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| Jewlssss 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
| Can anyone recommend a houseplant that will survive on a stairs landing that
has very little natural light? I know it's a tall order but I really don't
want to have to resort to artificial plants
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| Rhiannon S 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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"Jewlssss" <nospam@sorry.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Can anyone recommend a houseplant that will survive on a stairs landing
that
> has very little natural light? I know it's a tall order but I really don't
> want to have to resort to artificial plants
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Kentia palm would do. It's often used in offices and call centres where it
gets virtually zero natural light. Or a Christmas Cactus would do too. You
get the benefit of flowers with those. Or some sort of fern?
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| La Puce 2006-11-22, 9:25 am |
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Jewlssss wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a houseplant that will survive on a stairs landing that
> has very little natural light? I know it's a tall order but I really don't
> want to have to resort to artificial plants
This site is wonderful. I've refered to it to create a wall of plant
for our office. We have a few Peace Lilly which tolerate relative dark
corners and the Herringbone plant look fabulous with its red/pink
veins.
http://www.houseofplants.co.uk/indexofplants.htm
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| John McMillan 2006-11-22, 1:25 pm |
| In article <45643d3a$0$8735$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net>,
"Jewlssss" <nospam@sorry.co.uk> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a houseplant that will survive on a stairs landing that
> has very little natural light? I know it's a tall order but I really don't
> want to have to resort to artificial plants
aspidistra elatior obviously
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra
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| MikeCT 2006-11-23, 9:25 am |
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"Jewlssss" asked:
> Can anyone recommend a houseplant that will survive on a stairs landing
> that has very little natural light? I know it's a tall order but I really
> don't want to have to resort to artificial plants.
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My friend has a Ludisia 'Jewel Orchid' happily growing in a very shady area
of the house. It seems that Ludisias grow best in shade and will even
tolerate deep shade. If looked after properly, they get bigger and bigger,
year after year, *and* don't mind their root growth being restricted. It is
not to be found in any of my gardening books, but a quick Google search
found lots of info.
Mike CT
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| On 22/11/06 12:06, in article
45643d3a$0$8735$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader02.plus.net, "Jewlssss"
<nospam@sorry.co.uk> wrote:
> Can anyone recommend a houseplant that will survive on a stairs landing that
> has very little natural light? I know it's a tall order but I really don't
> want to have to resort to artificial plants
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Streptocarpus will take a fair amount of shade - not total, though.
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