I decided not to repot my tol Dracanea marginata, I did however decide to stake it (to deal with its contant leaning/tipping over on the one direction), and a good few weeks ago I had also chopped the top off (as it was extremely bent/turned around) and am trying to root it in water. I doubt it’ll root successfully in water (they work better with soil rooting with root hormone, or even just air layering) but its worth an old graduate try.
Schlumbergera, Haitora, rabbit foot fern, & Ledebouria socialis are finally repotted.
While I would’ve preferred shallower/smaller clay pots for these particular houseplants, beggars can’t be choosers. At least the weight of the clay pots will make them less top heavy.
Fingers crossed that all the Schlumbergera truncatas in this repotting batch don’t end up aborting their flowerbuds.
Gotta be proud of your kaffir lily when the unimpressionable member of the family goes “wow” at the sight of it x3
Did an entire thread on twitter about repotting many of the houseplants (mainly the cacti/succulents) into larger (and mainly clay) flowerpots. The clay is key as the soil mix they’ve been put in is a bit more moisture retentive than I’d prefer for cacti. My Ferocactus I’m most proud of for their how much bigger they are from when they were little itty bitty seedings ;v; I need to make a knew before/after post for how much the Ferocacti grew. The one Echinopsis lost its rootball to probably rot so hopefully it’ll reroot in its new planter.
So many more houseplants need repotting before winter comes around the corner (Christmas Cacti, Pothos, Clivia, Dracanea to name the majority), its just getting around to the mess.
Me: “With the severe winter dieback this spring I don’t think the rose of sharons will be as floriferous this year…”
Hibiscus syriacus ‘Lucy’: “hold my beer”
The planted butterflyweed (Asclepias tuberosa) was producing its first ever flowers! A modest set of lovely orange florets.
So they can reach adulthood from seed in nary 1-2 years… good to know.
Considering its siblings in the greenhouse have been dwindling in health (now confirmed to be due to the greenhouse being too shaded), I am very glad I decided to plant 3 into the gardens while they were still decent.
The photos don’t entirely encapsulate the abnormal size this jack-in-the-pulpit (Arisaema triphyllum) fruithead has.
While not shown the flowerstalk is at least as tall as the length of my forearm! This is definitely a fruitful year. Perfect for seedbed experiments~
though as I say that all of their harvest is going into one giant metal planter for a seedbed so idk if that can be called an experiments but shhhh
My kaffir lily (Clivia minata) is now starting her flowering.
I believe their flower stems grow longer the warmer the room that they’re grown in? Back in my hot apartment the stem would’ve grown 3× bigger than this. The farmhouse they are in now is far colder in comparison. Also; I really need to repot this beaut sometime soon; the hanging basket container its in is leading to it being too wet (since hanging baskets are designed to hold some of their water).
Showy Sedum
(Hylotelephium spectabile)
These specimens have established well in the new garden. A good autumn flower standard. Mom was just yesterday talking about dividing her specimens in the front garden. If we do I think we’ll add the divisions into the new garden with these here for more autumn ka-pow.
Dianthus ‘Little Bobby’
The one cultivar I’ve had the longest (an irony with its short life expectancy) and is one of my favourites. Collected seed of it a good while ago (prolly a couple of months ago??), I highly doubt it comes true from seed but I’d like to see anyways! Plus it’d be some genus-based seed startng experience.
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