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Plant guide

Understand every plant before you welcome it in.

One care guide per plant, written for the Moroccan climate: what it actually needs, at what rhythm, and in which cities it feels at home.

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Before you start

The reading that prevents mistakes

Three journal articles to read before choosing: they set out the ground rules before we go species by species.

The whole journal
  1. GuidesPlants that get through the Moroccan summerChergui wind, 40 °C in the shade, rationed watering: which plants stay beautiful from June to September, and how to help them.7 min read
  2. GuidesGardening with little water: the guideDesigning a water-wise garden that stays beautiful without daily watering: species choice, soil, mulch and drip irrigation.8 min read
  3. GuidesThe guide to indoor plants in MoroccoReading each room's light, watering right, choosing the right pot: the fundamentals for houseplants that last.9 min read

Directory

The whole collection, A to Z

Each entry shows the care profile at a glance. Open it for the full guide.

16 plants

Alocasia Polly with arrow-shaped white-veined leaves in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Alocasia Polly

Alocasia × amazonica

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareIntermediate
  • HeatHeat-sensitive
  • PetsToxic
Pachira with a braided trunk in a grey nursery pot, on a cream background

Braided Pachira

Pachira aquatica

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsPet-safe
Chamaedorea palm with fine fronds in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Chamaedorea palm

Chamaedorea

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsPet-safe
Dieffenbachia with creamy-white speckled leaves in a grey nursery pot, on a cream background

Dieffenbachia

Dieffenbachia

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsToxic
Dracaena Compacta with tufts of dark green leaves in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Dracaena Compacta

Dracaena fragrans ‘Compacta’

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterLittle water
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsToxic
Dracaena deremensis with long striped leaves in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Dracaena deremensis

Dracaena fragrans (groupe Deremensis)

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterLittle water
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsToxic
Small Ficus Ginseng bonsai with a swollen trunk in a terracotta-coloured pot, on a cream background

Ficus Ginseng bonsai

Ficus microcarpa

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareIntermediate
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsMildly toxic
Guzmania with a red bract in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Guzmania

Guzmania

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsPet-safe
Hanging golden pothos with green leaves marbled with yellow, on a cream background

Golden Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsToxic
Maranta with oval red-veined leaves in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Maranta prayer plant

Maranta leuconeura

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareIntermediate
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsPet-safe
Madagascar periwinkle flowering pink, red and white in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Madagascar periwinkle

Catharanthus roseus

  • LightFull sun
  • WaterLittle water
  • CareEasy
  • HeatExtreme heat
  • PetsToxic
Peperomia with round glossy leaves in a grey nursery pot, on a cream background

Peperomia obtusifolia

Peperomia obtusifolia

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterLittle water
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsPet-safe
Green Philodendron with glossy leaves in a grey nursery pot, on a cream background

Philodendron Green

Philodendron

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsToxic
Aloe with slim toothed white-speckled leaves in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Spiky Aloe

Aloe

  • LightFull sun
  • WaterVery little water
  • CareEasy
  • HeatHigh heat
  • PetsMildly toxic
Tall Ficus elastica with green, cream and pink variegated leaves in a nursery pot, on a cream background

Variegated rubber plant

Ficus elastica

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsMildly toxic
Hanging pothos with green and creamy-white leaves, on a cream background

White variegated Pothos

Epipremnum aureum

  • LightPartial shade
  • WaterModerate watering
  • CareEasy
  • HeatModerate heat
  • PetsToxic