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Anyone can grow a happy, healthy indoor plant
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any situation where a hanging houseplant is needed, like on the top of a bookcase or to fill in the space on top of cabinets, the answer is the drought-resistant pathos plant. Glossy, heartshaped leaves sprout from the long dangling stems and even in warm homes with dry, indoor air this houseplant will carry on without complaint. The variegated form has attractive cream and yellow markings on the leaves and pathos can also be trained to grow upright on a piece of bark or other support. Growing tip: Do not overwater this plant. Check at the soil line for rotting of the stem and do not buy plants that have been overwatered. You can tell by checking for brown or black markings on the stem near the soil line. More tough survivors for your indoor jungle: ivy, ferns, philodendron and palms are other indoor plants that adjust and thrive even for people who claim they can’t grow anything. The easiest way to murder a houseplant is to overwater. Poor drainage will also rot the roots so always make sure your containers have
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every barber shop. The leaves start at the base of the plant so it never looks “leggy” and they sprout as long, arching and leathery green. Some varieties now come with yellow or white variegation on the foliage and this splash of color can really light up a dark corner. Inexpensive and easy to find, even at big box stores, it is time we return to the splendor of the Victorian age – when every parlor proudly displayed a potted plant – most often the hard-to-kill Aspidistra. Here’s a growing tip: for maximum leaf color do not overfeed this houseplant and to keep the leaves from burning keep it away from bright, sunny windows – unless you have a barber shop with an awning out front. Dracaena: This is a large family of survivors that all make great indoor plants. The Hawaiian Ti plant is a dracaena as is the highly variegated dumb cane. (Note to pet owners: dumb cane earned its name because chewing on the
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The second week of January is prime time for indoor gardening. If you’ve watched houseplants wither and die, you aren’t growing the right house plants. Every home and every office can host a living plant no matter how cold, warm, dark or otherwise inhospitable the space may seem. Nature finds a way to support life. Here are three indoor plants that will thrive in low light, dry air and forgive you when you forget to water. Give them a try and you’ll enjoy the benefits of living or working around living plant material that will take in the carbon dioxide that we give off as humans and turn it into the oxygen that we need to breathe easy. When you think about it, helping us breathe is a pretty good job for a plant – no matter how long it happens to live. Cast Iron plant (Aspidistra elatior): Never has there been a houseplant with a more appropriate common name. In the South, this houseplant is also called “the barber shop plant” because it seems to be the indoor mascot of