Episode 144: underrated houseplants

If you enjoy a blast from the past, you’ll like this week’s profiled plants: three species that were once ubiquitous but have been inexplicably ignored in the current houseplant revolution: the piggyback plant, Swedish ivy and Pilea ‘Moon Valley’. And I answer a question about an unusual potential source of water for bromeliads.

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