Love Rooted: The Definitive Guide to Valentine's Houseplants That Outlast Chocolates

SHOW ME THE PLANTS

This year it's estimated that in the UK, collectively we will spend £1.3 billion on Valentine's gestures. A quiet green revolution is sprouting in living rooms from Penzance to Perthshire. Gone are the days of watching £25 bouquets wither faster than a Tinder match's enthusiasm. Enter houseplants - the millennial answer to "I love you" that keeps growing long after 14th February. At Houseplant UK, we've tracked a 300% year-on-year rise in Valentine's plant sales - let's dig into why foliage is the new floriography.

The Carbon Footprint of Love

Cut Flowers Houseplants
CO2 Emissions (per £ spent) 3.2kg 0.7kg
Average Lifespan 5-7 days 3-5 years
UK Waste Generated 9,000 tonnes 280 tonnes

 

Our horticulturalists calculate that switching just 10% of Valentine's bouquets to plants could save enough carbon to power 12,000 London homes for a day. Now that's what we call green love.

Botanical Casanovas: Meet the Plants Stealing Hearts

The Heartthrobs

Hoya Kerrii (Sweetheart Plant)

Philodendron Pink Princess

  • 🎀 Bubblegum variegation on arrowhead leaves
  • 💅 High-maintenance diva needs bright indirect light
  • 🔗 Rare Varieties Available

Flowering Romeos

Plant Bloom Time Symbolism Care Level
Anthurium Clarinervium Year-round Hospitality & Lust ★★★☆☆
Oxalis Triangularis Spring-Autumn Joy & Resurrection ★★☆☆☆

"Our Valentine's orchids now come with QR codes linking to care videos - it's like plant pre-marital counselling"
- Charlie, Houseplant UK Customer Care

Cultivating Romance: Styling Ideas for Every Love Nest

For the Minimalist Match

Grand Romantic Gestures

  • 🌿 Living wall installations using String of Hearts
  • 💐 "Plant bouquets" mixing textures like velvety Calathea and spiky Sansevieria

Nurturing Your Green Relationship

Seasonal Survival Guide

Winter Woes

  • ❄️ Keep away from draughty windows
  • 💦 Reduce watering frequency by 30%
  • 🔍 Watch for spider mites - they fancy a winter romance too

Spring Awakening

  • 🌱 Repot in March using our specialist mixes
  • ✂️ Prune leggy growth - plants need makeovers too
  • 🌞 Gradually increase light exposure

Love Gone Wrong?

  • 😢 Drooping leaves: Usually overwatering - let soil dry out
  • 🍂 Brown tips: Hard water or low humidity - try filtered water
  • 🌿 Read our indoor plant care guides

Love Me, Love My Cat

Plant Pet-Safe? Alternative
Lilies ❌ Toxic Calathea Orbifolia
Pothos ❌ Mildly Toxic Peperomia Watermelon

 

Our pet-safe collection lets you love plants without risking Whiskers' ninth life.

Ready to Plant the Seeds of Romance?

With next-day delivery across the UK and sustainable packaging that's compostable (unlike last year's plastic teddy), our Valentine's collection makes growing love easy. 

"The String of Hearts arrived gift-wrapped with care instructions - she cried more than when I proposed!"
- Mark ★★★★★

Love Rooted: The Definitive Guide to Valentine's Houseplants That Outlast Chocolates

Fiddle Leaf Fig
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Fiddle Leaf Fig

Broad lush green leaves shelter the earth below with paddle like cascades of shadows. An impactful plant with large leaves despite its more slender nature - this Fiddle Leaf Fig is a little bit dramatic, putting on a good show in any boring space. A perfect plant for a large corner in a bright room, creating height and depth of greenery in a space. An interesting plant that adds the classic style of a Ficus.
Calico Kitten | Red
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Calico Kitten | Red

This lovely Calico Kitten succulent, also called the Calico Cat Plant, is a wonderfully captivating drought-resistant beauty! The heart shaped foliage will change with the seasons from pale green to a magnificent wine red and pink, sure to brighten up your living spaces and catch the admiration of many! It's botanical name is Crassula Marginalis.

Please note as a natural product, foliage quantity and height can naturally vary. 

Sweetheart Plant
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Sweetheart Plant

A superb, robust vining Philodendron with elegant heart-shaped leaves. It can grown to astonishing heights on a moss or coir pole, or if you prefer let that baby dangle from a hanging plant pot to bring the jungle into your home. A lovely heart-shaped gift for weddings, anniversaries or just to say 'I love you'. 

African Milk Tree | Red
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African Milk Tree | Red

Originating in the sun soaked tropical lands of Central Africa, this lovely Euphorbia Trigona Rubra, more commonly known as the African Milk Tree is a captivating decorative piece that is sure to spark curiosity and fascination. Architectural and unique, this plant is perfect for adding some verticality to your living space.
Variegated Heart Plant | Albo Kerrii | Hard To Find
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Variegated Heart Plant | Albo Kerrii | Hard To Find

Nothing says 'I heart plants' quite like our bestselling Hoya Kerrii. A unique and fun semi-succulent house plant grown from a single leaf, this baby house plant is a popular house plant gift as well as an irresistible plant find that you wont want to leave out of your shopping basket.

Flowering Red Kalanchoe
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Flowering Red Kalanchoe

There's good reason why these lovelies are a favourite worldwide. They are a succulent which means only good things: forgiving if you forget to water it, resilient and evergreen and better yet - they hold their flowers for an extended period - you'll have a lovely show of vibrant blooms to last all season!  Available in a variety of different colours, why not treat yourself to a couple of your favourite hues displayed together for that little extra impact. 

Birds Nest Fern | Crispy Wave
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Birds Nest Fern | Crispy Wave

An immensely captivating variety, these stunning 'Crispy Wave' Bird's Nest Ferns (also known as Asplenium Nidus) are fantastic for decorating, gifting to loved ones, and inspiring just about anywhere they go! They are best identified through their distinct green wavy leaves reminiscent of a gentle breeze or forest stream, and their air purifying qualities mean that by caring for yours, it'll care for you too! Crispy Waves are excellent for adding a tropical touch at home, in the office and beyond, and they are perfect for terrariums too - being pet-friendly and loving plenty of humidity. There's plenty to love with this variety, so give one a go today! 

Please note as live natural plants, leaf quantity and structure may vary. Decorative pots sold separately. 

Burrageara Orchid | Nelly Isler Red Velvet
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Burrageara Orchid | Nelly Isler Red Velvet

These wonderful Nelly Burragearea orchids are something special! They're an incredibly unique man-made hybrid that are super easy to care for - plus they possess magnificently vibrant star-shaped leaves! Perfect to add a touch of luxury to your living space, this orchid is a versatile thing of beauty. Please note spike count can vary naturally and seasonally.

Swiss Cheese Plant
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Swiss Cheese Plant

The Swiss Cheese Plant, sometimes known as a split-leaf philodendron is not actually a philodendron but a tough epiphytic vine that, when happy climbs like Jack on his beanstalk. The broad leaves split and have comedy cheese like holes appear as the plant matures. The 'Deliciosa' translates to 'delicious' referring to the edible fruit. The Genus, 'Monstera' is named from the Latin word meaning Monstrous. 

Please note our regular variants will primarily grow vertically, whilst our Bush variants will be more spread out.

Wandering Dude Nanouk
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Wandering Dude Nanouk

Otherwise known as Fantasy Venice, this trendy houseplant is all the better in the flesh! A joyful plant with flamboyant pink, green and purple leaves with sweet white and yellow flowers that grow from pink buds - did you catch all of that? It's colourful and striking! A semi-trailing habit, this plant suits a shelf or hanging plant pot as the vines start to hang over with the weight of the stems.

Areca Palm
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Areca Palm

Pet-friendly, air-purifying and excellent for beginners, these inspiring Areca Palms - also known as Dypsis lutescens- are fantastic for decorating at home, in the office and beyond with their vibrant glossy leaves & incredible tropical appearance! Their highly adaptable nature means they can thrive and shine just about anywhere that is sunny or partially shaded, and their straightforward care requirements make them superb for gifting to anyone regardless of experience. In the wild the Areca Palm variety is native to Madagascar, and by caring for yours, it'll care for you too by cleaning your air and providing numerous mental health benefits! Please note decorative pots are sold separately, and exact structure can naturally vary. 

String Of Pearls
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String Of Pearls

This lovely succulent is a fun, trailing house plant that grows long vines with succulent spheres in a luscious green hue. Happy pearls are very rounded and solid to touch. The Sting of pearls is the perfect house plant for hanging baskets or positioned to cascade over a sill or shelf. If you're lucky, the String of pearls plant will flower with a faint, white bloom that is beautifully cinnamon scented.

Please note our 'Tall Pot' variant is not compatible with regular ceramic pots due to its rectangular design.

Looking for String of Teardrops instead? Click here!

Parlour Palm
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Parlour Palm

Interested in taking your decoration at home or in the workplace to the next level? These globally renown Chamaedorea Elegans plants - also known as Parlour Palms - are perfect for adding a natural, tropical touch wherever they go. They are low maintenance so fantastic for beginners, pet-friendly, and can even help purify the surrounding air - so by caring for yours, it'll care for you too! Brighten up your spaces today and enjoy some all-natural inspiration with a fresh new Parlour Palm.

Lisbon Sage Green Pot
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Lisbon Sage Green Pot

A wonderfully simple pot with gentle curves that draw the eye. A sleek canvas with an urban chic look-  a stunning backdrop for your stylish plant!
Devil's Ivy | Golden Pothos
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Devil's Ivy | Golden Pothos

With pretty variegated emerald-green and golden yellow leaves that give this plant a lost treasure look, it's no wonder that this Golden Pothos is a popular trailing plant. The stunning colour combination just radiates optimism and clarity - perfect for inspiration in both work and personal life. Due to the Devil's Ivy nature to grow long vines, this plant would look great on shelves or as a hanging plant.   

Looking for more Pothos plants? Click here!

Money Tree
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Money Tree

The Money Tree is the perfect way to invite wealth and prosperity into your home - according to Feng Shui! Even the tree has its fingers crossed with that plaited trunk. With fantastic textured green leaves spreading out like a star, this stunning tree makes an intriguing houseplant. The calming nature of this plant is said to reduce cortisol levels in the blood and decrease stress levels. Perfect for the bedroom for a good night's sleep!

Coffee Plant | Arabica
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Coffee Plant | Arabica

Glossy green leaves that alternate in pairs. When your coffee plant reaches maturity at about 4 years old you'll be the proud plant-parent of small, white, fragrant flowers that are followed by green fruits that ripen over a couple of months and change to a bright red shade. Each fruit contains two coffee beans, so with a happy coffee plant you may even be able to make your own cup of coffee! In the meantime why not visit our good friends at Batch Coffee

Radiator Plant | Hope
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Radiator Plant | Hope

These captivating Radiator 'Hope' plants - also known as the Peperomia 'Hope' - are a popular evergreen epiphyte succulent admired for their easy care nature, compact versatility, and tropical vibes! They are ideal for beginners due to them needing very little care to thrive, and they're great for adding a natural touch at home, in the office and beyond with their stunningly vibrant foliage. Suitable hanging or sitting comfortably on a shelf/table, they also offer the added benefit of purifying your air and being pet safe - making them an incredibly rewarding variety to have around!

Snake Plant | Cylindrica
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Snake Plant | Cylindrica

This curious looking cylindrical semi-succulent is a must to make an architectural statement in your home. With elegant spear like foliage theses easy care plants filter airborne toxins from your home, and are drought and shade tolerant.