Plants... Create a Mood

I was recently visiting a friend.

Outdoors the weather was cold. The ground was covered with snow...

But the sun was streaming in through the window - and, in one corner of the room, her potted cactus plants made me feel as if I were in Arizona!

I've never had any luck growing cacti, I told her. Yours look amazing! Are they hard to maintain?

Well, if I have to transplant them - which I occasionally do - I have to wear thick gloves and wrap them in a blanket, so as not to get pricked..

Hmmm. I don't think I'd enjoy that!

I think I'll stick with flowers!