African-violet plant Gold Coast

African Violet Plant – Gold Coast

African-violet plant Gold Coast

African Violets are beautiful little plants – with one drawback – they don’t like to be watered from the top, nor be too soggy underneath. So how to fix the problem, but neatly?

One of the most common ways is to sit the plant’s container on top of a take-away container filled with water – with a thick thread going between the two to act as a ‘straw’ sucking water from the container below to the one above.

Here is another example of a way we have also used – sitting the plant’s container on top of fine pebbles, with the thread down amongst them. This way is a little bit more ‘gifty’ and neat, but provides the same function.

 

chain-of-hearts plant Gold Coast

Chain of Hearts in Hanging Globe

chain-of-hearts plant Gold Coast

We have always had a soft spot for chain of hearts plants, they remind us nanna’s and heritage backyards and all things good.

We have them in store from time to time – do check with us if you are after some!

Hoya flower plant Gold Coast

Hoya Plant – flowering!

Hoya flower plant Gold Coast

If you are anything like us you will appreciate the awesomeness of these super cute waxy starry flowers! Hoyas have a mind of their own, sometimes flowering sometimes not, but this one we had in store flowered at least 6 times in 6 months! How good is that!

Granted, we aren’t always so fortunate with our hoya flowering – but what did we do this time? Hmm. Let’s list the conditions and hope to reproduce them again –

Plant position – hung from the ceiling, about 3 metres from the window.
Light – morning light only, no direct sunlight
Water – watering once a week, just a little
Container – aluminium teapot

Hopefully, we’ll be able to do that again, as this plant has sold!

 

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Funky Vases and Plant Pots

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These funky almost-flat vases made for some unusual plant houses… Perfect for our fittonias.

If you’re a keen indoor-plant person, always keep an eye out for interesting containers, and why not give some a try – you never know what’s going to work until you try! Old aluminium tea-pots are a favourite of ours too – hanging from the ceiling with unexpectedly shaped hanging foliage.

Looking for something particular? Why not pop in and see what we have in store! We don’t have everything online all the time…

 

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New succulents – Crassula Undulata

succulent plant gift Gold Coast

We have added some new succulents to the shop – these funky curly-leaf crassula. They are pretty easy to care for, just a little water once a week, but they are ok if they dry out a bit between times.

We are loving the pairing of their grey-toned foliage with the concrete planters.

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