The Hanging Garden(ing)

My friend in the mountains had a couple of amazing houseplants. One is a night blooming cerus that blooms at midnight and has amazing tendrils that make it seem like an alien being. 



The other is a 20 year old plant that has winded its way across their entire living room and the banister to their stairs. It is truly awesome. This is what I aspire to in terms of what my houseplant situation is like. Filled. With. Plants.

I can picture that. 

It's been obscenely warm here so I've been warming some houseplants in the sun the past few days. 

I recently re-potted Diego (Boston Fern) and they look great for winter. I pruned a WHOLE lot off of its underside in about November; probably about 30% of its growth. I also repotted the magnolia tree seedling, which almost died from a month in a plastic pot (poorly thought-out decision for overwintering inside), which caused it to retain too much moisture and start to die. I think it will survive. 

Both plants got a nice, healthy serving of worm castings in the new soil, and Diego also got some peat. 

This summer I would like to grow a small variety of celery in containers. It's a million times better than grocery store celery. 

Some visitors in next door's garden this evening

I think they're only dangerous if you seem like threat to the little ones. Then the parents will charge at you.
Other than that, as soon as they see you & realise you're not another pig, they get the heck out of there. & they run really fast

Office plants are thriving. The philodendron, she is huge and always has new leaves waiting to unfurl.

The “Z plant” has outgrown its pot and came home with me this weekend to be repotted.

On the home front, my magnolia seedling is not dead! It has a fuzzy, new leaf in the center. Sadly, I left Diego on the wrong porch and he got a sunburn. I’m trimming him and then relocating him to a shadier outdoor spot. To