What's your light level? If you don't have much light, perhaps coffee plants? They grow slow in the shade, but they do survive. And they flower with beautiful-smelling flowers, and yes, produce coffee cherries (although, again, don't expect them to produce well when kept small and in low-light situations)

Then get a phalaenopsis orchid, they don't need a lot of light. The leaves are more round and it can easily sit in the middle of the table. Most phalaenopsis, don't have a smell though. Other options are: gloxinia african violet fern dwarf calla lily begonia gardenia ----yes this is the answer. Doesn't need much light, has beautiful, waxy white flowers, and smells heavenly. You can prune it to keep it any size you want. Needs a watering of Miracid once in a while. Run, don't walk to get one. Lainey Lainey

'Tombrooklyn', I'm growing Genovese Basil indoors right now. It's the first herb I've tried growing and I'm glad I did. It's still only about 4" tall but it has a really nice spicy fragrance. I think I'll always have at least one herb growing from now on. It's that nice to have around. And once the plant gets big enough I'll start using the leaves. Hope this helps. BTW, I'm just growing tomatoes, sweet peppers and basil under a couple of 4-ft shoplights with CFL's hitting the plants from the sides. It's working halfway decently for me. Jeff

OK, Since you are from Canada, your outdoor growing season is about over. You will pretty much have to make the most of an indoor system. I would feel that light is going to be a big issue. You have many plants but only one grow light. A big 400W light is great but it's coverage is limited. Once your plants begin to grow, you will be cramping them together to get them under the light. I think you will have to add more lights. This is one reason I like flourescent tube lights. They may not put out quite as much light but they cover a much larger area. Put 400W worth of those up in 4 or 5, 4-foot shop lights with two 40W bulbs each and you have a small room full of light. Anyway, winter is notorious for very low humidity indoors. That will be an issue as well. You can buy an inexpensive humidity gauge that also has the temp to keep track of the humidity. They are sold at most department stores for $10 to $20. How you raise the humidity indoors is another issue. You could run a "humidifier" and if you have your plants isolated in a closed room, that could help a lot. It seems a lot of trouble to grow plants indoors. I grew my peppers from seed last winter indoors and I was so happy when I finally could get them outside in the Spring. Nearly all the problems I was having with them cleared up within the first week that I put them outside. Josh (Greenman28) and some of the other vets out there can be more of assistance on the fertilizers and probably have a better grasp on the whole process.