Unlike a traditional bouquet, these adorable houseplants with heart-shaped leaves will keep on growingjust like your affection.

A bouquet of fresh flowers is pretty, but those blooms will soon wither away.

Instead of a one-and-done cut flower arrangement to express your affections, considergiving your loved one a plantwithheart-shaped leaves.

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With a little care, the following houseplants will become a year-round reminder of your love.

To sweeten the deal even more, the plant’s pretty green-and-silver leaves are shaped like hearts.

Cyclamen likes plenty ofbright, indirect lightand a little water whenever the top inch of soil gets dry.

Cyclamen

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Most will stay on the small side, but cyclamen can eventually grow to just over a foot tall.

Otherwise, keep it in bright, indirect light and keep the soil moist.

Heart ferns usually stay under a foot tall, with each leaf growing about 2-3 inches long.

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it’s possible for you to also find varieties with pink, white, and even purple flowers.

Heart Fern

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close up of flower on anthurium plant

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philodendron on bookshelf

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