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MMD - Mr. McGregor's Daughter - has issued an invitation to "fess up! How many plants are now residing in your home?" Officially, the idea became a survey that You can also join.She had me curious... so I scouted the house with my camera - and this is what I found: 52 plants. (I'd missed a couple that I'd reported to her earlier!)
I recently caught a gardener on t.v. who mentioned that one should have 10 - 15 plants for every 1500 square feet of home - for the provision of fresh air - and to contract the gases that are released from the various furnishings and wall coverings, etc. in the home. Something to think about!
Kitchen (3)
My three amaryllis bulbs
Living Room (13)
Two Christmas Cactus, three rooting Hoya leaves (counted as one plant), two healthy African violets, one new baby African violet and three separate rooting leaves (counted as three plants), and one nearly deceased (very old) African violet that I didn't photograph!
One variegated philodendron and one pothos
and my new sansevieria.
Dining Room (14)
(the walls of which are more nearly the color shown nest to the first photo below - at left)
(the walls of which are more nearly the color shown nest to the first photo below - at left)
one upright Jade plant (8 years old or so), pot of narcissus, dying back (one plant), one Louisiana Palm Tree dug up two summers ago, two "cascading" jade plants, two orchids, one sedum, one variegated ivy, one bromeliad ('Cortez Red' from my mom two years ago)
one more sedum, one more orchid, one kalanchoe, and one begonia (I'm glad my dining room isn't this bright orange... what a funny trick the light played!)
A Guest Bedroom (2)
Two non-hardy hibiscus plants
Downstairs (20)
Next to my computer - three cacti and two succulents
Next to the sliding patio doors - one gigantic Aloe Vera (many plants in one pot... years old), two geraniums, two annual plants (can't remember the name), one humongous Spider plant (I'm NOT going to count the babies!)
and nine green, live but unresponsive amaryllis bulbs that will find their way to the compost pile this Spring if they don't do something soon! (And That's the Truthththth!)
MMD, Would you mind if I also billed this as a Green Thumb Sunday post?
Click on the above link and then head over to
As the Garden Grows
to see who else is participating today!
Hope you're enjoying a great weekend! :-)
Click on the above link and then head over to
As the Garden Grows
to see who else is participating today!
Hope you're enjoying a great weekend! :-)
