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The zebra plant may not be big, usually only reaching about 6 inches tall, but what it lacks in size it makes up for in style.
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You might bring a jade plant into your home as a small houseplant, but in the right conditions you’ll end up with a treelike houseplant.
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Medicinal aloe can do double duty as both an easy-care houseplant and a go-to source for soothing bites, inflammation, and burns.
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Donkey tail was made for hanging containers.
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Donkey tail grows with a black aeonium.
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Hens-and-chicks do well in the temperatures and lower humidity levels of most homes.
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