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title: "Coco is my new baby, she was a gift from a friend 💕 any tips for…"
description: "Coco is my new baby, she was a gift from a friend 💕 any tips for her? 🤗"
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# Coco is my new baby, she was a gift from a friend 💕 any tips for…

_Posted by Val on 2024-08-28_

Coco is my new baby, she was a gift from a friend 💕 any tips for her? 🤗

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## 13 comments

### Aly commented on 2024-08-28

She’s beautiful!!!!!

#### Val replied on 2024-08-28

She truly is 💕

### Green Witch commented on 2024-08-28

I was told they like shade but later found that they like sun

### c.cat commented on 2024-08-28

treat them like a succulant - give as much indirect light as possible, and water only once soil is completely dry. ZZs have rhyzomes that look like potatoes that store water, so overwatering will cause it to rot. they can survive in lower light, but theyll do much better if you err on the side of brighter light.  
good luck!

### eatyacarbs commented on 2024-08-28

these actually want the brightest light you can give them.

they’re native to extremely dry climates — dry air, dry soil — and want to be neglected to rely on their rhizomes. i water mine only once a month in the summer, even less in the winter.

don’t pot it in anything you love — the rhizomes can actually bust a pot lol

#### New Plant Mama T replied on 2024-08-29

Glad I read the comments. My Buttercup Zz is doing well but I know not to over water.

### Ray commented on 2024-08-29

OMG my zz’s are put to shame next to these beauties!!!!!

### Heather commented on 2024-08-29

Give her light and ignore her and she will love you! 😂

Follow the advice already given. They like it sunny and definitely grow better in bright light but will grow in not so sunny spaces as well. I’ve got three around my house each with different light levels and even in the room that gets no direct light at all and sits 6 feet from the window it still pushes up new stalks.

### DanishGramma commented on 2024-08-29

I know when to water mine by how much the stems have sagged! 😁

### John H. commented on 2024-08-29

Ohhhh it looks happy in your passenger seat lol

### Brit commented on 2024-08-29

Bright light and let it dry out completely!!! She’ll be wonderful for you 😊

### New Plant Mama T commented on 2024-08-29

Zz plant are the easiest. They like shade and you don’t have to water them often

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