Most house plants are not notoriously hard to grow, indeed some might suggest that most are pretty easy. So why do so many of us amateur growers end up with a plant graveyard instead of a flourishing indoor display? It could be because you're choosing plants that need a lot of care and attention rather than ones which are quite happy to endure the occasional bout of neglect. In at extract from At Home with Plants, a useful guide to houseplants by indoor garden maestro Ian Drummond and Kara O'Reilly, Interiors Editor of lifestyle magazine Resident, we present a list of easy plants ranging from 'tolerant' to 'virtually indestructible'.
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Happy to be neglected and best kept on the dry side, they are suitable in most locations in the home. They are also highly adaptable, and many of them can survive in lower light levels.
This extract was taken from ‘At Home with Plants’ by Ian Drummond & Kara O'Reilly (£20, Mitchell Beazley)
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