#cuttings
Hey guys! I know I’ve been gone forever, but I should be posting more frequently again soon. I won’t bore you with my sob story; I’ll just show you what you want to see– plants!
A dear friend of mine, Meredith, sent me these cuttings all the way from California. I was not expecting this much, and you should have seen my face when I opened it!
The plant community has been so kind to me! I am so thankful.
Flaunt Your Leaves
So proud of these baby leaves emerging from my butterfly cuttings! Aaaahhhhh so excited to watch them fill up a pot of their own!
Another unknown plant. This one I took a cutting from a sprawling plant between the curb and footpath when I went to the city for an exam. All down the street of this area were succulents filling gaps; around sign posts, holes in the footpath, at the foot of trees. Not sure if it is a succulent as it doesn’t show the same characteristics but I treat it as one.
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20/Aug/2016
Can you help me identify the plant on the 1st row? Grandpa’s sister gave it to me, she said that her granddaughter brought some seeds from Italy, but not speaking much Italian, she only understood that were edible or used in cooking somehow.
I returned home yesterday, and most of my plants were dry, despite having the jellyfied water the high temperatures of the city were too much for them. I feel pity for them.
I’m glad that I took the adenium and the lemon/mandarin tree with me, I really like them and it would be so sad to lose them too. But while I was away, I got some new plants from friends.
Grandpa’s sister introduced me to a herbalist that lives near her place, he has a nice garden with lots of trees, herbs and vegetables, and told me about some remedies that he use to prepare for a friend who has a shop. He gave me lemon balm both fresh for drying and potted to keep at home, lavenderandthyme. He had many kinds of these plants, so I’m not sure which variety I have at home.
Dad bought me a ficus bonsai, I found it very cute, small and chubby. The garden was full of seeds, I picked seeds from lunaria,poppy andlinden. Looking around the peony I found a bulb, I wish it’s from the peony since it had impressive flowers in Spring and I’d like to have a plant like it. But grandpa had also narcissus and tulips, so it could be one of those. I found it on the soil, it wasn’t dug at all, I was lucky!
There were four kinds of succulents so I picked some of their leaves to reproduce them. I also picked some cuttings of the linden and apple tree, the peony and a rose bush, if they develope some roots as the coleus did, next time I’ll pick more from the other fruit trees he has, pear, fig, red apples, plum and cherry trees.
I have some flower seeds to plant in early September, I’m eager to have some sprouts growing again.
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