Wandering Jew

Common Name: Wandering Jew, Chain Plant, Purple Heart Plant
Genus:  Tradescantia
Family:  Commelinaceae
Plant Type: Perennial
Origin: South America
Blooming Time: Year round
Humidity: Average
Temperature: 50-75*F
Height: 3′-4′
Color: Green, purple, silver
Insects and Diseases: Aphids, scale, mealy bugs

Description:
The Wandering Jew is a beautiful vining house plant that has green heart shaped leaves with purple stripes and a silvery sheen. Depending on the variety, the leaves can be solid or variegated. Blooms are small with three petals and can be violet or white.

African Violet

Common Name: African Violet
Genus: Saintpaulia
Plant Type: Perennial
Origin: Tanganyika
Blooming Time: Year round
Humidity: Medium
Temperature: 60-85*F
Height: 6″
Color: White, lavender, purple, pink, red, yellow and bi-color
Insects and Diseases: Mealy bugs, aphids and mites

Description:
African Violets are very popular among plant enthusiasts. They’re low growing plants that produce small, dainty flowers year round with the right lighting, water and temperature requirements.

They have soft, furry feeling leaves that are thick and arranged in a rosette and are either green or dark green in color. The underside of the leaves are usually either lighter green or a red violet color.

Plant varieties include single, double and even ruffled flowers. Some African Violets will even have ruffled or serrated leaf edges and may even have variegated leaves. Leaf shape can range from long and thin to serrated or…

Dumbcane

Common Name: Dumbcane, Dumbplant, Leopard Lily, Spotted Dumbcane, Zebra Plant
Latin Name: Dieffenbachia seguine
Family: Araceae
Plant Type:  Perennial
Origin:  North and South America
Blooming Time: Mid-spring
Humidity: Moderate to High
Temperature: 60- 85 *F
Height: 8′
Color: Green, white, off-white
Insects and Diseases: Mealy bugs, aphids, scale, whitefly, spider mites

Description:
There are several varieties of Dumbcane with different veining and verigation in the leaves. The leaves can range from dark green to a lighter green with white, off-white and sometimes even yellowish verigations on the leaves.

The plants leaves are ovate with pointed tips and grow on stalks that can actually grow up to 8′ or more. If left unpruned the plant will grow to resemble a palm tree

India Rubber Plant

Common Name: India Rubber Plant, Rubber Bush, Rubber Fig
Plant Type: Perennial
Origin: India
Genus: Ficus
Family: Moraceae
Humidity: Medium
Temperature: 60-85*F
Height: 6 ‘- 10′
Color: Dark green, burgundy
Insects and Diseases:  Mealy bugs, whitefly, scale and thrips

Description:
The India Rubber Plant is a very popular house plant that has large, dark green oval shaped leaves. Some varieties will often have a burgandy tint to parts of the leaf.

The leaves are shiny and feel thick and almost pulpy and can reach 8 inches or longer under optimal conditions. Leaves grow inside sheaths that will drop off from the plant once the leaf has developed. Immediately inside the new leaf, yet another leaf is waiting to develop.

Spider Plant

Common Name: Spider Plant, Airplane Plant, Ribbon Plant
Genus: Chlorophytum
Family: Agavaceae
Plant Type: Perennial
Origin: South Africa
Humidity: Average
Temperature: 65-75 °F Day  50-55 °F Night
Height: 3 foot
Color: Green, green and white
Insects and Diseases: Spider mites, scales, aphids and whiteflies

Description:
Spider plants have long blade like leaves that form from the center of the plant and have pointed tips. The leaves or blades can get up to 3 foot long and resemble blades of grass.

The plant can be found in solid green or green with white edges and white with green edges. Narrow stems grow from the plant and can reach up to 5 feet in length. The stems will produce small, dainty white flowers and baby plants that can be propagated.

While mostly used in containers or hanging baskets, they…