Re: houseplants

I don't have Sue's talent for indoor gardening, so I stick w/ snake
plants, spider plants, aloe, Christmas cactus and I do have one African
violet that Jesse gave me that I haven't managed to kill yet, I'm happy
to say. Dakota - I'm in East Texas.


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: SueNY
Sent: 6/27/2004 1:34:31 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Shouldn't it > houseplants

> Ferns need high humidity...unless you have a humidifer in your house they are
> unlikely to survive there. I would suggest Cacti, Succulents, and hardy plants
> like Pothos and Wandering Jew. What are the lighting conditions in your house?
> Most houseplants need medium to bright light but not direct sunlight. Hope
> this helps. :-)
> 
> SueNY
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: "Dakota" <Dakota@hisword.com>
>   To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
>   Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2004 8:54 AM
>   Subject: [CHAT] Shouldn't it be this way?
> 
> 
>   >
>   > Does anyone know about house plants that are easy to keep? I've tried
>   > many times to have a Boston fern, but they never survive. LOL! We have
>   > low humidity here, but they didn't even survive in CA. My orange
>   > honeysuckle is blooming!! When we bought this land last year, there were
>   > no flowers at all, except wildflowers. The previous owners only planted
>   > one pine tree, one globe willow, two pecan trees, and one apricot tree.
>   > There's a row of some type of bamboo looking growth in one area, too.
>   > Makes a good wind block. Our new cottonwood tree seems to be doing the
>   > best right now. Does anyone else here live in AZ, NM or TX?
>   >
>   >
>   > God bless,
>   > Dakota
> 
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