indoor stuff

I forgot to mention, but over a month ago I got a few new houseplants from someone taking cuttings in the neighborhood. This is string of hearts plant. So small!

I've since cut it back to one leaf set on the single rooted stem, and pieced the rest out into three parts to root again in water.

This one I think is supposed to be 'Cebu blue' pothos. It's leaves aren't as elongated as I've seen in other pictures, so I'm not sure if that identity is correct?

Here's another not sure of anymore- this plant when my husband bought it for me, was labeled as a monstera deliciosa, or swiss cheese plant. Mine's doing better now it stays where there's more light. I thought the leaves would get a lot bigger, and have a more broad shape, but maybe it will do that when it matures.

I recently took a few cuttings of this begonia (which I can't remember the name of right now!) and cut back hard the 'black witchy' (or whatever it's called) one just visible behind it the upper right corner, kept most of that as cuttings for new plant 

My little 'frosty' begonia is doing better in its new location.

The pilea has gotten taller- I'm starting to think I should cut it back

No picture of my madagascar palm, which survived the winter in a warmer spot but didn't get enough light there, so the leaves are all very small (as short as the thorns!) Sad to say my crown of thorns plant is all dead. 

Upstairs, I noticed my goldfish plant has a few bare spots. Trimmed some stems that were growing crosswise each other, am trying to start them rooting in water. Before, I've just stuck the stems in the soil and they didn't seem to take. Maybe this will work better.

I made some Things-

Outside- a bench! from planks left over when my husband repaired our deck. Had some assistance with the power tools- saw, drill and screwdriver- but I sketched it out, measured, cut a few things by hand, braced things and hammered some nails, ha.

It still needs to be scrubbed clean and maybe stained or painted, I haven't decided yet.

Two of the legs are propped on paving stones because it's on a slope. Not sure yet what part of the yard to sit it in- although I already enjoyed some time out there with a book- it's kind of nice to look across the lawn at the garden, from a different viewpoint. 

I'd like to surround it with ostrich ferns and lenten roses, a carpet of aguja underneath. We'll see. Very pleased how sturdy it came out, and a perfect fit for my short legs! (Those of you who, like me, often find their feet dangling, will know how important this is for comfort).

Also, in the bedroom I put up a pole to hang some plants. 

This is one of those things that looks better in person than a photo, though I admit it's not great. After several tries to put hooks in the ceiling or above the window into a stud, I gave up and just propped this pole on top of the doorframe. It holds up my lipstick plant-

smaller creeping charlie (this one needs some TLC)

goldfish plant

and the sprawling trandescantia zebrina- which I trimmed back a lot. Will replant the cuttings into the pot once they show first roots in a jar.

I needed more space on the bookshelf tops for the african violets!

houseplants in my room

The zebrina has completely covered top of little bookshelf by one window. Needs a trim now!

Goldfish plant

has plenty more 'goldfish' flowers

Happiest I am of the 'lipstick' plant.

A week ago I noticed what looked like buds:

Yes, it's flowering!

some houseplants

situated near the best window are really cranking out growth right now. Creeping charlie plant looks yellowish compared to its siblings in other windows, but the leaves here are twice as big.

Blue-green succulent is suddenly grown long enough to start draping over the pot sides. (Camera angle was off so I rotated the picture).

Even the plain spider plant is looking nicer. Could be the help of that assassin bug hanging out in the vicinity, just as much as the increased light and tankwater feedings!

Upstairs, my Goldfish plant is budding again!

and my one healthy African violet

I am pretty sure this one that had the rotted crown is done for. Gave up on it.

My violet leaf cuttings still are not growing anything. I wonder if, like the sansevieriea leaf I had for years in too-dim light, they will react finally if I move to a brighter spot and thus give them more resources?

houseplant note

New cuttings stuck into the zebrina plant are doing fine. Arrowhead to the right, looking much happier since I took it out of the srhimp bowl.

my youngest pot of creeping charlie is still the best-looking one

the second one upstairs, just got a trim so I could start cuttings for my teenager to grow

Goldfish plant is blooming again

Schefflera buds close to opening as well-

Strawberry begonia isn't doing well. I think it started to dry out, and then got overwatered when I returned. But one little leaf in center looks okay, so maybe it will recover?

some of my housplants-

Madagascar palm seems happy

Medinilla (maybe, still not sure of this one's identity) Velvet Philodendron

At least it's doing well now, and I've finally found a trailing plant that likes the mantlepiece spot!

Had this pothos for a long time- it still lives in a water bottle SIP

Other pothos on top of the aquarium-

Almost forgot the philodendron is back here, too- what do you know, it's grown a few new leaves

My little thanksgiving cactus is getting a bit bigger!

And this blue-grey succulent I sure like but can't name- my latest guess is sedum palmeri or sedum compactum ..?

the rounder, paler crassula (at least I think that's what it is) just got pinched again-

and wow, look at my plant that grew from a single leaf!

Suddenly the new leaves have shot taller. I swear it's a sansevieria!

In the sansevieria pot by the fish tanks, the younger leaves are now taller than the older ones:

My little goldfish plant in the bedroom is blooming!

I don't know who thought these little odd flowers look like fish. But my eight-year-old thinks it's cute.

Lipstick plant still no flowers. It's grown, though. Its leaves are twice the size of the goldfish plant's, and straighter.

That's nearly all of them now, in the photos I took today and yesterday. I think the only plants I didn't photograph were the dracanea (corn plant) and the large schefflera