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Ideal Home
Kezia Reynolds

5 heat-loving houseplants that thrive in bright, sunny windowills and stuffy rooms – they’re perfect for south-facing windowsills

Monstera and areca palm houseplants in bedroom.

It’s not just your outdoor plants that may have been struggling with the hot weather this summer. Your indoor plants may be suffering, too. And if this is the case in your household, don’t worry, as plant experts have revealed five heat-proof houseplants that will happily flourish in a hot south-facing window.

In my experience, the best houseplants can really make a house feel like a home. So it really is heartbreaking when they shrivel up and die. Your favourite plants dying doesn’t necessarily mean you’re a bad plant parent, but if your home is particularly hot and stuffy during summer, you may be choosing the wrong species.

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