Houseplant MYTHS:If your outdoor gardening skills don't seem to translate indoors, you might be laboring under one of these misconceptions

摘要

Admit it: you are dying to adopt something green and growing into your home. But you hesitate. Although you might be a whiz in the garden, somehow translating those skills onto the windowsill gives you a crippling case of cold feet. True, with lower light levels and furnaces blasting, indoor gardening certainly poses different challenges. Plus, rather than sharing the duties with Mother Nature, you are responsible for every facet of care. But adding nature into your home can spell the difference between debilitating cabin fever and happily hunkering down at home with your best botanical buddy (or buddies) by your side. And really, houseplants are not as scary as they seem. Here comes a series of common misconceptions about houseplants coupled with simple solutions. You can do it!