Nine weird and wonderful plants to add interest to your home 

Show someone you care this Valentine's with houseplants that snap shut or fold their leaves at night as though sleeping
Nine weird and wonderful plants to add interest to your home 

A venus fly trap.

Houseplants aren’t there just to look at. If you’re careful with your choices, you can see them move, emit scent when you brush your hands over them and even snap shut if prey lands on their leaves.

Houseplant lovers have captured the movement of many of the moving plants in timelapse videos, and not all of them are just moving towards the light.

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