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Flowering house plants Success with SUCCULENTS

Succulents might not be on your list of beautiful flowering house plants, but if you are time-poor or forget to water your plants, a flowering succulent could be the plant for you. Adapted to storing water in their stems and leaves to survive periods of drought, most require only occasional watering and very little care other than to be placed on the brightest windowsill.

will make a dramatic statement in with its curious, large, parachute-shaped flowers is well worth contemplating.

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