Is this the Money Tree (Pachira aquatica) the tree to bring you luck?

Money tree

The Money Tree plant (Pachira aquatica), with its distinctive braided trunk, is a superb house plant. It is one of the great foliage plants, with bright green, vibrant, palmate (hand-shaped) leaves which comprise several leaflets. It looks quite similar to the Schefflera, but the Schefflera has smoother leaves, with more leaflets and less pronounced leaf …

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Ficus Lyrata – the fantastic Fiddle Leaf Fig

Ficus lyrata- the Fiddle leaf fig

Ficus Lyrata, the Fiddle Leaf Fig, is an undoubted star house plant. If ever there was a statement house plant it is Ficus lyrata. You only have to look at the size and shape of the leaves and stature of the plant to get a serious plant crush – or I do anyway. The drawback …

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Monstera adansonii (Swiss cheese plant) care guide

Monstera adonsonii

Monstera adansonii is a tropical perennial climbing plant. It can grow huge in the wild, but when grown as in indoor plant, with the restricted root space in a pot, it will stay at a manageable size. Monstera adonsonii, like the better know Monstera – Monstera deliciosa – is widely known as the Swiss cheese …

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