We called it her jungle. In the spring, we kids would take every pot, from small to giant, out on the front porch, after the last frost. In the fall, we'd bring them all in before the first frost. I'm serious when I say they took up half the living room. At Christmas, we had to get really creative to get them put away while the tree was up. The house was not uniformly heated and if we weren't careful about putting the plants away, they could get too cold and die. She also had a bunch of grungy cups on the window sill in the kitchen. They were full of leaves and cuttings she was trying to root, or dying plants she was trying to revive, so sometimes, it got crowded after Christmas. lol The year she lost 3 rubber trees and an avocado tree she started from a seed was tough.
I still have plants she grew in that era. I had a split leaf philodendren Mom had in the 1960s. I divided it 3 times and transplanted it to bigger pots 2 or 3 times. It was as tall as I am, and over 6 feet across. The last few years I had it, I couldn't get it in and out without a lot of effort. I ended up donating it to a plant sanctuary in Rutland, Ohio in 2019. A nice young lady came and picked it up, absolutely thrilled to get it. I still have a snake plant my Mom gave me over 50 years ago, right after I got married, and a Norfolk pine that she got in a little Christmas arrangement in 2001 and brought with her when she moved back to Oh. from Colorado. It is over 6 feet high now.
Anyway, to answer your question, I sure do remember! 
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