Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: Are "Houseplants" out of Style?????, 1 by hcmcdole

hcmcdole wrote:
Can you grow azaleas in your area? If so then florist azaleas should be fine too. I've had one in a 15 inch pot for years now that I keep watered during summer and a light fertilizer in spring. Some years it is spectacular, this year not (I guess the rough winter). The nice thing about florist azaleas is they put them at half price after the celebrated date. The key is to find one with a few blooms on it so you can be sure that is the color you want. So you can get a four to six inch pot for $5 or so after say Mother's Day - pick it up and try it.

Anyway the one I kept did a lot better last year. Here are some photos of it.

Florist Ivy is perfectly hardy too.