Horticultural homicide - it happens to the best of us... and you know you've hit rock bottom when you kill a cactus. So what to do? Well leave the real plants outside where they belong, (let mother-nature take responsibility for their welfare), and get a Flip Flap.

We all like indoor plants - it's good to have a little bit of vegetation to keep the place looking bright and cheerful. The problem is that they have a horrible tendency to die of neglect... which leaves you feeling guilty.

Did you really forget to water that tender little sapling for more than a month until it shrivelled up and withered away? Did you actually think that over-watering the daisies was going to make up for it... and then when the poor little things were half drowned did you honestly leave them on that drafty windowsill to catch their death of cold?

These funky solar powered plants won't die of neglect even if you go away on sabbatical for six months and leave them completely unsupervised. They're happy to flip flap, gently back and forth, with no assistance or interference from anyone. They won't drop leaves all over your carpet in the autumn, they won't fade to a funny shade in the winter and if you turn them off, they won't complain and refuse to start flapping again when you flick the switch back to 'on'. All in all they're very independent and robust little houseplants that want nothing more than a small space to call their own. In return they'll provide you with that Zen like quality that a house without plants is sorely lacking. Neat!