green inside-

Snow, ice and cold outdoors. Inside some new growth is sprouting. My figs have a lot of fat buds

and what looks like nascent fruits forming. I don't remember them starting fruit so early before? Will have to begin setting them outside on warmer days (next week maybe).

Not new, but in the same space down there by the large cool basement window, my citronella and lemon geranium are doing fantastic

and the new (reddish) leaves on bay laurel have almost reached the height of the older stems.

I have been somewhat concerned about my palms. The newer leaves have kept their green, and a younger shoot is growing in the center- but they always seem kinda poorly. Learned something in a book I just read about tropical plants. Palms need higher levels of potassium, and that deficiency shows as browned leaf tips and yellowing. Maybe these brown tips aren't from dryness or over-watering like I had assumed. The parlor palms need larger pots soon, so I will mix some ash in with their new potting soil and top-dress to give them a potassium boost, see if that helps.

Smaller jade that I trimmed lately, has new leaves sprouting

Pot of chives has looked sad since the last time I cut it to eat. Guess I overdid it. However one new leaf has come up! Will refresh the potting soil soon and see if it does better, or start new seed.

One more violet cutting is growing! Can't see the leaf nubbins yet but I see the signs of soil pushing up. Here it's sitting on my plant shelf in the living room- surrounded by lettuce and collards seedlings, spider plant, coleus cuttings, arrowhead, tradescantia zebrina and crassula.