Green plants? Pink borders!

Love the colour combination of green and pink? You don't have to paint your walls pink to get in on the trend. Create a dreamy, playful effect by combining the colours in one pot. For example, place a larger green houseplant in a spacious plant pot and create a lush pink border underneath. You can paint the pot pink to accentuate the color contrast. In the photo you can see that we painted wooden slats pink, and then glued them around an existing pot.

Hypoested and Fittonia

Hypoestes and Fittonia are two elegant plants with striking designs, which are perfectly suited to create a pink border and fill you life with a little more 'la vie en rose'. The plants look similar, but can be distinguished by their veins. Hypoestes have green veins, whereas Fittonia has white or pink veins. Fittonia has almost symmetrical veins, and is also called a mosaic plant. Hypoestes is characterized by spots that are also compared to freckles and is therefore also known by the name "freckle face".

Companion planting

When choosing a plant, take their companion planting into account: what goes well together and what doesn't? Consider, for example, the light requirements and water of plants nearby to each other. We combined fittonia and tradescantia fluminensis with a ficus lyrata, as these plants all need indirect light and moist soil. Since indirect light is best, it's preferable to use plants with large leaves (such as this ficus, a climbing fig or Philodendron), so that the border plants are in the shade of the leaves. If you prefer Hypoestes, keep in mind that this plant needs a lot of light, because like freckles, the plant's spots intensify as the plant gets more light. Then, you can choose a plant that doesn't provide too much shade, such as Bromeliad or Anthurium.

What do your combinations of green and pink look like? We want to know!