Rubber Plant
Perfect plants for beginner indoor gardeners as they’re super tough, have large glossy leaves and grow quickly into an impressive indoor specimen.
Bring the tropics indoors with a feature plant that really likes to listen! Okay, technically, it doesn’t have ears, but the leaves of this tropical species do closely resemble elephant ears. Their resemblance is so uncanny, that they are commonly known by this name. Elephant ears (Alocasia spp.) are available in variety of sizes, colours and textures. The larger leaf form are popularly used indoors to hide those ‘not so nice’ looking corners of the room, whereas the smaller varieties are great for adding a little variety to benches, tables or used as low understory plantings. With the wide variety currently available and their easy care nature, you are sure to find a variety that will be music to your ears
Keep the leaves clean by wiping with a damp cloth.
Elephants ears can be easily propagated through division. When the clumps are overcrowded (usually after a couple of years), carefully remove from the pot or ground and using a clean sharp knife, separate them into manageable clumps.
Remove dead stems from the base of the plant to encourage a clean well groomed appearance.
When grown indoors In winter, keep the soil on the dry side as they don’t like having too much water near their base during their dormant period.
Our favourite Elephant ears include:
- African Beauty (A. zebrina) – Large green, glossy leaves with zebra like striped stems.
- Polly amazonica (A. lowii) – These little gems are popular on their own in a lovely pot where their deep green leaves with the deep and intricate white veins just pop!
Perfect plants for beginner indoor gardeners as they’re super tough, have large glossy leaves and grow quickly into an impressive indoor specimen.
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