Tuesday, May 22, 2012

Flowering Plants: Purple Heart Wandering Jew

Here's my newest addition that I found at my local gardening center. I've been looking for an all purple wandering jew plant and finally found one! It has been blooming continuously since I bought it over a week and a half ago. This is a beautiful plant that makes a bold statement in the plant world. Now my zebrina has a sibling now. The zebrina is showing in the picture and keeps growing and growing to be an adult plant and no longer a baby plant. The purple heart wandering jew is an awesome plant with its unique foliage and can be great for a first plant to care for. These can tolerate different lighting situations and water from wet to dry weekly, well that's my plant. Thanks for reading!

Friday, May 18, 2012

Update On My Aloe Vera Plant

Here's my aloe vera plant. I've forgot in previous posts that my plants name is Ester the aloe. She's doing really well and is growing really fast now. I repotted this plant over a month ago because it was pretty much pot bound so I found one at the store that is identical the old pot but slighty bigger. This plant of mine will be two years old in July of this year (2012) and it has really transformed in terms of size and health. I water it once a week now that the days are longer and the weather is much warmer. This is my first ever aloe vera plant and I'm happy with my success! Well thanks for stopping by and reading; I really appreciate it.

Thursday, May 10, 2012

Friendship Plant

Here's my friendship moon valley plant and my african violet in the back that is doing great! Sorry about no posts from the last month of April due to my very busy schedule. I bought this plant at the beginning of April 2012 at my local walmart and it has grown ( taller in particular) a lot. These are best suited to grow in low light environments as strong direct sun can damage the foliage. As for watering, it can go from wet to dry 1- 2 times a week. My plant's leaves droop a litttle letting me know that it's time for watering. And I did recently fertilize this plant also. It's currently sitting in front of an east facing window and doing great. This plant looks unique and can serve as an accent. Thanks for reading!