Freddie Mercury the Croton throwing some nice shadows tonight. This fellow was the first houseplant I could keep alive. A co-worker of mine sadly passed away from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and I inherited the plant from her office mates. It moved all over the building with me until I moved to a spot with no bright light. I didn’t trust anyone else with the plant so I brought it home. Quite a spectacle as it’s almost 5’ tall and bushy. Enlisted the help of my husband and we loaded it up in our truck and slowly drove it home. So glad I live just a few blocks away. It survived and had no shock from the road trip. 😆 He is living his best life with Leonard Cohen the Monstera who is also an office refuge. Both are waaaay too big for my dining room and I have to constantly tell my family members to “samba” around the plants so they aren’t damaged. Don’t even get me started on the dogs tail…🤦🏻‍♀️ 2025 challenge is to trim and train both to fit the space better. 🤞

Choose 20 plants that have stayed with you or influenced you. One per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations (see ALT text 😉), no details, just photos.

Day 7/20

🌱 #plantchallenge #gardenthread #houseplant

Western Honey Bee on a yellow Gaillardia ‘Double Sunset’ bloom with quilled petals. Right behind my plots at the community garden, the property neighbor has a few honeybee hives.

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Day 5/20

🌱 #plantchallenge #flowers #bloomscrolling #gardenthread
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Remembering the very first bouquet from the brand new u-pick flower fields in June 2024! #bloomscrolling #fullcircleflorals #gardenthread #gardensky

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Great post on building a greenhouse! Love the manageable size of this one. 🌱 #gardenthread #gardening

I love working with gardening folk. We had our Christmas do for staff and volunteers in the office where we debated the point of celery for about 20mins. Although more about the eating than the growing! #GardenThread #GreenHeart

A small, mostly functional over decorative (hey, it was affordable) greenhouse is full of house plants, with a ficus in front.

Greenhouse interior with AZ milkweed, walking onions, basil, geraniums, a lime tree, and a crappy Meyer lemon that has yet to produce a single fruit in 8 years but I can’t get rid of it, and a ficus on display. A godseye yarn craft hangs in the ficus because my kid made it and it looks cool.

My garden is all tucked in for the winter, and these babies got moved to the Warm House. 7a

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