My Christmas Cacti have bloomed! They’re about five or six weeks early. We have several of the fuchsia pink version, and the oldest one, which sits in the west window of the green room has bloomed. One of my Mother’s cacti has also bloomed. It has a hot reddish orange bloom that makes me think of firecrackers for some reason. *S*
The English Ivy in my bathroom is kaput! I knew there was a problem, but when I went to pick it up to move what I thought were a few dead leaves, virtually all the leaves fell off. Normally I give my plants greater attention than that. I’m sure I had sprayed this particular plant with Safer’s soap. Either I over-sprayed it, or I used the wrong spray, or I over-watered. I’m not sure what happened, but it was so severe a problem that the plant has been pitched. You need to know that I almost never give up on a plant. I have a basil plant that seriously needs to be cut back for the winter. I’m going to have to make pesto this weekend, I think.
My Pothos is not a happy camper. I’ve carried this plant through the years, and I wonder if it’s just time to let it go. I keep finding leaves here and there that need to be plucked. I think it’s root bound, and there’s hardly any soil. I need to think about this. The room might look better without the plant, and I probably don’t want to move it, when we sell the house.
It’s time to buy evergreen wreaths. I usually put a wreath on the front and the back of the fireplace, but Dear Husband is allergic to cedar, and his chair is next to the fireplace. I may try to create a Christmas wreath from silk or dried flowers to spare him the sniffles. I’ll put a fresh wreath at the front door.
I may need to buy an African violet. Mother always had them in her sitting room. It seems like we should have at least one. I’ll have to start looking for one.
Awwww…that (English ivy) was such a pretty plant. You (and your mother before you) really DO have a touch that you can grow Christmas cacti successfully. They are so pretty.
HI, Cop Car! you just resolved a question I had, as to whether I needed to let my friends know where my blog resides, now. That English ivy was beautiful. I’ve always had an ivy in this house, but never one as lush and full as that. I may start another before we move. It’s like cats, I guess. I need a cat and an ivy to make it home! *S*
My seasonal cactii are out too!
Like the new look, and I can comment again at last, hurray!
I love your new layout! Too bad about th ivy, I’m surprised because it seems they are supposed to survive just about anything.
Blue Witch, what’s with the cacti? It can’t be a climate change; these are house plants! I’m glad the new format allows you to comment. Welcome back!
Hey, bogie, the new layout is all thanks to ~T~ who hosts my blog. She’s done all the work to shift information over from Moveable Type and get me started on Word Press. I’m SO not technologically capable that I couldn’t blog without her help. I’ll be sure to pass on all the positive comments when I contact her next.
I think this is the first time I’ve had an English ivy die like this. I’ve lost branches and a few leaves here and there, but this entire plant, which was huge, gave up the ghost in a fairly short time. I know a lot about plants, but I don’t know if this was a combination of things, or something beyond my ken. Too bad. I love ivy!