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Why does the death of my fiddle-leaf fig hurt?
I thought it was just a houseplant. And yet, it left lessons in life, loss and hope.
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The writer’s fiddle-leaf fig (left) just after he bought it on Sept 1, 2023. Signs of decline were spotted in July when it started to shed leaves (right).
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Over the past week, I watched as one of my houseplants died.
It was the sudden slide of a steady decline that began about two months ago.
