ZZ Plant
Zamioculcas zamiifolia
Glossy, architectural, and almost aggressively hard to kill — it grows from a potato-like rhizome that hoards water for you.
Light
Low lightNorth-facing, a few steps from a window
Water
SipsEvery 2–3 weeks
Care
UnkillableForgives a missed watering
Pets
Keep away from pets
We hold plants for three days — pop in, meet it first, take it home if it clicks.
Living with it
The ZZ keeps a secret underground: a rhizome that looks like a potato and stores weeks of water. That’s why it forgives neglect that would flatten most plants.
Those leaves are so glossy people assume they’re fake. Give it low-to-medium light, water only when the pot is bone dry, and it will slowly arch out new stems that unfurl a bright spring-green before darkening. Slow, but genuinely unbothered.
