Baby Rubber Plant

This flowering evergreen perennial plant is also known as Pepperface Plant and comes from a genus with more than 1000 species. Growing up to 30cm tall, it is an ornamental foliage whose leaves have a traditional, fleshy, succulent look and feel about them. The glossy, dark green leathery leaves are bushy in appearance and feature white flower spikes with non-showy, small white flowers.

Native to South America, this popular indoor plant is easy to grow in containers, keeping an eye on humidity and light levels. It thrives in a bright, warm position in fertile, well-drained soil and requires little maintenance other than pinching out the tips to stimulate growth. Keep on the windowsill in pots or tubs, but out of scorching sunlight, or in hanging baskets in bright conditions. It can also be used effectively in borders as an “understory” plant.