Oh My Garden! Indoor speckles and spots

INDOOR SPECKLES & SPOTS

Indoor plants bring so many benefits to your home. They improve air quality, lower stress, and boost your concentration. They also add colour, texture and sometimes patterns to your design, like these ones that sport spots and speckles.

SPECKLED AND SPOTTED PLANTS

PINK DALMATIAN AGLAONEMA | AGLAONEMA COMMUTATUM

Get tickled pink with Pink Dalmation Aglaonemas or ‘aggies’. Aglaonema don’t need much care and can handle low light – a great plant if you’re starting out.

SATIN POTHOS | SCINDAPSUS PICTUS ARGYRAEUS

Looking for something less fussy? Grow this green and silver–speckled vine in a spot with indirect light in well-draining soil. Just be careful not to overwater.

POLKA DOT BEGONIA | BEGONIA MACULATA

Retro in a good way, begonias have made a big comeback to Aussie homes. It’s no wonder we’re taking decorating tips from Nanna with this polka dotted variety. Watch it carefully because it’s quite picky, preferring bright, indirect light and soil that isn’t too wet (or risk root rot). Give it a gentle prune to help it grow and you might be rewarded with white or red flowers.

RATTLESNAKE CALATHEA | CALATHEA INSIGNIS

With bright green leaves with strokes of dark green and red underneath, it’s like a painter missed the canvas and landed their brush right on the calathea’s leaves. These tropical plants like to be warm and humid. Water when just dry and keep out of direct sunlight.

INDOOR PLANT CARE 101: LIGHT

Match your plant with the light it needs to grow well.

Most plants need bright light (not direct sunlight) to grow indoors. In lower light your plant may survive – but not thrive. Plants with dark leaves can handle less light than plants with pale green or mixed leaves.

Unsure where to pop your pot? Try different spots in your house and change it up as the sun shifts with the seasons.