Move over fiddle leaf fig, there’s a new plant on the block and it’s popping up in a living room near you.
Introducing Pilea peperomioides, also known as the Chinese money plant or pancake plant.
It has emerged as the new must-have plant on Instagram and Pinterest, with its distinctive circle-shaped leaves appearing in the homes of design influencers and tastemakers.
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The pilea is a low-maintenance indoors plant and is great for beginner plant owners. Best of all, it will add a touch of designer greenery to any space.
It’s most happy in well-drained, moist soil and out of direct sunlight.
Pileas aren’t very common in Australia, but you can find them at Plants in a Box and Arizona Living.
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This article originally appeared on Better Homes and Gardens.
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With a first-class Honours degree in English, Rebecca Lowrey Boyd is best known as the founder of Wee Birdy (weebirdy.com), a London-based blog devoted to London shopping, design and style. It was named one of the Top 100 Blogs in the World by the Sunday Times (UK), and was listed on Times Online's Best 50 Design Blogs in the World. It has also featured in many international magazines including British Vogue, British Cosmopolitan, Australian Cosmopolitan, Inside Out, Shop Til You Drop and Home Beautiful. During her time in London, Rebecca was also Deputy Shopping & Style Editor at Time Out London. She is also the former editor of Bride to Be, Cosmopolitan Bride, Cosmopolitan Pregnancy and Cosmopolitan Hair & Beauty magazines, as well as Digital Managing Editor on bhg.com.au, an associate editor on Home Beautiful magazine, Acting Digital Managing Editor on Homes to Love and Digital Managing Editor on Gourmet Traveller. A design nerd and keen birder, she can usually be found poring over Pinterest, knee-deep in Bunnings or sticky-beaking at modernist homes in Sydney’s bushburbia.
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