The Chinese Evergreen – Aglaonema commutatum (Aglaonema)

An Asian native that locals consider lucky is among the easiest to grow houseplants

When I grew up as a gardener in the seventies and eighties, I remember seeing only a few Aglaonema varieties, the ones in green and cream or green and silver.

In recent times, the horticulture trade has introduced hundreds of Aglaonema cultivars, with those having pink and red in their leaves becoming quite common. We bought the 'lipstick' variety at …