I can easily recall the first houseplant I ever purchased. I was strolling the endless
aisles at Ikea when I came across the plant section, filled to the brim with
different cacti and succulents, bird of paradise trees and snake plants—but it
was the small $5 aloe that caught my attention. The next thing I knew—and
a few years later—I became a “plant parent” to several different plants: monstera
deliciosa, philodendron hope selloum and philodendron mican, fiddle leaf fig and
variegated pothos, to name a few.
