With the Christmas tree gone, both you and your home are probably in desperate need of something fun, new and green. It's time for a radiant new houseplant to give you a great Happy New Year feeling. Don't think about it too much - just choose one that you like the look of and that you ‘click with’ straightaway. Record your new relationship with your smartphone straightaway in a green Ussie, and turn it into a monthly habit. At the end of the year you can then look back to see which of you two has enjoyed the greatest personal growth.
Get yourself a couple!
If you want your plant to grow extra fast, buy two! The reason for this is that a plant needs sunlight in order to grow. If other plants obscure their light, it needs to grow faster in order to capture the sun's rays. In other words: the plant works harder when it has competition, according to biologists at Utrecht University.
Fast growers
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Stephanotis will grow rapidly if it has the space. Release Steph from her clamps as soon as possible and let her clamber up a bookcase or lamp.
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Banana can grow from a tiny plant into a real specimen in a couple of months.
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Scindapsus can grow round your room if you want - just put up a string to guide it.
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Chloropythum: looks great, grows at the speed of light, and produces lovely baby offsprings which are incredibly easy to use as cuttings, so that within a year you can have a veritable forest of spider plants.
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Crown of thorns: not one to cuddle, but it grows quickly, looks adorable and makes an instant statement in the home.
