Propagating Purple Heart or Inch Plant

Propagating Purple Heart or Inch Plant

How to Propagate Purple Heart, aka Inch Plant

Someone told me recently that the way you keep a plant forever is to propagate it. This concept blew my mind. I thought you just kept the plant forever, watering it some. Picking off dead leaves. Not so. And now I forgive myself for the plants I couldn't keep going on my failed life-support plans.

Hanging basket plants like this purple heart here (photo below), they need to be regenerated too. His head will get all scraggly with aging growth that can't quite get enough light. It's not all my fault that it looks worn. The lasting life of a plant is a topic for continued discussion, but for now, let's talk about propagating Purple Heart, also known as Inch Plant. 

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Our Favorite Ways to Display Air-Plants

Our Favorite Ways to Display Air-Plants

One of the best things about air-plants is their display versatility! That's right, we said their display versatility. As in, because these plants survive on air, water, and sunlight only and do not require soil, you don't have to put them in a pot! Whaaaat? It's mind-blowing, for sure.

Not requiring soil and a pot make air-plants way cool because you can get creative with how you display them in your home. Rocks, jars, driftwood! The possibilities are endless!

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Fiddle Leaf Fig Care

Fiddle Leaf Fig Care

How to Care for your Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree

The Fiddle Leaf Fig Tree may just be the most internet famous tree. You're pretty much not a design blog if you don't have at least one image of a fiddle leaf on your blog. SO, consider this the official start to our blog. Thank God, we are finally legit.

I bought this tree about two and a half years ago when I was nearing the end of my pregnancy with Harriet. I was freaking excited. I'd heard they are finicky about light and that they hate being moved around, so I was also stinking nervous. I figured I was about to step up to keeping another human alive, I was definitely up for the challenge of a tree. Meh. 

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