Doubtless the bare minimum of curtain draped around the windows of Dutch homes during the day is one reason for them being able to grow plants of infinitely better quality than most of us hereof all the considerations when arranging plants indoors, perhaps the most important is to ensure that they have a light position in which to grow.
Success with House Plants
A further possible reason for our European neighbors success with plants is that they always seem to have plenty; seldom less than twenty in the average living room. There seems little doubt that plants do better when grouped together, be they in the green house or the home, and the single plant with room to itself rarely prospers. Like ourselves, plants seem to approve of company, and soon deteriorate in solitary confinement.
The European grower is more fortunate in that he has created more occasions, other than the usual ones, for the giving of flowers and plants as gifts. Birthday and Christmas present-giving times are important, but it is also quite common for the European housewife to find a welcoming array of plants and flowers awaiting her on return from her annual summer holiday. Indoor plants play such an important part in room decoration that it is not uncommon to find specially designed plant windows have deeper than usual tiled sills, and are often provided with suitable drainage, so that there is no concern when water is split.
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A extension of this idea is the plant room, where the bare minimum of furniture is used and house plants are given pride of place. These rooms are not unlike the Victorian conservatory, except for the fact that they are integral parts of the house with large plate glass windows, carpeted floors and similar comforts.
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