Category: Gardening (Page 3 of 179)

I went to water the houseplants in my bedroom, and noticed that the cabinet they’re sitting on was dirty. Dang it. I just cleaned that off where did all that detritus come from?

I investigated a little further, and noticed that the leaves of my pilea peperomioides had bites taken out of it. All that stuff on the cabinet was poop. Yuck! And what the heck was eating my houseplant?

I searched all over and found it:

There was a worm eating my plant. That’s so weird! How did it get into my house? After thinking about it, I figured it out – I took all my plants outside when my house was tented for termites. Something must’ve laid eggs on my plant while it was out there.

I took the worm outside and left it in my yard – better treatment than it deserved, for the damage it did.

A while back, one of the garden centers I really like closed. HERE’S a record of one of my visits there. When they closed, there was a sign on the gate that said they were moving, but when I went to check it out the new location, it looked like nothing was happening. Were they just closed forever?

No! They aren’t closed forever! I went to the new location yesterday. They have finally finished moving!

It was so cool. It’s a giant open space like a grocery store or CVS, but there are no aisles, just lots and lots of plants, and lots of grow lights on the ceiling.

The old place had an amazing succulent selection running along the front of the building. This is the picture from that old post:

Would they still have that wonderful collection?

Yes, yes they do! It was so fun to look at it.

And I think I know what I want the place I live in to look like when I retire. I want a giant room full of plants with grow lights all over the ceiling. And a bed and a couch.

There’s only one plant in my back yard that is from the previous owner. It’s a Christmas fern. It’s tough, and green, and covers the water pipes my hose is connected to.

And the termite tenting killed it.

Yesterday, I was cutting away some of the dead leaves.

And then I saw it – a new leaf! It’s all green and alive-looking!

I’m so happy! The fern is alive!

I planted some chocolate flowers (berlandiera lyrata) this summer. My first flower opened about three months ago. Now the plants are really big, and there are LOTS of flowers.

Yesterday on my way to our two-hour Saturday church choir rehearsal (which I am mentioning for memory archive purposes), I could smell the chocolate flowers when I stepped out my front door. The scent was so strong and delicious! Yum!

There are a lot of flowers now. My roses are suffering from some kind of affliction, so they look bad, but the chocolate flowers? They’re looking sunny and cheery and beautiful!

I found out there was an orchid show happening at the Huntington Gardens this weekend! I was so excited, because I have often found out about events like this after they are already over.

I went yesterday! It was so cool. There were many gorgeous displays in the show:

I was excited to look at show-winning phalaenopsis orchids, since that’s the kind I grow in my bathroom.

But the other varieties were amazing too. From tiny…

…to giant…

…and all shapes.

I loved this color:

They even had a display in the stairwell:

There were also vendors there. Wow, was there a lot of stuff for sale:

The orchid window in my bathroom is so small, I was being really good about saying “no” to my impulses to buy. But then I saw this orchid for sale, which would grow outside.

I have LOTS of room outside, so I got one!

It grows big. I’m excited to see if I can get it to thrive!