Bamboo Palm is a beautiful, evergreen, multi-stemmed palm with feathery, arching leaves that creates stunning tropical displays both indoors and outdoors. This popular houseplant adds instant tropical elegance to living rooms, office reception areas, patios, and shaded garden spaces while serving as an excellent natural air purifier. The graceful, clumping growth habit and golden-yellow stems make it perfect for creating privacy screens or focal points in semi-shaded areas. Plant 2-3m apart for screening or use as specimen trees in containers and garden beds. Feed monthly during growing season with a balanced palm fertilizer and enrich soil with quality compost for optimal growth. The Bamboo Palm benefits from occasional misting to increase humidity, especially when grown indoors. Learn how to plant a tree the right way for successful palm establishment, or discover how to choose the perfect tree for your garden with tropical palms like Bamboo Palm.

Spekboom (Portulacaria Afra) is South Africa's beloved 'miracle plant' featuring traditional small, round succulent leaves that create dense, compact growth perfect for detailed pruning and shaping.

Why You'll Love It:
• Indigenous carbon-capturing champion
• Small, round succulent leaves with fine-textured foliage
• Forms tight, neat hedges with regular trimming
• Ideal for bonsai work and intricate topiary designs
• Perfect for precise garden borders and detailed definition
• Compact leaf size suits smaller garden spaces
• Excellent for container growing

Planting & Care:
Feed with a balanced succulent fertilizer in spring to encourage healthy growth and maintain its characteristic dense branching pattern. The classic Spekboom's compact leaf size and naturally bushy habit make it particularly suitable for applications where a refined, detailed appearance is preferred over bold architectural statements.

Delicious Monster is a stunning tropical houseplant with large, glossy leaves that develop distinctive splits and holes as they mature, perfect for creating dramatic indoor displays and bringing natural beauty into your home. This popular climbing plant thrives in bright, indirect light and can grow quite large, making it an excellent statement piece for living rooms, offices, or any indoor space that needs a touch of tropical elegance. With proper care, mature plants can even produce edible fruit after 2-3 years, adding an exciting element to your indoor garden. Place in bright, indirect light and water when the top inch of soil feels dry, feeding monthly during growing season with a balanced houseplant fertilizer to encourage healthy growth and leaf development. For best results, plant in quality indoor potting soil for optimal drainage and nutrition. Learn how indoor plants can give you a breath of fresh air or discover container gardening tips for growing beautiful houseplants indoors.

'Snake Plants', sometimes referred to as' Mother-in-law's-tongue', are some of the toughest plants you can find. They are one of the best air-purifier plants, especially for people with allergies. Whether indoors, in your garden or on your balcony, these spiky beauties create striking contrast when being grouped with other plants.The 'Snake Plant' is ideal for beginner gardeners,apartments or offices; remaining a timeless favourite in Western Cape homes.

A best-seller. Popular due to its attractive foliage, drought tolerance and pest free nature this plant looks fantastic in hanging baskets or containers. Widely used as a quick spreading ground cover for outdoor garden landscaping. The variegated leaves brighten up a shady area. This favourite prefers partial shade, especially in hot climates.  The plant produces long, slender stems which carry white flowers and plantlets at the tip of the flowers.  A single plant with its stems soon become a mother plant surrounded by its 'babies' and therefore the name 'hen and chickens' Water regularly during the growing season but sparingly in winter when the plant is dormant. They prefer being watered from the bottom and not from above. Indigenous. 

This rubber plant showcases glossy, oval leaves in a chic palette of dark green with stylish hints of pink and cream. Ruby loves medium indirect light but thrives with a touch of brightness to keep her variegated leaves on point. Not just a style icon, she's also an air-purifying superstar, filtering toxins to keep your space fresh and clean. And for that extra shine, treat her to a leafy spa day with a gentle wipe using buttermilk or leaf gloss. Water when the top inch of soil feels dry and feed monthly during growing season with a balanced houseplant fertilizer to encourage healthy growth and maintain vibrant variegation. For best results, plant in quality indoor potting soil for optimal drainage and nutrition. Learn how indoor plants can give you a breath of fresh air or discover container gardening tips for growing beautiful houseplants indoors.

Snake plants, sometimes referred to as mother-in-law's-tongue, are some of the toughest plants you can find. Whether indoors, in your garden or on your balcony, these spiky beauties with green and silver leaves can put up with almost anything. .

Hope is a soft succulent with light green, round foliage that is slightly thicker than most other peperomia varieties. These easy to care for beauties are ideal to bring a modern dash of colour to your interior space.

Yellow Spekboom (Portulacaria Afra 'Aurea') is an indigenous plant with bright yellow-green, rounded succulent leaves and a reddish stem. For gardening purposes the plant is grown for its striking leaf colour and water-wise attributes, making it perfect for hot, dry rockeries or grouped with other succulents in drought-prone areas.

Why You'll Love It:
• Striking leaf colour provides bright evergreen contrast
• Edible leaves - safe for consumption
• Marvelous air-purifying qualities - removes carbon dioxide
• Easy to grow and low-maintenance
• Water-wise and drought tolerant
• Works well in hot, dry rockeries or with other succulents
• Indigenous and eco-friendly plant

Planting & Care:
Plant 30-40cm apart in full sun with well-drained soil. Water sparingly once established - this succulent thrives on neglect. Feed with diluted liquid fertilizer in spring and summer for optimal growth.

Chlorophytum comosum vittata stands out with its green-edged leaves, a deviation from the typical yellow variegation.

This indoor favorite excels in air purification and adapts beautifully to hanging baskets, containers, or as a ground cover in outdoor gardens, especially in partial shade.

Its slender stems produce delicate white flowers and 'babies,' earning it the endearing name 'hen and chickens.' Keep the soil consistently moist, avoiding waterlogged conditions, and water from the bottom. As an indigenous plant, it effortlessly blends into its environment

Asplenium 'Crispy Wave' represents a captivating new cultivar of the reliable Bird's Nest Fern. Renowned for its exceptional durability as a houseplant, this sculptural wonder thrives effortlessly indoors, whether gracing your home or office. With its lush, deeply pleated, bright green leaves, it not only adds architectural elegance but also excels at purifying the air. For optimal growth, provide bright, indirect sunlight and remember to water into the soil, not the rosette. 'Crispy Wave' is the epitome of low-maintenance indoor greenery.

Zamioculcas zamiifolia, commonly called the ZZ Plant, is a tough, glossy-leaved houseplant that thrives on neglect. With its upright stems and shiny, dark green foliage, it brings a modern, sculptural look to any space. Perfect for Cape Town homes and offices, it tolerates low light and irregular watering, making it one of the easiest indoor plants to grow.

Why you’ll love it

• Glossy foliage: Shiny, dark green leaves add instant elegance
• Low maintenance: Thrives even with minimal care and attention
• Versatile: Perfect for homes, offices, and shaded patios
• Air-purifying: Helps clean indoor air naturally
• Resilient: Tolerates low light and irregular watering

Planting & care

Place your ZZ Plant in bright, indirect light, though it will also tolerate low-light corners. Use well-draining soil and water sparingly, allowing the soil to dry out completely between waterings. Overwatering is the only real danger, so keep it on the dry side. Feed lightly during the growing season to encourage lush foliage. Wipe leaves occasionally to keep them glossy and dust-free.

Did you know?

The ZZ Plant stores water in its thick rhizomes, which act like underground reservoirs. This is why it can survive weeks without watering, making it one of the most forgiving houseplants.

These popular houseplants will be of major value to your living room. Its eye-catching, waxy heart-shaped spates, breathes an exotic and tropical atmoshere. The Anthurium blossoms constantly, so that you always have a flowering plant. Popular with florists the world over. Place them in a light but not too sunny spot. Water often but not too much.

Popular due to its attractive foliage, drought tolerance and pest free nature this plant looks great in hanging baskets or containers. Also known as the curly spider plant or hen-and-chickens. Easy to grow and a beginner friendly plant.  Brings air purifying qualities to your indoor space.

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The leaves of the Irish Spider Plant is densely packed, and shorter and broader than most other Spider plant varieties.  The Irish variety is also known for it's reverse pattern of variegation, of bright green in the middle with white margins.  This is a low maintenance houseplant with excellent air purifying qualities. 

Philodendron Scandens Variegated is a stunning, low-maintenance trailing plant with heart-shaped leaves featuring unique green and white marbling. Known for its striking variegation, it adds a touch of elegance to any indoor space. Easy to care for, this plant thrives in indirect light and prefers a well-draining soil mix. Perfect for hanging baskets or as a climbing vine, the Philodendron Scandens Variegated is an eye-catching addition to your home or office.

This evergreen, tropical beauty is ideal as an indoor statement plant.  Avis has glossy, smooth and broad strap-like leaves in a vibrant apple-green.  The leaves grow in a rosette pattern and resembles a bird's nest.  Prefers a humid environment in bright, indirect light.  Keep soil moist and well-drained.

Philodendron ‘Rojo Congo’ (Plant Breeder’s Rights protected variety) is a bold, tropical statement plant that instantly transforms interiors with its dramatic, glossy foliage. This self-heading philodendron produces large, paddle-shaped leaves that unfurl in rich shades of burgundy-red before maturing into deep, lustrous green, creating a captivating multi-tonal display that evolves beautifully as the plant grows. Evergreen and long-lived, it provides year-round interest and architectural presence in Cape Town homes.

Native to tropical regions of South America, this philodendron adapts well to indoor conditions in the Western Cape, thriving in bright, indirect light and tolerating lower-light corners with ease.

Why You’ll Love It:

• Striking foliage that shifts from burgundy-red to glossy green
• Upright, compact growth habit perfect for smaller spaces
• Naturally filters indoor air pollutants for a healthier home
• Evergreen presence with year-round colour and drama
• Low-maintenance and forgiving, ideal for busy plant lovers
• Thrives in Cape Town interiors with minimal fuss

Planting & Care:

Place your Rojo Congo in bright, indirect light, avoiding harsh direct sun which can scorch its leaves. Water when the top few centimetres of soil feel dry, typically weekly in summer and every 10–14 days in winter, ensuring good drainage to prevent overwatering. Feed monthly with a balanced liquid fertiliser during the growing season (spring through early autumn in Cape Town), reducing in winter. Wipe leaves occasionally to maintain their glossy sheen, and prune any yellowing foliage at the base to keep the plant looking fresh.

Each new leaf emerges in a vibrant red flush before slowly deepening into green. It’s like watching a living artwork unfold in your home.

Note: Toxic to pets and small children if ingested.