Faridat's blog: Are you a plant savior or a plant artist

I can see different kinds of people that have plants in their home or outside, on a porch, in a pation, or in their garden.
Some would not bring a sick plant in their home, as they want beautiful and healthy plants, eye candy helping them and recharging
their need to be surrounded by beauty. Some are saviours of plants, nurses of plants, healers.
They want to give them a chance to get over their strains, or recover from a hard life. Others are Plant Artists, they use their plants, play with the
plants, are more free in their handling of them, are interested in the plant "material", the combinations, the textures, the colors. The people with a blooming
vigorous fantasy, getting their hands dirty to reach out to the glory of a glimpse of green, purple, neon beauty in every imaginable combo.
It's nice to be able to look into different types of people who all love having plants, but each with her own attitude, spirit and character towards
the plant. Plant lovers yes, that is the umbrella category, but there are subspecies under it, just like there are numerous subspecies of a plant
sometimes. Very interesting. Some would not hold on to a currently ugly looking, awkardly leaning, naked stemming, leaf twitching, brown spotted,
sick or recovering plant. They would easily replace a plant with a fresher, younger, not so tired, an old soul.
Some need their plants as a strong reminder of the beauty nature has to offer. Some are plant mommies and plant
dads, they care for them even when they are behaving in an unsuitable manner, when they are failures of plants, when they do not adjust quickly,
and sometimes when they do not adjust at all. They still care, they do their best, they get anxious over a yellow leaf, over a sign of distress, over
a drooping appearance, is it well, is it sick, how much time will it get them to recover, what medicine should I get, I love this plant!
Isn't it fascinating?

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