Oh My It's A Spider! Spider Plant Care

Spider Plant - Chlorophytum

Spider Plant Wins Starring Role in Showtime Series "Homeland"

Do you think this great little #houseplant, the #Spider #Plant, could win an award for "Best Plant of the Year"?

Well, yes, I am being a bit humorous, or trying to be, anyway. But read on, #Plant #Lovers, as you just might see this popular #indoor #plant as a bit player in the Showtime Series, Homeland....

I have often had the opportunity to totally remake interior landscaping accounts as an interior plant care professional. A recent account gave me the chance to redesign an indoor container garden that needed a fresh look to make it a show stopper! It was a big indoor atrium with great lighting, twenty-foot tall Ficus trees, towering Norfolk Island Pines and some bed-like containers needing low-growing plants that would fill out quickly. I also wanted to add some contrast to the all-green foliage in the atrium and minimize the stark container lines. Variegated Spider Plants fit the bill perfectly. They performed exactly as I had hoped.
Today, that account in Charlotte, North Carolina is being used to film some of the indoor scenes in the Showtime series "Homeland". If you watch the series, keep an eye out and you may catch a glimpse of those Spider Plants, Ficus trees and Norfolk Island Pines.
See, I wasn't just making stuff up! Read more about my Spider Plant story and about Spider Plant care...

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Pruning Your Umbrella Plant (Schefflera Arboricola)

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