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This is the feeling we got today with the news that Sprout Home Chicago is about to have a very nice video camera. Look out web.

new jack valentines day card....

Were thinking that these cute little Love pot ups should say what you mean.... Simple. These little guys are $25. If you show up for one, and it's sold, we can make you one up on the spot. Or if your really loving one of these, give us a call, and we will hold it for you. These are potted up in XS quadro planters, drainage, succulent soil, and topped with love sand. Wait, what is love sand?

Mikado Forest......Syngonanthus chrysanthus

Syngonanthus chrysanthus, also known as the Mikado Plant. Very Cool, Very hard to find. We have a nice stash of them for sures. This plant will thrive in bright but indirect light, it also loves humid surroundings. It is all about the Flowers with this plant - one creamy-gold, pin-head like flower borne at the tip of each stem. The flowers have a papery look to them. No scent is apparent. Because of its origin as a swamp plant, humidity should be kept high, at around 70% if possible. Keeping the plant in a tall, straight sided glass vase, or a deep bowl, and spraying it regularly with filtered water will help to keep the humidity level up. Water regularly, from the bottom of the pot rather than from above, and don’t allow the compost to dry out. The best place for it would probably be a bright, warm bathroom, unless you can provide its exact requirements elsewhere.

Flowers are cool, but don't sleep on how cool foliage is.

Asparagus Ferns, Watermelon Pepperomia, and Polka Dot Plants. Cools!

This is just the start..... Give Plant Gifts!

We are all about showing love, and Valentine's Day is a good time for that, even the single folks deserve a nice little gift right? Brooklyn is rocking the cut flowers, we will soon follow suit, but for now peep this. We are all about that gift that keeps on giving kind of vibe around here. So we pot up lots and lots and lots of Valentines Day gifts. We find that Succulents are sexy as hell. Other things will be potted up for sure, but were pretty proud of our succlulent pot ups. Paired up with cute planters, and usually topped of with pink or black shiny sand. We have started this process, and will have a few tables loaded up with ready to give plant gifts. We will add posts of single cuteness, but as of today, were we go. 20 or so more will be potted up by close tonight. You don't have to wait until the day before Valentines Day to reserve your gift, just stop in, we will hold it for you until your ready to give it to your love, your crush, your moms... or you can give that same ole dozen roses, your call.

Mr or Mrs. Gynura Sarmentosa....? I"m just calling you Purple Passion Plant.

If you would have asked me about the color purple, and the word passion, I would have had no reason to even think they should be in the same sentence. But after seeing you in that mid day hot yoga class last week I now know why purple passion makes sense. When I was a younger fella, I kinda had a 5 month stint of being into the Grateful Dead, and well... back during thoses days I would have told you that my favorite color was purple. I'm embarrassed to really admit that now, but see, I just want you to know that I'm so into your vibe. I could learn to love purple again, I know I love the way you wear it, so fuzzy, so velvet. So yeah, seeing you in that yoga class got me thinking that we might have something special. We did talk after class about being single, about how hard it is to find the right conditions to nurture growth. It must have been kind of weird for you to hear me talk about my apartment with such detail, the bright sunny light my spot gets, how I keep soil slightly moist, and how I keep my place warm, 70-75 degrees at least. I noticed you blushing, and now I know why.... that is the perfect environment for you to grow in. I don't mind that some people have called you a "creeping vine", I don't even know what that means, I just know I like you, I have a crush on you and you need to know it. No matter what the Brooklyn Sprout Home thinks about us together, I hope to make you mine (not in that creepola possesive way, naw... just be mine. Ah, that reminds me, so many people have been coming in asking about you, asking if we have you for valentines day. We do, We have you plenty. I do find your latin name a bit annoying, only because it is hard for me to say, I mean, who goes by Gynura Sarmentosa? That said, I would call you that if you wanted me to, but for now I have to just call you Purple Passion Plant. You are so damn pretty, though your flowers are kinda wack. The last time I saw a plant with purple hairs, it was in my older brothers issues of high times. Please don't think of me as being to forward, I just think your cool. I know your easy to deal with, and well.... let it grow right?

Come get your tropic on.