Persian Shield Plant: Strobilanthes Dyerianus Growing and Care
Are you tired of boring, uninspiring plants taking up space in your home or garden? Look no further than Strobilanthes Dyerianus (botanical name), also known as the Persian Shield Plant.
Are you tired of boring, uninspiring plants taking up space in your home or garden? Look no further than Strobilanthes Dyerianus (botanical name), also known as the Persian Shield Plant.
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The Zebra plant – Alphelandra [af-el-AN-druh] is a genus containing about 170 different species. These flowering plants often have broad leaves with thick white veins. Native to the tropical regions
Variegated plants are all the rage, and one of the most striking is Hypoestes phyllostachya, better known as the polka dot plant. These plants are best known for their green leaves,
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How do you take a fantastic genus such as fittonia and make it bigger? Why, make countless cultivated Fittonia varieties, of course! That’s precisely what the Argyroneura Group, sometimes referred
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Does keeping household plants in reach of your cat make you nervous? Are you looking for a plant that will fit on a table or desk without fearing it being
You may or may not have included fittonia (fit-TOH-neeuh) in your houseplants before, but there’s little denying the attraction to the green leaves of these tropical plants. The common name
Fittonias are a small genus with only two accepted species, plus three other plants currently under review to see if they’re varieties or separate species. Both Fittonia albivenis and Fittonia gigantea are native to
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The polka dot plant, Hypoestes phyllostachya [hy-poh-ES-teez, fy-lo-STAY-kee-uh] is a flowering plant species native to Madagascar. Other species in the genus come from South Africa and Southeast Asia. Naturalized in
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Native to Mexico, Justicia brandegeeana [jus-TEE-see-ah, bran-dij-ee-AN-uh] is an evergreen shrub and part of the family Acanthaceae of plants that include: Justicia brandegeeana produces white flowers extending from red bracts
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Question: On a trip to Disney World we saw a landscape bed of “Golden Shrimp Plant.” Can the plant be grown indoors and will it flower? Or should it be