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Care guide AgaveAgave

Watering: When in doubt, don't waterLight: Sun-Worshipper

Care guide AglanomeaChinese Evergreen Plant

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Air plant

Watering: Regular mistingLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide AlocasiaAlocasia; Elephant Ear

Watering: Lightly moist tropical cycle Light: Bright, gentle indirect light

Care guide Alocasias jewelAlocasia

Watering: The Monsoon CycleLight: Dappled Canopy

Care guide AnthuriumFlamingo Flower, Painters Palette

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Anthurium dorayakiSilver Blush Anthurium, Velvet Leaf Anthurium, Sweet Pancake Anthurium

Watering: Lightly Moist, Never WaterloggedLight: Bright Indirect Light

Care guide BegoniaPolka Dot Begonia, Painted-Leaf Begonia

Watering: Regular WateringLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide BromeliadUrn Plant

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide CactiCactus

Watering: When soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide CaladiumHeart of Jesus, Angel Wings

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Calathea

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Cordyline

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light to Full sun

Care guide Croton

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light to Full sun

Care guide CtenantheNever-Never Plant, Prayer Plants

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide DiffenbachiaDumb cane

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide DracaenaDragon Tree

Watering: When soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide EpipremnumPothos

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide FatsiaSpider Web Plant, Japanese Aralia

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide FernFern

Watering: Keep me dampLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide FicusFig Tree, Rubber plant, Rubber Tree

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide FittoniaNerve Plant; Mosaic Plant

Watering: The Drama Queen's DrinkLight: Filtered Spotlight

Care guide GesneriadGoldfish plant, Lipstick plant

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide HomalomenaQueen of Hearts, Shield plant

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide HoyaWax plant, Wax Vines, Porcelain Flowers, or Honey Plants

Watering: When soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Jewel alocasiaBlack Velvet, Ninja, Dragon Scale, Silver Dragon, Red Secret, Melo, Jewel Elephant Ears

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide LudisiaJewel Orchid

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Indirect light

Care guide AlocasiaGreen Velvet (Frydek), Giant Taro, Zebra Elephant Ear, Low Rider, Elephant Ears

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide MarantaPrayer plant

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Marimo moss ballMoss ball

Watering: Keep me submergedLight: Low to moderate indirect light

Care guide MedinillaChandelier Plant

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide MonsteraSwiss cheese plant

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Monstera adansoniiSwiss cheese plant

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide OxalisButterfly plant, False shamrock, Purple shamrock

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Palm

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide PepperomiaRadiator plants, Baby rubber plants

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Philodendron

Watering: WateringLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide Philodendron erubescens 'orange princess'Philodendron Orange Princess, Variegated Blushing Philodendron

Watering: Moderate / Moisture-SensitiveLight: Bright Indirect Light

Care guide Philodendron florida ghostFlorida Ghost; Philodendron pedatum 'Florida Ghost'

Watering: Top-layer drying cycleLight: Bright, indirect light

Care guide Philodendron white knightWhite Knight; Philodendron erubescens 'White Knight'

Watering: Moderate & consistentLight: Bright, indirect light

Care guide PileaChinese Money Plant

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide PiperPepper Vines

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide PlatyceriumElkhorn Fern, Staghorn Fern

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide ScheffleraUmbrella Tree

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide SchismatoglottisDrop Tongue Plant

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide ScindapsusSatin Pothos, Silver Pothos

Watering: When top soil is dryLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide SansevieriaSnake plant, Mother-in-laws tongue

Watering: When soil is dryLight: Low-bright indirect light

Care guide SpathiphyllumPeace Lily

Watering: Keep soil lightly moistLight: Bright indirect light

Care guide StrelitziaBirds of Paradise

These plants have broad, flat leaves and collect dust rapidly. Dust blocks sunlight and reduces photosynthesis. Washing these leaves with water or diluted neem oil, allows them to absorb light and keep their variegation.

Pet safety

Toxic to pets

Watering

Light

Most of our crotons are shade grown at the nursery. They can adapt to full sun by transitioning them to gradual sun exposure. Give them 1-2 hours of gentle morning sun for the first week. Then slowly increase their exposure by an hour every few days. Move them into their permanent full-sun position after about two weeks of gradual transition. Crotons love full sun, the more intense and fiery their red, yellow, and orange leaf patterns become. Sudden exposure can cause leaves to burn and drop.

Temperature

Crotons thrive in tropical warmth and prefer a stable climate, they react poorly to sudden temperature changes, especially the frost.

Feeding

Crotons require regular feeding during the warm months. This will contribute to keeping their leaves from reverting to a solid green.

Clean Your Leaves

Pet safety

Toxic to pets

Watering

Ctenanthes require consistently moist but never soggy soil. They are closely related to Calatheas and share a delicate root system that will quickly rot if left in standing water. When left to dry out, their leaves will instantly crisp and curl.

Light

They require medium to bright, indirect light. Genetically adapted to dappled light but not direct. Ctenathes have thin, variegated leaves and need adequate filtered light to produce enough energy.

Temperature

They thrive best in consistent household warmth and will struggle if exposed to sudden temperature drops.

Feeding

Ctenanthes are light to moderate feeders that require regular nutrients to maintain their colourful foliage. They have incredibly sensitive roots that burn easily from chemical salts, use slow-release granular fertiliser for an ideal distribution.

Regularly wipe down your plant with a damp cloth, as broad leaves like those on a Fiddle-Leaf Fig act as giant dust magnets. A heavy layer of dust physically blocks out available sunlight, making it much harder for the plant to photosynthesise efficiently. For a brilliant two-in-one clean, spray the foliage with diluted neem oil; it adds a stunning, healthy shine while simultaneously deterring common pests!

Pet safety

Toxic to pets

They have fine root systems that can be sensitive to chemical salts and burn easily if fed standard-strength fertiliser. Fertilise monthly during the warm months, with a liquid fertiliser at quarter strength or use a slow-release granular fertiliser.

Encouraging blooms

To produce its rare, hot-pink and white flower spikes indoors, you must provide flawless, greenhouse-like humidity levels and high-phosphorus nutrition. Blooming a Stromanthe inside a home is considered an advanced milestone because they rarely flower outside their native tropical habitats unless their environmental conditions are absolutely optimal.

Pet safety

Pet friendly

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