This is one of my favorite plants. I purchased this lovely plant at Bachman's Floral, Home & Garden Store in Minneapolis. With recommendations from Jordan, I purchased this plant with 5 new stems that will grow up! When we got home, we re-potted the ZZ plant and it seems happy in it's new pot!

Lately, my apartment temperature has been up and down (from 55 degrees to 75 degrees) during the day. My ZZ plant hasn't seemed to mind but my other plants are not too happy. I think I may have to check my plants into Jordan's plant hotel. At least until the weather warms up or until my apartment's temperature is steady.

I get excited each time I see a ZZ plant in stores. I exclaim to Jordan, "There's another ZZ plant!" Secretly, I always think, my ZZ plants looks better !! Go out and buy a ZZ plant, you'll be happy you did!

(My IKEA "ZZ" plant)
I currently own two "ZZ" Plants (Zamioculcas Zamiifolia), both of which I purchased about four months ago. I purchased one at a local plant nursery since it was the lowest price I had seen for a ZZ plant, but not too long after this I found a very beautiful and dark green ZZ plant at IKEA for five dollars and just had to have one.


(The new leaves unfolding...very cool.)
The IKEA ZZ plant at home did not appear to be changing much for the first month that I owned it, but in following couple of months it started to take off. There are now several new shoots starting to grow and the plant is growing so quickly that I will soon need to move it to a new and larger pot.


(The "uglier" ZZ plant from a local nursery...)
The plant from the nursery has been growing at my office at work and it looks decent, but it hasn't really changed much since I purchased it and the leaves aren't the same beautiful dark forest green as the other plant, they a much lighter shade of green as you can tell from the picture.

I wish I had purchased more plants from IKEA when I had the chance because in subsequent visits to the stores they have not had any for sale. Hopefully I will be able to find another one in the future.

The ZZ plant is by far one of the easiest houseplants that I have and it is a splendid plant with it's bright and shiny leaves.

Photo Credits: Me