Got up today and decided that I really needed to scrub and wax the floor, and since I needed to move all the plants to do that I might as well groom and wash them while I was at it. Whatever is small enough to sit on the table went up where I could get a good look at it, and make it easier for me to groom. Then into the shower. The Fiscus tree (sp) on the right also got groomed and showered. How many different plants can you see in this picture?
Here they all are back where they belong all nice and clean. Well most of them are clean I have three that are just too awkward to get into the shower they will have to wait until it warms up enough to hose them down out on the patio.
Here's a few shots closer up. The Peace plant is flowering, you can see one in the picture and there is another just coming that hasn't broken thru the leaves yet.
The Elephant watering can belongs to my Grandson Jr, he's 3 and was very unhappy when he showed up this afternoon and I wouldn't let him water the plants. I just couldn't explain that they didn't need more water after their shower.
One last shot of the corner grouping.
quite a garden there! look very healthy
Beautiful plants. Is that a bougainvillea I see?????? I keep trying them but they die every winter......what's your secret?
Yes that's a bougainvillea. My house plants get lots and lots of very special care. ( Can you see me rolling on the floor laughing?) LOL...... I have 18 ft of floor to ceiling glass facing South. I just pot them up set them in front of the windows, and throw water at them every so often. Surprises me that I haven't killed more of them.
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Here's a close-up.
Your plants are spectacular Holly.You can sure tell they are well loved.Ohhhh sooo Beautiful : )
Nancy
I have to get me a bougainvilla, how pretty.
I think I'm going to try and Propagate some this summer and my Jasmine, too. I'm also going to do a major hack job on the Jade and the Rubber Tree. If anyone is interested I make sure you get pieces of whatever I have.
Holly: What a Wonderful Indoor Jungle you have there! Everything looks Happy and Healthy! I find that a lot of my plants thrive on neglect ... some, I think, even prefer it! I just mailed my one and only Bougainvillea to another DG'er this morning! I Love the Blooms, but DESPISE the Thorns! And, the bigger they get, the longer the thorns! They are beautiful plants, but some growing outside down her can be down right dangerous if you come into contact with those sometimes 2 Inch long thorns! I found that Bougie's like to be root bound and don't really need fertilizer and they will just bloom their hearts out!
Love your Indoor Oasis!
Lin
nice variety of healthy plants! my peace lily looks just like that and is flowing also.
I used to shower with my house plants when I lived in MN, now I put my house plants out in the showers ;-)
WOW, Dale, what are they?
Are there 8 with a grey kitty in the background? Hmm.. I SPY.....
Lou, You are very close 9 plants and one kitty. There is a Chinese Evergreen behind the Peace Plant and you may have not noticed the white stripe on the leaves in the back. Yes that is Sassy my very old and blind cat sitting on the back of the couch.
Darn! I almost went back to look and say 9! Because of the white stripe!! I am so new to houseplants,,,, I think I should get the runner up prize!! Just kidden!
Oh, I should say : Just kiss the kitten !
Very Pretty Plants and KItty>
Oh, heck,, just kiss all of them for me. I am a mushy one.
Have a great week!
thanks for the fun post. Mary.
Here is Sassy on one of her favorite perches. She's a sweet old cat.
Awe,, she does look sweet. Thanks for the close up.
With all my plants in the shower there isn't room enough for me :~) So while I and my plants both shower we have to do it seperately LOL.
Lana
dale, that is unbelievably beautiful.....are those begonias of some kind???
My last post was a begonia photo from last spring. I never remember the names, since it is not my yard. I used to love houseplants, now I garden with them and I just go around town taking photos of things that I find interesting. Like this-
WOW! That sure is unique. Beautiful!
Lana
