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ZZ Plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Glossy, upright, and close to indestructible. Our standard recommendation for offices.
JD 27.50
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ZZ Plant
JD 27.50
Care
- Light
- Low light
- Water
- Rarely
- Humidity
- Low
- Care level
- Beginner friendly
- Pets
- Keep away from pets
- Placement
- Indoor
Specimen
- Botanical name
- Zamioculcas zamiifolia
- Origin
- Eastern Africa
- Height
- 40–65 cm
- Pot diameter
- 19 cm
- SKU
- ZP-ZZ-003
The story
The ZZ plant stores water in potato-like rhizomes below the surface, which is the whole reason it tolerates conditions that finish other plants: low light, dry air, and a fortnight with nobody in the building. The leaves have a waxy sheen that reads as deliberate rather than merely healthy.
Growth is slow and comes in flushes — a set of new stems appears, hardens off, and then nothing happens for months. That is normal, not a problem. It is the plant we put in reception areas because it still looks composed in November.
How to care for it
Low to bright indirect light; it will not tolerate direct summer sun through glass. Water every 3–4 weeks in summer, roughly every 6–8 in winter, always letting the substrate dry fully first. If the stems start to yellow at the base, you are watering too often.
Common questions
Are your plants grown locally or imported?
Our plants are grown on and acclimatised locally before they are sold, which is the step that prevents the leaf drop people often see after buying a plant that has just been shipped. Where a specimen was originally sourced from abroad we will tell you if you ask.
What soil do you use?
The same mix for every plant we pot: coco peat for moisture retention, perlite and volcanic rock for air pockets and drainage, and composted bark for structure. The success of a plant starts from the correct substrate — it is the most common reason indoor plants fail. We sell the same mix if you want to repot yourself.
Which of your plants are safe for cats and dogs?
Kentia palm, Calathea orbifolia, Echeveria and Boston fern are not known to be toxic. Monstera, pothos, philodendron, ZZ plant, snake plant, peace lily, and the ficus species are toxic if chewed. Every product page states this explicitly, and where the evidence is genuinely unclear we mark it as unconfirmed rather than guessing.
