# Green Thumbs!  I need plant ideas!

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [June 15, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-thumbs-i-need-plant-ideas/360851 "2006-06-15T20:03:08Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 7:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/green-thumbs-i-need-plant-ideas/360851/21 "2006-06-17T19:44:06Z")

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> [@featherlou](#):
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> I don’t know about the ferns,

I remember a Boston fern being largely ignored in my Grandmother’s house. It thrived without direct light. The problem was dead leaves. Especially when a certain grandchild would pull a dead frond through his fist.

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