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Article: A HOUSEPLANT SURVIVAL GUIDE CONSIDER CONDITINS AND GIVE YOUR PLANTS A FIGHTING CHANCE AT LIVING INSIDE.(HOME & GARDEN)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- February 2, 1997
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Byline: MARY REID BARROW, STAFF WRITER
WE SET SUCH high expectations for our houseplants - demanding parents that we are.
No matter how green our thumbs, we are asking a lot of any plant when we bring it home to live as we humans do.
The word, houseplant, is a misnomer because houseplants are primarily tropical plants that we take hostage and exile to a dry, unnatural habitat.
``Houseplants have to adjust to your environment,'' said Yvonne Thibeault, assistant propagator at Norfolk Botanical Garden, who works with the plants in the garden's Tropical Pavilion.
Houseplants try mightily to adapt to less light and lower humidity ...