A starter kit gives someone a new project for the growing season. The Succulent Starter Kit has a variegated string of pearls and Lithops, or living stones, with a free draining cactus mix. The Philodendron Starter Kit pairs Ring of Fire with Pink Princess, and the Alocasia Starter Kit has Jacklyn and Dragon Scale with a mix that drains quickly.
Each plant kit comes with the potting mix its plants need, and plants are delivered across the UK with our 7 day live arrival guarantee. For someone who buys tissue culture plantlets, the Tissue Culture Starter Kit has 10 domed cups with sphagnum moss and perlite to pot them into.
Chocolate, and a vine named after it
The Colombian 61% Dark Chocolate Bar is an 80g single origin bar from The Chocolate Society. For a gardener, Akebia quinata, the chocolate vine, is a climber with maroon-purple flowers in early spring that smell of chocolate and vanilla. It is fully hardy in the UK, rated RHS H6, and covers a wall, fence or arch quickly. More garden plants are in Outdoor Plants.
Other Easter gift ideas
A scalloped watering can from Watering suits anyone with a windowsill of plants, and a card from Greeting Cards goes with any of these gifts. If you are not sure what they would like, a GrowTropicals e-gift card lets them choose.
Frequently Asked Questions
A plant starter kit gives them two new plants and the potting mix to pot them up in, just as the growing season starts. The Monstera Starter Kit is a good first step into aroids.
The plant starter kits in this collection each have two plants and a bag of potting mix suited to them. The Jewel Alocasia Starter Kit, for example, has Alocasia scalprum and Alocasia 'Silver Dragon' with our Alocasia Premium Potting Mix.
The Rare Monstera Starter Kit has Monstera 'Burle Marx Flame' and Monstera obliqua 'Peru Form' for a collector, while the Succulent Starter Kit suits someone who wants plants that need very little watering. The full range is in Plant Starter Kits.
The chocolate vine is Akebia quinata, an outdoor climber with hanging clusters of maroon-purple flowers in early spring. The flowers have a spicy chocolate and vanilla scent, and in long hot summers they can be followed by violet, sausage-shaped fruits.
It is semi-evergreen and fully hardy across the UK, rated RHS H6, and grows quickly over a wall, fence or arch. More climbers and garden plants are in Outdoor Plants.
The Monstera Starter Kit is a good first step into aroids. It pairs Thai Constellation with Monkey Mask and comes with a chunky Monstera & Philodendron mix that lets the roots get air as well as water.
The Succulent Starter Kit suits someone with a bright windowsill who tends to forget to water, because both plants store water in their leaves and need very little watering.
The dark chocolate bar contains soya lecithin and is produced in a kitchen that handles gluten, nuts, peanuts, eggs and sesame. Check the full ingredients on the product page before you buy for someone with an allergy.
A watering can is a practical extra for anyone starting a new plant. The scalloped indoor watering cans in Watering have a slender spout and a beech wood handle.
A card from Greeting Cards finishes the gift. If you would rather they chose for themselves, the GrowTropicals e-gift card can be spent on plants, planters or accessories.