Proper care during thewinter months can help insure the health of houseplants. Keephouseplants away from cold drafts, radiators, and hot air vents. Also make sure houseplant foliage doesn't touch cold windows. Humidifiers are an excellent way to increase therelative humidity in a single room or throughout the entire home. Simple cultural procedures can also increase the relative humidityaround houseplants.
Group plants together.
The bottoms of the pots should be above the waterlevel. Misting houseplants is not an effective method to raiserelative humidity. Misting would have to be done several timesdaily to appreciably raise the humidity level and is simply notpractical. Watering In general, houseplants require less frequent watering duringthe winter months than in spring and summer. Actively growingplants need more water than those at rest during the winter months.