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Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. Yes, really. That holiday where grocery store roses and teddy bears and terrible mail-order chocolates become all too prevalent in our lives. We’ve always found something fundamentally odd about giving a loved one cut flowers to commemorate an occasion. After all, the flowers die just a few weeks later. Why not a plant instead" After all, plants are supposed to last indefinitely — much like our love (in theory, anyway).So we turned to the team at Exotic Angel, the largest producer of indoor foliage in the world, to ask just how to choose the perfect plants for ourselves or a loved one. What does this have to do with luxury, you ask" Exotic Angel doesn’t just stock your everyday ferns and cacti — they stock more than 420 unusual and specialty plants, with more added annually, including custom blends not found anywhere else.Here’s what the team has to say:Q: We love the idea of fresh plants in our home and office, but we will admit to a bit of a black thumb. Other than a cactus, what should we look for in a low maintenance houseplant"  A: Happily, not all houseplants are created equal! One set o...