Ep. 18 - Pilea peperomioides

Plant Profile

Is there anyone online who hasn’t seen Pilea peperomioides?

For a plant that has graced Scandinavian window sills since the 1940s, but wasn’t described in science until the 1980s, it has an explosive impact on the global houseplant community in the last few years. As Matthew says, the Pilea is so easy to propagate that they should be free. The Plant Daddies have grown it for years, and have opinions to dish about the Chinese Money Plant, Pancake Plant, UFO Plant, Missionary Plant, Pass-it-Along Plant etc.

Mentioned in this episode:

• how a plant that hasn’t been officially scientifically described can become a massively popular houseplant

• propagation

• trend plants