House Plants for the Plant Coddler

Are you the type of house plant owner or plant lover that is forever touching, checking the plant out and readjusting the way the light hits it?

Do you find yourself always cleaning the leaves, examining the plant for brown tips, pruning all the time? If that describes you then low-care houseplants are not for you. With low-care houseplants it’s possible you could over pamper them to death!

If part of your coddling and pampering involves always watering stay away from succulents and cacti.

Here’s a list of a few plants which love the “extra attention” you can provide.

• African Violet
• Calamondin
• Croton - Codiaeum
• Anthurium - Flamingo Flower
• Calathea - Peacock Plant
• Hibiscus

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