I planted this glass terrarium especially for the readers of October 2018 edition of Vantage Point Magazine. This is a simple glass globe, planted with some attractive, but easy to find terrarium plants. You can see all of the plants that I used for this terrarium, in the planting list below. If you’re interested in any of these plants, click on an individual plant page for more information, where you’ll also find links to every article I have written for pumpkinbeth.com that mentions that particular plant. Scroll down to the bottom of this list for details of all of the suppliers where I purchased the plants for this terrarium. Here’s a link to my step-by-step guide, showing how I planted this terrarium.
| Fittonia albivenis ‘Mosaic White’ is often known by the plant’s common name of the nerve plant – this name references the leaves of this tender plant’s white veining, which stands out against the lovely green of this plant’s leaf. Fittonia albivenis ‘Mosaic White’ is an attractive,… |
| Fittonia albivenis ‘Skeleton’ is often referred to as the nerve plant, due to the disinctive nerve like veining that this plant’s leaves display. Fittonia albivenis ‘Skeleton’ requires low to medium light levels, high humidity, and a moist, but well drained peat-free compost or growing medium… |
| Hemionitis arifolia is a particularly gorgeous species of miniature fern. This small, but magnificent fern produces deep green, glossy, heart shaped fronds, which are held on very dark coloured, thin, wiry stems. This really is such a good looking fern! Hemionitis arifolia flourishes when it’s grown in… |
| Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Marisa’ is a fabulous little fern, which makes a great terrarium, bottle garden, or vivarium plant. Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Marisa’ can also be grown as a beautiful container plant, or planted in a hanging basket, just take care to ensure that you grow this diminutive… |
| Pilea involucrata ‘Moon Valley’ is a super terrarium, vivarium, or bottle garden plant that thrives in very humid, partially shaded conditions. Pilea involucrata ‘Moon Valley’ is an upright growing, bushy plant, which features characteristically blistered leaves that almost resemble the surface of the moon. This… |
| Pilea involucrata ‘Norfolk’ is an easy to grow terrarium, vivarium, or bottle garden plant that requires little care to succeed. Pilea involucrata ‘Norfolk’ is quite a remarkable looking plant, each leaf looks as if it has been knitted! This dark leaved plant has a striking appearance.… |
| Pilea libanensis is a very pretty terrarium, vivarium, bottle garden or houseplant, which is also known by the common names of grey baby tears, or grey angel tears, I am sure that this plant has a great many other common names too! Pilea libanensis is often… |
I purchased the plants for my Glass Globe Terrarium from these nurseries:
The following plants were purchased from Araflora:
- Pilea libanensis
The following plants were purchased from Perfect Plants:
- Fittonia albivenis ‘Mosaic White’
- Fittonia albivenis ‘Skeleton’
I purchased the following plants from Rainforestvivs, now The Rich Rainforest:
- Hemionitis arifolia
- Nephrolepis exaltata ‘Marisa’
- Pilea involucrata ‘Moon Valley’
- Pilea involucrata ‘Norfolk’
Other articles that may interest you……………..
To see my step-by-step guide on how I planted up this glass terrarium, please click here.
To see a list of mini miniature orchids to grow in terrariums and bottle gardens, please click here.
To see a planting list for terrariums and bottle gardens that features ferns and terrarium plants, please click here.
To see a much longer planting list of terrarium plants, that includes ferns, orchids, and other terrarium plants, please click here.
To see the step-by-step process of how my Orchidarium was created, please click here.
