Plants of the Month

• Air Purifying
• Low Maintenance

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Medium (3):  Water plant when dry. Plant does not like soil to always be moist, but doesn't like to stay dry once becomes dry. Water as soon as soil is dry.
• Light - Med/High (4):  Needs more light than most, but direct light not necessary. Can handle morning and afternoon sun directly on leaves.
• Difficulty - Low/Med (2):  A little less finicky than most. Doesn't require much attention at all.

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Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Med/High (4):  Prefers more water than most, but soil can dry out periodically. Use a spray bottle to mist and increase humidity levels without soaking the soil and roots.
• Light - Medium (3):  Plant prefers natural, diffused light. Can be placed in a spacious living room. Indirect light preferred. No direct sunlight on leaves.
• Difficulty - Medium (3):  Not too difficult to keep happy, but does require some attention.

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Neon Cordatum's electrifying neon yellow/green seems like it ought to glow in the dark. Along with the crazy, acid chartreuse hue it also throws in a little ordinary lime green and grassy green once in a while to change it up. Soft, limpid hearts on long, wandering vines drape over the rim of the pot and can get a few feet long. Get it a pole to climb and the leaves will arrange themselves to all face the same way and grow really happily, with the foliage getting larger. The flaming neon green sets off the colors of any plant in pink to red shades and darker green, amazing with purples, so create a captivating and colorful gathering of plants to admire.

• Med/High Light
• Trailing

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Medium (3):  Water plant when dry. Plant does not like soil to always be moist, but doesn't like to stay dry once becomes dry. Water as soon as soil is dry.
• Light - Med/ High (4):  Needs more light than most, but direct light not necessary. Can handle morning and late afternoon sun directly on leaves.
• Difficulty - Med (3):  Not too difficult to keep happy, but does require some attention.

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Once upon a time a poor man found a Money Tree, took it home and nurtured it. It gave him seeds and more little plants that he sold and made lots of money, and that's how the plant got its nickname. Slender brown trunks decoratively braided, sprout a new top of hand-shaped leaves with shiny green fingers. Pachira rewards with an extravagant, gigantic flower, one of the largest tree flowers in the whole world! Orangey-yellow, long and thin petals peel open like a banana revealing a big tangerine to red colored pouf. Originally a tropical wetland tree favoring swamps in South America, it now grows in our own tropical home collections. Take one home and share the wealth!

• Pet Friendly

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Medium (3):  Water plant when dry. Plant does not like soil to always be moist, but doesn't like to stay dry once becomes dry. Water as soon as soil is dry.
• Light - Med/High (4):  Needs more light than most, but direct light not necessary. Can handle morning and afternoon sun directly on leaves.
• Difficulty - Med/High (4):  A little more finicky than most. Requires some extra care.

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The first N'Joy Pothos was espied growing in the midst of Pothos Marble Queens in a greenhouse in India. It was soon after reared so that the vines would turn out leaves sprouting very closely together, making this plant so very dense and lush, leaves and vines just tumbling over each other in joy. With loud, splashy, snowy white and apple green leaves and real long trailing vines, N'Joy is a lovely hanging plant or shelf plant. You can hang or drape it anywhere. It'll enjoy almost any conditions from somewhat low ambient light to brightest indirect light, which it actually enjoys best of all.

• Also known as Devil's Ivy
• Air Purifying
• Low Maintenance
• Trailing

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Low/Med (2):  Doesn't need as much water, but doesn't like to stay dry for too long. Plant will become droopy when really thirsty.
• Light - Low/Med (2):  These plants need some diffused light to stay happy. Prefers if there is a window in the room, but doesn't need to be very light nor close to it.
• Difficulty - Low/Med (2):  A little less finicky than most. Doesn't require much attention at all.

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The Surprise here is the bright coloring of this Dracaena. These leaves are a vivid, lemony chartreuse banded down the center in soft, moss-green stripes and a couple of white pinstripes thrown in. Surprise goes its own way, with foliage stacked so close together on the stalk they overlap one another, and wanting to twirl a bit in a wayward, clockwise unruliness. Growing like a Warneckii, it'll get 6' to 8' or more, but slowly, and with color like this and its curvy figure, is quite a nice surprise. As with many cane Dracaenas, flowers can arrive unannounced in an exceedingly happy plant; fancy, white, fragrant little bouquets. 

• Air Purifying
• Low Maintenance

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Medium (3):  Water plant when dry. Plant does not like soil to always be moist, but doesn't like to stay dry once becomes dry. Water as soon as soil is dry.
• Light - Medium (3):  Plant prefers natural, diffused light. Can be placed in a spacious living room. Indirect light preferred. No direct sunlight on leaves.
• Difficulty - Low (1):  These plants need barely any attention to thrive. Set it and forget it.

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Sansevierias were named for the illustrious Raimond de Sansgride Sansevieru, an 8th century Italian prince who was responsible for important botanical expeditions and exploration. Let's just call this one Twist. And, this one really does do the Twist! Emerging from the center of the plant come thick, wide blades for leaves with deep, pine green centers and wide, bright yellow bands all down the sides, dabbed with whitish/green touches that look like little clouds. As they emerge they start right in twisting, curling, and banking around corners, sometimes upright, sometimes reaching for the ground. Each plant does its own dance. Treat it like all other Sansevierias; don't do anything. Just a watering once in awhile is all Twist wants. Or you could ask it to dance.

• Also known as Snake Plant or Mother-In-Law's Tongue
• Air Purifying
• Drought Tolerant
• Low Light
• Low Maintenance

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Low/Med (2):  Doesn't need as much water, but doesn't like to stay dry for too long. Plant will become droopy when really thirsty.
• Light - Low (1):  Doesn't need much if any light. Plants will be okay in a darker bedroom or bathroom.
• Difficulty - Low (1):  These plants need barely any attention to thrive. Set it and forget it.

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You won't find a single Birkin in the tropical jungles, it's a sport of jungle native Congo Rojo, and now tissue created beings account for our Birkins today. We love them all the same for their engaging, bushy shape and thin, off white/lemon cream sketched on lines gracing their heart-shaped, dark green foliage. Overall size to expect is around 3' tall. Every leaf is painted differently, with its spotted midrib and held up on fat, pale, green stems. Some leaves stay totally green and some, almost all white. With the white areas unable to make chlorophyll, bright light is advised if you want maximum snowy colors.

• Air Purifying
• Low Light
• Low Maintenance

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Medium (3):  Water plant when dry. Plant does not like soil to always be moist, but doesn't like to stay dry once becomes dry. Water as soon as soil is dry.
• Light - Low/Med (2):  These plants need some diffused light to stay happy. Prefers if there is a window in the room, but doesn't need to be very light nor close to it.
• Difficulty - Low/Med (2):  A little less finicky than most. Doesn't require much attention at all.

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Hoya Obovata's name suggests the shape of the rounded oval leaves, which are flat and sometimes show a bit of a pointy little tip that curls down under the leaf in a slight dip. The foliage is a soft, smooth, satiny, matte green, similar to the Kerrii. Some plants are decorated with silvery white freckles and some are a rich green. The super vigorous and fast growing vines can grow up to an astounding 20' long, shooting out bare stems that fill in with leaves later, when they get around to it. Pretty little sprays of waxy star flowers in white with bright pink centers will show up in plants that have decided they are happy in your home, perfuming everything.

• Low Maintenance
• Pet Friendly
• Trailing

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Low/Med (2):  Doesn't need as much water, but doesn't like to stay dry for too long. Plant will become droopy when really thirsty.
• Light - Med/High (4):  Needs more light than most, but direct light not necessary. Can handle morning and afternoon sun directly on leaves.
• Difficulty - Low (1):  These plants need barely any attention to thrive. Set it and forget it.

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Her Majesty Snow Queen is named for her lovely, snowy white foliage. Purer white than her more cream-hued sister, the Marble Queen, she also sports small green splashes that splotch and speckle the leaves. Held up to the light, some of the leaves have a translucent quality, like looking out a magical, frosty window. The sweetheart shaped leaves grow on strong stems and cascade really long out of a hanging pot. Snow Queen is a little slower growing than most Pothos. Although she tolerates and thrives in lower light, bright indirect light encourages the brilliant whites.

• Also known as Devil's Ivy
• Air Purifying
• Low Maintenance
• Low Light
• Trailing

Quick Care Guide:

• Water - Low/Med (2):  Doesn't need as much water, but doesn't like to stay dry for too long. Plant will become droopy when really thirsty.
• Light - Low/Med (2):  These plants need some diffused light to stay happy. Prefers if there is a window in the room, but doesn't need to be very light nor close to it.
• Difficulty - Low/Med (2):  A little less finicky than most. Doesn't require much attention at all.

View full breakdown of Care Guide here.