How to look after indoor plants
This needs a resting period in early spring, when it should be kept somewhere cool and dry. In the summer, the pot can go outside for the stems to ripen. In September, return the pot indoors to a cool room. From late autumn, give it a warmer site and a fortnightly liquid feed. Don’t move the pot and avoid over/under watering or else developing buds may start to drop before they open.
House plant azaleas
These flourish in the short term only if kept in a cool room and regularly watered with room-temperature rain water. A