Nothing says ''home sweet home" quite like a bit of green. What's more, plants are great for getting us through the winter doldrums. In fact, a ''bitching tree" placed next to the front door to tell your problems to has been known to save marriages. For these reasons and for their undeniable beauty, indoor plants are interior design's latest obsession. Brush up on your Latin and get your watering can ready.WHICH PLANTS TO GETEvery hip home has a Monstera deliciosa in some corner of the house. Hardy and easy to maintain, these sculptural beauties are the first plants on our list.THE LOWLY CACTUSEverybody's intro plant that they probably killed anyway. "Little water" doesn't mean "none". Go wild with the "vetplante" and try interesting varieties like String of Pearls (Senecio rowleyanus) or an Aloe polyphylla - native to Lesotho.REPLANT YOUR DINNERA big trend is home-grown veg inside your kitchen. Take the ends of spring onions, lettuce and cloves of garlic and put them in water. After a week or two you'll see fine white roots sprouting, letting you know they're ready to be planted . Before you know it you'll be eating your leftovers.PUT THEM IN?Liebermann Pottery have beautiful glazed pots in lots of rich colours. Make a beeline for its dipped terracotta pots, they're cheaper than the handcast ones and as beautiful. Annet Road, Johannesburg, liebermannpottery.netBASKETCASEBuilder's Warehouse carries a great range of hanging baskets at reasonable prices. From the classic wire basket to the plastic colour variety, you'll have happiness hanging around your home in no time. builders.co.zaEXPERT TIPSThe Zombie maidenhair fern is an annoyingly fickle beast. One slip and they shrivel up and die. They're usually not dead, just dehydrated and can be brought back to life. Cut the plant to the quick and dip it in a solution of one tablespoon Epsom salts, one emptied tea bag in a litre of hot water and four litres of cold water. Dip in the water for 15 minutes then keep it in a cool place well watered. In a week, fronds will sprout.BEWARE THE WHITE FUZZAphids are easy to get rid of. Arm yourself with a spray bottle of cooking oil and attack . Let the oil coat their skin, suffocating them, and then wipe them off.GET YOUR GREENS IN PRETORIAThe Roots Nursery, Plot 14 Lynnwood Drive, has one of the best selections in Gauteng.JOHANNESBURG BOUND?Randburg's Monkey Fountain nursery, 2 Bram Fischer DriveONLINEFind the best rare plants on the " Exotic, Rare and Unusual Plants" Facebook group. Join this to find hard-to-get plants...