True. Try it. Summers around here are hot, hot, hot. Unless someone comes over and water my plants, I can't leave for long and expect to come back and find them beautiful and healthy (or alive!). That's why I don't have many and I don't get too attached. However, whenever I feel the house could use something new... plants seem to solve it. Seed and wait, plant or buy them grown and ready to enrich your living space.
RMach