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by Adam Fulford

Choose plants appropriate for the type of terrarium you wish to create. This site describes some types of terrariums and lists plants that are suitable for them.

Ideal Plants For Terrariums

These are plants that are known to be well-suited for terrariums:

• Dwarf Rex Begonias
• Soleirolia
• Biophytum sensitivum
• Polyscias fruticosa
• Ficus pumila ‘Minima’
• Ficus pumila ‘Snowflake’*
• Selaginella kraussiana ‘Brownii’*
• Selaginella kraussiana “Aurea’*
• Quercifelix zeylanica
• Pothos (neon, satin, queens ivy,)
• Monstera oblique
• Philodendron Scandens Micans
• miniature Anthurium
• Caladium humboldtii

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