plants in my house
By seaburngirl
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I was bought a schlumbergia many years by a young man who was ‘in my care’ and it is still going strong in a number of pots. Every time a piece got knocked off, usually by the curtains, I stuffed the piece into compost. I must have about 10 of them now. The magic of botany is they all flower at the same time.
I also have 4 different colours of african violets. But they are nearly over now. but I thought I’d show you 2 of them.
The first is a white and violet flowered one.
The second one is a pale pink and white one. It was a 50th birthday present from my then 11yr old daughter. She got upset when she found she had snapped a leaf off. I stuck it into a pot of compost and there are now about 10 plantlets. These are in the front pot of the two in the next photo. In fact I should pot them on.
The cyclamen is a home grown one, from seed from my late mum’s plant which has white flowers. This one will be frilly deep pink.
I do have a few other plants but I will save them for another day.
1 Dec, 2009
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thanks. I have a really bright magenta pink one too. must take cuttings from it too.
1 Dec, 2009
Lovely SBG. I wish we had window sills!
1 Dec, 2009
oh i made sure they were put in when we bought the house and renovated it.
1 Dec, 2009
Looking forward to seeing your house plants, cyclamen and African violets are two of my favorites. I have a couple but I dont have many window-ledges in this bungalow only the bathroom kitchen and bedroom apart from the conservatory which is cooler this time of year. Just noticed your name!! is that where your from? its not a million miles from me.
1 Dec, 2009
seaburn, sunderland is where i grew up. I now live in a village between hull and Beverley east yorks.
1 Dec, 2009
I think I need to put some in here as well SBG.
1 Dec, 2009
Lovely, SBG!! I have a couple of Xmas cacti, & I love your violets!
2 Dec, 2009
How lovely growing your own cyclamen from seed and from your mum's plant too! How long did it take to get to flowering size?
2 Dec, 2009
Lovely healthy plants - showing your green fingers, Sbg!!! :-))))
2 Dec, 2009
first flowers in about year 3 wagger if I am lucky..
thanks spritz but did you spot the slug damage?
2 Dec, 2009
I have a xmas cactus, I didn't know you could get new plants by potting up pieces of the original! I'm going to have a go at that.
2 Dec, 2009
yes just snap off the end segment and pop the snapped end into compost. keep slightly moist and you are away! dead easy.
2 Dec, 2009
Cool! Thanks SBG.
2 Dec, 2009
Found a hot pink christmas cactus "Cyber Dancer" last year on sale with no buds: flowered a little off and on all year, and from mid Oct to end November outdid itself with hundreds of blossoms: incredible! Do they want to be fed often?
4 Dec, 2009
Your Plants all look so lovely SeaB :)
7 Dec, 2009
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love the xmas cactus sea,,,, such pretty flowers on them, my nan grew african violets, she was a wiz with them, so many, and love cyclamon to, lovely pics ;o))
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