Although the days are getting longer and the snow is mostly melted (until it snows again tonight) (sigh), it’s gonna be awhile yet before I can get busy with my “real” garden chores outside.
In the meantime, I keep myself amused with my indoor garden . . .
I added several plants to my “collection” over the winter, and for the most part, they are doing well and seem happy in their new environment. I continue waging battle with spider mites (only one casualty this year, so I count that as a win). There are a few plants that need . . . something. (It’s always . . . something. . . in the garden). I need to do some re-potting, but that chore will have to wait until the weather warms up and I can do it outside. I absolutely killed that lovely cyclamen I bought in February. (I am so . . . not good with cyclamen.) (I really need to remember that — but they’re always so tempting in February.)
It’s always a little of this, a little of that when it comes to gardening. Despite the “losses,” I find much joy in tending to my little indoor menagerie.
And, of course, I have my trusty gardening companion . . . indoors or out. (JoJo is even more enthusiastic about posing with my plants than she is with my knitting.)
How about you? How does your (indoor) garden grow?
My indoor plants are just kind of limping along. We have steam radiators and they are under most of the windows and I can’t put plants on them during the winter when we use the heat. I have two hibiscus indoors and the rest of my plants are on the unheated mud porch. It’s quite sunny and gets warm but I am anxious to get the plants outside to repot and prune. It’s almost time to plant vegetable seeds so that’s almost gardening!
My Christmas Cactus has put out a new crop of “segments” and it looks so happy and healthy! And my wee African Violet has a few blooms (nothing like Vera’s! but I will take the few as a win!)
My “curious” thing that has really been fun is my attempt at “saving” basil, rosemary, and sage… I clipped a few pieces and put them in water on my kitchen window sill. They all are thriving with roots and I plan on planting them outside again!
My indoor garden is doing… okay. The garden room is nice & sunny but it’s often chilly, so… the plants are mostly doing okay! Like you, I’m looking forward to some repotting & refreshing when the weather warms up.
And damn that stupid forecast! It could be a big ol’ wrench in my tomorrow plans. Fingers crossed that it fizzles a bit.
My indoor garden is thriving thanks to Target. No watering. No sunshine worries. Fits well with my gardening know-how. However, I DO have a real live African violet which is very brave to survive in our household and I try to respond to that bravery with at least occasional attention. Poor little thing. I might have to add a couple more just to keep it company. Maybe a greater African violet presence will be a better reminder. Living things do make a difference.
I’m really surprised how well my indoor plants are doing this winter-they are growing quite quickly which is surprising for this time of year. Namely my pothos plants and my sansevieria. I am trying to keep my Norfolk Pines alive. They are like your Cyclamens-I love them but struggle to keep them alive much past January or February. I bought one large pot that had 3 plants in it and have lost one plant. I decided to also pick up 2 small ones when they were on sale this year hoping that maybe the little ones would be more inclined to adapt to my environment. So far so good! Loved seeing your plants and your little JoJo 🙂
My houseplants and succulents are doing well. The over-wintering of the Boston ferns? Not so much. I usually have great luck with them at the library but this year, due to the installation of our new 1.8 million dollar HVAC system, their usual spot is unavailable. 2 out of 3 aren’t going to make it, I fear.
My houseplants are all doing well this year including my 65 year old Christmas cactus. It originally belonged to my grandmother, she got it in 1958 when she moved to our town and I’ve had it since she died in 1996. I don’t do anything special to it and it always blooms around mid-December and is still blooming now.
I usually have good luck keeping geraniums over the winter, but not this year, they didn’t even last a month!
Five orchids, two in bloom. One “holiday” cactus that got a major haircut after it bloomed. All are doing well.
I don’t have a lot of room inside for plants. I am *thinking* about getting an African Violet after seeing Val’s on her blog, but it is a slippery slope. Buy one and next thing you know you are a violet hoarder.
Your indoor garden is very sweet. I have kept two Christmas Cacti alive and am trying to manage the amaryllis so I can coax it to bloom next year. When we started traveling to see our kids, I let my houseplants go by the wayside. Sometimes I do miss a little spot of green in the winter.
My only indoor plants are succulents (which do well for a bit and then start to die on me) and orchids (currently just leaves, but I’m hoping if I keep watering them, maybe they’ll bloom again). Maybe I need a JoJo of my own to help me with an indoor garden!