Those of us in the horticulture and floriculture business cringe when we hear someone say they cannot keep houseplants alive.

Those of us in the horticulture and floriculture business cringe when we hear someone say they cannot keep houseplants alive.

My response to those naysayers is usually, “If you can keep lettuce in the fridge, you can keep tropical plants on the windowsill.”

If you are new to tropical plants, or want to be, I recommend starting small. Rather than spending big dollars on mature plants, try your hand on a few smaller plants.

Picking up a plant on impulse at the grocery or box store won’t cut it either, because you will easily forget to tend to a single plant.

I recommend a small investment of five or six plants in pots that are four or five........

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