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- August 2, 2012
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By Ramon Gonzalez, TreeHugger
The drought and water conservation aren’t just a concern for outdoor gardeners. If you want to do your part in conserving water, but don’t have a garden, you can elect to grow houseplants that don’t need as frequent watering. Plantscaping your home, office, dorm, or apartment with succulent plants will not only brighten up your living quarters, but you’ll grow plants that don’t mind being grown a little on the dry side.
1. Desert Rose
Adenium obesum is one of my all-time favorite succulent houseplants. When grown to highlight the fat bottom, the stems emerging from the caudex give this plant the appearance of a miniature tree. The many hybrid and grafted forms of this plant produce trumpet-shaped blooms in red, pink, white. You can also find some where all three colors are grafted onto one plant.
Photo Credit: Ngô Trung (Own work) [CC-BY-3.0], via Wikimedia Commons
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84 comments
+ add your ownThanks for sharing the wonderful plant ideas.
Great plants,Thanks for sharing
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Interesting article,
Thank You for sharing
good advice; like the general information that can help me decide what plants to buy.
thanks for the info
I love the look of the ponytail palm. I'll have to see if I can get one.
Nice!
Nice. Thanks.
thanks for the ideas and info...much appreciated!
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