Lesson 1: Selecting the best houseplants for YOU
Fail-safe Plants for Chronic Overwaterers
If you just can't keep your hands off the watering can, don't worry. There ARE plants for you. These critters LIKE being soaked. Have at it! Water away! Just don't EVER let them dry out...
1. Cyprus
Cyprus by Howie Deutch, Suite101 Garden Adventures
Lesson 7 discusses their swamp-loving requirements. A truly cool bog-dweller.
2. Ferns
Ouch! I said these were bad plants, just a lesson ago. Well, kiddo, not for you! They will just LOVE your style. Keep 'em wet and happy.
Like Plant Humor? Check out Boston Fern's Lament by SuiteU's Gardening Dean, Ruby Bayan!
3. Baby's Tears
4. Aquatic Plants
5. Sweet Flag
A grassy-like swamp denizen, impossible to overwater.
6. Peace Lily
You really can't overwater this one. In fact, it grows quite well just sitting in a vase of the wet stuff.
7. Anthurium
You're lucky - this will reward you well for your zeal with red, showy flowering bracts and glossy green leaves. Looks like a Peace Lily, only prettier. A show-stopper of a plant.
Okay, you overwater-aholics: here's some more of Ruby's Houseplant Humor: Drainage Disasters and Famous Last Words
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