What Makes a Houseplant a Houseplant?

“ALL PLANTS ARE OUTDOOR PLANTS, BUT ONLY SOME OUTDOOR PLANTS CAN BE HOUSEPLANTS,” GRUBB SAYS. HOW’S THAT FOR A TONGUE TWISTER? TO SURVIVE INDOORS, THREE CONDITIONS MUST BE MET:

1. The plant must be able to tolerate growing in a relatively small pot. 2. The plant can’t get too big for the pot you keep it in, or it could bust right through it. 3. The plant must be able to withstand the lower light conditions we have in our homes. That said, make no mistake, there is some mystery involved. “We don’t know why some plants won’t grow inside,” Grubb says. “But kind of like how we don’t have relationships with squirrels, but we do with dogs and cats, it’s special that some plants will live with us in our homes.”…

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