5 questions to ask yourself before growing an indoor water garden


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  • Living
  • Sunday, 23 May 2021

No soil and no pot; water gardens are all about water and roots. Photo: AFP

What if you took a different approach to growing your houseplants? Creating a water garden is an easy technique to implement. It doesn't require soil or a pot, just water and roots.

While the trend for decking out our interiors with granny plants, terrariums and dried flowers is still going strong, some green thumbs are incorporating a new style of green decor into their homes: water propagation. Behind this term hides a very simple technique: that of growing plants directly in a jar with water. And nothing else.

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