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Piggyback Plant (Tolmiea menziesii) gets its name from the little leaflets that “piggyback” at the base of each bigger leaf. It’ll look fantastic either outside in your garden or as a hanging plant indoors. The flowers are an unusual chocolate purple color. You’ll see it in the wild in expansive pine forests where the soil is moist. You also see it beside rushing streams.

Piggyback plant 'Taff's Gold' is a Piggyback plant cultivar with leaves that are variegated with gold. The parent plant and other varieties have simply green foliage or are variegated with shades of white and cream. The name not only refers to the gold leaves but also to Stephen Taffler, who discovered the plant.

Piggyback plant is a resilient herbaceous perennial with broad, hairy leaves that form a lush green rosette. Unique for bearing plantlets on its leaf margins, a trait that facilitates its spread in the moist, shaded habitats it prefers, piggyback plant displays an unusual form of vegetative reproduction. Its subtle, nodding flowers nod remain rather inconspicuous compared to its verdant foliage.