Do you have house plants?

I'm sure this will get moved because of the word 'house'. Anyway, I was thinking about what to give someone as a little gift and I realized that I never noticed plants in their home. Then I started thinking about other houses that I've been to and how they didn't have house plants either. I grew up with a mother and grandmother who had plants everywhere!!!

So, anyway, do you have plants in your home?

What kind do you have?

Do you think they make good gifts?

Message edited 3/21/2009 11:18:00 AM.

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We have an huge, obnoxious fake tree in our home. It doesn't fit at all, but its comical.

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i've never been very good with plans, but i keep trying.

right now i have four. i can not tell you what types, because i honestly don't know.

i'm praying i don' kill anything

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I have African Violet, a pretty big filadendron, and about 5 other plants that I don't know the name of, just liked how they looked. I enjoy caring for them every couple of days. Some need more TLC than the others.

Here's a bunch that I don't know the names of... the one in the front grows like CRAZY without any care, just drown it every few days.

One that I got the other day that doesn't even need to stay in water or dirt, just drown it twice a week.

My fiadendron which I just repotted because the last pot was getting too small it would fall over

Forgot about my bamboo, another good one for non green thumbers.

Message edited 3/21/2009 11:22:15 AM.

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We have a large bamboo that we've had for a couple of years now. It was pretty small when we first got it but it now has to be about 2.5 feet tall. I'm pretty proud of it cause I usually kill plants in record times. lol

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Posted by greenfreak

Posted by BJandDan

the one in the front grows like CRAZY without any care, just drown it every few days.

Front left is Kalanchoe, front right looks like some kind of sedum. Both are in the succulent/cactus family which is why they don't require much water. They store water in their 'leaves'.

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My pleasure!

I'm pretty sure that you could snip a nice sized piece off, put it in water, it will grow roots, and you could stick it in the soil to fill up the pot too. Sedum likes a lot of light so they'll be more compact if they get a few hours of light from a southern exposure.

I make a potted plant each spring for my mother's patio table and I always put some kind of succulent in it, they're so easy and cute!

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my mom and grandma had plants everywhere... me i seem to neglect them a little too much...

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I have a spider plant and a few herbs (legal) and one fake tree. I would have more plants but the few windows that get sun are taken up with the above plants now. Easy care just water and clip off the dead.

When we get a house hopefully I can actually grow a damn garden outside and keep indoors for a few more plants.

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i'm a plant killer, so no! lol

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I have many orchids. They're really easy and highly addictive

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I had real plants in my own apt, none since I moved in with DH.

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The only one I haven't killed yet is a bamboo plant my grandmother gave us as a housewarming present, and I had to get rid of one of the stalks about a month ago because it was starting to die. But it lasted 2+ years, which is more than I can say for any other plant that has been in my apartment!

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I have an African Violet for over a year now - I'm excited I haven't killed it! I also have a cactus which needs to be repotted (I'll be bringing it to the nursery for that!), and something else, which I have no idea what it is. I water everything once a week.

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We have about 9 of them... including a GORGEOUS christmas cactus which is still blooming

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I used to have two plants; a bamboo and a diffenbachia (sp?). The bamboo plant lived for 5 years but when we moved here 3 1/2 years ago it stopped growing. It finally died about 3 months ago. The diffenbachia is doing well. I water it every so often. It even flowered for me in July and still has the flower. This past week it started to sprout an offshoot. I am proud because I don't have a green thumb. My backyard needs work. Thankfully my homeowners assn takes care of the front so it looks nice.

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nope, the smell of soil makes me sneeze.

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I have a spider plant, diffenbachia, peace lily, african violet and an oleander tree. The tree goes outside in the summer and comes back in every winter.

In response to the gifts question - I think it's based on the person you are giving it to. It would be a good gift for me, but for someone who has a brown thumb - not so good. Also, some plants are not good to have around animals. My animals don't really bother with the plants, but my mother's cats love to eat any plant that comes into the house.
We actually got 2 peace lilies last year and I gave one away because I found out they were poisonous to animals. The one I kept is up high where the cat won't bother with it.

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I have one orchid and I can't believe it's still alive...