Showing posts with label belle. Show all posts
Showing posts with label belle. Show all posts

13 May 2008

And just for comparison...

Apparently I'm not awful at keeping herbs alive...check out the progress of the herb bowl in just over a month of living in my yard!
And the Insiders, Belle, Draco, and Banana, since I mentioned them last time but didn't feature pictures of them:BelleBananaDraco and Banana with BadooThose were taken about two weeks or so ago and I think Draco's filled out a bit since then.

Alas, there will be no pictures of Brummy, the bromeliad, because I clearly didn't do enough homework on taking care of him and I think he's on his way out. What they don't tell you at nurseries (and shops like Lowes) is that if you get a plant with a flower already on it, you're seeing the end of the life cycle of that plant. Green green green, then flower, then produce offspring called pups, then that's it. Bromeliads only flower once in their life cycle. I think that was an ambitious undertaking for me here at the Black Thumb...and an expensive one at that.

12 October 2007

The Plants...living with Black Thumb

First, the "Indoors"...yeah, they all have names...so?

Jade One and Jade Two:

Wilting Jade Plant

Stand Up Kinda Jade Plant

Draco, the Dragon Tree (after some nibbling from my cat, sadly...):

Draco, post Mills attack

Banana, the Umbrella Plant:

Banana, my umbrella plant

Whatsit, the Purple Passion Plant/Vine:

Bizarre purple plant thing...

Beelzebub, what we THINK is Devil's Ivy (Belle for short):

Are you pointing at me?

The "Outdoors"...no names, they don't live in the house with me and there are just too many!

The Rosemary Twins:

Rosemary plants

Window Box One and Two: Petunias, Snapdragons, Peonies and Dianthus (not sure the species)

Wee Garden

Wee Garden

Gerbera Daisies, Orange and Red:

My orange girls

Red Gerbera Daisy

Orange Gerberas

The Lavender Garden:

Lavendar Garden