[Capt. Tom]

Even the HOUSEPLANTS that we move outdoors every year during the warm season DIED within two days -- TWO DAYS -- of going outside!! I've never seen such a thing!

I am not a gardener but I did get a nice potted flowering arrangement as a gift.
I know they have to be watered but I saw so much rain that I guess when they have had enough rain and bring them back indoors so they don't get pelted to death and waterlogged.

They are thriving and they are flowering and beautiful. - Tom

[dayglored]

Glad to hear your potted gift is doing well.

We'll have to keep the surviving houseplants indoors under Mother Nature decide to stop dripping on everything outdoors.

[EinNYC]

Lots of houseplants which are in pre-arranged bunches, the kind of thing you buy for someone in the hospital, are way overcrowded into their decorative container, leaving no long term room for roots. Also, a LOT of those decorative containers have NO drainage holes, so you’d end up with your plants swimming in water, no O2 for their roots = DEAD. All my houseplants have drainage holes in their pots except the couple of hanging plants. I water once/week and I have lush thriving houseplants.