Vinny
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Vinny
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My living room window faces Northeast. I need a couple of smallish plants for the windowsill. They could be either foliage or flowwring plants. I had a mother-in-laws-tongue whisch is supposd to be 'bombproof'..........and it died.  Same with another foliage plant.
Any ideas folks? 
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JJB
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Christmas cactus? I've got a very happy orchid plalaeonopsis on an obscured northeast bathroom window.
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doublyjonah
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Maybe a pothos/devil's ivy. I have one in a bathroom with frosted glass with a similar aspect and it does ok. Pretty tolerant of forgetful or over exuberant watering as well.
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Veggie
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My North facing windows, some are stained glass so receive even less light, are home to Spider plants, Aloe vera, Christmas/Easter cactus and lots of orchids. All seem to be bullet proof.
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I've got several plants on my North windowsill, but the two happiest are a Tradescantia and an Orchid. I keep meaning to try a Streptocarpus but the local garden centres don't seem to sell them.
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Vinny
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Vinny
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I bought a Peace Lily in Morries this morning for 3 squid. I'll see how long it takes me to kill it off!  
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