Indoors

Why can't I go to the supermarket and buy lemons for my tea and leave? I went to a supermarket that always has beautiful houseplants with varieties you never see in the market like this ficus and the alocasia  Polly I unfortunately left. It wasn't there when I went back and I didn't expect it to be. So I got my lemons and drove home, got into lounging pants, redressed and returned and got my plants. Where would you get them for 4.99. They're one of the best colorful additions to the house this winter. Their place on the table next to the sofa where I sit so I can glance over at them. They're not perfect but there weren't root bound, nicely watered and cared for, with little blemishes. I'll give them an insecticidal soap spray tonight. I think it's variegated ficus Benjamina but could be wrong.

First hyacinths out of the basement.

Last bloom on Red Velvet Amaryllis.

I noticed a while ago after watering this plant for a few months and the soil settled that each plant is in a basket. Two other plants in the house are in similar baskets. They may have a purpose but they also cause problems. In the spring I'll remove them. For now moved to the kitchen window so seedlings can start occupying the plant shelf.

She has a bloom so I can't be doing too bad caring for her.

In the bedroom window. Bought her in Georgia while visiting my mother 5 years ago. She has grown a lot since this but started out with points sticking up. I have to take better care for her because you can't kill it but I'd like it to fill out and continue growing. Tried rotating the pot so each side gets sun but the left side has been a slow grower.

African violet. If I care for it better it would be in bloom with a little fertilizer maybe.

Christmas amaryllis is making progress in the window.

The aloe I separated and transplanted. From my mother's in Georgia when she passed. Can't kill it. Sits on the table above my turtle.