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Pachira money tree with several green stems in a white round ceramic pot
Money Tree Care Guide for UAE Homes
A braided money tree needs its top tie removed once it settles and each trunk checked monthly, because a tight tie or one dead stem splits the braid. Read more...
Lucky bamboo stalks in a white planter pot
Lucky Bamboo Care Guide for UAE Homes
Lucky bamboo in a vase needs a full water change every 7 days here, and tap water topped up between changes doubles its salt load in a month. Read more...
Red anthurium plant in a terracotta pot with glossy green leaves and red blooms
Anthurium Care Guide for UAE Homes
An anthurium bloom lasts weeks, and new ones depend on the plant making new leaves. Bloom timing, the reblooming trigger, and watering, light and problem fixes for UAE homes. Read more...
Calathea orbifolia plant with round striped leaves in a white ceramic pot
Calathea Care Guide for UAE Homes
Calathea is one of the few popular houseplants that struggles in cooled, dry UAE rooms. Why that is, and how to water, light and place one so it keeps its... Read more...
A dracaena massangeana with striped leaves growing from thick canes
Dracaena Massangeana Care Guide for UAE Homes
A care guide to Dracaena massangeana in UAE homes, including the cane-cut propagation method that turns one tall stem into a crown cutting, a log and a resprouting stump. Read more...
A dracaena marginata dragon tree with slim canes and narrow arching leaves
Dracaena Marginata Care Guide for UAE Homes
A care guide to Dracaena marginata in air-conditioned UAE homes, including the fluoride and salt chemistry behind the leaf tip burn this species is prone to. Read more...
A rubber plant with thick glossy leaves in a black stone planter
Rubber Plant Care in UAE Homes
Ficus elastica takes air conditioned rooms better than most foliage plants. Watering intervals, light by cultivar, the pruning cut that sets final height, and what to do about the sap. Read more...
A bird of paradise plant with tall paddle shaped leaves
Bird of Paradise Care in UAE Homes
Two plants are sold as Bird of Paradise here and only one flowers at a size you can keep. Watering, light, the years to a first bloom, and the four... Read more...
A fiddle leaf fig with large veined leaves in a black stone planter
Fiddle Leaf Fig Care in UAE Homes
Watering intervals and light needs for Ficus lyrata in UAE apartments, the 3 conditions it refuses, and how to read the marks on its leaves. Read more...
A golden pothos with trailing stems and marbled yellow green leaves
Golden Pothos Care in UAE Homes
Watering intervals, the light level below which new pothos leaves open plain green, and the 4 faults behind almost every complaint in UAE homes. Read more...
A peace lily with white spathes above dark green leaves
Peace Lily Care in UAE Homes
A peace lily says plainly when it wants water. How to read the droop, turn it into an interval, and keep the plant producing white bracts in a Dubai flat. Read more...
A monstera deliciosa with large split leaves in a pot
Monstera Deliciosa Care in UAE Homes
What a Monstera deliciosa needs in a cooled Dubai flat, and the leaf number at which the blade starts to split rather than the age of the plant. Read more...
A ZZ plant with glossy dark green leaflets on upright stems
ZZ Plant Care Guide for UAE Homes
The ZZ plant survives long gaps because of what sits under the soil. This guide explains the rhizome reserve, converts it into an absence figure in weeks, and covers light... Read more...
A snake plant with stiff upright banded leaves in a pot
Snake Plant Care Guide for UAE Homes
A UAE care guide for the snake plant, built on a soil depth test rather than a watering calendar, plus the saturation point where rhizome rot starts. Read more...
A pair of kentia palms in white ceramic pots
Kentia Palm Care Guide for UAE Homes
A Kentia gains 20 to 30 cm a year, which is the whole reason it costs what it does. Growth rate, watering, light, and the problems owners hit in cooled... Read more...
An areca palm in a woven bamboo planter with arching green fronds
Areca Palm Care Guide for UAE Homes
Areca care in a UAE apartment comes down to a watering interval, a light position, and one placement error near the AC vent that browns frond tips first. Read more...