The Plant Thread

[BlackCurtains]

I would repot the sage but it's because it's so over to the side. I would center it.

I bought some succulents and a nice pot to put them in I got them from Etsy, so they haven't arrived yet. My plan was to buy a patio table for my balcony and put them out there. Put the day I went to buy the table it went up by 20 dollars AND the shipping wasn't free anymore, so I missed my chance. I swear prices fluctuate wildly on Amazon.

[Gator]

Today got a purple beauty berry bush and a red hibiscus!  Also got some native passion vine, also called maypop here in the southeastern US, to use as a host plant for gulf fritillary butterflies.

[Ponyfan]

The strawberries look better after the rain.

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[BlackCurtains]

Oh, they have perked up!

I bought a parlor palm finally! I've been wanting to get one for so long. It's an established plant about 15 inches high. It hasn't been shipped yet, but the seller is in Florida too.

I also bought some more pots. A big one to transplant the ponytail palm and then a bundle of different sizes.

[Ponyfan]

Congrats on your new plant BC. It's starting to get close to freezing at night here.  I'm not sure if all of the plants will survive the winter.  I could maybe bring some of the smaller ones inside though.

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Mint 1

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Mint 2

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lavender


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strawberry plant

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Sage

The sage looks fine in this pic, but now it looks a little sickly.

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Ficus

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aloe



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[brightberry]

I love your strawberry plant, Ponyfan! All your plants look so healthy.


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This is my outdoor herb garden.  We are still doing drought but at least it's cooler out.  The sage and thyme are a couple years old.  My rosemary has never made it a year yet but so far it looks healthy. Fingers crossed.  Basil dies off but the seeds plant themselves and sprout in the spring.  The peppers aren't doing well at all.

[Ponyfan]

Thanks, brightberry    I like your herb garden.

I worry sometimes about the strawberry plant.  It's supposed to be everbearing, but I've never seen a strawberry on it.


Ponyfan

[BlackCurtains]

I finally got my mail, the mailman brought it to me, so I got my new plants They are fine, I was sure they'd be dead after sitting in the locker outside in the heat and the dark. The soil was still damp though

Here is my little succulent garden

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The parlor palm! It's so cute.

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And a group pic! I still need to separate the snake plants and change out the soil for the ponytail palm.

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[Beldarna]

I love the plants BC. I got a parlor palm when I turned 18. It grew to became three different plants that followed me for years. Unfortunaly the last one died a couple of years ago, but they were gorgoeus.
That little succulent garden is so cute! Love it!

[BlackCurtains]

Yeah, I hope to have it for a long time

Isn't it?! I got the plants and planter from Etsy. It worked out perfect since you can fit 6 2 inch succulents in the planter and that's how many I ordered. The shop that sells them does so in groups, up to 12 plants. I'd still like to get a patio table and put some out there.

[Heart Of Midnight]

BC, Lovely plants! visitors can't see pics , please register or login
 

The winter season has started in my garden, so everything is getting ready for wintering. I have collected dahlia rhizomes indoors to dry, at some point I will wrap them in newspapers or just put them in a cardboard box and move them to the basement to rest. The leaves of the hostas are dead, so I have had to cut them off with scissors. That way I don't have to worry about cleaning them in the spring.  The indoor plants are still waiting on the veranda (underfloor heating prevents frost) to be transferred to the upstairs bedroom, where the cats are not allowed and cannot eat them.

[Beldarna]

My Coleus had grown like weed taking over the entire window sill so I cut it down, rather dramaticly much yesterday. I hope they suvive. I got two lovley bouquets from them. I hope some of them willo grow roots so I can repot them .

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[Ponyfan]

BC, your plants looks great.    I like your succulent garden too.  I haven't gotten in to succulents yet, but yours are pretty.

Beldarna, I like your Colesus bouquets.


Here's the latest pics of the plants.


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Mint 1

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Mint 2 including top down


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Sage


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Lavender including top down

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Strawberry plant


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mom's aloe

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Ficus


Ponyfan

[BlackCurtains]

The sage looks really good from when you first got it.


So it turns out my two snake plants are in fact, one plant. The leaves I thought were a separate plant were growing up from the bottom from the other side. I moved it over as much as I could and put it in a new bigger pot with the correct type of soil.

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I also added some soil to some of the other plants. The spider plant really needed some. The only thing left to do is to repot the ponytail palm. I hate to throw all the soil it's in away though. If it's dry I think I'll put it in a garbage bag and hang onto it.

[Beldarna]

Its so nice to see the progress of your plants every week Ponyfan .


It's funny the plant is called snakeplant in English. In Swedish it's Svärmorstunga which translates to mother-in-laws tongue. I wonder what the poor plant has done to deserve those names.