EDGE AND ONE BLOCK OUT UNWANTED
JAGGED EDGE, AND VIEWS! THIS
THEIR DISTINCTIVE EVERGREEN IS A GOOD
SHAPE ACCOUNTS FOR ALTERNATIVE TO
THE PALM’S COMMON CLUMPING BAMBOO,
NAME, FISHTAIL PALM. REQUIRING LITTLE TO
MODERATE WATER USE
ONCE ESTABLISHED.
 PARLOR PALM A PARLOR PALM IS A GROW IN A 3-GALLON
(CHAMAEDOREA PALM WITH VIBRANT, INDOOR PALM POT
ELEGANS) LUSH TROPICAL (ABOUT 10 INCHES
FRONDS. ALSO KNOWN WIDE) IN A NORTHERN
AS CHAMAEDOREA EXPOSURE OR FOYER.
ELEGANS, THE PARLOR PLANT IN WELL-
PALM IS ONE OF THE DRAINED, PEATY SOIL-
BEST TYPES OF PALMS BASED POTTING MIX
FOR BEGINNERS, THE WITH AN ACIDIC TO
PARLOR PALM GROWS NEUTRAL PH.
BEST IN TROPICAL OR PLACE IN BRIGHT,
INDOOR CONDITIONS INDIRECT LIGHT WITH
WITH BRIGHT, INDIRECT TEMPERATURES
SUNLIGHT, WELL- BETWEEN 65°F AND
DRAINED ACIDIC TO 75°F .
NEUTRAL SOIL, AND BE CAREFUL NOT TO
TEMPERATURES OVER WATER OR
BETWEEN 65°F AND ALLOW THE PARLOR
75°F, THOUGH IT ALSO PALM TO GET TOO
ADAPTS TO LOWER MUCH SUNLIGHT. IT
LIGHT ENJOYING A CAN BE GROWN AS A
PARLOR PALM IN YOUR LOW LIGHT PLANT.
HOME ALSO HELPS USE A BALANCED
PURIFY AND CLEAN THE LIQUID FERTILIZER
AIR, ADD HUMIDITY, MONTHLY TO
AND PROVIDE AN ENCOURAGE GROWTH,
ATTRACTIVE TOUCH OF THOUGH KNOW THAT
GREEN THAT CAN LIVE IT'S A SLOW GROWER
FOR UP TO A FEW THAT COULD TAKE A
DECADES AS AN YEAR OR LONG TO
INDOOR TREE AND REACH ITS FULL
LONGER OUTDOORS IN HEIGHT OF 2 TO 6 FEET.
THE RIGHT CLIMATE.

BAMBOO PLANT THE BAMBOO PALM THE SLOW-GROWING

(CHAMAEDOREA CHAMAEDOREA BAMBOO PALM DOES
ELUMPENS) SEIFRIZII PRODUCES BEST IN BRIGHT,
ABOUT TEN OR FIFTEEN INDIRECT SUNLIGHT.
FEATHERY, DARK KEEP IN MIND THAT
GREEN FRONDS PER CANE PALM
CANE. THE STEMS ARE NATURALLY GROWS AS
THICK AND COVERED AN UNDERSTORY
WITH TAN FIBER THAT PLANT IN FORESTS AND
LOOKS LIKE BAMBOO. IT DOES NOT REQUIRE
IS A MEMBER OF THE BRIGHT LIGHT TO
ARECACEAE FAMILY THRIVE.
HAILING FROM CHAMAEDOREAS DO
FORESTED REGIONS OF BEST AT A ROOM
CENTRAL AMERICA – TEMPERATURE RANGE
HONDURAS, OF 65° TO 75° DEGREES
GUATEMALA, AND FAHRENHEIT, BUT THE
MEXICO. PALM IS QUITE
ADAPTABLE AND CAN
SURVIVE A BIT BELOW
OR ABOVE THESE
TEMPERATURES.
BAMBOO PALMS
PREFER
CONSISTENTLY MOIST
SOIL, BUT YOU MUST
 NEVER ALLOW THE
POTTING SOIL TO STAY
SOGGY. INSTEAD, THE
SOIL SHOULD ALWAYS
BE JUST BARELY
PERCEPTIBLY DAMP.

REED PALM REED PALM REED PALM

(CHAMAEDOREA (CHAMAEDOREA (CHAMAODEREA
SEIFRIZII) SEIFRIZII) ALSO CALLED SEIFRIZII) CARE
CLUSTERED-PARLOUR- INDOORS IS EASY
PALM OR CANE PALM IS WHEN THE RIGHT
A GRACEFUL PALM GROWING CONDITIONS
WITH A HIGH ARE PROVIDED. IT
TOLERANCE TO SHADE THRIVES IN BRIGHT,
AND IS IDEAL AS A INDIRECT LIGHT AWAY
SPECIMEN PLANT ON FROM DIRECT
ACCOUNT OF ITS SIZE. SUNLIGHT, AVERAGE
CHAMAEDOREA WARMTH AND
SEIFRIZII BELONGS TO MODERATELY MOIST,
A GROUP OF PALMS RICH, WELL-DRAINED
CALLED CANE PALMS SOIL COUPLED WITH
WHICH PRODUCE TALL MONTHLY FEEDING
REED-LIKE STEMS DURING THE GROWING
WHICH LOOK LIKE SEASON.
BAMBOO CANES WHEN CHAMAEDOREA
MATURE. SEIFRIZII HAS NO NEED
FOR INCREASED
HUMIDITY. REPOTTING
IS DONE AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE
GROWING SEASON
ONLY WHEN THE PALM
HAS BECOME POT-
BOUND. PRUNING IS
NEEDED TO KEEP THE
PALM NEAT AS WELL AS
REDUCE PESTS AND
DISEASES. KEEP
READING FOR MORE
ON THESE GROWING
CONDITIONS AND HOW
TO PROVIDE THEM.

EUROPEAN FAN PALM THE EUROPEAN FAN LIGHT

(CHAMAEROPS PALM IS AN ESPECIALLY EUROPEAN FAN PALMS
HUMILIS) COLD-HARDY SPECIES THRIVE IN FULL SUN,
OF PALM TREE. IT CAN BUT THEY CAN
TOLERATE TOLERATE PARTIAL
TEMPERATURES AS SHADE AS WELL.
LOW AS 10 DEGREES CHOOSE A LOCATION
FAHRENHEIT. FOR THIS WHERE YOUR PALM
REASON, EUROPEAN WILL RECEIVE AT
FAN PALMS ARE LEAST FOUR TO SIX
FREQUENTLY USED TO HOURS OF DIRECT
ADD TROPICAL FLAIR SUNLIGHT ON MOST
TO TEMPERATE DAYS.
LANDSCAPES. THEY SOIL
ALSO GROW WELL AS THEY ARE ABLE TO
HOUSEPLANTS, ADAPT TO VARYING
 ADAPTING EASILY TO TEXTURES (LOAM,
INDOOR CONDITIONS. CLAY, OR SAND) AND
PH LEVELS (SLIGHTLY
THESE PALMS CAN ACIDIC TO SLIGHTLY
GROW BOTH AS A ALKALINE).
SHRUB WITH MULTIPLE WATER
TRUNKS OR AS A SMALL UNTIL THE ROOTS OF A
TREE WITH A SINGLE YOUNG EUROPEAN FAN
TRUNK. THE LIGHT PALM ARE
BLUE-GREEN TO ESTABLISHED, IT
SILVER-GREEN, FAN- SHOULD BE WATERED
SHAPED FRONDS TO MAINTAIN EVEN
STRETCH ROUGHLY 2 SOIL MOISTURE. IN
FEET LONG AND WIDE EXTREME HEAT, IT
AND FEATURE 10 TO 20 MIGHT NEED TO BE
LONG, NARROW WATERED WEEKLY OR
LEAFLETS. CLUSTERS MORE OFTEN TO HELP
OF BRIGHT YELLOW ROOTS ESTABLISH.
FLOWERS BLOOM IN TEMPERATURE AND
THE SPRING BUT THEY HUMIDITY
ARE NOT ALWAYS WARM, SUNNY DAYS
VISIBLE BECAUSE THEY AND COOL NIGHTS ARE
ARE HIDDEN BEHIND THE IDEAL CONDITIONS
THE LEAF STEMS. FOR EUROPEAN FAN
SMALL, ROUND PALMS. HOWEVER, AS
INEDIBLE FRUITS IN ONE OF THE MOST
YELLOW, ORANGE, OR ADAPTABLE SPECIES
BROWN FOLLOW THE OF PALMS, THEY CAN
FLOWERS. WITHSTAND BOTH
EXTREME HEAT AND
EUROPEAN FAN PALMS EXTREME COLD.
HAVE A SLOW GROWTH FERTILIZER
RATE AND ARE BEST . USE A SLOW-RELEASE
PLANTED IN THE FERTILIZER MEANT FOR
SPRING. PALMS FROM SPRING
TO FALL, FOLLOWING

ARECA PALM THESE PALMS HAVE WHEN GROWN

(CHRYSALIDOCARPUS SMOOTH, SOMETIMES OUTDOORS, IT IS
LUTESCENS) GOLDEN TRUNKS THAT IMPORTANT TO
ARE REMINISCENT OF CHOOSE A PLANTING
BAMBOO CLUMPS. SITE THAT HAS GOOD
THEIR FRONDS ARE DRAINAGE. SOGGY
NARROW AND FULL, SOIL CAN EASILY
ALMOST LIKE BAMBOO CAUSE ROOT ROT ON A
LEAVES. WHEN GROWN PALM. WHEN GROWN
OUTDOORS, THEY ARE INDOORS AS A
OFTEN USED AS A HOUSEPLANT, A WELL-
PRIVACY SCREEN. DRAINING CONTAINER
THESE PALMS ARE IS ESSENTIAL.
ALSO GROWN INDOORS IN TERMS OF REGULAR
AS HOUSEPLANTS. CARE, PLAN TO WATER
THEY ARE BEST YOUR ARECA PALM
PLANTED IN THE WHENEVER THE SOIL
SPRING, AND THEY STARTS TO DRY OUT.
HAVE A SLOW TO TO KEEP OUTDOOR
MODERATE GROWTH PALMS HEALTHY, IT'S
RATE. ESPECIALLY
IMPORTANT TO KEEP
 THEM HYDRATED
DURING HOT AND DRY
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

INDOOR PALMS OFTEN

DON’T RECEIVE
ENOUGH LIGHT UNLESS
THEY ARE PLACED
NEAR A VERY BRIGHT
WINDOW. SO, IT CAN
BENEFIT YOUR PALM
TO BRING IT
OUTDOORS IN WARM
WEATHER TO BE
EXPOSED TO DIFFUSED
SUNLIGHT.
FEED INDOOR AND
OUTDOOR PALMS
THROUGHOUT THE
GROWING SEASON.
THESE PALMS DON'T
NEED MUCH IN THE
WAY OF PRUNING OR
TRIMMING. WAIT TO
REMOVE ANY DYING
FRONDS UNTIL THEY
ARE MOSTLY BROWN,
AS THEY STILL CAN
PLAY A ROLE IN
PHOTOSYNTHESIS.

QUEEN SAGO CYCAS CIRCINALIS LIGHT:

(CYCAS CIRCINALIS) GROW AND CARE – FULL SUN / HALF
TREE OF THE GENUS SHADE / FULL SHADE
CYCAS ALSO KNOWN (WILL GROW SLOWLY)
AS QUEEN SAGO, WATER:
CYCAS CIRCINALIS SMALL AMOUNT OF
PERENNIAL WATER / AVERAGE
EVERGREEN USED AS AMOUNT OF WATER
ORNAMENTAL PLANT
AND DROUGHT
TOLERANT, CAN GROW
IN SUBTROPICS,
TEMPERATE,
MEDITERRANEAN,
DESERT, TROPICAL
CLIMATE OR AS
HOUSEPLANT AND
GROWING IN
HARDINESS ZONE 9+.
LEAVES COLOR GREEN
IN LINEAR SHAPE AND
GROW CONNECTED IN
PINNATE SHAPE OF 1-
2M 3-6 FEET.
 KING SAGO DESPITE ITS COMMON SAGO PALMS
(CYCAS REVOLUTA) NAME, SAGO PALM APPRECIATE A WARM
(CYCAS REVOLUTA) AND BRIGHT
ISN'T TECHNICALLY A ENVIRONMENT,
TRUE PALM TREE. THOUGH HARSH
THESE FAIRLY LOW- SUNLIGHT CAN
GROWING PLANTS WITH DAMAGE THE FOLIAGE.
LONG GREEN FRONDS THEY ALSO LIKE
ARE CYCADS, A GROUP HUMIDITY,
OF ANCIENT TROPICAL SUPPLEMENTED BY
AND SUBTROPICAL MISTING THEM
PLANTS THAT USUALLY REGULARLY WITH
GROW FROM A TRUNK CLEAN WATER FROM A
THAT DOESN'T BRANCH SPRAY BOTTLE. YOU
OUT; IT PRODUCES ALSO CAN PLACE THE
NUTS BUT DOESN'T PLANT CONTAINER ON
FLOWER OR FRUIT. A TRAY FILLED WITH
SAGO PALMS ARE WATER AND PEBBLES,
NATIVE TO WARM AS LONG AS THE
PARTS OF JAPAN AND BOTTOM OF THE POT
SOUTHERN CHINA. ISN’T TOUCHING THE
WATER. SITTING
WATER CAN CAUSE
ROOT ROT.

THESE PLANTS ARE

SENSITIVE TO
OVERWATERING AND
POORLY DRAINED SOIL.
SO MAKE SURE THE
SOIL SURFACE DRIES
OUT IN BETWEEN
WATERINGS. CHOOSE A
POT WITH AMPLE
DRAINAGE HOLES FOR
CONTAINER
PLANTINGS. MANY
GARDENERS PREFER
TO USE UNGLAZED
TERRA COTTA POTS
BECAUSE EXCESS SOIL
MOISTURE CAN
EVAPORATE THROUGH
THE POROUS POT.
SENTRY PALM SENTRY PALM (HOWEA LIGHT:
(HOWEA BELMOREANA) ALSO DO NOT EXPOSE THE
BELMOREANA) CALLED CURLY PALM IS CURLY PALM TO TOO
A SLOW GROWING HOT DIRECT SUNLIGHT
INDOOR PALM WITH AS IT CAN CAUSE THE
SOFT, DROOPING FRONDS TO DEVELOP A
LEAFLETS WHICH IS YELLOWISH COLOR
IDEAL FOR ADDING AN INSTEAD OF THE
EXOTIC FEEL IN ANY ATTRACTIVE GREEN
SPACE. COLOR.
HOWEA BELMOREANA ROTATE THE POT
BELONGS TO A GROUP REGULARLY TO MAKE
OF PALMS (CALLED SURE THAT THE PALM
FEATHER PALMS) RECEIVES LIGHT ON
WHICH PRODUCE ALL SIDES FOR
FRONDS WHICH ARE UNIFORM GROWTH.
DIVIDED ON EITHER HOWEA BELMOREANA
SIDE OF THE MIDRIB CAN ALSO GROW
INTO LEAFLETS. UNDER A GROW LIGHT
CURLY PALM HAS A WHERE THE NATURAL
THIN, SLENDER TRUNK LIGHTING IS NOT
WITH FEATHER-SHAPED ENOUGH.
DROOPING FRONDS WATER:
WHICH PRODUCE WIDE WATER SENTRY PALM
LEAFLETS. THE TRUNK THOROUGHLY DURING
IS DARK-GREEN WHEN THE GROWING SEASON
YOUNG AND TURNS AND ALLOW THE TOP 2-
BROWN AS IT AGES. 3 IN. OF SOIL TO DRY
OUT BETWEEN
WATERINGS TO KEEP
THE SOIL MODERATELY
MOIST AT ALL TIMES.
TEMPERATURE:
IF THE TEMPERATURE
IS COMFORTABLE FOR
YOU IT IS IDEAL FOR
THIS PALM. KEEP IT
AWAY FROM COLD
DRAUGHTS AS THEY
CAN CAUSE LEAF
DROP.
HUMIDITY:
SENTRY PALM
REQUIRES A HUMID
ENVIRONMENT TO
THRIVE. TO RAISE
HUMIDITY, SET THE
POT ON A WET PEBBLE
TRAY IN ORDER TO
KEEP THE FRONDS
LOOKING GREEN AND
HEALTHY.
PARADISE PALM; NAMED AFTER WILLIAM KENTIA PALM (HOWEA
KENTIA PALM FORSTER, A SENATOR FORSTERIANA)
(HOWEA FROM NEW SOUTH THRIVES IN BRIGHT
FORSTERANA) WALES, FORSTER INDIRECT LIGHT, WARM
SENTRY PALM IS A AND HUMID
POPULAR HOUSEPLANT CONDITIONS AND
IN TEMPERATE MODERATELY MOIST,
CLIMATES, THIS SLOW- RICH, WELL-DRAINED
GROWING PALM SOIL COUPLED
REQUIRES LITTLE MONTHLY FEEDING IN
LIGHT, HOWEVER CAN THE GROWING
ADAPT TO SUNNY SEASON.
LOCATIONS WHEN HOWEA FORSTERIANA
PLANTED OUTDOORS. REQUIRES PRUNING TO
SOME SUNLIGHT IS KEEP IT NEAT AND
NECESSARY FOR THE DISCOURAGE PESTS
PLANT TO PRODUCE ITS AND DISEASES
FLOWERS. INFESTATION.
AS LONG AS DIRECT REPOTTING IS ONLY
SUNLIGHT IS AVOIDED, NEEDED WHEN IT
IT CAN WITHSTAND BECOMES POT-BOUND.
OUTDOOR KEEP READING FOR
TEMPERATURES UP MORE ON THESE
TO100 DEGREES GROWING CONDITIONS
FAHRENHEIT. AND HOW TO ACHIEVE
ALTHOUGH SOMEWHAT THEM.
TOLERANT TO HEAT,
HUMIDITY AND
RAINFALL, THIS PLANT
HAS A BETTER CHANCE
OF SUCCESS IN AREAS
WHERE THE EXTREMES
ARE NOT REACHED. IT
IS ALSO MODERATELY
TOLERANT OF SALT
SPRAY AND DROUGHT.

CHINESE CHINESE FAN PALMS CHINESE FAN PALMS

FOUNTAIN/FAN (LIVISTONA CHINENSIS) ARE FAIRLY HARDY
PALM ARE POPULAR AND ARE NOT OVERLY
(LIVISTONA LANDSCAPE PLANTS IN PARTICULAR ABOUT
CHINENSIS) WARM, HUMID THEIR GROWING
CLIMATES AND ARE CONDITIONS, WHICH
ALSO FAIRLY SUITABLE MAKES THEM A GOOD
AS INDOOR POTTED CHOICE FOR BEGINNER
PALMS. THESE PALMS GARDENERS. STILL,
ARE ALSO KNOWN BY PROVIDING THE RIGHT
THE COMMON NAME AMOUNT OF LIGHT,
FOUNTAIN PALM DUE WARMTH, AND WATER
TO THE WAY THEIR IS A MUST FOR
FRONDS ARCH UP AND GROWING A HEALTHY
THEN SPILL PLANT. WHETHER YOU
DOWNWARD LIKE GROW THESE PALMS IN
WATER FROM A A CONTAINER OR IN
FOUNTAIN. EACH THE GROUND, THEY
FROND CAN GROW 40 REQUIRE GOOD SOIL
TO 60 INCHES LONG. DRAINAGE.
THESE SLOW-GROWING
PALMS HAVE A BUSHY
APPEARANCE WHEN
 THEY ARE YOUNG. BUT
IN ROUGHLY A DECADE,
THEIR SINGLE,
SLENDER, GRAYISH-
BROWN TRUNK WILL
HAVE GROWN TALL
ENOUGH TO BE
CLASSIFIED AS A TREE.

PYGMY DATE PALM THIS EASY-CARE PALM LIGHT: BRIGHT

(PHOENIX IS A DWARF PLANT INDIRECT LIGHT.
REOBELENII) REACHING SEVERAL STRONG MORNING
FEET TALL AFTER LIGHT FROM AN EAST-
SEVERAL YEARS. GIVE FACING WINDOW WILL
IT SOME SPACE, GIVE YOUR PALM THE
THOUGH. ALTHOUGH LIGHT IT NEEDS. GIVE
SLOW-GROWING, THIS THE PLANT A QUARTER
INDOOR PALM WILL TURN EVERY WEEK TO
EVENTUALLY SPREAD EXPOSE ALL SIDES TO
TO ABOUT 4 FT WIDE. SUNLIGHT.
ITS LONG, ARCHING WATER: PYGMY DATE
FRONDS FEATURE PALM DOESN'T
SLENDER, DELICATE- REQUIRE A LOT OF
LOOKING LEAFLETS. ATTENTION, BUT BE
UNLIKE OTHER DATE CAREFUL NOT TO
PALMS, THIS ONE HAS OVERWATER IT. POOR
SOFT LEAFLETS GIVING DRAINAGE AND SOGGY
IT A FEATHERY, SOIL CAN CAUSE ROOT
ELEGANT LOOK. ROT. IT IS BEST TO USE
A POT WITH A
DRAINAGE HOLE.
HUMIDITY: THIS
TROPICAL NATIVE
LIKES HIGH HUMIDITY.
INDOOR AIR CAN
BECOME EXTREMELY
DRY WITHOUT US
NOTICING IT.
TEMPERATURE:
AVERAGE TO WARM 65-
85°F/18-29°C YEAR-
ROUND. IT WILL
TOLERATE A MINIMUM
OF 55°F/13°C IN
WINTER.
SOIL: USE A POTTING
MIX THAT DRAINS
WELL. I RECOMMEND
ADDING PERLITE OR
SAND TO A STANDARD
POTTING MIX.
FERTILIZER: FEED
ONCE IN SPRING AND
AGAIN IN SUMMER
WITH A TIME-RELEASE
FERTILIZER. ROSE
FERTILIZER WORKS
WELL BECAUSE IT
PROVIDES THE
MICRONUTRIENTS THIS
 PALM NEEDS.

LADY PALM EACH LEAF IS DIVIDED LIGHT:

(RHAPIS EXCELSA) INTO BROAD THEY REALLY WANT
SEGMENTS ENDING IN THE CLASSIC "BRIGHT
BLUNT TIPS. YOUNG INDIRECT LIGHT,"
PLANTS WILL PRODUCE WHICH MEANS THE
JUST A FEW LEAF BRIGHTEST SPOT YOU
SEGMENTS PER STEM, HAVE IN YOUR HOME
BUT THIS INCREASES WITHOUT BEING
TO FIVE OR MORE AS BATHED IN INTENSE
THE PLANT MATURES. SUNLIGHT (TOO MUCH
THIS APPEARANCE CAN SUN CAN CAUSE
LOOK LIKE A FLAT YELLOW LEAVES).
"HAND" WITH ITS WATER:
FINGERS SPREAD. WATERING
AGAIN THIS IS A
TOLERANT INDOOR
PLANT. IT WILL TAKE
SPORADIC WATERING
IN ITS STRIDE. BUT BE
KIND AND TRY TO GIVE
IT WHAT IT WANTS BY
SOAKING THE SOIL AND
THEN WAITING UNTIL
THE SURFACE AND TOP
INCH HAVE DRIED OUT.
IT LIKES THIS TYPE OF
WATERING STYLE ALL
YEAR ROUND.
HUMIDITY
ALTHOUGH THEY'RE
TROPICAL PLANTS, THE
LADY PALM CAN COPE
WELL WITH EITHER
LOW OR HIGH
HUMIDITY LEVELS.

RATTAN PALM/ RHAPIS HUMILIS IS A

SLENDER LADY TALL, THIN TRUNKED
PALM FAN PALM WITH MANY
(RHAPIS HUMILIS) THIN LEAFLETS.
BELOW I WILL
COMPARE IT IN MANY
WAYS TO THE MUCH
MORE FAMILIAR AND
SEEN RHAPIS EXCELSA,
THE LADY PALM. THE
FIRST AND MOST
NOTICEABLE
DIFFERENCE IS THAT
RHAPIS HUMILIS IS A
MUCH TALLER PLANT.
IT EASILY GETS TO
SIXTEEN FEET. I HAVE
PERSONALLY SEEN
PLANTS WELL OVER
TWENTY FEET TALL.
RHAPIS EXCELSA IS
TYPICALLY HALF THIS
 HEIGHT OR LESS,
ALTHOUGH TALL
CLONES ARE KNOWN
TO EXIST. WHEN
YOUNGER, RHAPIS
HUMILIS CANES DO
CARRY A LARGE
AMOUNT OF FIBER, BUT
WITH AGE STEMS LOSE
FIBERS AND BECOME
CLEANER AND MORE
ATTRACTIVE THAN
EXCELSA. RHAPIS
EXCELSA RETAIN MUCH
MORE OF THE BROWN-
BLACK FIBERS. IT
REMAINS UNCLEAR
WHY RHAPIS HUMILIS
WAS GIVEN THE NAME
“SLENDER LADY PALM”
AS STEM DIAMETERS
OF THE TWO SPECIES
ARE ABOUT THE SAME.

VI. SUCCULENTS

OCTOPUS AGAVE AGAVE VILMORINIANA LIGHT & TEMPERATURE

(AGAVA VILMORINIANA) (OCTOPUS AGAVE) - A THESE DESERT AGAVE
VERY UNUSUAL PLANTS APPRECIATE A
LOOKING SUCCULENT FULL SUN SETTING BUT
WITH NARROW GREEN CAN ALSO DO WELL IN
LEAVES THAT TWIST LIGHT SHADE.
BACK TOWARDS THE WATER NEEDS
GROUND, MAKING IT ALTHOUGH THE PLANT
LOOK LIKE A 4 FEET IS DROUGHT-
TALL AND WIDE TOLERANT, WATER
OCTOPUS WITH REGULARLY WHILE THE
OUTREACHING PLANT IS YOUNG AND
TENTACLES. ARCHING BECOMING
DEEPLY FURROWED ESTABLISHED.
LEAVES ARE UNARMED, LIKE THE CENTURY
MAKING THIS AGAVE A PLANT, ONCE
RELATIVELY SAFE ESTABLISHED, ALLOW
PLANT FOR WALKWAY THE SOIL TO DRY
AREAS OR CONTAINER COMPLETELY AND
GROWING. IT SHOULD THEN WATER DEEPLY
BE NOTED THE LEAF DURING THE GROWING
MARGINS, WHILE SEASON (SPRING
UNARMED TO THE EYE THROUGH SUMMER).
CAN HAVE SMALL SOIL &
SERRATIONS AND BE TRANSPLANTING
FAIRLY SHARP. PLANT THE BEST SOIL FOR
IN FULL SUN. THIS SUCCULENT
TOLERATES DROUGHT PROVIDES GOOD
AND COLD DRAINAGE AND IS
TEMPERATURES TO 24 ° SANDY OR GRAVELLY.
F. AS WITH OTHER
AGAVE THE MAIN PLANT A SUBSTRATE
DIES AFTER COMBINATION OF
FLOWERING BUT THIS EQUAL PARTS
 PLANT PRODUCES NO COMPOST, GARDEN
SUCKERS TO REPLACE SOIL, OR POTTING MIX
ITSELF. IT DOES COMBINED WITH
PRODUCE MANY NEW SHARP SAND, PUMICE,
"PLANTLETS" (OR OR GRAVEL IS IDEAL.
BULBILS) WITHIN THE
INFLORESCENCE THAT
CAN PERPETUATE THE
PLANT WITHIN THE
GARDEN. SEEMS TO
FLOWER WITHIN 7 TO 10
YEARS FROM PLANTS
GROWN FROM THESE
PLANTLETS.

CENTURY PLANT AMERICAN CENTURY HANDS-OFF CARE AND

(AGAVE AMERICANA) PLANT IS A ROSETTE- PATIENCE ARE
FORMING HERBACEOUS REQUIRED FOR
PERENNIAL GROWING A CENTURY
SUCCULENT IN THE PLANT. THESE LARGE
ASPARAGACEAE AGAVES MUST HAVE
FAMILY. THE COMMON WELL-DRAINING SOIL
NAME AROSE BECAUSE AND WILL BENEFIT
IT WAS ONCE THOUGHT FROM INTERMITTENT
IT TOOK 100 YEARS FOR WATERING, DEPENDING
THE PLANT TO FLOWER. ON CLIMATE
IT DOES NOT TAKE CONDITIONS. AS YOU
QUITE THAT LONG, WAIT A DECADE (AND
MORE LIKE 10-25 LIKELY MORE) FOR THE
YEARS, BUT ONCE IT FLOWER STALK TO
DOES FLOWER THE EMERGE, YOU CAN
MAIN PLANT DIES. EXPECT THESE PLANTS
WHEN IT BLOOMS, IT TO PRODUCE PLENTY
SENDS UP A SINGLE OF OFFSHOOTS, WHICH
FLOWERING STALK CAN BE LEFT TO GROW
FROM THE CENTER OF AS PART OF A LARGE
THE LEAVES REACHING COLONY OR
15-30' TALL OR MORE. TRANSPLANTED TO
NEW LOCATIONS. BE
VIGILANT TOWARDS
THE APPEARANCE OF
AGAVE SNOUT
WEEVILS, WHICH CAN
DAMAGE A PLANT
BEYOND RECOVERY.

TREE ALOE “GRASSLAND, THICKET, LIGHT

(ALOE ARBORESCENS) SAVANNAH AND THIS IS A PLANT FOR
FYNBOS” (VAN LOCATIONS WITH
JAARSVELD 2006). DIRECT, INTENSE
“FROM SEA LEVEL [AND] SUNLIGHT. THE COLOR
TO ALTITUDES OF OVER OF THE LEAVES
6,000FT, ALWAYS IN DEPENDS ON THE
ROCKY PLACES, AMOUNT OF SUNLIGHT
SOMETIMES IN DENSE THE PLANT GETS,
BUSH, AND AT TIMES RANGING FROM DULL
ON BLEAK EXPOSED GREEN TO YELLOW-
MOUNTAIN SIDES, GREEN OR BLUISH-
MOSTLY IN AREAS GREEN.
RECEIVING 25-50 SOIL
 INCHES ANNUAL EXCELLENT DRAINING
RAINFALL” (REYNOLDS IS CRUCIAL, WHICH
1969). “MONTANE ONLY LIGHT AND
GRASSLAND [AND] IN SANDY OR MEDIUM
OPEN EVERGREEN LOAMY SOIL CAN
FOREST, [AND] ALSO IN PROVIDE. WATER
COASTAL FOREST KRANTZ ALOE IS WELL
(1050-2800M)” (KATIVU ADAPTED TO DRY SOIL
2001). “ADAPTED TO AND EVEN DROUGHT
MANY HABITATS, BUT IS BUT DOES NOT
USUALLY FOUND IN TOLERATE WET SOIL.
MOUNTAINOUS AREAS TOO MUCH MOISTURE,
WHERE IT FAVOURS POOR DRAINAGE, AND
EXPOSED RIDGES AND STANDING WATER CAN
ROCKY OUTCROPS” LEAD TO PLANT DEATH.
(HANKEY AND NOTTEN WHEN IRRIGATING
2004). DURING THE GROWING
SEASON, LET THE SOIL
DRY OUT BETWEEN
WATERING.
TEMPERATURE AND
HUMIDITY
LIKE MANY
SUCCULENTS, ALOE
ARBORESCENS DOES
NOT DO WELL IN HIGH
HUMIDITY.
IT CAN TOLERATE
MODERATE FROST
WITH TEMPERATURES
DOWN TO 25 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.

DWARF ALOE THE DWARF ALOE, OR LIGHT & TEMPERATURE

(ALOE ARISTATA) ALOE ARISTATA TORCH PLANT THRIVES
(RECENTLY RECLASSED UNDER BRIGHT LIGHT.
AS ARISTALOE EVEN IF YOU DON’T
ARISTATA) PLANT IS A EXPOSE IT TO FULL
LOW-GROWING HARDY SUN AT ALL TIMES OF
SUCCULENT, WHICH IS THE DAY, MAKE SURE
MOSTLY FOUND IN TO KEEP IT IN A LIT
SOUTH AFRICA. IT HAS ROOM, POTENTIALLY
FLESHY, SOFT-SPINED UNDER GROW LIGHTS.
DARK GREEN LEAVES, IT WILL ULTIMATELY
WHICH HAVE WHITE STOP GROWING IF IT IS
BUMPS. AS THE NOT KEPT NEAR A
WEATHER CHANGES, SOUTH FACING
THE LEAVES TEND TO WINDOW FOR LONG
CHANGE COLOR AND PERIODS OF TIME.
ORANGE-RED FLOWERS WATER & HUMIDITY
GROW ON THE LONG WHEN THIS PLANT IS
STEMS. GROWING, WATERING
IT IS NECESSARY OR IT
WILL DRY OUT. IT’S
BEST TO KEEP
WATERING THE SOIL IN
THE POT REGULARLY IF
YOU WANT THE ROOTS
TO REMAIN MOIST.
WHEN THE PLANT IS
 FULLY GROWN, YOU
SHOULD WATER IT
LESS OFTEN BUT MAKE
SURE THE SOIL
DOESN’T LOSE
MOISTURE
COMPLETELY

BARBADOS ALOE ALOE VERAIS A ALOE VERA IS

(ALOE BARBADENSIS) PERENNIAL HERB FROM PROPAGATED FROM
THE ASPHODELACEAE SHOOTS OR PUPS THAT
(LOWER ASPARAGALES) GROW AT THE BASE OF
FAMILY. ESTABLISHED PLANTS.

IT IS AN EVERGREEN IF YOU INTEND TO

PLANT THAT IS NATIVE GROW IT INDOORS,
TO ARABIA, AND PLANT THE SHOOTS IN
THRIVES IN USDA POTS WITH A HOLE IN
ZONES 10 TO 12. THE BASE TO ENHANCE
PLANTS TYPICALLY DRAINAGE AND
GROW TO ABOUT TWO AERATION.
TO THREE FEET TALL
(0.6 TO 0.9 M). FOR GARDEN PLANTS,
ALOE IS A SEASONAL OBSERVE A SPACING
BLOOMER THAT OF 16 BY 18 INCHES (40
PRODUCES BRIGHT X 45 CM) SO THAT EACH
YELLOW FLOWERS IN PLANT HAS ENOUGH
THE SUMMER. SPACE TO EXPAND.

ALOE VERA GROWS ON

MOST SOILS BUT
PREFERS SANDY,
WELL-DRAINED LOAMS.

WATER ONCE EVERY

WEEK FOLLOWING
PLANTING, BUT
INCREASE THE
INTERVAL TO TWO
WEEKS ONCE IT HAS
TAKEN ROOT.

JEWELED ALOE JEWEL ALOE (ALOE PROVIDING YOU CAN

(ALOE DISTANS) DISTANS) IS A LOW- OFFER THE RIGHT
GROWING, EVERGREEN CONDITIONS, JEWEL
ALOE VARIETY WHICH ALOE IS AN EASY TO
HAS DISTINCTIVE GROW AND LOW-
JAGGED TEETH ALONG MAINTENANCE
THE EDGE OF THE SUCCULENT. IT'S A
TRIANGULAR LEAVES. HARDY AND FORGIVING
PLANT THAT'S
THE WAXY SUCCULENT RESISTANT TO MOST
FOLIAGE CAN CHANGE DISEASES AND
FROM BLUE-GREEN TO DOESN'T REQUIRE A
PINK AND PURPLE LOT OF MAINTENANCE.
TONES DEPENDING ON
HOW MUCH SUNLIGHT THE MAIN CARE
THEY RECEIVE. THE REQUIREMENT, AS
 TUBULAR FLOWERS WITH ALL
WHICH BLOOM IN SUCCULENTS, IS TO
SHADES OF YELLOW, MAKE SURE YOU DON'T
ORANGE AND RED WILL OVERWATER YOUR
ADD A BURST OF JEWEL ALOE. IF YOUR
INTERESTING COLOR CLIMATE IS DRY AND
TO YOUR GARDEN IN HOT, THE SOIL IS WELL-
THE SUMMER, AND DRAINED, AND THE
THEIR NECTAR IS PLANT GETS PLENTY
ATTRACTIVE TO OF SUNLIGHT, IT
POLLINATORS. SHOULD THRIVE.

ROSARY VINE; STRING OF ITS SCIENTIFIC NAME, THE MOST IMPORTANT

HEARTS (CEROPEGIA WOODII), FACTOR IN THE
(CEROPEGIA WOODII) COMES FROM THE CEROPEGIA WOODII
SCIENTIST WHO FIRST CARE IS THE TYPE OF
DISCOVERED IT IN 1881; SOIL USED AND
JOHN WOOD. WATERING.
SINCE ITS DISCOVERY, SOIL DRAINAGE IS
IT WAS OBSERVED THIS CRITICAL FOR THIS
PLANT HAD TRAILING PLANT. MAKE SURE
HABITS AND GOOD YOU USE A
TOLERANCE TO SUCCULENT/CACTUS
NEGLECT. MIX OR A HOUSEPLANT
BOTH ROOTS AND MIX COMBINED WITH
STEMS DEVELOP PERLITE AND COCO
TUBERS. ALONG THE COIR INSIDE A POT
STEMS, TUBERS FORM WITH DRAINING HOLES.
AT NODES, AND THAT IS THIS PLANT THRIVES IN
WHY THIS PLANT IS BRIGHT INDIRECT
OFTEN CALLED LIGHT CONDITIONS.
ROSARY VINE. DIRECT EXPOSURE TO
THE CEROPEGIA THE SUN WILL SCORCH
WOODII BLOOMS ITS LEAVES. NOT
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS ENOUGH SUN WILL
WITH A WHITE AND WILT ITS LEAVES.
LIGHT MAGENTA IF YOU ARE LUCKY
COROLLA AND DEEP ENOUGH TO HAVE A
PURPLE PETALS. VARIEGATED STRING
ROSARY VINES SHOULD OF HEARTS, KEEP IN
ONLY BEEN GROWN MIND THAT THE MORE
OUTDOORS IN BRIGHT LIGHT YOU
TROPICAL OR GIVE IT, THE MORE
SUBTROPICAL VARIEGATION YOU’LL
REGIONS. GET. THE LESS THE
LIGHT, THE LESS
VARIEGATION YOU’LL
GET.
 JADE PLANT A FAVORITE JADE PLANTS, LIKE
(CRASSULA ARGENTEA) HOUSEPLANT OFTEN OTHER SUCCULENTS,
USED AS A BONSAI, REQUIRE SOIL THAT IS
JADE HAS BEEN A VERY WELL DRAINING.
MUST-HAVE PLANT FOR CHOOSE A SOIL MADE
DECADES. UNDER THE FOR SUCCULENTS OR
RIGHT CONDITIONS MIX YOUR OWN WITH A
THIS SUCCULENT CAN SOURCE OF ORGANIC
BE EXPECTED TO LIVE MATTER LIKE PEAT
UP TO 50, EVEN 100 MOSS, COIR, OR
YEARS! TO KEEP YOUR COMPOSTED BARK,
JADE PLANT IN THE PLUS HEAVIER
RUNNING FOR THE MATERIALS SUCH AS
LONGEST LIVING, YOU SAND, GRIT, OR ROCK.
NEED TO KNOW HOW BARK CHIPS OR
TO TAKE CARE OF IT. PERLITE CAN BE
DON’T WORRY, WE’VE ADDED TO IMPROVE
GOT YOU COVERED. DRAINAGE.
READ ON TO LEARN ALL BE CAREFUL WHEN
ABOUT HOW TO CARE WATERING.
FOR A JADE PLANT SUCCULENTS ARE
INDOORS. EASILY OVERWATERED,
AND IT CAN BE THE
DEATH OF THEM.
BECAUSE SUCCULENTS
STORE WATER IN THEIR
FLESHY LEAVES AND
STEMS, THEY DO NOT
REQUIRE AS MUCH
IRRIGATION AS OTHER
HOUSEPLANTS.
KEEPING THE SOIL TOO
WET CAN LEAD TO
ROOT ROT.
IN THEIR NATIVE
REGION, JADE PLANTS
THRIVE IN DRY, SUNNY
AREAS. THEY NEED
FULL SUN IN ORDER TO
GROW PROPERLY. IF
THEY DO NOT HAVE
FULL SUN, THEY MAY
BECOME STUNTED AND
LEGGY. INSIDE, JADE
WILL ENJOY A FULL
SUN SITE IN A SOUTH-
FACING WINDOW, BUT
NOT AT FIRST.
GRADUALLY MOVE
YOUR JADE FROM
INDIRECT SUNLIGHT TO
DIRECT SUNLIGHT TO
PREVENT SCORCHING.

WHEN ECHEVERIA GROWS BETTER WHEN

IMBRICATA GETS GIVEN ENOUGH
 HEN & CHICKS OLDER, THE LEAVES SUNLIGHT. IF NOT, THE
(ECHEVERIA IMBRICATA) THICKEN UP AND SUCCULENT MIGHT
PRODUCE THE EXPERIENCE
RECOGNIZABLE ETIOLATION WHEREBY
ROSETTE PATTERN. THE LEAVES STRETCH
THE ROSETTES OUT IN SEARCH OF THE
MEASURE 6 TO 7- SUN’S RAYS. THE
INCHES OR 15-20CM IN LEAVES WILL
WIDTH. THE EVENTUALLY GROW
SUCCULENT IS ALSO LIMP. SIMILAR TO
KNOWN FOR OTHER SUCCULENTS,
PRODUCING OFFSETS ECHEVERIA
THAT FORM IMBRICATA’S
OVERLAPPING CIRCLES WATERING NEEDS WILL
GIVING THE INITIALLY DIFFER WHEN
IMPRESSION THE IT IS PLANTED IN A
“PUPS” ARE HUGGING GARDEN OR IN A POT.
THE MOTHER PLANT. USE A CERAMIC POT
THAT HAS NOT
UNDERGONE THE
GLAZING PROCESS.
THE MATERIAL OF A
CERAMIC POT IS MORE
POROUS COMPARED
TO PLASTIC AND
ALLOWS BETTER
EVAPORATION OF
EXCESS MOISTURE
FROM THE SOIL.

CROWN OF THORNS
(EUPHORBIA MILII) IT HAS FLESHY, BRIGHT- POURING A LITTLE
GREEN LEAVES, THICK WATER OCCASIONALLY
SHARP BLACK THORNS, IS PERFECT AND WILL
AND TINY FLOWERS KEEP YOUR
THAT GROW IN SUCCULENT HAPPY
CLUSTERS AND THAT AND HEALTHY.
ARE SUBTENDED BY EUPHORBIA MILII
SPECTACULAR RED OR THRIVES IN FULL
YELLOW BRACTS THAT SUNLIGHT TO MEDIUM
LOOK LIKE PETALS. LIGHT CONDITIONS. IT
NEEDS A LOT OF
SUNLIGHT AND WILL
IN THEIR NATURAL BLOOM MORE
HABITAT, CROWN OF PROFUSELY WHEN
THORNS SUCCULENTS GIVEN MORE SUN
GROW 5-6 INCHES (12-15 EXPOSURE. ENSURE
CM) IN HEIGHT AND THE POT HAS GOOD
THEY TEND TO SPRAWL. DRAINAGE TO AVOID
ROOT ROT, ESPECIALLY
IF THE SOIL IS DAMP
FOR EXTENDED
PERIODS. THE INDOOR
TEMPERATURE
SHOULD IDEALLY BE
BETWEEN 65-75°F (18-
24°C), BUT THE PLANT
CAN TOLERATE
TEMPERATURES AS
LOW AS 50°F (10°C).
 BASEBALL PLANT ARE CHARACTERIZED PLACE YOUR BASEBALL
(EUPHORBIA OBESA) BY BULBOUS SHAPE, V- PLANT IN A SOUTH OR
SHAPED MARKINGS, EAST-FACING WINDOW
AND SEAM-LIKE RIDGES IN YOUR HOME TO
THAT RESEMBLE ENSURE IT RECEIVES
STITCHING. RATHER ADEQUATE SUNLIGHT.
THAN BRANCHES OR MIXING 3 PARTS
LEAVES, THE PLANT REGULAR POTTING
CONSISTS OF A SINGLE SOIL, 2 PARTS COARSE
WIDE STEM BODY FROM SAND, AND 1 PART
WHICH THE FLOWERS PERLITE. WATER THE
SPROUT. YOUNG PLANT ONLY WHEN THE
BASEBALL PLANTS ARE SOIL IS THOROUGHLY
ROUND IN SHAPE BUT DRY. IF GROWN
BECOME MORE OUTDOORS, THEY CAN
ELONGATED AND TOLERATE
CYLINDRICALLY OCCASIONAL
SHAPED WITH TEMPERATURES DOWN
MATURITY. TO 30 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT. BE SURE
TO USE A
CACTUS/SUCCULENT
FERTILIZER FOR THE
BEST RESULTS.

POINSETTIA IS KNOWN ALL OVER USE A POT WITH A

(EUPHORBIA THE WORLD AS THE DRAINAGE HOLE TO
PULCHERRIMA) FLOWER OF FURTHER IMPROVE
CHRISTMAS. GROWING DRAINAGE. DURING
NATURALLY IN MEXICO, THE BLOOMING
THE PLANT WAS NAMED PERIOD, PLENTY OF
AFTER JOEL POINSETT, HUMIDITY AND
WHO INTRODUCED REGULAR WATERINGS
THEM TO THE UNITED ARE A GOOD IDEA;
STATES IN THE EARLY WATER AS SOON AS
1800S. BLOOMING TIME: THE TOP OF THE SOIL
NOVEMBER-DECEMBER. HAS DRIED OUT.
POINSETTIAS DON’T
NEED FERTILIZER
DURING THEIR
BLOOMING TIME OR
THE PERIOD WITHOUT
NEW GROWTH THAT
COMES AFTERWARDS.
MILKBUSH; PENCILBUSH; IS A DIOECIOUS, SINGLE THE SOIL MUST BE
PENCIL TREE TO MULTIPLE TRUNKED, SLIGHTLY GRITTY AND
(EUPHORBIA TIRUCALLI) SUCCULENT, CACTUS- WELL DRAINING. THE
LIKE, MILKY-SAPPED CONTAINER TO USE
TREE THAT TYPICALLY COULD BE AN
MATURES TO 20-30’ UNGLAZED POT WHICH
TALL WITH A SPREAD WILL ALLOW EXCESS
TO 10’ WIDE. IT LACKS MOISTURE TO
SPINES AND IS EVAPORATE.
GENERALLY FULL SUN AND
CONSIDERED TO BE TEMPERATURES OF AT
THE LEAST CACTUS- LEAST 65 F. (18 C.) OR
LIKE OF THE TREE WARMER ARE
SPURGES. NECESSARY WHEN
LEARNING HOW TO
CARE FOR A PENCIL
CACTUS.

MOTHER-IN-LAW'S DON’T OVERWATER.

TONGUE; SNAKE PLANT THE SNAKE PLANT, TOO MUCH WATER IS
(SANSEVIERA COMMONLY REFERRED THIS PLANT’S
TRIFASCIATA) TO AS MOTHER-IN- WEAKNESS. INDIRECT
LAW’S TONGUE, IS A SUNLIGHT IS BEST.
RESILIENT SUCCULENT PARTIAL SUN WORKS
THAT CAN GROW BEST FOR SNAKE
ANYWHERE BETWEEN 6 PLANTS, THOUGH IT
INCHES TO SEVERAL CAN STILL GROW IN
FEET. DARKER CORNERS OR
IN BRIGHTER WINDOW
AREAS.

DONKEY'S TAIL; BURRITO; SEDUM MORGANIANUM, PLACE IT IN A POT OR

BURRO TAIL OR BURRO'S TAIL, IS A SPOT IN YOUR GARDEN
(SEDUM MORGANIUM) SUCCULENT PLANT THAT GETS PLENTY OF
PRODUCING TRAILING MORNING SUNLIGHT
STEMS UP TO 24 BUT IS PARTIALLY
INCHES LONG WITH SHADED DURING THE
TRIANGULAR-SHAPED MORE AGGRESSIVE
FLESHY BLUE-GREEN AFTERNOON HOURS TO
LEAVES. CUTTINGS AND AVOID SCORCHING ITS
DROPPED LEAVES LEAVESIT SHOULD BE
ROOT EASILY, MAKING HOUSED IN WELL-
PROPAGATION A DRAINING, SANDY SOIL.
SIMPLE PROCESS. THE GENERALLY, OPT FOR
PLANT HAS TERMINAL A SINGLE HEAVY
PINK OR RED FLOWER WATERING EACH
CLUSTERS THAT MONTH IF YOUR PLANT
APPEAR IN THE IS INDOORS,
SUMMER. INCREASING TO ONCE
EVERY TWO OR THREE
WEEKS IF YOU'RE
HOUSING YOUR
SUCCULENT
 OUTDOORS. DONKEY'S
TAIL PREFERS WARM
WEATHER, THOUGH IT
STANDS UP BETTER TO
COOLER
TEMPERATURES THAN
SOME OTHER
SUCCULENTS. ON
AVERAGE, TRY TO
MAINTAIN AN
ENVIRONMENT OF 65
DEGREES TO 75
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT

VII. TREES

NORFOLK ISLAND PINE CAPABLE OF GROWING A NORFOLK ISLAND

(ARAUCARIA BOTH INDOORS AND PINE NEEDS SUN,
HETEROPHYLLA) OUTDOORS. WHILE PREFERRING FULL SUN
THEY HAVE PREFERRED WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
GROWING CONDITIONS, NORFOLK ISLAND PINES
THEY ARE QUITE CAN ALSO HANDLE
FORGIVING AND CAN RELATIVELY LONG
THRIVE IN VARIOUS PERIODS (MONTHS AT A
SETTINGS. IF LOOKING TIME) IN DIMMER
TO PLACE THIS PLANT IN CONDITIONS. THESE
A PLACE WHERE IT WILL ARE ACID-LOVING
GROW BEST PLANTS, PREFERRING A
OUTDOORS, PLANT THIS PH IN THE 4.5-5.5
TREE IN MODERATELY RANGE. A PEAT-BASED
MOIST, POROUS, AND POTTING MIXTURE IS
SANDY SOIL IN A FULL PERFECT FOR INDOOR
SUN LOCATION. ONCE PLANTS AS THE MIX
ESTABLISHED, IT WILL WILL GRADUALLY
TOLERATE SOMEWHAT ACIDIFY AS THE PEAT
DRY CONDITIONS. THE BREAKS DOWN. T'S
NORFOLK ISLAND PINE ADVISABLE TO LET THE
IS A GYMNOSPERM, SOIL DRY OUT
MEANING IT DOES NOT SLIGHTLY BETWEEN
FLOWER AND BEARS WATERINGS. NORFOLK
EXPOSED SEEDS. THIS ISLAND PINES PREFER
TREE PROPAGATES BY WARMER, WETTER
SEED AND GERMINATES CLIMATES BETWEEN 65
RAPIDLY (10 TO 15 AND 70 DEGREES
DAYS). FAHRENHEIT.

BAMBOO IS A VERSATILE PLANT BAMBOO IS LARGELY

(BAMBUSA) AND MOST SPECIES LOW MAINTENANCE
CAN SURVIVE IN MANY AND AGREES WITH
CONDITIONS. BUT MOST SOILS. KEEP ITS
BAMBOO GROWING IN WATER INTAKE
FULL SUN WILL GROW BALANCED. IF IT LOOKS
THE FASTEST. BAMBOO DRY, WATER IT. ONCE
PLANTS ALSO LIKE TO YOUR BAMBOO IS
HAVE FERTILE, OFFICIALLY PLANTED,
SLIGHTLY ACIDIC, WELL GIVE IT A GOOD DRINK
DRAINED BUT MOIST OF WATER EVERY TWO
SOIL. DAYS. FROM THERE, IF
THE FOLIAGE STARTS
TO LOOK BROWN AND
 WILTED, THEN IT'S NOT
GETTING ENOUGH
WATER. IF IT STARTS
LOSING A SUBSTANTIAL
NUMBER OF LEAVES,
THAT'S ANOTHER
INDICATOR THAT THE
SOIL IS EITHER TOO
WET OR TOO DRY.
OVERALL, IT CAN RELY
ON RAINFALL AS WELL.

PONY TAIL MAKES A SURPRISINGLY PONYTAIL PALMS LIKE

(BEAUCARNEA INTERESTING DESKTOP FULL SUN OR BRIGHT
RECURVATA) PLANT, CONSIDERING INDIRECT LIGHT. THIS
THAT WHEN GROWN PLANT IS NATIVE TO
OUTDOORS IT CAN BE A SEMI-DESERT AREAS
FULL-SIZE TREE THAT OF CENTRAL AMERICA,
TOWERS OVER HOMES. AND WHEN PLANTED
WHEN PLANTED OUTDOORS IT DOES
OUTSIDE IN FULL SUN, BEST IN RELATIVELY
PONYTAIL PALMS CAN SANDY BUT
REACH 30 FEET TALL, ORGANICALLY RICH
BUT THEY TYPICALLY SOIL. FOR POTTED
STAY CLOSER TO 6 INDOOR PLANTS,
FEET TALL AT MATURITY WATER A PONYTAIL
WHEN GROWN PALM DURING THE
INDOORS. DESPITE THE GROWING SEASON
COMMON NAME AND EVERY SEVEN TO 14
THE APPEARANCE OF DAYS. THE BULBOUS
THE FOLIAGE, THIS STEM STORES WATER,
PLANT IS NOT A TRUE SO BE CAREFUL NOT TO
PALM, BUT RATHER A OVERWATER IT.
MEMBER OF THE DURING THE WINTER
ASPARAGACEAE FAMILY SEASON, CUT BACK
THAT INCLUDES EDIBLE WATERING TO
ASPARAGUS. MONTHLY. PONYTAIL
PALMS PREFER WARM,
ARID TEMPERATURES,
ABOVE 60 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT.
HOWEVER, THEY WILL
SURVIVE DOWN TO 50
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

COFFEE PLANT COFFEE BEANS GROW THE COFFEA ARABICA

(COFFEE ARABICA) ON AN ATTRACTIVE NEEDS STRONG
LITTLE PLANT WITH INDIRECT LIGHT. IT WILL
GLOSSY GREEN LEAVES SCORCH IN HARSH
AND A COMPACT DIRECT SUN AND
GROWTH HABIT. NATIVE QUICKLY DEVELOP
TO ETHIOPIA, THE BROWN LEAF SPOTS
COFFEE PLANT AND EDGES. YOU
(COFFEA ARABICA) WILL NEVER WANT IT TO LET
FLOWER IN THE SPRING IT SIT IN SOGGY SOIL,
WITH SMALL WHITE BUT YOU’LL PROBABLY
FLOWERS AND THEN NEED TO WATER AT
 BEAR HALF-INCH LEAST WEEKLY DURING
BERRIES THAT THE WARM SEASON.
GRADUALLY DARKEN THE PLANT USES LESS
FROM GREEN TO WATER IN COOL
BLACKISH PODS. EACH WEATHER, SO ADJUST
OF THESE FRUITS AS NEEDED.
CONTAINS TWO SEEDS,
WHICH EVENTUALLY
BECOME THE COFFEE
BEANS YOU USE TO
BREW COFFEE.

WEEPING FIG; JAVA FIG KNOWN AS THE FICUS THE WEEPING FIG
(FICUS BENJAMINA) TREE) GROWS AS A NEEDS A BRIGHT ROOM
LARGE BROADLEAF WITH PLENTY OF
EVERGREEN TREE IN INDIRECT SUNLIGHT,
TROPICAL AND AND PERHAPS EVEN A
SUBTROPICAL LITTLE DIRECT SUN IN
CLIMATES, BUT IT IS THE MORNING. ANY
MORE OFTEN GROWN GOOD, FAST-DRAINING
AS A HOUSEPLANT IN POTTING SOIL WILL
HOMES, OFFICES, AND LIKELY DO. WEEPING
FEATURED IN INTERIOR FIGS DO NOT REQUIRE
COMMERCIAL SOIL THAT IS
LANDSCAPING. THE ESPECIALLY HIGH IN
FICUS TREE IS KNOWN NUTRIENTS OR
FOR ITS LONGEVITY, ORGANIC MATTER.
LIVING BETWEEN 20 TO MAKE SURE YOUR
50 YEARS. WHEN THE WATERING SCHEDULE
FICUS BENJAMINA TREE IS CONSISTENT. FICUS
IS GROWN INDOORS, TREES DO BEST WITH
THE PLANTS ARE NIGHTTIME
NORMALLY PRUNED TO TEMPERATURES
KEEP THEM ABOUT 3 BETWEEN 65 AND 70
FEET TO 6 FEET TALL, DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
AND THEIR TRUNKS ARE AND DAYTIME
SOMETIMES BRAIDED TEMPERATURES
FOR DECORATIVE BETWEEN 75 AND 85
APPEAL. DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
THESE PLANTS ARE
HEAVY FEEDERS AND
NEED PLENTY OF
FERTILIZER
THROUGHOUT THE
GROWING SEASON.
FEED YOUR FICUS WITH
SLOW-RELEASE
PELLETS AT THE
BEGINNING OF THE
GROWING SEASON.
 EDIBLE FIG IS A CULTIVAR OF THE FULL SUN WITH AT
(FICUS CARICA) COMMON FIG WITH LEAST SIX TO EIGHT
LARGE, UP TO 10-INCH HOURS OF DIRECT SUN
LONG, BROAD LEAVES. PER DAY IS THE
AS THE BARK MATURES, BENCHMARK SO THE
IT BECOMES A TREE CAN THRIVE. THE
HANDSOME SILVERY- SOIL SHOULD BE
GREY. WHILE THE LOAMY, RICH IN
GREENISH FLOWERS IN ORGANIC MATTER, AND
THE SPRING ARE NOT WELL-DRAINED. THE PH
SHOWY, THEY TURN CAN BE SLIGHTLY
INTO MEDIUM-SIZE ACIDIC TO NEUTRAL;
SWEET DARK FIGS IN BETWEEN 6.0 AND 6.5 IS
THE LATE SUMMER AND IDEAL. DURING DRY
EARLY FALL. CHICAGO SPELLS OR A HEAT
HARDY FIG IS A WAVE, GIVE YOUR TREE
MODERATELY FAST AT LEAST 1 INCH OF
GROWER THAT IS WATER WEEKLY AND
PLANTED IN THE INCREASE THE
SPRING OR FALL. WATERING IF THE SOIL
STILL FEELS DRY. LIKE
ALL FIGS, IT IS HEAT-
TOLERANT BUT IT IS
ALSO EXTREMELY
COLD-HARDY—THE
STEMS TO 10 DEGREES
FAHRENHEIT AND THE
ROOTS TO MINUS 20
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.
ONE ANNUAL
APPLICATION OF A
BALANCED 5-5-5 SLOW-
RELEASE FERTILIZER IN
THE EARLY SPRING IS
GENERALLY ENOUGH.

MISTLETOE FIG SO NAMED BECAUSE OF BRIGHT DIFFUSED

(FICUS DELTOIDEA) THE WHITE BERRIES IT LIGHT. THIS SPECIES IS
GETS WHICH MAKES IT LIGHT-LOVING
RESEMBLE A ENOUGH. FERTILE,
MISTLETOE PLANT AND WEAKLY ACIDIC OR
ALSO BECAUSE IT NEUTRAL: 1 PART OF
NATURALLY GROWS AS THE TURF GROUND, 1
AN EPIPHYTE IN ITS PART OF THE LEAF
NATURAL HABITAT IN SE EARTH, 1/2 PART OF
ASIA. THE REAL THE SAND, YOU CAN
MISTLETOE PLANT ADD A LITTLE
GROWS ON AND CHARCOAL. SUMMER
PARASITIZES ITS HOST REGULAR MODERATE
PLANT AND THE WATERING DEFENDED
MISTLETOE FIG IS AN WARM WATER (2 TIMES
EASY PLANT AND A WEEK), THE SOIL
UNIQUE WITH ITS SHOULD DRY OUT
TRIANGLE-SHAPED SLIGHTLY BEFORE THE
LEAVES AND BERRIES NEXT IRRIGATION. IN
THAT START OUT WHITE WINTER, WATERING IS
AND TURN RED. REDUCED TO 1 TIME IN
7-10 DAYS. AVOID
OVER-MOISTENING.
 RUBBLE PLANT THE FICUS ELASTICA IS IT'S BEST TO KEEP ITS
(FICUS ELASTICA) NATIVE TO INDIA AND SOIL LIGHTLY MOIST
INDONESIA, SO IT'S MOST OF THE TIME AND
USED TO HIGHER YOU SHOULD WATER IT
TEMPERATURES AND WHEN THE TOP 2.5 CM
LOTS OF HUMIDITY. IF (1 INCH) OF THE SOIL IS
YOU'RE JUST STARTING DRY. IT'S IMPORTANT
OUT WITH TO CHECK WHETHER
HOUSEPLANTS, YOU THE TOP OF THE SOIL IS
MIGHT WANT TO HOLD DRY BEFORE YOU
OFF ON TAKING CARE WATER BECAUSE THIS
OF THIS PLANT FOR A WILL HELP PREVENT
LITTLE BIT. IT'S NOT THE OVERWATERING YOUR
EASIEST PLANT TO PLANT. CAN TOLERATE
START YOUR JOURNEY QUITE A LARGE RANGE
WITH. ANOTHER OF SUNLIGHT
COMMON NAME, THE EXPOSURE. IT CAN
RUBBER PLANT TOLERATE LOW LIGHT,
ALLUDES TO THE BUT IF YOU WANT IT TO
LEAVES, WHICH ARE THRIVE IN YOUR
LARGE, GLOSSY, HOUSE, YOU'LL NEED
SIMPLE, LEATHERY, AND TO GIVE IT BRIGHT,
FEEL LIKE LATEX. INDIRECT SUNLIGHT.
INDOORS, IT CAN GROW THE PERFECT SOIL MIX
ANYWHERE FROM 8 TO FOR A FICUS ELASTICA
25 FEET TALL. IS SOIL THAT CONTAINS
OUTDOORS THE THINGS LIKE PEAT
RUBBER TREE CAN MOSS OR COCONUT
GROW UP TO 100 FEET COIR TO RETAIN
IN HEIGHT ACCORDING MOISTURE FOR A FEW
TO MISSOURI DAYS. THE SOIL
BOTANICAL GARDEN SHOULD ALSO BE WELL-
(59M). DRAINING, SO YOU CAN
ADD THINGS LIKE
PERLITE, LECA, OR
SMART GRAVEL.

FIDDLE LEAF FIG IS A POPULAR INDOOR DIRECT SUNLIGHT CAN

(FICUS LYRATA) TREE FEATURING VERY BURN THE LEAVES,
LARGE, HEAVILY ESPECIALLY EXPOSURE
VEINED, AND GLOSSY TO HOT AFTERNOON
VIOLIN-SHAPED LEAVES SUN. ANY QUALITY
THAT GROW UPRIGHT INDOOR PLANT
ON A SLEEK TRUNK. A POTTING MIX SHOULD
FIDDLE-LEAF FIG IS BE SUITABLE FOR A
PERFECT AS A FOCAL FIDDLE-LEAF FIG.
POINT OF A ROOM IF ENSURE THAT THE SOIL
YOU CAN SITUATE IT IN DRAINS WELL. DURING
A FLOOR-STANDING THE GROWING SEASON
CONTAINER WHERE THE (SPRING TO FALL),
PLANT IS ALLOWED TO WATER YOUR FIDDLE-
GROW TO AT LEAST 6 LEAF FIG WHEN THE
FEET TALL. (MOST TOP INCH OF SOIL
INDOOR SPECIMENS FEELS DRY. AND OVER
REACH AROUND 10 THE WINTER MONTHS,
FEET TALL.) WATER SLIGHTLY LESS.
A ROOM THAT’S
BETWEEN 60 AND 85
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
IS TYPICALLY FINE,
 THOUGH YOU MUST
POSITION THE PLANT
AWAY FROM DRAFTY
AREAS, AS WELL AS AIR-
CONDITIONING AND
HEATING VENTS.

INDIAN LAUREL ALSO COMMONLY GOOD LIGHT, BUT NOT

(FICUS RETUSA) REFERRED TO AS THE TOO MUCH DIRECT
BAYAN FIG, IS ONE OF SUNLIGHT IS REQUIRED
THE MOST POPULAR FOR YOUR PLANT. IT
SPECIES OF BONSAI ALSO WILL NOT LIKE A
TREES. BONSAI IS AN SUDDEN DROP IN
ANCIENT JAPANESE ART TEMPERATURE, WHEN
FORM THAT IS STILL THE TEMPERATURE
PRACTICED TO THIS SUDDENLY DROPS BY
DAY. BONSAI IS THE 10 DEGREES THAT
PRACTICE OF DROP COULD KILL A
ARTIFICIALLY YOUNG PLANT. GOOD
CULTIVATING AND LIGHT, BUT NOT TOO
GROWING DWARFED MUCH DIRECT
TREES OR SHRUBS. SUNLIGHT IS REQUIRED
WHEN GROWN AS A FOR YOUR PLANT. IT
BONSAI TREE, THE ALSO WILL NOT LIKE A
FICUS RETUSA IS KEPT SUDDEN DROP IN
TO A MINIATURE HEIGHT TEMPERATURE, WHEN
OF TWO TO THREE THE TEMPERATURE
FEET, HOWEVER IT CAN SUDDENLY DROPS BY
BE LEFT TO GROW AND 10 DEGREES THAT
FLOURISH TO MANY DROP COULD KILL A
FEET HIGH. YOUNG PLANT. IF IT IS
REMAINING IN A POT,
OR IF YOU HAVE A
BONSAI VERSION
REPOT YOUR PLANT
EVERY TWO YEARS IN
SPRING, WELL-DRAINED
SOIL.

JASMINE; ROSAL A TROPICAL INDOOR POTTED

(GARDENIA JASMINOIDES) BROADLEAF GARDENIAS PREFER
EVERGREEN SHRUB, IS BRIGHT LIGHT BUT NOT
TYPICALLY GROWN AS A DIRECT SUNLIGHT,
LARGE, INDOOR ESPECIALLY DURING
HOUSEPLANT BECAUSE SUMMER. GARDENIAS
ITS BLOOMS SMELL ARE ACID-LOVING
MAGNIFICENT. IN FACT, PLANTS, PREFERRING
FEW NATURAL SCENTS SOIL WITH A LOWER PH.
ARE AS EVOCATIVE AND DRIP IRRIGATION
MEMORABLE AS THE WORKS BEST AS IT
SMELL OF THIS KEEPS WATER OFF THE
COVETED PLANT. LEAVES, WHICH CAN
COMMONLY FOUND CAUSE FUNGAL LEAF
ONLY IN SPOTS. REDUCE
CONSERVATORIES AND WATERING IN THE
COMMERCIAL WINTER AND ONLY
GREENHOUSES. STILL, KEEP THE SOIL
IF YOU'RE UP FOR THE SLIGHTLY MOIST TO
CHALLENGE, EVEN A THE TOUCH.
FEW MONTHS OF
 BLOOMS MAKE IT A
WORTHWHILE
ENDEAVOR.

BANANA TREE THE MUSA PLANT MUSA PLANTS LOVE

(MUSA) ORIGINATES FROM THE DIRECT SUNSHINE AND
RAINFOREST AND WILL THRIVE IN A
COMES IN MANY POSITION NEAR A
DIFFERENT VARIETIES. SOUTH-FACING
DWARF PLANTS ARE WINDOW. MUSA PLANTS
BEST SUITED FOR NEED A LOT OF
KEEPING INDOORS DUE NUTRIENTS, SO MAKE
TO THEIR COMPACT SURE THAT YOUR
SIZE AND SYMMETRICAL PLANT IS IN A LARGE
GROWTH. THE MUSA ENOUGH POT WITH AN
PLANT’S PADDLE- ORGANICALLY RICH
SHAPED LEAVES HAVE POTTING MIX. YOU
BEAUTIFUL WAVY SHOULD WATER YOUR
EDGES AND A BANANA BANANA PLANT
SMELL. THEY LIKE LOTS REGULARLY, ENSURING
OF DIRECT SUNLIGHT, ITS SOIL STAYS MOIST
MAKING THEM IDEAL BUT NOT SOGGY AT ALL
FOR A CONSERVATORY TIMES. YOUR MUSA
OR WINTER GARDEN. PROBABLY WON'T
FLOWER OR BEAR
FRUIT AS A
HOUSEPLANT, AND SO
SHOULD BE FAIRLY
LOW MAINTENANCE.
KEEP THE LEAVES
CLEAN OF DUST BY
WIPING THEM WITH A
DAMP CLOTH AND
PRUNE ANY DEAD
GROWTH.

UMBRELLA TREE THE LARGER NEVER PLACE A

(SCHEFFLERA SCHEFFLERA SCHEFFLERA IN
ACTINOPHYLLA ACTINOPHYLLA DIRECT, FULL
(BRASSAIA (SOMETIMES CALLED SUNLIGHT BECAUSE
ACTINOPHYLLA) THE UMBRELLA PLANT THE INTENSE SUN CAN
OR UMBRELLA TREE) BURN THE LEAVES.
FEATURES LONG, AVOID PLANTING IN AN
SHINY, OVAL GREEN OUTDOOR LOCATION
LEAVES THAT DROOP WHERE THE SOIL
GRACEFULLY FROM A BECOMES TOO WET OR
CENTRAL STALK, WATERLOGGED.
RESEMBLING AN WATER REGULARLY
UMBRELLA. A MATURE DURING THE GROWING
SCHEFFLERA MIGHT SEASON AND SPRAY
HAVE 12 TO 16 THE LEAVES WITH
LEAFLETS FROM A WATER FREQUENTLY.
SINGLE STALK, WHILE WAIT UNTIL THE SOIL IN
AN IMMATURE THE POT DRIES OUT
SCHEFFLERA IS MORE AND THEN GIVE IT A
LIKELY TO HAVE FOUR DEEP AND THOROUGH
TO SIX. SOAKING. DO NOT
EXPOSE THESE PLANTS
 TO DRAFTS OR DRY
HEATING VENTS.

VIII. ORCHIDS

CATTLEYA THE CULTURE OF THE THESE ORCHIDS NEED

(CATTLEYA) CATTLEYA ORCHID BRIGHT INDIRECT LIGHT
INVOLVES BRIGHT FOR OPTIMAL GROWTH.
LIGHT WHILE THE WHEN GROWN AS A
PSEUDOBULB IS HOUSEPLANT, AN EAST-
MATURING. THEIR LIGHT OR WEST-FACING
DEMANDS CAN WINDOW THAT GETS A
PROHIBIT SUCCESSFUL LOT OF LIGHT IS IDEAL.
BLOOMING IN A HOME WHEN GROWN
UNLESS OUTDOORS CATTLEYA
SUPPLEMENTAL ORCHIDS CAN BE SLAB-
LIGHTING OR SUMMERS MOUNTED, A
OUTDOORS ARE TECHNIQUE IN WHICH
PROVIDED. THE TERM THE ORCHID IS
"CATTLEYA CULTURE" IS MANUALLY ATTACHED
OFTEN APPLIED TO A TO A TREE HOST.
GROUP OF RELATED THESE ORCHIDS
GENERA THAT HAVE REQUIRE A MODERATE
THE SAME BASIC AMOUNT OF MOISTURE.
CULTURE NEEDS AS WATER WHENEVER THE
CATTLEYA AND ARE GROWING MEDIUM IS
OFTEN CROSSED WITH FAIRLY DRIED OUT;
CATTLEYA TO CREATE TYPICALLY A WEEKLY
DELIGHTFUL HYBRIDS. WATERING IS
THESE RELATED SUFFICIENT. CATTLEYA
GENERA INCLUDE ORCHIDS PREFER
POTINARA, LAELIA AND DAYTIME
BRASSAVOLA. TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 70 AND 85
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
AND NIGHTTIME
TEMPERATURES
BETWEEN 55 AND 60
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT.

COELOGYNE IT IS A MEDIUM SIZED, ADDITION TO NATURAL

BURFORDIENSE COOL TO HOT GROWING LIGHTING, IT IS
(COELOGYNE EPIPHYTIC OR STRONGLY
BURFORDIENSE) LITHOPHYTIC ORCHID RECOMMENDED TO
WITH 3 TO 4 CM USE ARTIFICIAL LIGHT
BETWEEN EACH, OVOID AND IN SPRING AND
TO ELLIPSOID, 2 TO 4 CM SUMMER - EAST AND
IN LENGTH AND 1.5 CM SOUTH-EAST. IT IS
IN WIDTH PSEUDOBULB NECESSARY THAT THE
THAT CARRY 2 APICAL, NIGHT TEMPERATURE
OBLONG-ELLIPTIC, OF THE CONTENT IS
ACUTE, PLICATE, 5 ALWAYS AT LEAST 8-10 °
NERVED, GRADUALLY C LOWER THAN THE
NARROWING BELOW DAYTIME
INTO THE PETIOLATE TEMPERATURE. MOIST
BASE, 9 CM IN LENGTH IS DEFINED AS SOIL
AND 1.5 CM IN WIDTH THAT RECEIVES
LEAVES. REGULAR WATERING
TO A DEPTH OF 18 INCH
DEEP, DOES NOT DRY
 OUT, BUT DOES NOT
HAVE A DRAINAGE
PROBLEM EITHER.
HOUSEPLANTS
REQUIRING BRIGHT
LIGHT SHOULD BE
PLACED WITHIN 2 FEET
OF AN EASTERN OR
WESTERN EXPOSURE
WINDOW OR WITHIN 2
TO 5 FEET OF A
SOUTHERN EXPOSURE
WINDOW.

CYMBIDIUM COMMONLY CALLED A FEW HOURS OF

( CYMBIDIUM) BOAT ORCHIDS, ARE A MORNING SUNLIGHT
MUCH MORE COLD- PAIRED WITH SHADY
TOLERANT FLOWERING AFTERNOONS SHOULD
ORCHID PLANT THAN BE PERFECT. THEY ARE
MANY OTHER SPECIES IDEALLY SUITED TO
OF ORCHIDS.1 THEY CONDITIONS EASILY
FEATURE LARGE REPLICATED AT HOME:
BLOOMS IN WINTER ON A RICH, LOOSE,
FLOWER SPIKES WITH ORGANIC POTTING
LONG, THIN LEAVES. MIXTURE. DURING THE
THE FLOWERS CAN WINTER BLOOM,
LAST UP TO THREE REDUCE WATERING.
MONTHS. CYMBIDIUMS HOWEVER, DON'T LET
GROW BEST IN MOIST, THE PLANT
LOAMY, ACIDIC HUMUS COMPLETELY DRY OUT.
AND PREFER DAPPLED INSTEAD, KEEP THE
SUNLIGHT, WARMER POTTING MIXTURE
TEMPERATURES, AND SLIGHTLY DAMP TO THE
HUMID CLIMATES LIKE TOUCH. NIGHTS WITH
THEIR NATURAL TEMPERATURES DOWN
HABITAT OF TROPICAL TO 40 DEGREES
AND SUBTROPICAL ASIA FAHRENHEIT SHOULD
AND AUSTRALIA. BE FINE.

EPIDENDRUM THE LEAVES ON GETTING THE LIGHT

( EPIDENDRUM) EPIDENDRUM ORCHIDS RIGHT IS ONE OF THE
ARE LEATHERY AND TRICKIEST PARTS OF
WAXY; THE MOST ANY ORCHID CARE. TOO
COMMON SHADES OF LITTLE, AND THEY MAY
FLOWERS ARE RED, NOT BLOOM. TOO
PURPLE, YELLOW, MUCH, AND THEIR
ORANGE, AND WHITE. LEAVES CAN START TO
THESE PLANTS ARE BURN AND TURN
EASIER TO KEEP BROWN. THE MAIN
INDOORS. BUT, IF YOU REQUIREMENT FOR
LIVE IN A WARM EPIDENDRUM ORCHIDS
CLIMATE, YOU COULD IS THAT THEY'RE
TRY THE TRICKIER TASK POTTED IN A SITE WITH
OF GROWING THEM GOOD DRAINAGE. IF
OUTDOORS. THERE ARE THEY'RE BEING GROWN
SEVERAL DWARF OUTDOORS, LOAMY,
SPECIES OF SANDY SOIL WILL BE
EPIDENDRUM, BUT THE BEST OPTION. IT'S
SOME CAN GROW TO BE ALL ABOUT GETTING
AS HIGH AS SIX FEET THE RIGHT BALANCE.
 TALL AND WON'T BE THEY WON'T
GREAT OPTIONS AS APPRECIATE BEING
HOUSEPLANTS. ALLOWED TO GET
DEHYDRATED OR
BEING LEFT
WATERLOGGED. IT'S
ALSO IMPORTANT TO
WATER IN THE
MORNING TO PREVENT
STAGNATION. THEY
USUALLY PREFER
TEMPERATURES
AROUND THE LOW 70S
DURING THE DAY AND
NOTHING BELOW 10
DEGREES FAHRENHEIT
AT NIGHT. IDEALLY,
HUMIDITY LEVELS ARE
GOOD BETWEEN 50 AND
70%.

LYCASTE ARE A GENUS OF ABOUT LYCASTE ORCHIDS

(LYCASTE) 40 SPECIES OF SHOULD BE WATERED
ORCHIDS NATIVE TO WHEN THE POTTING
CENTRAL AND SOUTH MIX IS DRY TO THE
AMERICA. THEY ARE TOUCH. WATER
PRIZED FOR THEIR THOROUGHLY, AND
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, THEN ALLOW THE
WHICH COME IN A WIDE POTTING MIX TO DRY
VARIETY OF COLORS OUT AGAIN BEFORE
AND SHAPES. IF YOU WATERING AGAIN.
ARE THINKING ABOUT AVOID GETTING WATER
ADDING A LYCASTE ON THE LEAVES OR
ORCHID TO YOUR FLOWERS, AS THIS CAN
HOME, OR IF YOU CAUSE THEM TO ROT.
ALREADY HAVE ONE LYCASTE ORCHIDS
AND YOU ARE NOT SHOULD BE FERTILIZED
SURE HOW TO CARE EVERY TWO WEEKS
FOR IT, THIS GUIDE IS DURING THE GROWING
FOR YOU. SEASON WITH A
BALANCED FERTILIZER.
REDUCE FERTILIZING
TO ONCE A MONTH
DURING THE WINTER
MONTHS. LYCASTE
ORCHIDS SHOULD BE
RE-POTTED EVERY
TWO TO THREE YEARS,
OR WHEN THE POTTING
MIX BREAKS DOWN.
USE A FRESH POTTING
MIX THAT IS DESIGNED
FOR ORCHIDS.
 PANSY ORCHID ALSO KNOWN AS PANSY LIGHT IS ONE OF THE
M(LTONIA ROUGE) ORCHIDS, ARE MAIN DIFFERENCES IN
EPIPHYTIC PLANTS THE CULTURE OF
THAT ARE DIVIDED INTO THESE TWO GENERA.
TWO GENERA OR BOTH GROUPS GROW
SUBGROUPS WHICH BEST IN PARTIAL SHADE
HAVE DISTINCTLY WITH JUST AN HOUR OR
DIFFERENT GROWTH TWO OF BRIGHT
AND FLOWERING FILTERED SUNLIGHT
HABITS. THE ORCHIDS EACH DAY. EPIPHYTIC
WILL HAVE POINTY OR ORCHIDS DO NOT
PANSY-LIKE PETALS GROW IN SOIL BUT CAN
WITH COMPLEX COLOR THRIVE AS POTTED OR
PATTERNS. MOUNTED PLANTS. IF
YOU CHOOSE TO POT
YOUR PLANT, THE
GROWING MEDIUM
MUST SUIT THE ORCHID
TYPE. ORCHID
MEDIUMS ARE USUALLY
MADE UP OF A LAYER
OF HARD MATERIAL
SUCH AS PEBBLES,
MEDIUM-WEIGHT
MATERIALS SUCH AS
BARK OR WOOD CHIPS
AS FILLER, AND A LAYER
OF SOFT MATERIAL
SUCH AS MOSS OR
FIBER ON TOP. THE
WATER NEEDS OF
THESE TWO GENERA
ALSO DIFFER
ALTHOUGH WATERING
FOR BOTH MAY BE
DECREASED DURING
THE GRAYEST PERIODS
OF WINTER. TOO MUCH
WATER WITHOUT AT
LEAST SOME SUN CAN
LEAD TO ROOT ROT.
LET THE MEDIUM FOR
MILTONIA DRY OUT
BEFORE A THOROUGH
WATERING. BE SURE TO
DRAIN ANY EXCESS.
MILTONIA THRIVES IN
DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES
BELOW 80 DEGREES
BUT WILL TOLERATE UP
TO 90 DEGREES FOR
SHORT PERIODS.
MILTONIOPSIS NEEDS
COOLER DAYTIME
TEMPERATURES OF
AROUND 70 DEGREES.
 ODONTOGLOSSUM ARE A GENUS OF ABOUT ODONTOGLOSSUM
(ODONTOGLOSSUM) 100 SPECIES OF ORCHIDS SHOULD BE
ORCHIDS NATIVE TO WATERED WHEN THE
CENTRAL AND SOUTH POTTING MIX IS DRY TO
AMERICA. THEY ARE THE TOUCH. WATER
PRIZED FOR THEIR THOROUGHLY, AND
BEAUTIFUL FLOWERS, THEN ALLOW THE
WHICH COME IN A WIDE POTTING MIX TO DRY
VARIETY OF COLORS OUT AGAIN BEFORE
AND SHAPES. IF YOU WATERING AGAIN.
ARE THINKING ABOUT AVOID GETTING WATER
ADDING AN ON THE LEAVES OR
ODONTOGLOSSUM FLOWERS, AS THIS CAN
ORCHID TO YOUR CAUSE THEM TO ROT.
HOME, OR IF YOU ODONTOGLOSSUM
ALREADY HAVE ONE ORCHIDS SHOULD BE
AND YOU ARE NOT FERTILIZED EVERY TWO
SURE HOW TO CARE WEEKS DURING THE
FOR IT, THIS GUIDE IS GROWING SEASON
FOR YOU. WITH A BALANCED
FERTILIZER. REDUCE
FERTILIZING TO ONCE A
MONTH DURING THE
WINTER MONTHS.
ODONTOGLOSSUM
ORCHIDS SHOULD BE
RE-POTTED EVERY
TWO TO THREE YEARS,
OR WHEN THE POTTING
MIX BREAKS DOWN.
USE A FRESH POTTING
MIX THAT IS DESIGNED
FOR ORCHIDS.
 THERE ARE ACTUALLY ONCIDIUMS CAN
SEVERAL HUNDRED HANDLE DIRECT
ONCIDIUM RECOGNIZED ONCIDIUM MORNING LIGHT AND
(ONCIDIUM) SPECIES, BUT THE EVEN PREFER BRIGHT
NAMING IS NOT STABLE, TO VERY BRIGHT
SO THERE IS CONDITIONS. THEY
CONSIDERABLE FLUX TEND TO ENJOY THE
AS EXPERTS SAME LIGHT THAT
RECLASSIFY PLANTS. DENDROBIUM SPECIES
THEY ARE READILY ORCHIDS PREFER. THIS
HYBRIDIZED, SO NEW MEDIUM IS TYPICALLY
VARIETIES ARE SOLD AS ORCHID MIX,
REGULARLY AND HAS VERY GOOD
INTRODUCED.THE MOST DRAINAGE. VARIOUS
COMMON ONCIDIUM ONCIDIUM SPECIES
ORCHIDS GROW WELL DIFFER SOMEWHAT IN
UNDER NORMAL THEIR WATER NEEDS,
INDOOR CONDITIONS. BUT IN GENERAL, MOST
THEY HAVE LARGE NEED TO BE WATERED
PSEUDOBULBS (A EVERY TWO TO TEN
BULBOUS THICKENED DAYS DURING THE
AREA OF THE STEM) GROWING SEASON. THE
THAT COME UP FROM A IDEAL GROWING
MASS OF THIN WHITE ENVIRONMENT IS 55 TO
ROOTS. THE LARGE 60 DEGREES
LEAVES CAN GET UP TO FAHRENHEIT AT NIGHT,
2 FEET LONG AND AND 80 TO 85 DEGREES
EMERGE FROM THE DURING THE DAY.
PSEUDOBULBS. TEMPERATURES UP TO
ONCIDIUMS TYPICALLY 95 TO 100 DEGREES
FLOWER IN THE FALL. CAN BE TOLERATED IF
THESE HIGH TEMPS
ARE MATCHED BY
INCREASED HUMIDITY
AND AIR
CIRCULATIONS.
 LADY'S SLIPPER THIS ORCHID IS PAPHIOPEDILUM IS
(PAPHIOPEDILUM TYPICALLY HALF TOLERANT OF LOW-
MILMOORE) TERRESTRIAL AND HALF LIGHT CONDITIONS IN
EPIPHYTIC, WHICH GENERAL. MAKE SURE
MEANS IT GROWS YOUR PAPH HAS
NATURALLY ON THE PLENTY OF SHADE. IT
GROUND AND ALSO ON CAN GET SUNBURNT
OTHER PLANTS AND QUICKLY IF EXPOSED
TREES. SOME SPECIES TO TOO MUCH DIRECT
GROW ON ROCKS, BUT SUNLIGHT. REMEMBER,
THIS IS LESS COMMON. IN THE WILD, IT’S
SO GENERALLY, A USUALLY PROTECTED
PAPHIOPEDILUM FROM THE SUN BY THE
ORCHID EXPECTS A TREE CANOPY ABOVE.
TROPICAL WARM CLIMATE
ENVIRONMENT WITH PAPHIOPEDILUMS NEED
PLENTY OF MOISTURE A TEMPERATURE
AND SHADE. HOWEVER, RANGE OF 60F TO 85F
THIS WILL STILL VARY (NIGHT AND DAY). COOL
BASED ON THE EXACT CLIMATE
SPECIES AND ITS PAPHIOPEDILUMS NEED
ORIGINS. SOME PREFER A TEMPERATURE
A WARMER CLIMATE, RANGE OF 50F TO 80F.
WHEREAS OTHERS IN GENERAL, WATERING
FAVOR A COOLER ONE. ABOUT ONCE PER
WEEK WILL SUFFICE IF
YOU’RE USING AN
APPROPRIATE POTTING
MIX. TRY TO KEEP THE
POTTING MIX DAMP,
AND DON’T LET THE
ROOTS DRY UP. YOU
CAN MIST THE ROOTS
OCCASIONALLY IF YOU
WANT TO TOP UP THE
WATER SUPPLY
WITHOUT A FULL
WATERING.

PHALAENOPSIS POPULAR SINCE IF YOUR HOME IS

(PHALAENOPSIS) VICTORIAN TIMES, THIS BETWEEN 70-90° F,
MOTH-SHAPED ORCHID THEN A PHALAENOPSIS
IS NOW WHAT MOST SHOULD GROW WELL
PEOPLE THINK OF (BETWEEN 75-85° F IS
WHEN THEY THINK IDEAL). THIS IS A LOW-
“ORCHID.” LIGHT ORCHID, SO
PHALAENOPSES ARE PLACING IT NEAR AN
SHOWY, COME IN MANY EAST FACING WINDOW
VARIETIES, AND ARE IS AN EXCELLENT
NATURALLY OPTION, THOUGH
COMFORTABLE IN HOME SHADED SOUTH OR
ENVIRONMENTS. THEY WEST FACING
ARE EASY TO CARE FOR WINDOWS ARE FINE AS
AND CAN BE MADE TO WELL. A PHALAENOPSIS
BLOOM MULTIPLE TIMES CAN EVEN GROW AND
A YEAR. BLOOM UNDER FULL
PHALAENOPSES ARE AN SPECTRUM GROW
EXCELLENT ORCHID LIGHTS. ONCE YOUR
 FOR THE NOVICE PHALAENOPSIS HAS
ORCHID GROWER. HERE FINISHED BLOOMING,
ARE ANSWERS TO ITS OLD SPIKE CAN BE
SOME TYPICAL CUT IN ONE OF TWO
QUESTIONS ON HOW TO WAYS. THE SPIKE CAN
KEEP A NEW BE CUT DOWN TO THE
PHALAENOPSIS ORCHID LEAVES, AND IT WILL
HEALTHY AND HAPPY: BLOOM AGAIN IN
SEVERAL MONTHS, OR
IT CAN BE CUT TO TWO
NODES (THE BROWN
BANDS ALONG THE
SPIKE) BELOW WHERE
ITS LAST GROWTH WAS,
AND SHOULD BLOOM
AGAIN IN 8-12 WEEKS.

VANDA VANDA ORCHIDS HAVE VANDAS REQUIRE

(VANDA) A LONG AND BRIGHT LIGHT, BUT
ILLUSTRIOUS THEY GENERALLY
REPUTATION FOR DON'T THRIVE IN FULL
BEING NOT ONLY SUNLIGHT. THEY CAN
STUNNINGLY ACCLIMATE TO FULL
BEAUTIFUL PLANTS, SUN, THOUGH PLANTS
THEY HAVE ALSO LONG GROWN IN THOSE
BEEN USED IN CONDITIONS ARE
TRADITIONAL MEDICINE GENERALLY WASHED
IN THEIR NATIVE OUT AND NOT AS
COUNTRIES. VANDAS HEALTHY AS THOSE
ARE CLASSIFIED AS GROWN UNDER A
MONOPODIAL, SHADE CLOTH TO TAKE
PERENNIAL EPIPHYTES. THE EDGE OFF STRONG
AS PERENNIAL PLANTS, SUNLIGHT. TO KEEP
VANDA ORCHIDS CAN THE PLANT IN PLACE,
LIVE FOR 20 YEARS OR ADD BARK, PEAT MOSS,
LONGER. THEY ARE OR ANOTHER SOILLESS
CAPABLE OF BLOOMING MEDIUM TO THE
MULTIPLE TIMES BASKET. YOU ALSO CAN
DURING THE YEAR IF USE A POTTING MEDIUM
THEY ARE RECEIVING SPECIFICALLY MADE
THE RIGHT AMOUNT OF FOR ORCHIDS. VANDAS
WATER, LIGHT, AND REQUIRE A GREAT
HUMIDITY. THE DEAL OF WATER. IN
LIFESPAN OF MOST PERIODS OF HIGH
TYPES OF ORCHIDS IS TEMPERATURES THEY
INDEFINITE, WITH SOME MIGHT NEED TO BE
OUTLIVING THE WATERED TWICE A DAY.
GARDENER THAT
PLANTED THEM.

IX. FLOWERING
PLANTS
MALAYSIAN MUMS CHRYSANTHEMUM KEEP THE SOIL LIGHTLY
(CHRYSANTHEM) PLANTS ARE MOIST. AS THE PLANT
CONSIDERED GROWS BIGGER IN THE
HERBACEOUS (NON- SUMMER, WATER AS
WOODY) PERENNIALS FREQUENTLY AS
GROWING IN A NEEDED TO KEEP THE
MOUNDING OR SOIL LIGHTLY MOIST—
CLUMPING HABIT. THEY AS MUCH AS THREE
ARE OFTEN GROWN AS TIMES A WEEK.
ANNUALS IN COLDER PROTECT YOUR
CLIMATES BECAUSE OF CHRYSANTHEMUMS
THEIR LONGER BLOOM FROM PESTS. MUMS
TIMES. THE PLANTS ARE SENSITIVE TO
WILL GROW BETWEEN 1 PESTS LIKE APHIDS
TO 3 FEET TALL WITH AND DISEASES SUCH
MANY STEMS. THE AS POWDERY MILDEW.
LEAVES ARE GREEN TO PREVENT THE SPREAD
DARK GREEN AND OF PESTS AND MOLD BY
LOBED. SOMETIMES SPACING YOUR PLANTS
THE OILS FROM THE OUT IN THE GARDEN.
LEAVES CAN BE A SKIN ALLOW FOR GOOD AIR
IRRITANT TO HUMANS. CIRCULATION
THE FLOWERS WILL BETWEEN THE LEAVES,
RANGE IN SIZE AND AND WATER THE PLANT
SHAPE FROM 1 TO 6 CLOSE TO THE GROUND
INCHES IN DIAMETER. SO THE LEAVES DON'T
GET WET.
WHEN SPRING ARRIVES
AFTER THE FROST,
PULL BACK THE MULCH
AND DEAD LEAVES.
THEN WATCH AS NEW
SHOOTS SPROUT UP.
OVERWINTER YOUR
CHRYSANTHEMUMS
INDOORS.
OVERWINTERING YOUR
MUMS INSIDE IS AN
OPTION IF YOU LIVE IN A
PARTICULARLY COLD
CLIMATE. DIG UP THE
MUMS AND KEEP THEM
IN A POT INDOORS, AND
MAKE SURE THE SOIL IS
MOIST.
MIL-FLORES; GARDEN HYDRANGEAS ARE HYDRANGEAS DO WELL
HYDRANGEA VERSATILE SHRUBS IN THE PARTIAL SHADE
(HYDRANGEA) THAT THRIVE IN SANDY PROVIDED BY TALL
COASTAL SOILS, SHADY DECIDUOUS TREES,
WOODLAND SITES, AND ESPECIALLY IF THEY
ALMOST EVERYTHING IN RECEIVE MORNING SUN
BETWEEN. CARE FOR AND THE PARTIAL
HYDRANGEAS BY SHADE OCCURS IN THE
GIVING THEM FULL SUN HEAT OF THE
IN MODERATE AFTERNOON. TOO
CLIMATES AND MUCH SHADE CAN
MORNING SUN IN HOT REDUCE FLOWER
AREAS, HUMUS-RICH OUTPUT. IN GENERAL,
SOIL WHEN POSSIBLE, HYDRANGEAS CAN
AND CONSISTENT TOLERATE A WIDE
MOISTURE WITHOUT RANGE OF SOIL TYPES
WATERLOGGING THE BUT THEY GROW BEST
PLANT. HYDRANGEAS IN FERTILE, HUMUS-
ARE RAPID GROWERS, RICH SOIL. WATER
AVERAGING 2 FEET OR DEEPLY EACH TIME
MORE OF GROWTH PER UNTIL THE GROUND
YEAR. BE AWARE THAT FEELS SATURATED BUT
THE PLANT IS TOXIC TO IS NOT WATERLOGGED.
ANIMALS. A LIGHT WATERING
EVERY DAY IS NOT
SUFFICIENT BECAUSE
THE WATER WILL NOT
REACH THE ROOT
SYSTEM TO HYDRATE
THE PLANT.

LILY LILIUM IS THE QUEEN OF LILIES NEED LOTS OF

(LILIUM) BULBS AND A TRUE SUN. FOR DEPENDABLE
FAVORITE OF BLOOMS, LILIES
GARDENERS AND SHOULD GET 6 TO 8
FLORISTS. ALMOST HOURS OF DIRECT
EVERY GARDEN AND SUNLIGHT A DAY (AKA
EVERY FLOWER STORE “FULL SUN”). IF IT’S TOO
HAVE AT LEAST ONE SHADY, THE STEMS
VARIETY OF LILIUM WILL ATTEMPT TO LEAN
FLOWERS. BUT POTTED TOWARDS THE SUN OR
AND INDOOR LILIUMS GET SPINDLY AND FALL
ARE ONLY JUST OVER. ALSO, A WELL-
BEGINNING TO CATCH DRAINED SITE IS
ON, EVEN THOUGH CRITICAL. WATER
OTHER GARDEN BULBS TRAPPED BENEATH THE
HAVE LONG BEEN USED SCALES MAY ROT THE
AS INDOOR BULB. HOW CAN YOU
DECORATIONS. TELL IF YOUR SITE
MEANWHILE, LILIUM DRAINS WELL? AFTER A
FLOWERS ARE NO LESS GOOD RAIN, FIND A
ADAPTABLE TO POTTED SPOT THAT IS THE
FORMS THAN TULIPS, FIRST TO DRY OUT.
HYACINTHS, AND ENRICH THE SOIL WITH
DAFFODILS. LEAF MOLD, COMPOST,
OR WELL-ROTTED
MANURE TO
ENCOURAGE GOOD
 DRAINAGE.

MINIATURE ROSE KNOWN FOR ITS RED, ROSA CHINENSIS

(ROSA CHINENSIS) PINK, AND WHITE PLANTS THRIVE IN FULL
BLOOMS, ROSA SUN BUT CAN
CHINENSIS IS A VERY TOLERATE FILTERED
POPULAR ROSE TO SHADE. FOR THE BEST
KEEP IN GARDENS. THE GROWING RESULTS
SINGLE OR SEMI- AND BLOOM, CHOOSE A
DOUBLE BLOOMS GIVE LOCATION WITH AT
OFF A LOVELY, LIGHT, LEAST 6 HOURS OF
SWEET FRAGRANCE SUNLIGHT. THESE
AND ADD A TOUCH OF ROSES PREFER LOAMY,
ELEGANCE TO YOUR SANDY, WELL-DRAINING
YARD. THESE ROSES, SOIL THAT STAYS
LIKE MOST OTHER ROSE CONSISTENTLY MOIST.
VARIETIES, HAVE HOWEVER, THEY ARE
PRICKLES, OR THORNS TOLERANT OF MANY
ALONG THE LENGTH OF GARDEN SOIL
THEIR STEMS. THE CONDITIONS AND CAN
LEAVES ARE DARK BE GROWN EVEN IN
GREEN, GLOSSY, AND HEAVY SOILS, AS LONG
PINNATE. ROSA AS WATER DRAINS
CHINENSIS BLOOM AWAY. WATER
FROM SPRING UNTIL REGULARLY BUT AVOID
FALL, MAKING THEM A OVER-SATURATING THE
BEAUTIFUL STATEMENT SOIL. IT'S BEST NOT TO
PLANT THROUGHOUT ALLOW THE SOIL TO
THE ENTIRE GROWING DRY OUT COMPLETELY.
SEASON.

BIRD OF PARADISE BIRD OF PARADISE IT REQUIRES

(STRELITZIA REGINAE) TYPICALLY FLOWERS IN SHIELDING IN THE
THE LATE WINTER OR DIRECT MIDDAY
EARLY SPRING, BUT IT SUMMER SUN, WHICH
CAN FLOWER AT OTHER CAN BURN THE LEAVES
TIMES OF THE YEAR OF YOUNGER PLANTS.
WHEN PROVIDED A GOOD POSITION IS IN
OPTIMAL CONDITIONS. A ROOM WITH
THESE PLANTS GROW WINDOWS FACING EAST
WITH UPRIGHT LEAVES OR WEST. AVOID
EMERGING DIRECTLY ROOMS WITH ONLY A
FROM THE SOIL AND NORTH-FACING
HAVE NO TRUNK. THE WINDOW. USE RICH,
LARGE LEAVES RANGE WELL-DRAINED
FROM 12 TO 18 INCHES POTTING MIX FOR
LONG AND CAN GET POTTED PLANTS OR A
SPLITS IN THE LEAF COMPOST MIXTURE.
WHEN EXPOSED TO YOU CAN WATER IT
WINDY CONDITIONS OR UNTIL YOU SEE THE
BRUSHED AGAINST IN A WATER DRAINING FROM
BUSY HALLWAY. ITS DRAINAGE HOLES,
STRELITZIA IS TOXIC TO BUT MAKE SURE IT
CATS AND DOGS DOES NOT SIT IN A
POOL OF WATER.