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"Yeah I know, sexy eh. What kind of houseplants would you suggest for a sunny living room? . Big and small please "
Yucca tress grow as small or large as you like. We have one over 12ft tall in our stairwell. They're easy to grow, need virtually no attention and look great illuminated with led lights.
Weeping fig is great and leafy but doesn't like drafts.
Aloe vera makes a nice house plant and is easy to grow plus you can use the leaves to provide aloe gel.
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"A couple spring to mind, for the big one an Erectus Superensi and for the small one a dictus worthlessius
To be fair i have no idea about plants, as you may have guessed sorry !"
I asked the guy in the garden centre about these, he said they don't have any in stock at the moment but if I go after they've closed tomorrow he'll show me his personal collection  |
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"Yeah I know, sexy eh. What kind of houseplants would you suggest for a sunny living room? . Big and small please
Yucca tress grow as small or large as you like. We have one over 12ft tall in our stairwell. They're easy to grow, need virtually no attention and look great illuminated with led lights.
Weeping fig is great and leafy but doesn't like drafts.
Aloe vera makes a nice house plant and is easy to grow plus you can use the leaves to provide aloe gel.
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I have a yucca and an aloe. I'd like a display in one corner of green plants of varying heights. Weeping fig sounds like it would fit that description.  |
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"Dracaena are nice, and I like calathea, but they need regular spraying. "
I had a dracaena but it developed a kind of white mould and I eventually had to get rid of it. It's made me a bit wary and wonder if my living room is the wrong climate for it.
Calathea look as if they'd add a bit of interest in terms terms of leaf shape and colour |
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"I'm jealous that you have a sunny living room.
The hyacinths I bought for my window cill are craning their necks for a sniff of sunlight  "
I have the same problem, my house faces the wrong way to let the bloody light in. I wouldn't mind too much but I've windows at the front and back of the room and they both do fuck all |
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"Venus Fly Trap 
Don't laugh, I am considering one of them  "
I wasn't sure if you'd take my suggestion serious or not.
But they are great for unwanted guests.
I fact checked this watching Little Shop of Horrors |
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"I'm jealous that you have a sunny living room.
The hyacinths I bought for my window cill are craning their necks for a sniff of sunlight
I have the same problem, my house faces the wrong way to let the bloody light in. I wouldn't mind too much but I've windows at the front and back of the room and they both do fuck all "
Does it face east and west? |
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"Venus Fly Trap
Don't laugh, I am considering one of them
I wasn't sure if you'd take my suggestion serious or not.
But they are great for unwanted guests.
I fact checked this watching Little Shop of Horrors "
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over a year ago
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My house is like a jungle it’s full of plants lol. I’ve got tall yuccas, Avocado plant, dragon tree, parlour palms and on my windowsill some aloe veras I’m trying to grow into giant ones a peace Lilly and a small weeping fig  I love plants |
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"Venus Fly Trap
Don't laugh, I am considering one of them
I wasn't sure if you'd take my suggestion serious or not.
But they are great for unwanted guests.
I fact checked this watching Little Shop of Horrors "
I'm definitely getting one then  .
I did take it seriously |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids"
I have 15 on my sun porch. When they sprout new growth, I gift them to friends. |
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"My house is like a jungle it’s full of plants lol. I’ve got tall yuccas, Avocado plant, dragon tree, parlour palms and on my windowsill some aloe veras I’m trying to grow into giant ones a peace Lilly and a small weeping fig I love plants "
I love plants too but I'm more an outside gardener. |
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"My house is like a jungle it’s full of plants lol. I’ve got tall yuccas, Avocado plant, dragon tree, parlour palms and on my windowsill some aloe veras I’m trying to grow into giant ones a peace Lilly and a small weeping fig I love plants "
I'm super jelly!
Not in a bitch jealous way, in an omg you arse but I'm still happy for you jelly way  |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids
I have 15 on my sun porch. When they sprout new growth, I gift them to friends."
Lucky friends |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids"
I saw today in the garden centre that they have separate soils and foods for orchids
p.s. garden centres are a great drainer of wallets. We only went in for a plant pot - we came out with 3 pots, a new plant, some canes, a bathroom air freshener, a car air freshener and a bar of chocolate |
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Money plants last forever as long as you don’t give them much water. I also have some hyacinths that’s are just coming into flower and a huge purple sprig of orchids, which also just mist not water in winter.
I buy most of my houseplants in Lidl and keep them on windowsills that my pets can’t reach as they all like to nibble. |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids
I saw today in the garden centre that they have separate soils and foods for orchids
p.s. garden centres are a great drainer of wallets. We only went in for a plant pot - we came out with 3 pots, a new plant, some canes, a bathroom air freshener, a car air freshener and a bar of chocolate "
Your garden centre stops sound like mine.  |
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"Dracaena are nice, and I like calathea, but they need regular spraying.
I had a dracaena but it developed a kind of white mould and I eventually had to get rid of it. It's made me a bit wary and wonder if my living room is the wrong climate for it.
Calathea look as if they'd add a bit of interest in terms terms of leaf shape and colour"
They are beautiful, and they move around during the day. They just need regular spraying to stop the leaves curling up and dying around the edges. |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids
I saw today in the garden centre that they have separate soils and foods for orchids
p.s. garden centres are a great drainer of wallets. We only went in for a plant pot - we came out with 3 pots, a new plant, some canes, a bathroom air freshener, a car air freshener and a bar of chocolate "
Yes they do. I had an orchid years ago and had a special orchid food for it.
Garden centres basically sell everything |
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"Money plants last forever as long as you don’t give them much water. I also have some hyacinths that’s are just coming into flower and a huge purple sprig of orchids, which also just mist not water in winter.
I buy most of my houseplants in Lidl and keep them on windowsills that my pets can’t reach as they all like to nibble."
I'm looking at the B and Q web site at their house plants. |
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"Dracaena are nice, and I like calathea, but they need regular spraying.
I had a dracaena but it developed a kind of white mould and I eventually had to get rid of it. It's made me a bit wary and wonder if my living room is the wrong climate for it.
Calathea look as if they'd add a bit of interest in terms terms of leaf shape and colour
They are beautiful, and they move around during the day. They just need regular spraying to stop the leaves curling up and dying around the edges."
I'd spray them at the same time as I spray my tortoise in his viv, no problem there |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids
I saw today in the garden centre that they have separate soils and foods for orchids
p.s. garden centres are a great drainer of wallets. We only went in for a plant pot - we came out with 3 pots, a new plant, some canes, a bathroom air freshener, a car air freshener and a bar of chocolate
Yes they do. I had an orchid years ago and had a special orchid food for it.
Garden centres basically sell everything "
This one had a frozen food section |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"I'm jealous that you have a sunny living room.
The hyacinths I bought for my window cill are craning their necks for a sniff of sunlight
Poor things, get they smell gorgeous though."
I haven't sniffed them yet, they've just started blooming.
I got them from Lidl and they aren't the best specimens I've seen.
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"My house is like a jungle it’s full of plants lol. I’ve got tall yuccas, Avocado plant, dragon tree, parlour palms and on my windowsill some aloe veras I’m trying to grow into giant ones a peace Lilly and a small weeping fig I love plants
I'm super jelly!
Not in a bitch jealous way, in an omg you arse but I'm still happy for you jelly way "
Well most were like 50p in the reduced section just needed a drink of water that’s all still going after a few years |
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"I have three orchids on a side table in front of a window. They last quite a while if you spray them every other day and no direct sun.
I do like orchids
I saw today in the garden centre that they have separate soils and foods for orchids
p.s. garden centres are a great drainer of wallets. We only went in for a plant pot - we came out with 3 pots, a new plant, some canes, a bathroom air freshener, a car air freshener and a bar of chocolate
Yes they do. I had an orchid years ago and had a special orchid food for it.
Garden centres basically sell everything
This one had a frozen food section "
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"I'm jealous that you have a sunny living room.
The hyacinths I bought for my window cill are craning their necks for a sniff of sunlight
Poor things, get they smell gorgeous though.
I haven't sniffed them yet, they've just started blooming.
I got them from Lidl and they aren't the best specimens I've seen.
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You won't need to sniff them when they do bloom they smell lovely! |
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over a year ago
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I've got a dragon tree in my office room upstairs - looks really nice and easy to maintain.
I has a venue fly trap last year and it was stupidly temperamental... slightly too much or little water / heat / air and it started to curl up and die! |
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If anyone didnt suggest yet. Succulents are beautiful and need little maintenance, the hanging ones are specially decorative, string of Pearl's is my favourite and don't forget some aloe vera and sanseveria or snake plants as air purifiers |
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"Money plants last forever as long as you don’t give them much water. I also have some hyacinths that’s are just coming into flower and a huge purple sprig of orchids, which also just mist not water in winter.
I buy most of my houseplants in Lidl and keep them on windowsills that my pets can’t reach as they all like to nibble.
I'm looking at the B and Q web site at their house plants."
From my experience plants from B and Q are great if they have just arrived in store, otherwise they are often neglected and die from lack of care. |
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"I've got a dragon tree in my office room upstairs - looks really nice and easy to maintain.
I has a venue fly trap last year and it was stupidly temperamental... slightly too much or little water / heat / air and it started to curl up and die!"
I had an insect eating plant in my greenhouse for ages which met an untimely end. |
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"If anyone didnt suggest yet. Succulents are beautiful and need little maintenance, the hanging ones are specially decorative, string of Pearl's is my favourite and don't forget some aloe vera and sanseveria or snake plants as air purifiers "
Noting all of these |
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"Money plants last forever as long as you don’t give them much water. I also have some hyacinths that’s are just coming into flower and a huge purple sprig of orchids, which also just mist not water in winter.
I buy most of my houseplants in Lidl and keep them on windowsills that my pets can’t reach as they all like to nibble.
I'm looking at the B and Q web site at their house plants.
From my experience plants from B and Q are great if they have just arrived in store, otherwise they are often neglected and die from lack of care."
Yes that's the same with plants from Aldi Lidl |
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By *inaTitzTV/TS
over a year ago
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None.
I received a plant for Christmas. I began the day without a care in the world. No responsibilities at all. Come dinner time, I'd suddenly become the Guardian of a plant, with the responsibility of looking after it. I'd have been happier with a book token. |
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous "
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them. |
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"Yeah I know, sexy eh. What kind of houseplants would you suggest for a sunny living room? . Big and small please
Yucca tress grow as small or large as you like. We have one over 12ft tall in our stairwell. They're easy to grow, need virtually no attention and look great illuminated with led lights.
Weeping fig is great and leafy but doesn't like drafts.
Aloe vera makes a nice house plant and is easy to grow plus you can use the leaves to provide aloe gel.
I have a yucca and an aloe. I'd like a display in one corner of green plants of varying heights. Weeping fig sounds like it would fit that description. "
Weeping figs are a nightmare to keep! I have quite green fingers, but they never last for me.
I have a giant umbrella plant - almost 6ft tall now. X |
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them. "
Lilies are lethal - do not let fallen petals or stamens get into cat territory. Cut flowers can also be dangerous to pets. |
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them.
Lilies are lethal - do not let fallen petals or stamens get into cat territory. Cut flowers can also be dangerous to pets."
Ohhh I really didn't know this! |
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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago
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"None.
I received a plant for Christmas. I began the day without a care in the world. No responsibilities at all. Come dinner time, I'd suddenly become the Guardian of a plant, with the responsibility of looking after it. I'd have been happier with a book token. "
People should think twice before gifting plants.
My daughter can't keep a cactus alive. |
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them. "
Don't worry, LornaJo. I've always had cats and my fave flowers are lilies. They don't go near them. It's like they innately know not to eat them.
Yuccas and dragon trees, on the other hand, are like catnip. They destroy them! X |
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them.
Don't worry, LornaJo. I've always had cats and my fave flowers are lilies. They don't go near them. It's like they innately know not to eat them.
Yuccas and dragon trees, on the other hand, are like catnip. They destroy them! X"
I feel like a very irresponsible part time cat owner now
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By *asilForty77Man
over a year ago
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Cactus. In a list of the best plants that can absorb radiation, cactus emerged as one of the best in absorbing EMF radiation. ...
Snake Plant. ...
Stone Lotus Flower. ...
Aloe Vera. ...
Asparagus Fern. ...
Mustard Greens.
Spider plants.
If you want to be very adventurous may I suggest
Peyote a sacred plant that's really good for travelling the astral plane |
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"None.
I received a plant for Christmas. I began the day without a care in the world. No responsibilities at all. Come dinner time, I'd suddenly become the Guardian of a plant, with the responsibility of looking after it. I'd have been happier with a book token. "
Regifting is the way forward
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"Yeah I know, sexy eh. What kind of houseplants would you suggest for a sunny living room? . Big and small please
Yucca tress grow as small or large as you like. We have one over 12ft tall in our stairwell. They're easy to grow, need virtually no attention and look great illuminated with led lights.
Weeping fig is great and leafy but doesn't like drafts.
Aloe vera makes a nice house plant and is easy to grow plus you can use the leaves to provide aloe gel.
I have a yucca and an aloe. I'd like a display in one corner of green plants of varying heights. Weeping fig sounds like it would fit that description.
Weeping figs are a nightmare to keep! I have quite green fingers, but they never last for me.
I have a giant umbrella plant - almost 6ft tall now. X"
I had an umbrella plant once. That would look nice in a group, the leaves are quite dark green aren't they or sometimes variegated? |
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"Cactus. In a list of the best plants that can absorb radiation, cactus emerged as one of the best in absorbing EMF radiation. ...
Snake Plant. ...
Stone Lotus Flower. ...
Aloe Vera. ...
Asparagus Fern. ...
Mustard Greens.
Spider plants.
If you want to be very adventurous may I suggest
Peyote a sacred plant that's really good for travelling the astral plane "
I've got aloe and spider plants. I don't know anything about peyote |
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By *indergirlWoman
over a year ago
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"I can't wait to get into my new place and start getting it full of plants and stuff
Exciting isn't it "
The place I'm in now is perfect for it, deep window sills and the furniture layout leaves a big corner for something but I don't want to be lugging it to the new place not know if I'll have room |
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"I can't wait to get into my new place and start getting it full of plants and stuff
Exciting isn't it
The place I'm in now is perfect for it, deep window sills and the furniture layout leaves a big corner for something but I don't want to be lugging it to the new place not know if I'll have room "
No, you don't. We moved to a smaller place 5 years ago and even though we threw loads of stuff out beforehand we had to chuck out eve more when we got here |
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"Lorna, check out the Cat's Protection League article entitled: "What plants are poisonous to cats? Find out more about toxic plants and flowers in our expert guide."
Might be handy  "
Thanks lovely. X |
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them.
Don't worry, LornaJo. I've always had cats and my fave flowers are lilies. They don't go near them. It's like they innately know not to eat them.
Yuccas and dragon trees, on the other hand, are like catnip. They destroy them! X"
Friend's little cat ate the stamen from the inside of lillies from a bunch of flowers and died, so it does happen.
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"If you've got pets just be careful as some common houseplants can be poisonous
Ohh I did not know that! I want to get some plants but I don't wanna kill the cat.
She does love cut flowers though, she nuzzles them and trys to eat them.
Don't worry, LornaJo. I've always had cats and my fave flowers are lilies. They don't go near them. It's like they innately know not to eat them.
Yuccas and dragon trees, on the other hand, are like catnip. They destroy them! X
Friend's little cat ate the stamen from the inside of lillies from a bunch of flowers and died, so it does happen.
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"I actually need a couple of plants for my office. I only have a small peace lilly at the mo but, I seem to be killing that off.
Some good tips on here "
You could be watering it too much or the light might be wrong. Just Google care of peace lily |
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"I actually need a couple of plants for my office. I only have a small peace lilly at the mo but, I seem to be killing that off.
Some good tips on here
You could be watering it too much or the light might be wrong. Just Google care of peace lily "
I think it's more likely to be over-watering. Either that or a 'wind' problem i sometimes have  |
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I've got a big Japanese peace lilly in my front room that I've had for years.
It desperately needs re potting but I'm scared of murdering it
I would cry - it's outlasted several friendships with human folk.
It must be a resilient plant because most plants that come to live with me pass away 
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"Yeah I know, sexy eh. What kind of houseplants would you suggest for a sunny living room? . Big and small please
Big nylon ones and small plastic ones"
I genuinely have considered that. Just dust them off now and again |
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"I've got a big Japanese peace lilly in my front room that I've had for years.
It desperately needs re potting but I'm scared of murdering it
I would cry - it's outlasted several friendships with human folk.
It must be a resilient plant because most plants that come to live with me pass away
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Does it flower? |
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"Venus Fly Trap
Don't laugh, I am considering one of them
They are quite hard to look after though. Cactus and other succulents are easy to care for.. "
I've got three cacti, two in the kitchen and a huge one in the conservatory, I basically water them when I think about it and they don't seem to resent me for it lol |
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"I've got a big Japanese peace lilly in my front room that I've had for years.
It desperately needs re potting but I'm scared of murdering it
I would cry - it's outlasted several friendships with human folk.
It must be a resilient plant because most plants that come to live with me pass away
Does it flower?"
It does once a year - but not as much as it used to.
It started off a small plant and now it's about 4ft tall and quite wide - in the same pot - poor thing |
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"Venus Fly Trap
Don't laugh, I am considering one of them
They are quite hard to look after though. Cactus and other succulents are easy to care for..
I've got three cacti, two in the kitchen and a huge one in the conservatory, I basically water them when I think about it and they don't seem to resent me for it lol"
I've got lots. I put 2 or 3 together in one larger pot and make them into small mini gardens. |
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"I've got a big Japanese peace lilly in my front room that I've had for years.
It desperately needs re potting but I'm scared of murdering it
I would cry - it's outlasted several friendships with human folk.
It must be a resilient plant because most plants that come to live with me pass away
Does it flower?
It does once a year - but not as much as it used to.
It started off a small plant and now it's about 4ft tall and quite wide - in the same pot - poor thing "
Obviously I know nothing about their care but I do know some plants like being in a small pot. I bet it you got the correct soil it would be ok anyway. Don't quote me though. |
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