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331 detailed profiles covering origin, appearance, light, watering, propagation and problems for every houseplant.

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Monstera Deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant)

Monstera Deliciosa (Swiss Cheese Plant)

The Monstera Deliciosa - the "Swiss Cheese Plant" - is the single most…
Snake Plant (Sansevieria / Dracaena trifasciata)

Snake Plant (Sansevieria / Dracaena trifasciata)

Tall, sculptural, and almost indestructible, the Snake Plant thrives on…
Pothos (Epipremnum aureum / Devil's Ivy)

Pothos (Epipremnum aureum / Devil's Ivy)

Pothos is the friendliest trailing vine in the houseplant world - fast…
ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)

ZZ Plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia)

With glossy, almost artificial-looking leaves and a near-supernatural tolerance…
Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata)

Fiddle Leaf Fig (Ficus lyrata)

The Fiddle Leaf Fig is a tall, sculptural, photogenic houseplant with huge…
Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

Peace Lily (Spathiphyllum)

The Peace Lily is one of the few easy houseplants that flowers reliably indoors.
Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

Spider Plant (Chlorophytum comosum)

The Spider Plant is the cheerful, generous, almost foolproof classic of the…
Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)

Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)

The Rubber Plant is the easy way to have a dramatic indoor tree.
Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera

Aloe Vera is a tough, sun-loving succulent that asks for almost nothing - and…
Heartleaf Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum)

Heartleaf Philodendron (Philodendron hederaceum)

The Heartleaf Philodendron is, for many growers, the single easiest trailing…
Epiphyllum (Orchid Cactus)

Epiphyllum (Orchid Cactus)

The Epiphyllum - commonly called the Orchid Cactus - is a jungle cactus that…
Ludisia discolor (Jewel Orchid)

Ludisia discolor (Jewel Orchid)

The Ludisia discolor - the Jewel Orchid - is an orchid grown for the one thing…
Aphelandra squarrosa (Zebra Plant)

Aphelandra squarrosa (Zebra Plant)

The Aphelandra squarrosa - the Zebra Plant - is one of the most striking…
Homalomena (Queen of Hearts)

Homalomena (Queen of Hearts)

The Homalomena - sometimes sold as "Queen of Hearts" - is one of those quietly…
Clivia (Clivia miniata - Bush Lily)

Clivia (Clivia miniata - Bush Lily)

The Clivia - known as the Bush Lily or Natal Lily - is one of the great…
Streptocarpus (Cape Primrose)

Streptocarpus (Cape Primrose)

Streptocarpus - commonly called Cape Primrose - is one of the most rewarding…
Baby Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii - Angel's Tears)

Baby Tears (Soleirolia soleirolii - Angel's Tears)

Baby Tears - also called Angel's Tears, Mind-Your-Own-Business, or by its…
Selaginella (Spikemoss / Resurrection Plant)

Selaginella (Spikemoss / Resurrection Plant)

Selaginella - known as Spikemoss, and in some forms as the Resurrection Plant…
Hatiora (Easter Cactus)

Hatiora (Easter Cactus)

The Easter Cactus (Hatiora gaertneri, sometimes sold as Rhipsalidopsis…
Monstera Siltepecana (Silver Monstera)

Monstera Siltepecana (Silver Monstera)

Monstera siltepecana - the "Silver Monstera" - is one of the most rewarding…
Chinese Money Plant (Pilea peperomioides)

Chinese Money Plant (Pilea peperomioides)

The Chinese Money Plant is the friendly, quirky houseplant that became an…
Clusia (Autograph Tree)

Clusia (Autograph Tree)

Clusia (Clusia rosea), known as the Autograph Tree, is a tough, glossy, upright…
Saguaro Cactus

Saguaro Cactus

The saguaro is the giant, tree-like cactus of the American Southwest, an icon…
Golden Barrel Cactus

Golden Barrel Cactus

The golden barrel is a plump, globe-shaped cactus wrapped in dense…
Prickly Pear Cactus

Prickly Pear Cactus

The prickly pear, or opuntia, is the classic flat-padded cactus, forming chains…
Pincushion Cactus

Pincushion Cactus

Pincushion cacti (Mammillaria) are small, rounded, easy-going desert cacti that…
Bunny Ears Cactus

Bunny Ears Cactus

The bunny ears cactus is a charming small opuntia whose flat, oval pads sprout…
Moon Cactus

Moon Cactus

The moon cactus is the eye-catching, brightly coloured little cactus you see…
Old Lady Cactus

Old Lady Cactus

The old lady cactus is a plump, globe-shaped Mammillaria wrapped in a…
Star Cactus

Star Cactus

The star cactus is a small, spineless, geometric gem - a low, ribbed dome…
Agave

Agave

Agaves are bold, architectural succulents that form dramatic rosettes of thick…
Calathea / Prayer Plant (Calathea & Maranta)

Calathea / Prayer Plant (Calathea & Maranta)

Calatheas and their close relatives, the Marantas, are the showpieces of…
Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)

Sempervivum (Hens and Chicks)

Sempervivums, or hens and chicks, are tough little rosette succulents that…
Ghost Plant

Ghost Plant

The ghost plant is an easy, fast-growing rosette succulent in soft, ghostly…
Panda Plant

Panda Plant

The panda plant is a charming, fuzzy succulent whose plump grey-green leaves…
Bishop's Cap Cactus

Bishop's Cap Cactus

The bishop's cap is a spineless, sculptural little cactus shaped like a plump…
Peruvian Apple Cactus

Peruvian Apple Cactus

The Peruvian apple is a tall, columnar, blue-green cactus that grows faster…
Rat Tail Cactus

Rat Tail Cactus

The rat tail cactus is a trailing desert cactus grown for its long, slender…
Silver Torch Cactus

Silver Torch Cactus

The silver torch is a slender, upright columnar cactus wrapped so densely in…
Rebutia (Crown Cactus)

Rebutia (Crown Cactus)

Rebutias are tiny, clustering desert cacti that flower so freely and so young…
Gymnocalycium (Chin Cactus)

Gymnocalycium (Chin Cactus)

Gymnocalyciums are rounded, easy-going desert cacti named for their smooth…
Baby Toes

Baby Toes

Baby toes is an oddball little succulent that grows a cluster of upright…
Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)

Boston Fern (Nephrolepis exaltata)

The Boston Fern is the lush, cascading classic of the fern world - a soft…
Tiger Jaws

Tiger Jaws

Tiger jaws is a small, characterful succulent whose fat triangular leaves are…
Moonstones

Moonstones

Moonstones is a slow, plump rosette succulent whose fat, egg-shaped leaves come…
Desert Rose

Desert Rose

The desert rose is a spectacular caudex succulent that swells into a fat…
Paddle Plant (Flapjacks)

Paddle Plant (Flapjacks)

The paddle plant, or flapjacks, is a bold succulent that stacks big, flat…
Bear's Paw

Bear's Paw

Bear's paw is an irresistibly cute succulent whose chunky, fuzzy leaves are…
Fairy Castle Cactus

Fairy Castle Cactus

The fairy castle cactus is a charming, slow-growing cactus that branches into a…
Old Man Cactus

Old Man Cactus

The old man cactus is an unmistakable columnar cactus draped in long, shaggy…
Dragon Fruit Cactus

Dragon Fruit Cactus

The dragon fruit cactus is the climbing, sprawling cactus behind the vivid pink…
Echinopsis (Sea-Urchin Cactus)

Echinopsis (Sea-Urchin Cactus)

Echinopsis cacti are small, globular desert cacti famous for a spectacular…
Parodia (Ball Cactus)

Parodia (Ball Cactus)

Parodias, or ball cacti, are neat, globular desert cacti that ring their crowns…
Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)

Jade Plant (Crassula ovata)

The Jade Plant is a small, sturdy succulent tree that can become a lifelong…
Totem Pole Cactus

Totem Pole Cactus

The totem pole cactus is a smooth, spineless, sculptural column covered in…
Jelly Bean Plant

Jelly Bean Plant

The jelly bean plant, or 'pork and beans', is a cheerful little sedum whose…
Stapelia (Starfish Flower)

Stapelia (Starfish Flower)

The stapelia is a leafless clumping succulent grown for one of the most…
Crinkle-Leaf Plant

Crinkle-Leaf Plant

The crinkle-leaf plant is a small, slow, charming succulent grown for its…
Ice Plant

Ice Plant

The ice plant is a low, spreading succulent smothered, in summer, in brilliant…
Baseball Plant (Euphorbia obesa)

Baseball Plant (Euphorbia obesa)

The baseball plant is a curious, spineless, ball-shaped euphorbia patterned…
Madagascar Palm

Madagascar Palm

The Madagascar palm is not a palm at all, but a striking spiny succulent with a…
Peanut Cactus

Peanut Cactus

The peanut cactus is a small, fast-clustering cactus whose finger-like stems…
Ladyfinger Cactus

Ladyfinger Cactus

The ladyfinger cactus is a neat, easy mammillaria that forms clusters of…
Feather Cactus

Feather Cactus

The feather cactus looks like a cluster of little snowballs wrapped in down…
Phalaenopsis Orchid (Moth Orchid)

Phalaenopsis Orchid (Moth Orchid)

The Phalaenopsis, or Moth Orchid, is the orchid for everyone.
Monkey Tail Cactus

Monkey Tail Cactus

The monkey tail cactus grows long, trailing, furry white stems that spill over…
Blue Columnar Cactus

Blue Columnar Cactus

The blue columnar cactus is one of the most beautiful cacti in the world - an…
Brain Cactus

Brain Cactus

The brain cactus is a crested mutation of the ladyfinger cactus whose stems…
Split Rock (Pleiospilos nelii)

Split Rock (Pleiospilos nelii)

The split rock is a living-stone succulent that looks exactly like a granite…
Blue Chalksticks (Curio repens)

Blue Chalksticks (Curio repens)

Blue chalksticks is a low, spreading succulent whose plump, finger-shaped…
Watch Chain Plant (Crassula muscosa)

Watch Chain Plant (Crassula muscosa)

The watch chain plant is a curious crassula whose tiny, scale-like leaves stack…
Propeller Plant (Crassula falcata)

Propeller Plant (Crassula falcata)

The propeller plant is a sculptural crassula whose thick, sickle-shaped…
Ruby Necklace (Othonna capensis)

Ruby Necklace (Othonna capensis)

Ruby necklace is a fast, trailing succulent whose bean-shaped leaves hang on…
Sand Rose (Anacampseros rufescens)

Sand Rose (Anacampseros rufescens)

The sand rose is a small, slow, jewel-like succulent forming low clusters of…
Fishhook Barrel Cactus

Fishhook Barrel Cactus

The fishhook barrel is a big, ribbed desert globe armed with fierce, hooked red…
Dracaena (Dracaena marginata, fragrans & more)

Dracaena (Dracaena marginata, fragrans & more)

"Dracaena" is not one plant but a whole family of easy, sculptural indoor trees…
Cholla Cactus

Cholla Cactus

The cholla is a shrubby, branching cactus of cylindrical segments cloaked in…
Turk's Cap Cactus

Turk's Cap Cactus

The Turk's cap is a charming small cactus that grows into a spiny green globe…
Organ Pipe Cactus

Organ Pipe Cactus

The organ pipe is a majestic columnar cactus that, true to its name, sends up a…
Claret Cup Cactus

Claret Cup Cactus

The claret cup is a hardy, clustering hedgehog cactus that mounds into a dome…
Spiral Cactus

Spiral Cactus

The spiral cactus is a mesmerising columnar cactus whose ribs twist gently…
Mother of Thousands

Mother of Thousands

Mother of thousands is a succulent that grows a fringe of tiny, ready-rooted…
Pig's Ear (Cotyledon orbiculata)

Pig's Ear (Cotyledon orbiculata)

Pig's ear is a bold South African succulent named for its thick, rounded…
Gollum Jade

Gollum Jade

Gollum jade is a quirky cultivar of the classic jade plant whose leaves have…
Lifesaver Plant (Huernia zebrina)

Lifesaver Plant (Huernia zebrina)

The lifesaver plant is a low, creeping succulent with toothed stems and one of…
Anthurium (Flamingo Flower)

Anthurium (Flamingo Flower)

The Anthurium's glossy, heart-shaped, almost lacquered "flowers" - most…
Calico Hearts (Adromischus maculatus)

Calico Hearts (Adromischus maculatus)

Calico hearts is a small, slow, charming succulent whose thick, flattened…
Hoya Kerrii (Sweetheart Hoya)

Hoya Kerrii (Sweetheart Hoya)

Hoya kerrii has thick, perfectly heart-shaped leaves, sold by the millions as…
Hoya Compacta (Hindu Rope)

Hoya Compacta (Hindu Rope)

Hoya compacta is a carnosa mutation whose leaves twist and fold into dense…
Hoya Pubicalyx

Hoya Pubicalyx

Hoya pubicalyx is one of the faster-growing hoyas, flinging out silver-splashed…
Hoya Australis

Hoya Australis

Hoya australis is a glossy, round-leafed, sun-loving vine from Australia that…
Hoya Bella

Hoya Bella

Hoya bella is a dainty, arching miniature shrublet whose thin little leaves…
Hoya Linearis

Hoya Linearis

Hoya linearis looks like no other hoya - a waterfall of soft, needle-thin…
Hoya Obovata

Hoya Obovata

Hoya obovata is the coin-leaf hoya - big, round, thick pancakes of deep green…
Hoya Curtisii

Hoya Curtisii

Hoya curtisii has fingernail-sized leaves of grey-green mosaic on threadlike…
Hoya Wayetii

Hoya Wayetii

Hoya wayetii is the pinstripe hoya - narrow keel-shaped leaves edged in dark…
English Ivy (Hedera helix)

English Ivy (Hedera helix)

English Ivy is the classic trailing, climbing vine - elegant, lush, and full of…
Hoya Lacunosa

Hoya Lacunosa

Hoya lacunosa has modest dimpled little leaves and strongly scented flowers…
Hoya Macrophylla

Hoya Macrophylla

Hoya macrophylla has huge, deeply veined, wax-stiff leaves like embossed…
Hoya Retusa

Hoya Retusa

Hoya retusa is the grass hoya - flat, ribbon-thin leaves notched at the tip…
Hoya Serpens

Hoya Serpens

Hoya serpens has penny-round fuzzy leaves on creeping stems and, at maturity…
Hoya Multiflora (Shooting Star)

Hoya Multiflora (Shooting Star)

Hoya multiflora is an upright, shrubby hoya whose flowers don't form balls at…
Cattleya Orchid

Cattleya Orchid

Cattleya, the classic corsage orchid, has ruffled, perfumed blooms and was the…
Cymbidium Orchid

Cymbidium Orchid

Cymbidiums are grassy-leaved orchids carrying tall spikes of 10-25 waxy blooms…
Vanda Orchid

Vanda Orchid

Vandas are orchids grown in empty baskets with roots dangling meters in the…
Paphiopedilum (Slipper Orchid)

Paphiopedilum (Slipper Orchid)

Paphiopedilums are the slipper orchids - pouched, waxy, almost…
Miltoniopsis (Pansy Orchid)

Miltoniopsis (Pansy Orchid)

Miltoniopsis is the pansy orchid - big flat velvet blooms with painted 'faces'…
Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)

Croton (Codiaeum variegatum)

The Croton's thick, leathery, glossy leaves are splashed and veined with green…
Zygopetalum Orchid

Zygopetalum Orchid

Zygopetalums are orchids with green petals leopard-blotched in mahogany over…
Brassia (Spider Orchid)

Brassia (Spider Orchid)

Brassia, often called the spider orchid, carries sprays of blooms with petals…
Epidendrum (Reed-Stem Orchid)

Epidendrum (Reed-Stem Orchid)

Reed-stem epidendrums are cane-stemmed, sun-loving garden orchids topped with…
Catasetum Orchid

Catasetum Orchid

Catasetum orchids have waxy male blooms that catapult pollen onto visiting bees…
Phragmipedium (S. American Slipper)

Phragmipedium (S. American Slipper)

Phragmipediums are South American slipper orchids that grow streamside with wet…
Masdevallia Orchid

Masdevallia Orchid

Masdevallias are compact cloud-forest orchids whose leafy tufts carry…
Bulbophyllum Orchid

Bulbophyllum Orchid

Bulbophyllum is an orchid genus of 2,000+ species with hinged, wobbling…
Vanilla Orchid

Vanilla Orchid

Vanilla is a vining orchid whose cured seed pods are the world's vanilla; it…
Spathoglottis (Ground Orchid)

Spathoglottis (Ground Orchid)

Spathoglottis is a true terrestrial orchid with pleated palm-like leaves and…
Sarracenia (American Pitcher Plant)

Sarracenia (American Pitcher Plant)

Sarracenias, the trumpet pitchers of American bogs, are tall nectar-baited…
String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus / Curio rowleyanus)

String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus / Curio rowleyanus)

String of Pearls is one of the most distinctive and photogenic of all…
Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plant)

Nepenthes (Tropical Pitcher Plant)

Nepenthes are tropical vining plants whose leaf-tips swell into fluid-filled…
Cape Sundew

Cape Sundew

The Cape sundew has glistening tentacles that visibly bend toward a stuck gnat…
Mexican Butterwort

Mexican Butterwort

Mexican butterworts form pastel rosettes whose greasy leaves are lethal…
Bladderwort

Bladderwort

Bladderworts run the fastest traps in the plant kingdom (underground/underwater…
Cephalotus (Albany Pitcher Plant)

Cephalotus (Albany Pitcher Plant)

Cephalotus is the only species of its family: a palm-sized West Australian that…
Heliamphora (Sun Pitcher)

Heliamphora (Sun Pitcher)

Heliamphoras are pitcher plants from the tepuis (cloud-swept Venezuelan table…
Darlingtonia (Cobra Lily)

Darlingtonia (Cobra Lily)

The cobra lily rears from Oregon mountain seeps like a striking snake - hooded…
Byblis (Rainbow Plant)

Byblis (Rainbow Plant)

Byblis, the rainbow plant, is a haze of thread-fine leaves beaded in glue that…
Spoonleaf Sundew

Spoonleaf Sundew

The spoonleaf sundew forms coin-sized rosettes of spoon-shaped tentacled leaves…
Button Fern

Button Fern

The button fern has round, leathery, button-like leaflets on wiry arching stems…
Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia)

Bird of Paradise (Strelitzia)

With huge, glossy, paddle-shaped leaves rising on tall stalks, the Bird of…
Lemon Button Fern

Lemon Button Fern

The lemon button fern is a petite, well-behaved cousin of the Boston fern…
Crocodile Fern

Crocodile Fern

The crocodile fern earns its name with big, undivided, leathery fronds textured…
Holly Fern

Holly Fern

The holly fern breaks every fern rule - glossy, stiff, holly-shaped leaflets on…
Silver Lace Fern

Silver Lace Fern

The silver lace fern is a delicate table fern painted down the middle - each…
Cretan Brake Fern

Cretan Brake Fern

The Cretan brake fern is the easygoing table fern - upright, ribbon-like fronds…
Kangaroo Paw Fern

Kangaroo Paw Fern

The kangaroo paw fern has fronds shaped like a kangaroo's foot - broad…
Heart Fern

Heart Fern

The heart fern is a tiny surprise - small, glossy, heart-shaped leaves on dark…
Autumn Fern

Autumn Fern

The autumn fern flips the fern colour script - new fronds emerge coppery-bronze…
Korean Rock Fern

Korean Rock Fern

The Korean rock fern is a compact, dark, finely-cut evergreen fern with stiff…
Tassel Fern (Polystichum)

Tassel Fern (Polystichum)

The tassel fern earns its name from the way new fronds unfurl - the tip flops…
Areca Palm (Dypsis lutescens)

Areca Palm (Dypsis lutescens)

The Areca Palm (also called the Butterfly Palm or Golden Cane Palm) is the…
Frosty Fern (Spikemoss)

Frosty Fern (Spikemoss)

The 'frosty fern' isn't a fern at all - it's a spikemoss, sold everywhere at…
Asparagus Fern

Asparagus Fern

The asparagus fern looks feathery and fern-like but is actually a member of the…
Foxtail Fern

Foxtail Fern

The foxtail fern grows dense, upright, plume-like fronds that really do look…
Anubias

Anubias

Anubias is a slow, tough, dark-green rosette that grows tied to wood or rock…
Java Fern

Java Fern

Java fern is a hardy aquarium epiphyte: textured strappy green fronds on a…
Amazon Sword

Amazon Sword

The Amazon sword is the classic rooted centrepiece plant - a big rosette of…
Cryptocoryne Wendtii

Cryptocoryne Wendtii

Cryptocoryne wendtii is the easy 'crypt' - a low rooted rosette in green…
Vallisneria

Vallisneria

Vallisneria is the classic underwater 'jungle grass' - long ribbon leaves that…
Dwarf Hairgrass

Dwarf Hairgrass

Dwarf hairgrass is the go-to carpeting plant - fine green blades that, given…
Bucephalandra

Bucephalandra

Bucephalandra is a slow rhizome epiphyte, popular with aquascaping collectors…
Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema)

Chinese Evergreen (Aglaonema)

The Chinese Evergreen is one of the best plants for people who want color and…
Java Moss

Java Moss

Java moss is a tangle of fine green strands that will attach to, or simply…
Rotala Rotundifolia

Rotala Rotundifolia

Rotala rotundifolia is a fast, bushy background stem plant that stays green in…
Water Wisteria

Water Wisteria

Water wisteria is a fast, forgiving stem plant with lacy, fern-like leaves that…
Dwarf Hygro

Dwarf Hygro

Dwarf hygro is one of the easiest, fastest stem plants there is - which is…
Amazon Frogbit

Amazon Frogbit

Amazon frogbit is a floating plant that looks like a scatter of tiny green lily…
Dwarf Water Lettuce

Dwarf Water Lettuce

Dwarf water lettuce floats like little velvety green rosettes of romaine…
Duckweed

Duckweed

Duckweed is the smallest, fastest floating plant in the hobby - a haze of tiny…
Water Hyacinth

Water Hyacinth

Water hyacinth is a striking pond floater - glossy paddle leaves on inflated…
Angel Wing Begonia

Angel Wing Begonia

The Angel Wing Begonia is a cane-type begonia prized for its dramatic…
Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera)

Christmas Cactus (Schlumbergera)

The Christmas Cactus is a beloved heirloom houseplant - the one that bursts…
Iron Cross Begonia

Iron Cross Begonia

The Iron Cross Begonia is a rhizomatous begonia grown purely for its dramatic…
Escargot Begonia

Escargot Begonia

The Escargot Begonia is a rhizomatous rex begonia prized for one showstopping…
Tuberous Begonia

Tuberous Begonia

The Tuberous Begonia is a flowering tuberous perennial prized for its large…
Wax Begonia

Wax Begonia

The Wax Begonia is a compact, fibrous-rooted begonia prized for its glossy…
Dragon Wing Begonia

Dragon Wing Begonia

The Dragon Wing Begonia is a vigorous, fibrous-rooted cane begonia prized for…
Beefsteak Begonia

Beefsteak Begonia

The Beefsteak Begonia is an old-fashioned rhizomatous begonia grown for its…
Rhizomatous Begonia

Rhizomatous Begonia

Rhizomatous begonias are a large collector group grown almost entirely for…
Rieger Begonia

Rieger Begonia

The Rieger Begonia is a compact, heavy-blooming hybrid grown for its glossy…
Begonia Luxurians

Begonia Luxurians

Begonia luxurians is a striking cane-type begonia grown almost entirely for its…
African Violet (Saintpaulia / Streptocarpus)

African Violet (Saintpaulia / Streptocarpus)

The African Violet is the small, cheerful classic that can flower almost…
Eyelash Begonia

Eyelash Begonia

The Eyelash Begonia is a small rhizomatous begonia named for the fine, dark…
Peacock Begonia

Peacock Begonia

The Peacock Begonia is a prized collector's begonia famous for leaves that…
Begonia Soli-Mutata

Begonia Soli-Mutata

Begonia soli-mutata is a small rhizomatous begonia prized by collectors for its…
Painted-Leaf Begonia

Painted-Leaf Begonia

The Painted-Leaf Begonia, better known to growers as the Rex Begonia, is a…
Shrub Begonia

Shrub Begonia

Shrub begonias are one of the classic horticultural groups within the genus…
Anthurium Andraeanum

Anthurium Andraeanum

Anthurium andraeanum, often called the flamingo flower or painter's palette, is…
Anthurium Clarinervium

Anthurium Clarinervium

Anthurium Clarinervium is a compact, velvet-leaved aroid grown purely for its…
Anthurium Crystallinum

Anthurium Crystallinum

Anthurium Crystallinum is a prized velvet-leaf aroid grown purely for its…
Anthurium Warocqueanum

Anthurium Warocqueanum

The Queen Anthurium is one of the most coveted velvet-leaved aroids in the…
Money Tree (Pachira aquatica)

Money Tree (Pachira aquatica)

The Money Tree is instantly recognizable by its distinctive braided trunk and…
Anthurium Veitchii

Anthurium Veitchii

Anthurium Veitchii, widely known as the "King Anthurium", is a prized epiphytic…
Anthurium Magnificum

Anthurium Magnificum

Anthurium Magnificum is a large-leaved velvet Anthurium prized for its…
Anthurium Forgetii

Anthurium Forgetii

Anthurium Forgetii is a compact velvet-leaved collector aroid prized for one…
Anthurium Superbum

Anthurium Superbum

Anthurium Superbum is a "bird's nest" type anthurium prized for its thick…
Anthurium Pedatoradiatum

Anthurium Pedatoradiatum

Anthurium Pedatoradiatum is a collector-favourite aroid grown entirely for its…
Anthurium Regale

Anthurium Regale

Anthurium Regale is a large-leaved velvet aroid prized by collectors for its…
Anthurium Vittarifolium

Anthurium Vittarifolium

Anthurium Vittarifolium is a pendant, strap-leaf aroid prized for its…
Anthurium Hookeri

Anthurium Hookeri

Anthurium Hookeri is a large bird's nest anthurium grown for its bold rosette…
Alocasia Polly

Alocasia Polly

Alocasia Polly is a compact hybrid Alocasia prized for its dramatic…
Alocasia Zebrina

Alocasia Zebrina

Alocasia Zebrina is a striking tropical aroid grown as much for its stems as…
Haworthia (Zebra Plant & Window Plants)

Haworthia (Zebra Plant & Window Plants)

Haworthia is the small, tough, charming succulent that fits almost anywhere - a…
Alocasia Frydek

Alocasia Frydek

Alocasia Frydek is a striking foliage plant prized for its deep, velvety green…
Alocasia Dragon Scale

Alocasia Dragon Scale

Alocasia Dragon Scale is a compact jewel Alocasia prized for its stiff, deeply…
Alocasia Silver Dragon

Alocasia Silver Dragon

Alocasia Silver Dragon is a compact, slow-growing aroid prized for its thick…
Alocasia Cuprea

Alocasia Cuprea

Alocasia Cuprea is a compact "jewel" Alocasia prized for its almost unreal…
Alocasia Stingray

Alocasia Stingray

Alocasia Stingray is a striking cultivar of the giant upright elephant ear…
Alocasia Black Velvet

Alocasia Black Velvet

Alocasia Black Velvet is a compact "jewel" Alocasia prized for its thick, dark…
Alocasia Macrorrhiza

Alocasia Macrorrhiza

Alocasia Macrorrhiza, often called Giant Taro or Upright Elephant Ear, is a…
Alocasia Odora

Alocasia Odora

Alocasia Odora is a large, upright elephant ear grown for its dramatic, glossy…
Alocasia Wentii

Alocasia Wentii

Alocasia Wentii, often sold as the "Hardy Elephant Ear" or "New Guinea Shield,"…
Alocasia Sarian

Alocasia Sarian

Alocasia Sarian is a striking hybrid aroid prized for pairing dramatic…
Echeveria

Echeveria

Echeveria is a rosette succulent with a plump, symmetrical, flower-like rosette.
Alocasia Jacklyn

Alocasia Jacklyn

Alocasia Jacklyn is a striking collector aroid prized for its bold, deeply…
Alocasia Maharani

Alocasia Maharani

Alocasia 'Maharani' is a compact "jewel" Alocasia prized for its thick, almost…
Alocasia Sinuata

Alocasia Sinuata

Alocasia Sinuata is a compact "jewel" Alocasia prized for its thick, sculpted…
Calathea Orbifolia

Calathea Orbifolia

Calathea orbifolia is a showpiece foliage plant prized for its large, round…
Calathea Medallion

Calathea Medallion

The Calathea Medallion is a compact, showy prayer plant grown almost entirely…
Calathea White Star

Calathea White Star

Calathea White Star is one of the most striking of the prayer plants, prized…
Calathea Rattlesnake

Calathea Rattlesnake

The Rattlesnake Plant is a striking prayer plant grown for its long, wavy-edged…
Calathea Makoyana

Calathea Makoyana

Calathea Makoyana, better known as the Peacock Plant or Cathedral Windows, is a…
Calathea Zebrina

Calathea Zebrina

The Zebra Plant is one of the most striking members of the prayer-plant family…
Calathea Musaica

Calathea Musaica

Calathea Musaica is a collector-favourite foliage plant grown entirely for its…
Rex Begonia (Begonia rex-cultorum)

Rex Begonia (Begonia rex-cultorum)

The Rex Begonia is grown for one reason: its leaves are extraordinary.
Calathea Ornata

Calathea Ornata

Calathea Ornata, often sold as the "pinstripe plant", is a striking tropical…
Calathea Roseopicta

Calathea Roseopicta

Calathea Roseopicta, often sold as the rose-painted calathea, is a compact…
Calathea Lancifolia

Calathea Lancifolia

Calathea Lancifolia, better known as the rattlesnake plant, is a striking…
Calathea Warscewiczii

Calathea Warscewiczii

Calathea warscewiczii is a striking collector prayer plant prized for its long…
Calathea Freddie

Calathea Freddie

Calathea Freddie is a slender, upright prayer plant prized for its pale…
Tillandsia Ionantha

Tillandsia Ionantha

Tillandsia Ionantha is one of the most popular air plants in the world, a tiny…
Tillandsia Xerographica

Tillandsia Xerographica

Tillandsia Xerographica, sometimes called the "king of air plants", is a large…
Tillandsia Bulbosa

Tillandsia Bulbosa

Tillandsia Bulbosa is a striking epiphytic air plant known for its glossy…
Tillandsia Caput-Medusae

Tillandsia Caput-Medusae

Tillandsia Caput-Medusae is one of the most recognisable air plants, named…
Tillandsia Stricta

Tillandsia Stricta

Tillandsia Stricta (Tillandsia stricta) is one of the most popular and…
Hoya (Wax Plant)

Hoya (Wax Plant)

The Hoya, or Wax Plant, is a long-lived, easy-going trailing and climbing plant…
Tillandsia Harrisii

Tillandsia Harrisii

Tillandsia Harrisii is a soft, silvery air plant prized for its velvety fuzz…
Tillandsia Brachycaulos

Tillandsia Brachycaulos

Tillandsia Brachycaulos is a soft-leaved epiphytic air plant that grows without…
Tillandsia Streptophylla

Tillandsia Streptophylla

Tillandsia Streptophylla is a soft-leaved, xeric air plant famous for the…
Tillandsia Tectorum

Tillandsia Tectorum

Tillandsia Tectorum is the fuzziest, most snow-white of the air plants, prized…
Tillandsia Aeranthos

Tillandsia Aeranthos

Tillandsia aeranthos is a hardy, clump-forming air plant that lives entirely…
Tillandsia Juncea

Tillandsia Juncea

Tillandsia juncea is a grass-like air plant that grows a dense fountain of…
Tillandsia Fuchsii

Tillandsia Fuchsii

Tillandsia fuchsii is a tiny, sculptural air plant prized by collectors for its…
Baby Rubber Plant Peperomia

Baby Rubber Plant Peperomia

The Baby Rubber Plant Peperomia (Peperomia obtusifolia) is a compact…
Peperomia Hope

Peperomia Hope

Peperomia Hope is a compact, semi-trailing houseplant loved for its plump…
Nerve Plant (Fittonia)

Nerve Plant (Fittonia)

The Nerve Plant is a small, vivid, dramatic little houseplant - its olive-green…
Ripple Peperomia

Ripple Peperomia

Ripple Peperomia is a compact, semi-succulent houseplant prized for its deeply…
Peperomia Rosso

Peperomia Rosso

Peperomia Rosso is a compact, semi-succulent foliage plant prized for its…
Peperomia Frost

Peperomia Frost

Peperomia Frost is a compact, semi-succulent foliage plant prized for its…
Raindrop Peperomia

Raindrop Peperomia

Raindrop Peperomia is a compact, semi-succulent foliage plant loved for its…
Peperomia Ginny

Peperomia Ginny

Peperomia Ginny is a compact, semi-succulent foliage plant prized for its…
Peperomia Maculosa

Peperomia Maculosa

Peperomia Maculosa is a semi-succulent tropical foliage plant prized by…
Beetle Peperomia

Beetle Peperomia

Beetle Peperomia is a compact, trailing epiphyte prized for its small, glossy…
Peperomia Columbiana

Peperomia Columbiana

Peperomia Columbiana is a compact, semi-succulent foliage plant prized for its…
Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)

Polka Dot Plant (Hypoestes phyllostachya)

The Polka Dot Plant is pure cheerful color - a small, bushy houseplant whose…
Philodendron White Knight

Philodendron White Knight

Philodendron White Knight is a prized variegated climbing aroid grown for its…
Philodendron Gloriosum

Philodendron Gloriosum

Philodendron Gloriosum (Philodendron gloriosum) is a prized crawling aroid…
Philodendron Verrucosum

Philodendron Verrucosum

Philodendron verrucosum is one of the most coveted velvet-leaf climbers in the…
Philodendron Melanochrysum

Philodendron Melanochrysum

Philodendron Melanochrysum is a prized climbing aroid grown for its long…
Philodendron Prince of Orange

Philodendron Prince of Orange

Philodendron Prince of Orange is a self-heading hybrid prized for new leaves…
Philodendron Moonlight

Philodendron Moonlight

Philodendron Moonlight is a compact, self-heading hybrid prized for its…
Philodendron Florida Ghost

Philodendron Florida Ghost

Philodendron Florida Ghost is a climbing aroid prized by collectors for the…
Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)

Parlor Palm (Chamaedorea elegans)

The Parlor Palm is the easy, elegant, pet-safe palm that has been gracing…
Philodendron Silver Sword

Philodendron Silver Sword

The Silver Sword is a climbing aroid prized for arrow-shaped leaves that carry…
Philodendron Squamiferum

Philodendron Squamiferum

Philodendron Squamiferum is a striking climbing aroid prized by collectors for…
Philodendron Tortum

Philodendron Tortum

Philodendron Tortum is a collector aroid prized for its skeletal, feathery…
Philodendron Mccolley Finale

Philodendron Mccolley Finale

Philodendron 'McColley's Finale' is a compact, self-heading hybrid grown for…
Hornwort

Hornwort

Hornwort is one of the fastest, toughest plants in the hobby - a rootless stem…
Anacharis

Anacharis

Anacharis is the classic beginner and goldfish plant - a fast, leafy stem plant…
Cabomba

Cabomba

Cabomba is the feathery fan plant - opposite pairs of finely divided…
Ludwigia Repens

Ludwigia Repens

Ludwigia repens is the easiest red stem plant in the hobby - coppery-red leaves…
Water Sprite

Water Sprite

Water sprite is a true aquatic fern that gives you a choice: plant it for a…
Dwarf Sagittaria

Dwarf Sagittaria

Dwarf sagittaria is a grassy rosette plant that spreads by runners and can…
Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)

Cast Iron Plant (Aspidistra elatior)

The Cast Iron Plant earned its name honestly: it is famous as the toughest…
Red Root Floater

Red Root Floater

Red root floater is a small floating plant with coin-sized leaves that blush…
Salvinia

Salvinia

Salvinia is a floating fern with paired oval leaves covered in tiny…
Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla)

Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla)

The Norfolk Island Pine looks like a perfect miniature Christmas tree - soft…
Kentia Palm (Howea forsteriana)

Kentia Palm (Howea forsteriana)

The Kentia Palm is the elegant, upright indoor palm of grand hotels…
Peperomia

Peperomia

Peperomia is not one plant but a huge, wonderfully varied family of compact…
Tradescantia (Inch Plant / Wandering Dude)

Tradescantia (Inch Plant / Wandering Dude)

Tradescantia is the fast, lush, colorful trailing plant that fills a hanging…
Philodendron Birkin

Philodendron Birkin

The Philodendron Birkin is one of the most elegant and popular of the modern…
Monstera Adansonii (Swiss Cheese Vine)

Monstera Adansonii (Swiss Cheese Vine)

The Monstera Adansonii - the "Swiss Cheese Vine" - is the smaller, trailing…
Alocasia (Elephant Ear)

Alocasia (Elephant Ear)

Alocasia plants (the "Elephant Ears") have some of the most dramatic…
ZZ Raven (Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Raven')

ZZ Raven (Zamioculcas zamiifolia 'Raven')

The ZZ Raven is a dark cultivar of the classic ZZ Plant whose new leaves emerge…
Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)

Lucky Bamboo (Dracaena sanderiana)

Lucky Bamboo grows as green stalks in a vase of water and pebbles, a common…
Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)

Kalanchoe (Kalanchoe blossfeldiana)

The Flaming Katy Kalanchoe is the cheerful, easy succulent that you buy already…
Schefflera (Umbrella Plant)

Schefflera (Umbrella Plant)

The Schefflera, or Umbrella Plant, is a classic, easy indoor tree…
Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)

Ponytail Palm (Beaucarnea recurvata)

The Ponytail Palm is one of the most charming and characterful houseplants…
Air Plant (Tillandsia)

Air Plant (Tillandsia)

Air Plants (Tillandsias) need no soil at all: they absorb all their water and…
Staghorn Fern (Platycerium)

Staghorn Fern (Platycerium)

The Staghorn Fern is one of the most dramatic and unusual plants you can grow…
String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii)

String of Hearts (Ceropegia woodii)

The String of Hearts is one of the most delicate and romantic of all trailing…
Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum)

Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum)

The Maidenhair Fern is, by common agreement, one of the most beautiful…
Coffee Plant (Coffea arabica)

Coffee Plant (Coffea arabica)

The Coffee Plant, the source of coffee beans, is a glossy, attractive…
Indoor Citrus (Dwarf Lemon, Lime & Calamondin)

Indoor Citrus (Dwarf Lemon, Lime & Calamondin)

Indoor Citrus brings something few houseplants can: fragrant flowers, glossy…
Aralia (Polyscias)

Aralia (Polyscias)

The Aralia (botanically Polyscias) is an elegant, refined, almost bonsai-like…
Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)

Dieffenbachia (Dumb Cane)

The Dieffenbachia is a bold, fast-growing foliage plant with large, dramatic…
Yucca (Yucca elephantipes)

Yucca (Yucca elephantipes)

The indoor Yucca is the tough, architectural, low-effort statement plant - a…
Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum)

Cyclamen (Cyclamen persicum)

The Cyclamen is the elegant, cool-season flowering plant that brightens homes…
Bromeliad (Guzmania, Aechmea, Neoregelia & more)

Bromeliad (Guzmania, Aechmea, Neoregelia & more)

Bromeliads are the bold, exotic, long-lasting flowering plants that bring a…
Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii)

Crown of Thorns (Euphorbia milii)

The Crown of Thorns is a tough, sun-loving succulent shrub that does something…
Oxalis (False Shamrock / Purple Shamrock)

Oxalis (False Shamrock / Purple Shamrock)

Oxalis triangularis (the "False Shamrock" or "Purple Shamrock") is one of the…
Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)

The Venus Flytrap is a carnivorous plant that catches and digests insects in…
Satin Pothos (Scindapsus pictus)

Satin Pothos (Scindapsus pictus)

The Satin Pothos - sometimes sold as "Silver Pothos" or "Silk Pothos" - is one…
Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)

Arrowhead Plant (Syngonium podophyllum)

The Arrowhead Plant - also sold as the "Goosefoot Plant" or simply Syngonium…
Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura)

Prayer Plant (Maranta leuconeura)

The Prayer Plant - Maranta leuconeura - is one of the most captivating…
Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus)

Bird's Nest Fern (Asplenium nidus)

The Bird's Nest Fern - Asplenium nidus - is one of the most welcoming ferns you…
Philodendron Brasil (Philodendron hederaceum 'Brasil')

Philodendron Brasil (Philodendron hederaceum 'Brasil')

The Philodendron Brasil is a trailing heartleaf philodendron whose glossy green…
String of Bananas (Curio radicans)

String of Bananas (Curio radicans)

The String of Bananas - sometimes still sold under its older name Senecio…
Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus radicans)

Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus radicans)

The Lipstick Plant - Aeschynanthus radicans - is a trailing tropical epiphyte…
Philodendron Micans (Philodendron hederaceum var. hederaceum)

Philodendron Micans (Philodendron hederaceum var. hederaceum)

The Philodendron Micans - Philodendron hederaceum var. hederaceum - is the…
Polka Dot Begonia (Begonia maculata)

Polka Dot Begonia (Begonia maculata)

The Polka Dot Begonia - Begonia maculata - is a striking cane begonia grown…
Burro's Tail (Sedum morganianum)

Burro's Tail (Sedum morganianum)

The Burro's Tail - Sedum morganianum, also known as the donkey's tail - is a…
Rabbit's Foot Fern (Davallia fejeensis)

Rabbit's Foot Fern (Davallia fejeensis)

The Rabbit's Foot Fern - Davallia fejeensis - is a delicate, lacy fern grown…
Watermelon Peperomia (Peperomia argyreia)

Watermelon Peperomia (Peperomia argyreia)

The Watermelon Peperomia (Peperomia argyreia) is a small, compact South…
Fishbone Cactus (Epiphyllum anguliger)

Fishbone Cactus (Epiphyllum anguliger)

The Fishbone Cactus - Epiphyllum anguliger - is a trailing jungle cactus grown…
String of Turtles (Peperomia prostrata)

String of Turtles (Peperomia prostrata)

The String of Turtles - Peperomia prostrata - is a delicate, slow-growing…
Philodendron Pink Princess (Philodendron erubescens 'Pink Princess')

Philodendron Pink Princess (Philodendron erubescens 'Pink Princess')

The Philodendron Pink Princess - Philodendron erubescens 'Pink Princess' - is…
Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus)

Swedish Ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus)

Swedish Ivy - Plectranthus verticillatus - is one of the easiest and fastest…
Blue Star Fern (Phlebodium aureum)

Blue Star Fern (Phlebodium aureum)

The Blue Star Fern - Phlebodium aureum - is an epiphytic fern grown for one…
Ficus Audrey (Ficus benghalensis)

Ficus Audrey (Ficus benghalensis)

Ficus Audrey - Ficus benghalensis - is the houseplant quietly taking the crown…
Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)

Sago Palm (Cycas revoluta)

The Sago Palm - Cycas revoluta - is one of the most striking architectural…
Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma (Mini Monstera)

Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma (Mini Monstera)

The Rhaphidophora Tetrasperma - almost always sold as the "Mini Monstera" - is…
Stromanthe Triostar (Stromanthe Sanguinea 'Triostar')

Stromanthe Triostar (Stromanthe Sanguinea 'Triostar')

The Stromanthe Triostar is one of the most spectacularly colored houseplants…
Ctenanthe (Never Never Plant)

Ctenanthe (Never Never Plant)

The Ctenanthe - often sold as the "Never Never Plant" - is a lush, patterned…
Ficus Benjamina (Weeping Fig)

Ficus Benjamina (Weeping Fig)

The Ficus Benjamina - the "Weeping Fig" - is one of the classic tree-form…
Majesty Palm (Ravenea rivularis)

Majesty Palm (Ravenea rivularis)

The Majesty Palm is one of the most widely sold indoor palms in the world - you…
Dendrobium Orchid

Dendrobium Orchid

The Dendrobium is one of the largest and most diverse genera of orchids in the…
Aeonium

Aeonium

The Aeonium is a succulent that breaks all the usual succulent rules, and that…
Gynura (Purple Passion Plant)

Gynura (Purple Passion Plant)

The Purple Passion Plant (Gynura aurantiaca) is one of those houseplants that…
Dischidia (Button Orchid / Ant Plant)

Dischidia (Button Orchid / Ant Plant)

Dischidia is a genus of small, trailing epiphytes from the same family as the…
Oncidium Orchid (Dancing Lady Orchid)

Oncidium Orchid (Dancing Lady Orchid)

The Oncidium, affectionately known as the "Dancing Lady" orchid, is one of the…
Kimberly Queen Fern (Nephrolepis obliterata)

Kimberly Queen Fern (Nephrolepis obliterata)

The Kimberly Queen Fern is the tidy, well-behaved cousin of the classic Boston…
Cat Palm (Chamaedorea cataractarum)

Cat Palm (Chamaedorea cataractarum)

The Cat Palm is a lush, bushy little palm that brings a soft tropical fullness…
Euphorbia Trigona (African Milk Tree)

Euphorbia Trigona (African Milk Tree)

The African Milk Tree, Euphorbia trigona, is a bold, architectural houseplant…
Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus / Columnea)

Goldfish Plant (Nematanthus / Columnea)

The Goldfish Plant earns its name the moment it flowers.
String of Dolphins (Senecio peregrinus)

String of Dolphins (Senecio peregrinus)

String of Dolphins is one of the most charming novelty succulents you can grow.
Lithops (Living Stones)

Lithops (Living Stones)

Lithops are among the strangest and most fascinating plants you can keep on a…
Gasteria (Ox Tongue)

Gasteria (Ox Tongue)

Gasteria is a small, tough, slow-growing succulent from South Africa, best…
Portulacaria Afra (Dwarf Jade / Elephant Bush)

Portulacaria Afra (Dwarf Jade / Elephant Bush)

Portulacaria afra - known as Dwarf Jade or Elephant Bush - is a fast-growing…
Crassula Perforata (String of Buttons)

Crassula Perforata (String of Buttons)

Crassula perforata - the "String of Buttons" - is a charming, easy-going…
Rhipsalis (Mistletoe Cactus)

Rhipsalis (Mistletoe Cactus)

Rhipsalis - the "Mistletoe Cactus" - is a cactus that breaks all the rules you…

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