This is the first in a series of articles on what a gardener can do in the winter.

"Winter interest" is the term given to landscape plants which have aesthetic merit during the otherwise barren months of late November through March. A later article will focus on outdoor plants, but this article's focus is the array of choices for indoor plants, which can be purchased and maintained year-round.

Most house plants are tropical species which, in the wild, enjoy temperatures of 65-85 degrees year round- the same as most people! Some species enjoy high humidity and benefit from running a humidifier, misting, or a pebble tray. There are species which will survive in the low light of a windowless cubicle, thrive in the shady corner of a living room, or take over a sunny windowsill. Whatever your indoor conditions, there is a house plant for you.