JUST FOR FUN----HOW MANY HOUSEPLANTS DO YOU HAVE?????

Wed May 18, 2011 6:42 pm

Shadowdmom, Sounds like you must have a very interesting collection of plants, to have 58. But after going to garden centres and seeing something you just "HAVE" to come home with, I definately understand!!! :lol:

I can't put houseplants out here, it's just too cold still, also when it's actually nice, the wind blows and it would kill them!

Tue May 24, 2011 11:41 pm

Well added 3 more plants to the collection as well as the pothos cuttings that are rooting away nicely. 32 and counting! Yikes! :oops:

Wouldn't change it for anything though. Love them ALL.

Wed May 25, 2011 12:34 am

shadowsmom wrote:I'm not counting the hibiscus starts in the sun-room. BTW that's Lorax's fault! Since I started doing it the way she said I've been successful and I've been swiping hibiscus cuttings from everyone I know. Everyone who comes over leaves with at least one, maybe two if I can convince them.

You can't blame me for that!!! :()

All I did was provide much-needed information. What you did with it is your own problem....

I have one house plant - a 'MaqueÃƒÂ±o' banana (surprise surprise).

Thu May 26, 2011 1:49 am

Only ONE houseplant??? How did you manage that?

Thu May 26, 2011 9:43 am

All her "tropicals" grow wild outside! Lorax and her orchid weeds. :lol:

Thu May 26, 2011 2:24 pm

You can't blame me for that!!! All I did was provide much-needed information. What you did with it is your own problem....

I thank you for the propagation tip! I've been highly successful. I gave away 6 more this past weekend, so I am thinning the herd. :lol:

Fri Jun 10, 2011 4:23 am

Went to the garden centers today ( well 2 of them) Ended up with 4 more plants, plus 2 I bought for gifts. So I now have 38 plants and a jam jar full of pothos cuttings. I got 2 in the mail through e-bay, so that brought me up to 38. Also waiting for christmas cactus cuttings in the mail. Hope they get here alive, as we are having a postal strike! Yikes!!!

I think there are 8 cuttings of those. Guess I will see if they get here. This has become a really fun, addictive Hobby!!! :oops:

Thu Jun 23, 2011 8:31 pm

Lets see. I have
1 Hibiscus Tree
2 Marble Queens - Pothos
1 huge Aloe plant - rescue
1 Orchid
1 huge Peace Lilly
1 Dwarf Umbrella Tree
1 3 Leafed Clover - Bought for myself for St. Patricks Day

4 seedling trees, not sure if they are all apple, or some are others, can't remember

So I am just a beginner but I would love to get more.
So wow... 12 plants in an apartment

Thu Jun 23, 2011 9:52 pm

Guess what, You have only just begun. LOl!!!! It really is addictive! :roll:

Fun though isn't it? Sounds like you have a real assortment going there.

You will find, that you will start looking for smaller plants to fit, then "where' can I put this one?? Start moving things around, to put more plants, never ending!! :oops:

You're hooked now! :lol:

Good Luck though, because it's so relaxing too!

Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:41 am

17 including myself.

Fri Jun 24, 2011 1:55 pm

GM, you'll get an even bigger kick out of this. The banana went outside, and now I have exactly ZERO houseplants, unless you count the little cups of basil that I'm starting in my kitchen window.... :-()

And Apple is right - I live in the tropics, and it seems like cruel and unusual punishment to keep the plants that grow outdoors in the house.

Thu Oct 06, 2011 6:58 pm

1 scented geranium, 2 coleus (kiwi fern and pink chaos (not including cuttings)), 2 ponytail palms, 1 agave, 1 cactus (not sure of name), 1 begonia... mind you, they aren't house plants as much as half-room plants. so i have 8 but if i had a whole house I'm sure there would be plenty more.

Thu Oct 06, 2011 7:45 pm

6 Overall (counting pots not plants)

3 Herbs (dill parsely chives)
1 China Aster
1 Hellfrucht dwarf tomato
1 Peace Lily

Thu Oct 06, 2011 8:14 pm

1 Dwarf Meyer Lemon (30")
3 Japanese Maple (18")
3 Crepe Myrtles will be in soon once I cut the air layers off the tree.

Wife has some plant in the window that she was given after she got hit by a car...

In the process of rebuilding my 'green room', heat, light, plant shelf. 400w MH in there.

Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:11 pm

Kinda like Lorax, I only have very temporary need for plants in the house. Even stuff in pots is on the porch or under trees. When it gets very cold, they get to press their little plant noses up against the French doors wishing I would let them in.

What I do have indoors are vases of various greenery for that little bit of air cleaning property. One in my bedroom, two in the bathroom. I watch the mosquito larvae grow to a certain size, then dump them outside and refill with another third of new material. These are so prolific I do not care about rooting, just the esthetics of the arrangement.

As a child, I had an etagere in front of a western window with somewhere around 100 plants. Wasn't going for a goal, just growing lots of things with the intent of building more terraria for friends.

Hint: Do not try to root and keep every spider plant baby you've ever seen.