Felicia amelloides (kingfisher daisy): Ovate, rough, hairy leaves and small, sky blue daisy-like flowers with bright yellow centres. Flowers June-September. HA, 30cm, www.suttons.co.uk. Sunflower Ms Mars Drought-tolerant annuals – Look to the sun In the same conversation, you might hear seasoned reptile keepers talking about Weeping Figs and Ficus Benjamina. That’s because the plants are the same! Ficus Benjamina is the plant’s scientific name, but its signature look earned it the Weeping Fig moniker as a trade name. 3. Japanese Aralia

Alaska Ladybird: Creamy-green variegated leaves with red ladybird spotted, yellow flowers. Height and spread 30cm, Dobies. They are also an excellent choice to mix with spring-flowering bulbs since they can effectively hide the unattractive bulb foliage that may be allowed to mature. Zaluzianskya ovata (night-scented phlox): Pretty, phlox-like 13mm perfumed white and maroon flowers that open in the late evening. Will survive some winters. HHP, 25cm, www.thompson-morgan.com. This plant is very much of the climbing type; what’s more, it grows to about 3m and can even reach 4m. The plant’s given name, Tropaeolum, is usually restricted to formal use with the plant being known in the English-speaking world and even elsewhere by its common name ‘Nasturtium’.This bushy variety is about 30cm high with a similar spread – it blooms from mid-summer into autumn. 5) ‘Chameleon’ Choose plants that you can properly care for, and those that will best fit your lifestyle and your lizard’s preferences.

Our last tip is to avoid going overboard with plants. We get it: Having a lush tropical paradise inside your chameleon enclosure looks impressive. But it sometimes cramps the reptile’s lifestyle. Amaranthus (love-lies bleeding, callaloo): Exotic flower tassels in mainly reds and yellows. Edible and needs staking. Direct sow for the best drought tolerance. Flowers July-first frosts. HHA, 1.2m, www.sarahraven.com. If you’re not a seasoned gardener, don’t fret. Most plants for chameleons aren’t as hard to care for as you might think! While every cultivar has its own unique quirks and requirements, there are many best practices you can employ to ensure success. Prepare Your Plants Correctly Limnanthes douglasii (poached egg plant): Spreading plant with finely divided leaves and bowl-shaped yellow flowers with white-tipped petals. Flowers June-September. HA, 15cm, widely available. Mesembryanthemum (Livingstone daisy) Sparkles Mixed Drought-tolerant annuals – Go for multiple colours Plants provide a place for chameleons to hide, which helps them to feel safe and secure in their environment.

Repeat this process at least 3 times to make sure you’re not leaving traces of toxic chemicals behind. To keep the rubber plant healthy, you’ll need to keep it in a high-aggregate mix of sand, soil, and mulch. Wait to water the plant until the soil is almost dry, and provide a standard houseplant fertilizer every two weeks. For light, indirect light is ideal. Please keep it away from heat lamps to avoid any health issues. 8. Jade Plant General Care Tips: Weeping figs don’t really like being moved around. In fact, they may just drop all their leaves in defiance. Once you’ve established a happy little Ficus benjamina, it’s best not to relocate it. Oh, and they don’t take kindly to getting too hot; avoid placing your Weeping Fig too close to any heat lamps or hot bulbs. The showy flowers come in hues of yellow, orange and red, but a few are in shades of blue and purple and some are also bi-coloured or variegated. Firebird: Trailing variety for hanging baskets with orange and yellow flowers above variegated foliage. Spread 40cm, Thompson & Morgan.

Hibiscus plants produce elegant, frilly-edged blossoms that display brilliant shades of purple, yellow, orange, and more. Therefore, you need to be mindful that this Ficus can grow to be several feet high. Obviously, that’s not ideal for the majority of home lizard tanks.Ipomoea purpurea (morning glory): Twining climber with heart-shaped or three-lobed leaves. Funnel-shaped flowers, 3-6cm in diameter in deep purple, blue or reddish-purple with white throats. Flowers June-October. HHP, 4-8m, widely available.

Sow nasturtiums and start them off indoors: Plenty of varieties of nasturtiums can be started indoors from early spring for early flowering. Begin about a month before the last frost is due. If you know how to grow flowers from seeds, the basic principles for nasturtiums are much the same. Sow two or three seeds per 3in (8cm) pot at a depth of half an inch (1cm). Use a damp free-draining seed compost, water well and keep just moist. Seedlings emerge around 10 days after planting. Nasturtiums can get injured if you try moving them too soon, which is why it is best to use pots rather than trays. Thanks to their long flowering periods, this presents you with a few options: use a greenhouse and sow early and successively under cover; sow direct when the ground is warmer; or mix and match, incorporating raised garden beds and containers in your plans.

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The spiky foliage creates an exotic accent, and Yuccas are rated as one of the best plants for air-cleaning. Lighting: Rubber Trees enjoy partial to full exposure, but will wither in too-hot or too-bright conditions. Bromeliads only flower toward the end of their life cycle. However, the leaves develop a vivid flush of color that mimics the look of an actual flower quite effectively. Another uncommon feature chameleons have? Their hands have opposable digits, giving them the ability to grip things in a very human-like way that you won’t see any other lizard doing. Wash your plants regularly. You can use some water with a bit of dish soap (buy the fragrance and dye free kind, if possible) to carefully clean the leaves of your plants regularly. This helps the plants to stay healthy, and it keeps your pet’s home more sanitary.