Thanks Paulz I was feeling neglected and unloved without the yucca question but you have cheered me up no end. Can't help with the houseplant at all as I can't keep them for more than a few days without colleagues at work mounting rescue attempts. All I have now is a cactus which flowered for the first time on my wedding day. Deep or what?
Your lucky then! My christmas cactus flowered at the right time and then again at Easter! perhaps it's got religion! Certainly confused Mrs Pz! I struggled for years with indoor bonsai's, in the end we got a perfectly good looking fake one that need s no fuss, apart from the odd bit of dusting!