Repotting Schefflera Arboricola

Good afternoon everyone! I have spring fever since this is the first full week of spring. About two weeks ago, I did purchase a 'schefflera arboricola' or umbrella plant and here it is:

It is a really nice and healthy plant indeed! But it is showing signs of it outgrowing its current pot so now it's time to repot. I do have a pot on hand as well as some soil. I did take the plant out of its current pot first:

This schefflera does have a very healthy root system, I'm really impressed. Next the roots did need to be loosened so that the plant can grow into its new pot:

Once this step was done, I did set the plant into the new pot. Be sure that before placing the plant into the pot, that 1/3 of the new pot is filled with soil. After placing the plant into the larger pot, I added some more soil around the root system and eventually filled the pot almost to the very top:

After this was done, I gave the plant a thorough watering to get the roots acclimated to the new growing conditions. Here's the finished product!

My schefflera looks very happy in its new home and completely ready for spring. Thank you for reading everyone and have a great Thursday!

New Philodendrons

Happy Friday! Lately I've been looking around for new plants to add to my indoor garden and I did in fact find some great plants too. Here's a philodendron scandens micans plant that I purchased last week:

Please excuse the background mess on my kitchen counter but it's adjusting very well. This is related to the philodendron scandens but the leaves have a very nice velvety texture which is very cool about this plant. It is starting to trail a bit already. My next plant is a philodendron scandens as well:

But this is the plain all green variety. 3 years ago in 2011 when I lived in Texas, I did have one like this as well. I really like the the glossy leaves which looks very beautiful. These are very easy plants to maintain and I cannot wait for vines to form. I did forget to mention that I did name my philodendrons. The 'micans' name is Pearl and the green 'scandens'  name is Jack. I hope that you have enjoyed today's post and thank you for reading!