| For those who are short of space out door, | | | | Consider that once you plant your indoor flower |
| indoor flower gardens are a good alternative for | | | | garden, you will occasionally have to water them. |
| making the indoor environment friendly and | | | | This water needs to be drained out. So watering |
| pleasant to stay in. It can make the home to be | | | | indoor flower gardens must be very carefully |
| in one with nature. For indoor environment with | | | | done to avoid over-watering. This problem can be |
| big spaces, indoor flower gardens can serve as a | | | | solved in the selection of the plants. Select indoor |
| beautiful way of filling up this space. | | | | plants that can tolerate poor drainage, or grow in |
| An indoor flower garden is not a difficult | | | | water or just select air plants that do not have to |
| undertaking if one has the basic knowledge of | | | | be watered. What ever the decision, provide for |
| gardening and it would bring a lot of pleasure to | | | | some kind of drainage. |
| see how much can be accomplished by so little | | | | Consider that there is limitation of space indoors. |
| effort. | | | | In choosing plants for your flower garden, the |
| There are however a number of issues to | | | | growth characteristics of the plant must be borne |
| consider when deciding to make an indoor flower | | | | in mind. A plant that grows a big canopy may not |
| garden. | | | | be suitable to indoor flower gardens. Many people |
| Consider that an indoor flower garden will be | | | | tend to choose creepers and climbers as they |
| growing in a completely modified environment of | | | | use space well when trellised. |
| reduced light intensity, no wind and no rains. This | | | | Consider how you are going to take care of the |
| is a very important factor in choosing the plants | | | | plants. You should not have high maintenance cost |
| that one would want to grow in an indoor garden. | | | | plants in your flower garden. These are plants |
| The plants must be able to survive full shading | | | | that require constant pest and disease control, |
| and if they can only survive in partial shade, then | | | | moving about to sun and shade, pruning or guiding |
| they should be positioned near windows, patios or | | | | on to the trellis. These ones become a bother and |
| spaces which get some at least for part of the | | | | take the fun out of indoor flower gardening. |
| day. | | | | |