These are some of mine! A micro mini trailing African violet (the others around it are all mini African violets) Some miniature gardens I put together with plants that like being indoors (ignore the dead Serissa in the back of the oval one - I've been hoping it'll come back, but my hope is fading...). Pen for scale.

I'm curious: How attached are you to the idea of these being grown by the groom? Small 3" pots are commonly available at garden centers, floral stores, grocery store floral centers, Wally's World, Home Depot, and lord only knows where else, for so cheap you could barely grow them for that price. The common house plants are common for a couple of reasons: They are easily propagated, are tolerant of low light, and have what's called "cast iron" culture; ie, they can take a lot of neglect. Oh, and they tend to be cheap. One can never underestimate the thriftiness of the human race. I realize you've been warned about philodendron and pothos re: toxicity. However, you do realize these are some of the most common houseplants in the country? The number of incidents due to these plants could just as easily be an individual's allergic reaction as opposed to any inherent toxicity of the plant. I like the idea; what I don't see is a personalization. Why do you want to give a plant? There are 500,000 species of plants in this world, countless sub species, botanical forms and a never ending array of hybrids and cultivars. Why do you want this plant (whatever it may be) to be the one selected? Does the plant have a story associated with it, either historical or mythological? Does it have special meaning to the two of you? That would be my criteria.

Okay. Well, that's what I thought you were saying initially, and that's the question gobluedjm, rhizo_1, and I answered. You just didn't like the answer. As oakleyok said, most plants can hold themselves together for three weeks, even if they're not at all suited for long-term cultivation indoors. There might also be some miscommunication on the meaning of "foliage" in this context: most indoor plants either have fairly plain leaves but pretty flowers, or pretty leaves and plain flowers; the latter are referred to as "foliage plants" because the leaves, not the flowers, are the point. Some foliage plants are every bit as colorful as the flowering ones, it's just that the color comes from the leaves instead of the flowers. Plants that are grown for their flowers tend to be a lot more demanding, especially with respect to light levels, because it takes a lot of energy to build flowers. Foliage plants are sometimes just as demanding, especially if they're brightly-colored (pigments also take more energy to produce; only chlorophyll actually helps the plant collect energy) but there are a lot more choices among the foliage plants than with the bloomers. Some of the more colorful, easier-maintenance plants I can think of that should work for a largish, unobstructed north window, but aren't likely to produce flowers there: Aglaonema 'Brilliant' (cream, yellow, green) or 'Silver Bay,' 'Silverado,' or 'Diamond Bay' (silver, green, dark green), plus a gazillion other varieties Chlorophytum comosum (green, and then different varieties may also be striped with white, cream or yellow) Chlorophytum x 'Fire Flash' (orange, green) Chamaedorea metallica (silver-gray, greenish-gray) Dracaena deremensis 'Lemon-Lime' (green, white, chartreuse), 'Warneckei' (gray, dark green, white) or 'Limelight' (yellow, chartreuse, green) Dracaena fragrans 'Massangeana' (yellow, green) Dracaena marginata 'Colorama' (pink, red, green) Epipremnum aureum (yellow, green), 'Marble Queen' (white, various shades of green), 'N'Joy' (white, green) Haworthia attenuata (dark green, white) Philodendron hederaceum 'Brasil' (green, yellow) or 'Lemon-Lime' (green, chartreuse, orange) Sansevieria trifasciata 'Laurentii' (yellow, silver-green, dark green) and 'Black Gold' (very dark green, yellow) Saxifraga stolonifera (gray, white, gray-red) Syngonium podophyllum (assorted varieties; colors may include green, white, chartreuse, pink, red, or yellow, in various shades, combinations, and patterns) Yucca guatemalensis (usually plain-green, but there are varieties out there with yellow margins or gray-green stripes)

i always do well with aloes but this over winter and spring i had a lot of cacti and succulent casulties. my hoya has done well as have my spider plants-i just leave them alone pretty much-my purple heart, my pothos and phildendrons, dieffs-they've given me as many babies as my spiders! the snake plant is a goodie and my agave has done well, too. i've murdered a beautiful orchid-but my others are doing well-i tried a potted mini rose and it died a long slow death :*( the song of india kicked the bucket within a week and i had this awesome zebra plant that died in a month...i'm doing so-so with my tropical INDOOR hibiscuses...i think they may be mad at me for bringing them inside now that summer is over. i had a really gorgeous moses-in-the-cradle that looks like craaaaap that u'm trying to bring back. and THEN there was the rather unfortunate plant stand crash that made my poor african violet retarded and stunted...but i'm hoping it recovers :) currently i'm trying to save a violet, a mini rose bush, and 2 potted mums from my job. if anyone has any suggestions, let me know! these poor plants need all the help they can get!