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hlthe2b

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2. what direction does window face (due west? northwest? southwest?)
Sat Sep 3, 2016, 11:57 AM
Sep 2016

Heavily filtered with tree cover or shrubbery outside?

My current low light favorite is Aglanema (chinese evergreen) that now comes in lots of variants, like my all time favorite below



If you want something that will bloom but is likewise somewhat "forgiving", I'd go for kalanchoe, which is in the succulent family, so it will be more water forgiving. Best of all, it will start blooming in lower light right after Christmas and (at least in Colorado), continues through much of spring/summer. It comes in several varieties with different color blooms. For example

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