1. Research your plant! Make sure you know how much sunlight that type of plant needs. For example, if you put it in the window and it is a plant that doesn't do well with a lot of sunlight the plant will die.
2. Make sure you also research how often your specific type of plant needs to be watered. (I almost killed one of my favorite plants once by overwatering it)
3. Be sure to transplant your plant when it has outgrown its pot. If you don't you will eventually not allow the plant to grow any larger by restricting the roots and stalks from having room to grow.
4. Plant food/fertilizer can make a great difference for many plants as well. See if your type of plant would benefit from one of these by researching.
