To cheer up your home you can get some flowering plans that perform well indoors.
Cyclamen come in colours from purple to pink & white. Often the flowers are perfumed too.
These plants like cool weather and little water. So DO NOT put them in a heated room – put them near the window in a cold room. Water them sparingly – never flood them.
Treated as described, they will produce their flowers for over 3 weeks indoors after which time, put the pot around the shady side of the house and see if it comes up again next year.
CYCLAMENS – remember them.
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