Sure, you can be predictable and buy flowers or chocolates for Valentine’s Day, but there are better, more enduring, more sustainable options out there. This year, give your significant other a small plant that announces your love with heart-shaped leaves. (Or maybe just gift yourself one of these sweethearts and consider it self care).
String of Hearts Vine, Ceropegia woodii
This trailing plant gifts delicate and petite green and silver heart-shaped leaves. It can quickly reach approximately 10 feet long, so make sure to situate this cutie where it can let its hair down. Bright indirect light is best, and even though it is not a succulent, it acts like it, preferring to dry out completely before watering. This is a bonus for the forgetful plant owner. Oh, and it’s fast-growing and low-maintenance, maybe only needing a light pruning to keep it bushy.
Heartfern, Hemionitis arifolia
This petite-sized tropical fern sports elongated heart-shaped, leathery leaves that grow on thin dark stems. Moderately easy to care for, heart fern is a popular houseplant. You can either enjoy this plant in a well-draining pot propped on a shelf, or be creative and try it in the bathroom or in a terrarium as it appreciates warmth and high humidity. Grows to only 10 inches tall and likes bright, indirect light and evenly moist soil. Non-toxic to pets and people. According to Feng Shui, a heart fern symbolizes love and harmony and brings balance and emotional understanding. Definitely worth trying!
Flamingo Flower, Anthurium
