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I know it’s really hard to resist growing saguaros indoors, but please DON’T. Some wild
things just aren’t meant to be tamed, no matter how pretty their flowers or beguiling
their form. Stick instead to the tough little cookies that will happily accept the
windowsill as their home sweet home.

Crassula is a good genus to explore if you’re working with indoor conditions, as

is Sansevieria (a.k.a. snake plant). The Mammillaria cacti (so called for their woolly hair,
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A Guide to Gardening for Beginners

Molly J Marquand is a gardener, small farmer, botanist and writer living in the
Catskill Mountains of New York. True to her academic background, all of her writing
reflects careful consideration of nature. You can find more of her work
at mollyjmarquand.com.

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