Plant-Care Chart

Type of Plant	Perennial (flower that comes back each year)	Fern	Cactus	Vegetables/Herbs
Amount of sunlight needed	full to average	little	full	full
Amount of water needed	average	much	little	average
Climate	warm to cool	flexible, except severe deserts	desert or other dry climate	warm to cool
Soil conditions	average	wet forest and tropical mountains	sand, rocks	rich
Common problems	none	dies in full sun or dry air	sensitive to snow and cold weather	sensitive to frosts