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Editor’s Note: September 23, 2021. We are happy to report that the ZZ plant is still thriving, and is almost twice as big as what's pictured in this article and in need of a larger pot. We have also tested The Sill’s new blooming flower delivery service. Thoughts on the blooms are included below.
By all accounts, I should be a great plant mom. I’m nurturing, I enjoy the outdoors, and I’m around my home often enough that tending to its needs shouldn’t be an issue. In practice, however, the moment I cross the threshold into my apartment, plant in hand, a death knell tolls. The end is nigh.
我会经常浇水。或失去时间，完全忘记。当我们讨论这个话题时，我什至应该使用多少水？（我认为刚从一个旧水瓶上倒出最后几口被皱眉了吗？）我知道植物需要光，但是我不能帮助自己在角落的边桌上给他们一个家。美学一无所有吗？
然后有一天，当我滚动浏览我的Instagram fef时，我每天都要保持孩子和宠物健康的朋友，我发现了一篇关于窗台，旨在帮助的在线工厂零售商woul的越来越多d-be apartment-dwelling gardeners像我一样。
I read the slogan:Can’t kill it. Just try.哦真的吗？已接受的挑战。
What is it like to order plants from The Sill?
Sill Online商店很有吸引力且易于使用。
选择植物很困难，因为我想要所有植物。SILL的每一个产品看起来都准备启动自己的Instagram帐户。种植者 - 不包括在内，但如果您是一个没有额外的花盆，那么值得的，那就是简单的粉丝和中性色中的简单轮廓和柔和的色彩，以适合任何家庭的风格。
我想要比肉质更具挑战性的东西 - 尽管我杀死了很多，但是我还没有准备好进入高维护关系。我仔细阅读了plants for beginners和landed on a small, 4.5-inch-tall ZZ plant in a pale grey Grant planter for $41, one that uses a French-drain configuration with lava rocks to eliminate the need for a drainage hole, where water and soil can pool over time—one less thing to clean. Plus, opting for a plant already in its planter eliminated the need to transplant upon arrival.
ZZ植物的页面上的传记解释说，来自东非的冰雹，并以中等向低调的光繁殖。他们只需要每两周浇一次浇水，这似乎与他们从我那里得到的关注程度相当。但是，为了安全起见，我举办了额外的10美元夏季植物护理研讨会（类似于其中一个目前可用的讲习班) to learn a few tips.
My little plant configuration is unfortunately no longer available online, but这个小型ZZ植物除了更广场的八月播种机外，还相同。（放在赠款的播种机上？大小向上两英寸这个介质，6.7英寸高的ZZ植物）
How do plants from The Sill arrive?
窗台plant we ordered arrived in great condition thanks to careful packaging.
Having already grown attached to my plant baby, I was nervous about the shipping process. Plants seem delicate to start—could they really withstand a few days of rough transit? The answer, thankfully, is yes. Wrapped in plenty of bubble wrap and packing materials, my ZZ plant arrived picture-perfect in just over 24 hours after I placed the order.
植物解开包装后，我按照指示给它一个初始的水和名字。第二部分肯定很难，但是在列出了以植物为中心的名字之后，我将她的Branche Devereaux称为我最喜欢的角色之一The Golden Girls。
那是星期五，然后我放弃了一个漫长的周末在工作桌子上的桌子，在此期间，她幸存下来了。但是我决定把植物带回家去我的公寓。将其放在我的桌子上，每天都在提醒她需要水，阳光和一般护理。另一方面，我的公寓将是对我的注意力的更现实的考验，并满足我在生活空间中拥有更多植物的愿望。
回家的旅程足以说明这种植物的坚韧性。当我在92度的天气里走到公共汽车上时，我将其抬到手臂上，在我的腿上坐着长时间的交通。在公共汽车上，有更多的人在高温下走到我的公寓。该植物的表现要比我要好得多，很快它就坐落在我目前在家中的一批多肉植物旁边。
使植物活着有多难？
测试来自门槛的ZZ植物意味着将其从办公室（HI，Plant Selfie）运回家，并与我的其他植物家庭一起在家中。
保持这种ZZ植物的活力已被证明是很顺利的。也许是因为它的尺寸比我的典型多肉植物大，或者是因为我一直在我的脑海中进行了这项测试任务，但是我从来没有真正忘记过要照顾它。
Per the instructions in the Summer Plant Care workshop—something that was no more helpful than the free resources already available on The Sill’s website, and not worth the $10—I placed it in indirect light, watered it once every two weeks or so (as best as I could remember on my own), and rotated it to give all sides equal access to sunlight. There was one instance where a vacation away would push me into the three-week zone for watering and I returned to a plant that was ever-so-slightly drooping. A quick watering and she perked right back up.
还有一个原因可能使这种植物的头脑浮现，因此我忽略了它的可能性：在三个月的时间里，我收到了SILL的近60封营销电子邮件，宣布与表情符号的主题行宣布新植物，有关它的详细信息每月订阅服务，信息虚拟工厂咨询，以及被称为“工厂流浪者”的人的剖面。
还有一封有关植物主题婴儿连体衣的电子邮件植物女士项链，植物使人们开心T-shirts和tote bags，甚至是botany cross stitch kit。虽然我为创建实际上时尚的商品和赠品机会提供了信誉，而且我敢说很酷，但对于已经购买了一些东西的人来说，电子邮件广告系列对已经购买了东西的人太多了。
来自门槛的植物值得吗？
From the first day, left, to three months in, The Sill's ZZ plant (whose leaves and branches have settled slightly post-shipping) still looks alive and well.
在成为植物妈妈整整三个月之后，我很高兴地报告没有什么可报告的。尽管我有点忘记了，但这种植物看起来很棒，而且看起来很棒，也许是一种不止一次的空调，而且通常不会干扰太多。如果有的话，有时候我不得不提醒自己不是to water it, that浇水同样糟糕—or worse—than underwatering.
在所有这些过程中，我的ZZ植物成为了我的客厅的一个受欢迎的补充，这给客人带来了很多称赞。虽然我可能会跳过再次购买研讨会，但我会心跳中购买另一个西尔植物。首先，它的价格与来自Home Depot的不那么壮地版本。在这两种情况下，以更临时的（且吸引力较低）的锅购买植物本身的价格便宜，但是确实需要更多的精力将其移至永远的家中。
另外，门槛有很多不同的尺寸可供选择，更不用说为种植者提供更多颜色和样式了，我对可供我了解的资源充满信心，如果我遇到任何问题，我就可以步入正轨。
我现在会认为我的拇指比以前更绿吗？并非如此，但是现在拥有Branche几个月就足以使我有信心保持它。
Should you order blooming plants from The Sill?
在37天后（右）3月28日到今天，植物到达（左）到今天，该窗台的白色兰花盛开才变得更加活跃。
在证明自己是在肉质和绿色的植物游戏中，我决定在一个更精致的植物伴侣身上抓住机会，当面对不可避免的忽视时，它的珍贵花瓣不会那么有弹性。
在许多可用的花朵中（请注意，由于母亲节的需求很高，目前有一个候补名单） - 包括斑点斑点的兰花, vibrant紫色兰花， 粉色的卡拉百合， 和red anthuriums- 我选择了娇小的白兰花出于一个特定原因。我以前杀死了一个白兰花，我想要赎回。
在我的辩护中，由于我从窗台上的发货中包含的信息，我现在知道兰花可能会扮演死亡或失去所有的花瓣，同时还活着。您所需要的只是耐心（哎呀！）和持续的护理（双oops！），盛开应该恢复。
Shipping was the same as with the non-flowering plants, but I was even more impressed seeing as orchids seem more prone to damage if handled incorrectly. The plant arrived safely and it was quickly set up in my living room. I was a bit unsure if the instruction to remove dry moss applied to the moss in this planter—which, about halfway through the removal process, seemed more alive than not—but it hasn’t seemed to matter in terms of its appearance or performance.
一个多月后（确切地说是37天），我很高兴地报告说，我的兰花（Orlando Bloom）似乎正在蓬勃发展。现在，所有14个芽都开放了 - 第一次到达时5个芽已关闭的事实使它的进度令人兴奋。
订购和保持兰花的订购过程是一个简单的过程母亲节。(Shipping was even faster than I expected, so no spoiler alerts here.) Her orchid has already arrived safe and sound and looking just as healthy as mine, which is a vote of confidence in the consistency of The Sill’s plants from one customer to another.
特别是当我们花费so much time indoors these days，从我的沙发上享受一些大自然，令人耳目一新。
从$ 5开始获得窗台的现场植物之一
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