Achoo! Please Take the Flowers Outside
I have allergies. I have very bad allergies, actually. I love flowers and trees and lush, green grass, but those things don’t love me back. I’m miserable during the springtime allergy season. When I lived up north, I was also miserable during the fall allergy season.
Much to my chagrin, I also love the look of flowers and plant in my home. As you can guess, though, having a lot of green things growing inside is not the wisest things I can do in the face of my allergic condition.
So, years ago I began putting silk plants in the house, I’m picky, though, I want t silk plants that fool the eye and look like the real thing. I’ve got an amazing, full bamboo tree in the dining room. Silk. I have some lush hanging ferns in the family room. Silk. I have hydrangeas and orchids and roses in my bedroom. Also silk.
No sneezing for me, thank you very much.
Aside from the allergy issue, I have found that my green thumb does not extend to the inside of my home. Perhaps it is the way the light comes into the house. All I know is that I have never had a lot of luck with getting my indoor plants to grow very well. Outside, I have a garden you would absolutely go all agog if you saw. It’s amazing. But it stays outside, that green thumb tendency of mine.
And then there is the fact that I love how cut flower look, but they don’t last very long. If you can find a good quality silk flower arrangement, you get the posh appearance of fresh cut flowers – without having toe replace them three times a week.
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