Ctenanthe Oppenheimiana

Ctenanthe Oppenheimiana is also known as the Never Never Plant. She’s a striped grey and grey-green non-toxic foliage plant with so much character you’ll want to fill your house like a jungle.

Check out her silvery leaves with mid-green regular stripes that look painted on. You don’t need flowers when foliage rocks like this.

Oppenheimiana is an easy grower that enjoys the shade. Pop one on your office desk, bathroom window sill, coffee table, fireplace, dining table, kids’ rooms – she loves it anywhere she can hide from direct light.

Outside, Oppenheimiana creates excellent ground cover in shady gardens that are sheltered from the blazing sun – such as mass planted under trees.

Ctenanthe don’t like to be flooded out, so hold off watering Grey Star until the soil is dry on top. Learn how to care for your indoor plants via our blog ‘The quick start guide: Indoor plants’.

Oh, and in case you were wondering its pronounced tee-NANTH-ee. You’re welcome.

Quick Facts:

• What to use me for: I enjoy every room in your house and rock ground cover in a shady garden
• I grow to: I’ll reach 50cms by 50cms
• Where to place me: I live a shady life, no direct sun please
• How far to space me:  Give me 30-50cms of elbow room
• Soil Conditions: I like to dry out a bit before you water me, and need well-drained soil

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