It's not easy being green

Not being a house plant in a house with small children. 

But, perhaps I can make the best of a sad situation, and turn one African Violet into seven...

Seeds of hope

Such tiny balls of promise. I persist with seeds, follow instructions faithfully and so on, and I'm always so sure I'll have rampaging healthy seedlings and acres of flowers and fruit in no time, despite years of evidence to the contrary when all I end up with is sad, empty trays of damp seed raising mix. How could this possibly not work?! 

These are yellow columbines collected over the weekend from MIL's garden. I have just the spot, should they only grow! 

Geraniums and pelargoniums

This week's obsession: pinching bits of geraniums (or are they pelargoniums?!) from verges to propagate. 

Whoops

Watering and fertilising my orchids and and managed to snap off a section of the biggest, oldest, original, and only full price one. She's a yellow Oncidium orchid, 'Dancing Ladies,' and bought a few years ago to celebrate moving back into our little house after our renovation was nearly completed. 

Plenty of roots intact there, so nothing for it but to pot it up and voila, a new plant (or two, maybe!)

I note also that those wrinkled pseudo-bulbs show I let it dry out a bit too much, too often.