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Plant of the Month – Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus pulcher)

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Plant of the Month – Lipstick Plant (Aeschynanthus pulcher)

The Lipstick plant (Aeschynanthus pulcher) is a popular tropical plant often used in office plantscapes. It makes a great table-top or hanging plant as the stems grow quickly and will trail down the sides of the container.
It has small dark green fleshy leaves and when the conditions are right, will produce a very unique pink or red flower. When the flower first appears, it looks just like lipstick emerging from a tube.
Native to Malaysia and South America, this ...

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Plant of the Month – Norfolk Island Pine Tree

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Plant of the Month – Norfolk Island Pine Tree

November’s feature plant is – Norfolk Island Pine (Araucaria heterophylla)

Marketed in stores at this time of  year as a ‘living Christmas tree’, the Norfolk Island Pine is very unique plant for your home or office. This tree is native to Norfolk Island, a small island in the Pacific Ocean between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. It is sometimes called a star pine or triangle tree, although it is not a true pine. In its native habitat, it can grow to heights of 50-60 meters. It has been widely distributed as an ornamental landscape tree in humid-subtropical ...

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Plant of the Month – Rubber Plant

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Plant of the Month – Rubber Plant

October’s feature plant is: Rubber Plant (Ficus elastica)

This popular tropical plant, Ficus elastica, is a member of the Fig family. it is native to India, Nepal, Burma, China, Malaysia and Indonesia and in its natural habitat can grow to 100-130 ft in height, and occasionally as large as 200 ft, with a trunk nearly 7 ft in diameter. The broad oval leaves can reach 18 inches in length. Many varieties have been cultivated for use as an ornamental indoor plant, ...

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