Care for Houseplants
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Acquiring plants and moss and arranging them in a container to provide an attractive and practical display is only the beginning; there are numerous other requirements if success is to be the reward.
There is also the added advantage when using moss that the plants can be rearranged with little trouble and new designs can be made almost on the instant, often with he same plants. One hesitates to make any sort.
It guarantee concerning the possible life of plants indoors, but it can be said that by employing sphagnum moss as a plunging material tl e least green-fingered house plant grower will achieve results that previously seemed quite beyond him.
Most of the purely green plants will be better off if they are placed where light is adequate, but out of the direct rays of the sun. Sansevieria trifisciata laureniii is probably the best example of an indoor plant which will tolerate hot, dry conditions and seem all the better for it. Anyone who fails repeatedly with this plant has indeed got a cultural problem on their hands, and is probably misguided in being much too kind. The sansevierias in general should have much harsher treatment than the majority of plants if they are to do well, especially in respect of watering and feeding. A combination of cold and wet conditions is fatal.
Acquiring moss can sometimes present a problem, particularly in the city. In these circumstances it is usually best to visit the florist and explain what the moss is required for; it may also help if one or two plants are purchased at the same time!
Even on the commercial nursery we are faced with the problem employee who, after many years’ practical experience, still has not acquired the apparently fundamental skill of being able to water his plants properly; it can make all the difference between being a good grower and an indifferent one. In the professional side of the industry the good grower is the counterpart of the amateur whose ability with plants has won him the title of ‘green fingers’.
