Imagine how different your living room would look if it were someone else’s job to keep the houseplants alive.
Photography by Molly Decoudreaux courtesy of The Plant Library.
“We deliver plants throughout California and then we go in once a month to check on everything,” says Rhiannon Smith, The Plant Library’s production coordinator.
Depending on how many plants you want, the rental cost can range from $45 (for a tabletop arrangement of from three to five small potted plants) to $1,000 (for a series of trees and flora that will fill a 10-foot span).
For rent (from L) are cacti Mammillaria mystax and Mammillaria hahniana.
Rental plants fall into three categories: desert, native, and evergreen.
For rent are Echeveria Blue Sky Succulent, Pencil Cactus, Crested Cereus and (on the white stand) Senecio ‘Fish Hooks’.
The Plant Library will deliver plants by truck to locations throughout California.
Succulents for rent include Aloe Arborescens (on the floor) and on the bench (at L) Senecio ‘Fish Hooks’ and (at R) Aeschynanthus.
On the bench (at L) is Darallia Fejeensis (rabbit’s foot fern) and next to it is Aphelandra Squarrosa.
Aphelandra Squarrosa has zebra stripes.
Three colors of pots are available: white, terra cotta, gray.