🌿 Plant Care Tips
Philodendron scandens ‘Brasil’ is a trailing aroid known for its variegated, heart-shaped leaves. The foliage emerges with a striking pattern of bright lime-green splashes against deep green, giving each leaf a unique marbled appearance. Stems are flexible and twining, producing new leaves continuously along their length, making it a vigorous indoor climber or trailer.
Philodendron scandens ‘Brasil’ grows well as a hanging plant or trained on a moss pole or trellis. Its vining habit allows it to cascade beautifully from shelves or planters, while regular pruning encourages bushier growth. It adapts well to typical indoor conditions, making it perfect for growing indoors in the UK.
Native to: Tropical regions of South America, particularly Brazil, where it grows as an understory plant in humid rainforests, climbing on trees or trailing over rocks and leaf litter.
Water: Water when the top third of the compost has dried out. Keep the soil lightly moist during active growth but ensure good drainage to avoid waterlogging. Reduce watering slightly in winter while maintaining some moisture in the root zone.
Light: Bright, indirect light is ideal. It tolerates medium light, but the variegation is more pronounced in brighter conditions. Avoid direct sunlight, which can scorch the leaves.
Humidity: Prefers moderate to higher humidity, ideally 50–70%. Average indoor humidity is sufficient, though higher humidity encourages more vibrant leaf colour.
Temperature: Thrives between 18–27 °C. Protect from temperatures below 15 °C and from cold draughts. Consistent warmth encourages steady growth and maintains leaf health.
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All plants are sent via express courier services with DPD, UPS, Parcelforce, and Royal Mail. Choose from economy (4–5 day dispatch), standard (1–3 day dispatch), or express for guaranteed next day dispatch available at checkout for an additional cost.
Winter shipping is available during colder months and includes heat packs and thermal insulation where needed.
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All plants are shipped in their plastic nursery pot unless otherwise stated.
Plant pot sizes can fluctuate +/- 1cm.
We recommend to always size up your decorative pot by 1-2cm larger than the stated plant pot size. For example if you are purchasing a 12cm plant, you should purchase a 14cm decorative pot to ensure it will fit correctly.
We pride ourselves on the love and care with give our plants. Our entire team are plant obsessives at heart and so we go above and beyond to care for the plants we have in stock.
That said, plants are living beings and may differ slightly from the photo provided unless otherwise stated. Small leaf imperfections may be present and won't be compensated for.
Some plants such as Begonia, may suffer slight leaf melt when shipped. This is normal and nothing to be concerned about.
All our plants are stores and/or grown in our nursery under LED lighting so they are in active growth when arriving with you.
The conditions in our nursery are a minimum of 60% humidity and 19C year round.
If you have any questions about caring for your plants or setting up your home for success, don't hesitate to contact us.
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