Great Houseplant Census of 2010

Welcome to the Great Houseplant Census of 2010.* The impetus behind the census is that one evening, my Very Indulgent Spouse (VIS) looked around the kitchen and family room and commented, "Wow, you have a lot of houseplants." This is the beginning of a post written by...http://mcgregorsdaughter.blogspot.com/ Go visit her blog and read about hers and others.
She started this whole thing. I wanted to be included in the count. I didn't know how many I had, but I knew that my collection was growing. When moving into this house...there was no place for plants. I moved in with a Christmas cactus. So, I bought a black wrought iron plant stand.

Soon that was full and I had to invest in another folding contraption that held 7 plants. I put it on the front porch. That's where my cacti sit all summer.

The following year...I bought a big table to go downstairs in front of the windows. It held lots of plants. My skimpy collection looked lost on that big table.

So a trip to the greenhouse and garage sales found me buying plants to fill up that table. It looked wonderful. Nice and full.

Now, I started blogging and my interest was in starting seeds in the house. Oh, dear...where do I put those seed trays, how much light do they need? So, I surfed the net and found a lighted plant stand. Four shelves with a light over each. I put it downstairs and now I could start with my seeds. I was pleased.

I started accumulating clay pots. I bought these at garage sales. I soon filled them up and had to look for more.

I bought two big planter pots and filled those too. Annuals of all sorts were used in those.

An old chair caught my attention. It was a soft green and had a hole in the seat to hold a pot of flowers. It was purchased and plopped in my front garden.

Last year I made a trough garden and filled it with hens and chicks. I hope it makes it through this cold winter.

A neighbor friend made me a flat planter out of concrete. It is formed by using a big leaf. My hens and chicks had another home.

My kids gave me a gift card for a greenhouse....I bought a strawberry jar and filled it with succulents.

I planted an avocado seed and it sits in front of the basement window. It's growing tall and making new leaves right now.

I brought in my rosemary plant. I am trying to overwinter it in the basement. I have had no luck with these coming back...so I will try this.

I received plants, when I had surgery. Friends and relatives bought them for me...a couple of dish gardens are now separated and thriving.

I went to Merlin's and visited with an elderly lady. She was replacing her wandering Jew. You guessed it...I brought one home too.

Now this winter I have had 3 amaryllis. One white and two red. January has been going by so fast while I watch these tall beauties.

This is my fourth amaryllis. She spent the summer in the garden and now will bloom again in the house.

I love any kind of vine. I have two ivies. When they get bigger I am going to train them as topiaries.

Here's the other one. So let's see how many plants I have for the count. Counting the two houseplants planted with the amaryllis...22. That's not so bad. Do you think I need more?

Balisha :)