Hi Hivers, and members of the Amazing Nature community, The week is ending and I hope you had a productive and bountiful one.
This week the thematic challenge within the community is about plants in pots. So for the question What's in My Pots, I will give you an idea and a bit of the story of some of my pots.
My Foxtail Agave
This Foxtail Agave or also known as Agave attenuate was given to me by an aunt a couple of years ago, she had many in her garden. It's a beautiful plant and requires little care, I usually water it once a week.
My Jade Plant
This Jade is my oldest plant or at least, it was the plant that gave me the buds of this. The original plant had more than 20 years. I took it from my grandmother's house when she was about to move to my parents' house. I was just married and that was our first plant at home. The original plant was so old that it weakened but gave many sprouts. Sometime later, my husband came up with the idea of planting some in a square and shallow pot to try to make a kind of Bonsai, this was the result. Many times I move the plants around on my tiny balcony. Except for this one that has been developed outwards and always keeps its place. Due to its position, it sometimes receives a little rainwater, so I usually water it only once a week, unless I first notice that the substrate is dry.
My Rosemary
I bought this plant in June this year because my other Romero plant was a bit battered. I still have it but it doesn't finish improving. Instead, this one looks beautiful since I bought it. I've always liked having fresh rosemary on the balcony, it does very well and my baked potatoes always appreciate it. I water it twice a week.
My Oregano
I have had this oregano plant for about fifteen years. It was one of the plants that I bought when I started having aromatic herbs on the balcony. A few months ago, I thought it was going to die, but we had a little chat. Yes, sometimes I talk to my plants. And after the talk, a change of place, and a bit of compost, it has blossomed again. I water it twice a week.
My Bleeding Hearts
I wanted to include this little sprout of Bleeding Hearts vine I just planted. As I show you my oldest plants, this is the last addition to my little balcony. My mother gave it to me from one of her plants and I hope it grows as beautiful as hers. I still have to look on the internet for what care it requires and I shall do it this weekend.
My Eucharis
This Eucharis has been with me for many years too and it's the one which gives me the flowers that a couple of times a year decor my balcony. The Eucharis is a beautiful white flower also known as the Amazon lily. It already has so many sprouts in the pot that I will have to take out some of them to plant into another pot. I water it twice a week.
These are some of my pots. And as we all like to admire the beauties of nature, to finish I leave you this image of one of the Amazon lilies that had adorned my balcony in the past and one of my mother's Bleeding Hearts from where I took the sprout.
This is my entry to Amazing Nature Contest: Thematic Challenge - #3/11/21.
If you made it this far, thank you very much for reading.
November 19, 2021