Houseplants - What Can You Offer Me

Growing houseplants is much more than walking through the local garden center, throwing a few plants in a basket, grabbing a decorative container and heading home. Just as you wouldn’t expect fish to live setting on your kitchen counter houseplants need the same consideration - the right environment!

Most beginners to the world of house plants do not take any time to stop and review the “environment” they can provide a plant.

A fresh water fish will not live in a salt-water aquarium. Houseplants “forced to live” in the wrong place will never do well. Trying to put a Ficus tree in a room with very low light when an Aglaonema is a much better choice becomes a waste of money and a frustrating plant experience.

Take a tip; professional interior plantscapers always review a space, room, or building before making any plant selection. Think of it as a two-way street. What can you offer in terms of a home for a houseplant and what house plant can live under those conditions. Evaluating your home’s growing environment is the first step to success with plants in your home.

Consider Aglaonemas for low light spaces!

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