Wow, your plants are so bushy! What do you do to your Pilea to make it not leggy?
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Honestly it took a long time to figure out what it wants. It’s been a struggle but I found that it wants bright indirect light, consistent fertilizer and I never take off the babies so it hides the bare bottom of the stem. If you let the babies just grow it will make it overall much bushier!
What an arrangement! Love the pop of red.
Looks so nice. My gf will love this. I’m excited to start sharing her mass collection of house plants here as we settle into our new home.
Thanks! Can’t wait to see them!
My cat destroyed my pilea when it was just a baby with 3 leaves and I think it’s taken it as a challenge. It’s growing like crazy and has a couple babies I was super tempted to do something with but I’ll retstrain myself and leave them alone.
Im glad it survived the cat! I have a few plants that have had much sadder fates lol
I’m glad it survived! And yeah once you find a good spot for it it really thrives and grows fast. And keeping the babies attached makes it look much fuller so Ive been keeping mine in there as a well.
Lovely! Also love the art prints too!
These are beautiful plants
In awe of people who have the dedication and patience to make plants thrive like this, all my kudos.
(I’ve managed to accidentally kill off several Zanzibar gold and Snake plants…)
To be fair, I live in a very sunny and pretty humid place and all my plants are super happy about that. It really helps a lot.
Love the Tradescantia! I got one like it two weeks ago. Has it flowered for you?
Not yet! I’ve been trying to propagate it to make it more fuller but its not liking it too much. I think I just need to stop fiddling with it.
Your global pothos is so happy!! Mine is tiny lol.
Nice! Do you have a big window there?
Nice pilea!
Wow!! That’s absolutely gorgeous and healthy!! I love the color transitions and how all of it fits together so nicely. Definitely showing my wife, we may have to love some plants around! Lol nicely done.
Nice I also like the picture frames with plant leaves arranged to look like bugs.