Trees or Gigantic Plants In The House?

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I'm thinking I need a gigantic tree for my new apartment, perhaps (though not neccessarily) in the tropical style. Does anyone have any suggestions for trees or giant plants? Note: must be difficult to kill.

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

a rubber tree?

― Chris V. (Chris V), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

get a few pre-giant cacti. even if they are dead they still look alive and you can ward off evil do-ers with the prickliness of it all.

― cordelia, Monday, 4 August 2003 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

both good suggestions and useful. who doesn't need rubber and thorns? I'm thinking of kind of a Godfather 2 pre-Che Cuban motif, roulette wheel and all. Banana trees?

― Fritz Wollner (Fritz), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Rubber trees are excellent house-plants. Though they're certainly not tree-like, spider plants make excellent house-plants also, but you gotta be careful, they'll drop their seedlings into nearby pots.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Monday, 4 August 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

We've had one of these for just over two years. It's fairly indestructible...
http://www.bindingstevens.com/images/kentia.palm.jpg

― ailsa (ailsa), Monday, 4 August 2003 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

Ficus tree. Will. not. die.

― Orbit (Orbit), Monday, 4 August 2003 22:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Sequoias are ideal for the larger apartment, I think.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 16:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I had a cute tree in the bedroom for a while. I watered it and even sometimes said nice things to it. It died. Then I thought to put it out on the fake balcony (ie: french doors leading to nothing). It continued to be dead. Then one day I saw worms in it so I threw it out by the dumpster.

It turns out some plants need sunlight. What do you know? It sure was pretty while it lasted though.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

i had a norfolk pine in my apt, generally ignored it for weeks on end and it survived fine.

― H (Heruy), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 18:25 (twenty-two years ago)

what about swiss cheese plants?

they have the bestest botanical name ever Monstera deliciosa!

― MarkH (MarkH), Tuesday, 5 August 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

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