SPedigrees
Garden Addicted
This is the time of year when those of us in the far north without a greenhouse turn to house plants.
This rubber tree plant is the oldest living thing I possess. I bought it in Boston in 1969, and it lived with us in our city apartments, before moving with us in 1972 to Vermont. At some points in time it would outgrow its pot and the constriction of the house ceilings, and I took cuttings and propagated new plants. So basically these two plants are great grand clones of the original, but with its same DNA.
This is one of two:
And this is its twin:
The desert diorama in the orange pot is 100% fake, but the tiny cacti in the little pot on the windowsill are living. I grew them from seed, and they are easy care. I check the weather report for Phoenix, Arizona every week, and on days when it rains there, I give them 1/2 tablespoon of water.
These geraniums (below) are from clippings taken last fall from outdoor plants that I grew from seed in the Spring of last year. They do surprisingly well despite low light conditions, but I've never had luck transplanting them outdoors at the end of winter. The plant on the right is beginning to bloom with a red flower.
And lastly, between the two geraniums is my waxed amaryllis sending up a second flower stem for one last hurrah.
This rubber tree plant is the oldest living thing I possess. I bought it in Boston in 1969, and it lived with us in our city apartments, before moving with us in 1972 to Vermont. At some points in time it would outgrow its pot and the constriction of the house ceilings, and I took cuttings and propagated new plants. So basically these two plants are great grand clones of the original, but with its same DNA.
This is one of two:
And this is its twin:
The desert diorama in the orange pot is 100% fake, but the tiny cacti in the little pot on the windowsill are living. I grew them from seed, and they are easy care. I check the weather report for Phoenix, Arizona every week, and on days when it rains there, I give them 1/2 tablespoon of water.
These geraniums (below) are from clippings taken last fall from outdoor plants that I grew from seed in the Spring of last year. They do surprisingly well despite low light conditions, but I've never had luck transplanting them outdoors at the end of winter. The plant on the right is beginning to bloom with a red flower.
And lastly, between the two geraniums is my waxed amaryllis sending up a second flower stem for one last hurrah.
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