Indoors
Nerve plant
Fittonia albivenis
- Cat: not toxic
- Dog: not toxic
- Light: half shade
About the plant
The nerve plant comes from the rainforests of South America, mostly Peru. It has small leaves with a net of white or pink veins. When it runs out of water it collapses dramatically, and within hours of watering it is back.
Nerve plant and pets
- Cat
- not toxic
- Dog
- not toxic
Care
- Watering
- about every 3 days in summer (April to September), every 6 in winter
- Light
- half shade
- Air humidity
- high
- Temperature
- 18–27 °C
- Feeding
- April to September, every 4 weeks
- Repotting
- every 2 years, in spring
- Grown
- in a pot
Too dry, it lies flat; watered, it stands up again within an hour. It likes humid air.
This is a rough guide for a flat in Poland. In flowers every plant also has its own watering interval, which learns from how the soil was.