PAUL, THE NEFARIOUS PEACE LILY: POISONOUS HOUSEHOLD PLANTS AND HOW TO DEAL WITH THEM

Very early on in my relationship with my husband, well before marriage or kids or houses, I decided that we should each get a plant to spruce up (pun intended) his then-current Chicago condo. I went to the local gardening store and picked out something dainty and pretty with lots of flowers (probably an orchid of some sort, but I barely remember). He walked across the street to the local Jewel grocery store and bought the one living plant hidden within a forest of cut-stemmed flowers. Upon bringing it home, he promptly named it Paul (short for Paul the Plant) and forgot about it, other than watering it occasionally when it looked droopy enough to attract his attention. Read More