If you're looking to bring the beautiful freshness of nature into your home, then this section of house plants could be for you. Coming in a variety of shapes and sizes, house plants make a wonderful addition to any home. Like all plants, each variety of indoor plant has certain conditions and location preferences to help them thrive, including some sheltered outdoor spots so you can really accentuate that indoor outdoor flow with some imagination.

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The species is frequently cited as being used in herbal medicine since the beginning of the first century AD. A stemless or very short-stemmed succulent plant. Can be used on bug bites, scratches, sunburn, acne, grazes, scarring tissue.

 

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aka Birds Nest Fern

Probably better known as Bird's Nest Fern is a very striking feature plant with its bright green, wavy edged fronds that grow in a rosette shape forming a bowl or nest shape in the centre. Can be grown as an indoor plant for air purification or outside. Frost tender.

Thriving in the low light it is an excellent container plant for a sheltered and shaded patio or shade house in warm climates.

 

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aka Hen and Chicken Fern

This NZ native Fern makes a striking cover plant for shady situations. Looks good group planted beneath established trees and is useful to plant with Hostas carrying on the interest after the Hostas have died down. Likes the shade and nice moist humus rich soil. Protect from frost.

 

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aka Crown Fern

Native Fern. This fern is also known as the dwarf tree fern as it develops a short trunk when mature. Can be grown indoors or outdoors. Likes a warm shady spot in the garden with moist free draining soil.

 

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aka Canary Island Ivy

Ivy. Fast growing evergreen, vigorous and self-clinging. A very useful plant when quick coverage of unsightly areas is needed, use as groundcover, over walls, buildings, tree stumps, or as an indoors plant. Glossy, broad, fresh green foliage, responds well to a trim. Tolerates just about anything.