Java junkies, meet your new green friend! Coffea arabica is an attractive evergreen indoor with large glossy, dark green elliptic leaves growing in opposite pairs along narrow stems. The lush leaves are not only beautiful to look at, but they also help to purify the air, making the coffee plant a natural and functional addition to your decor.
While Arabica might fuel the world's caffeine addiction, we say this bushy beauty is even better admired for its glossy green foliage than as a grande extra-hot soy vanilla latte with whipped cream and chocolate sprinkles.
Horty Hints
Arabica coffee beans are grown in high-altitude locations where there is high humidity, mild temperatures and plenty of diffused sunlight. Conservatories, kitchens and cafes with bright light and high humidity are ideal.
Time for a trim! Control the height of your plant and create bushy growth by pruning at a 45-degree angle just above a leaf joint in the spring.
Blooms and beans. Under ideal conditions mature coffee plants bloom white flowers which eventually become coffee cherries. Coffea Arabica should primarily be enjoyed for its glossy evergreen leaves though, as fruiting is very difficult to achieve at home.