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Homes & Gardens
Megan Slack

Katie Ledecky's large, leafy plant brings her yard alive with color – but experts warn it's one of the hardest to maintain

Katie Ledecky.

Olympic swimmer Katie Ledecky is currently enjoying sucsess on the world stage in Paris, but we're just as interested in her home, or, more specifically, her garden. Known as one of swimming's 'all-time greats,' the DC-born athlete resides in Gainesville, Florida, where she spends her time unwinding in the same way as us: in the garden.

Self-labeling herself as a 'gardener,' Ledecky took to Instagram to show the plants she's grown in her backyard – including a Dieffenbachia seguine, famously one of the hardest plants to maintain.

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