This cute egg shell with chick feet is a perfect tillandsia holder. (Portland Nursery on Division)
New Tillandsia looking for a home in a shell. Purple and chartreuse glass from Garden Fever in Portland.
Begonia 'Gene Daniels' continues to bloom like crazy and grow more of that gorgeous foliage!
Is it just me or does this Opuntia look like one of those inflatable dancing man things that you see in car dealership parking lots?
Rhipsalis salicornioides in bloom.
Tropical pitcher plant. Feed me Seymour!
Found this at a thrift store for ten dollars a couple of years ago. Not sure if I love it here or not but
This year, I brought some sarracenia inside thinking that they'd help with insect pests. Don't know if they did or not but the ones inside are blooming already while the ones outside won't do that for quite a while yet.
Scadoxis puniceus continues to grow.
Brand new baby Werckla ferox. Looking forward to seeing it's big crinkly dangerous leaves as it grows!
The Kalancho thyrsiflora bloom stalk is starting to open its buds.
A bit underwhelming. I'll see if it produces seed. How fun would it be to start bunches of these?
Grevillea 'Ned Kelley' looking terrific and it has lots more buds waiting in the wings!
Finally, this sweet pelargonium has been blooming all winter. Love this flower form and color!
Hope you have a great, garden filled weekend!
That egg holder is really cute! And pitcher plants are on my wish list. how long have you had yours?
ReplyDeleteThe best part? That egg holder was only $2.90 something. The hardy Sarracenias I've grown for years but the tropical one has only lived with me for about a month so I'm not sure how easy it is to please.
DeleteI didn't read the title of this post and halfway through thought "what nursery is Peter visiting now?" -- then realized it's your own greenhouse. *envious*
ReplyDeleteIt is such a joy to have the greenhouse in the winter although it's only really great on weekends when I'm home when it's light outside. Late winter has been loads of fun but now that the weather is starting to get warmer and everything in the garden needs attention, plants in the greenhouse dry a bit faster too and want more frequent watering. I'm imagining that in high summer and fall, it'll be an oven out there - perfect for cacti and agave! Do you use your garage for vehicles? I'm seeing a conversion in your future. Or how about one of those great kits from Charley's Greenhouses? They have all kinds of cool styles!
DeleteA chicken with a bad hair day. Reminds me of when little Dickie Carpenter told Mrs. Anna Lou who brought him to Sunday School, 'Mama told me not to take off my cap 'cause my hair looks like a woo'ter.'
ReplyDeleteEverything looks wonderful. I intend to have Geraniums next winter. Something else may have to go; it won't be begonias. Kalanchoes are another fun GH plant.
Thanks for the laugh!
DeleteSo many interesting and fun G.H. plants! It's a shame we have to choose instead of just having more greenhouse space!
Everything is looking good! Your Opuntia does look like one of those inflatable thingys, but if it occasionally falls down flat and then leaps back to its feet, there's something wrong with it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opuntia tip. I can always count on my blogging friends to share the best advice!
DeleteYou have the prettiest pelargoniums ever. I love the color, too.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jane. I was lucky to find this in the back of a greenhouse at a nursery a few years ago. I need to take cuttings and share it as it's one of my faves, too!
DeleteThat shot with the Kalancho thyrsiflora and your metal shelving racks looks like you're running a nursery! (a foretelling of what's to come?)....
ReplyDeleteWouldn't that be sweet? I haven't decided what the latest pipe dream is: growing plants, maybe buying a few, and having a plant sale or two a season or becoming a hobby propagator making fun plants to sell to nurseries. Right now, the reality is keeping the plant collection alive and happy.
DeleteEverything looks good! I especially like the Grevillea and Pelargonium. Another plant you can try for bug control is butterworts (Pinguicula). A lot of orchid hobbyists and other indoor/greenhouse growers seem to recommend those and sundews.
ReplyDeleteI've been really happy with the performance of the plants in the greenhouse. Most of them have much preferred it to the various indoor stashes of years past and I found them much easier to care for in there! Thanks for the tip about butterworts and sundews. I did have aphids on some plants and a bit of whitefly and I've been spraying with neem oil which has kept things in check but, even though it's organic, I don't like hanging out there too much once the air is full of the stuff.
DeleteDo I hear possible plans to open a nursery in the future?? :)
ReplyDeleteOnly in Loree's mind! That's probably the dream of many gardeners but I'm pretty happy with my job, couldn't do both and couldn't afford to start a new business without the job. I could propagate plants, perhaps supplement with a few from great growers, and have plant sales a couple of times a year. That would be in the distant future, if at all.
DeleteYou have so many wonderful plants in your greenhouse. The sweet pelargonium is stunning! Happy spring!
ReplyDeleteThanks, Lee. I feel fortunate to have the greenhouse and so many great nurseries in the are who have made it easy to fill it! Much of the collection has been schlepped into various areas of the house in the winter and back out in spring for years. The greenhouse has made things much easier!
DeleteThat Opuntia definitely looks like one of the inflated car-dealership thingies! Thanks for the peek inside your greenhouse. Best wishes for a great garden weekend yourself.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kris! Alison and I are going nursery hopping. I'll bet our cars wont be nearly as full as yours recently was from your shopping spree!
DeleteThe egg shell with legs is darling! Everything is looking great...the green house seems to be a huge success : )
ReplyDeleteIt's a cute and inexpensive thing that made me smile! I'm loving having a greenhouse and my wish is that every gardener who wants one can get it!
DeleteAs always, so many interesting plants to enjoy in your greenhouse. Thanks for the tour.
ReplyDeleteIt's always a joy to have you along, my friend!
DeleteYour Grevillea sure is looking great. Love the Tillandsia holders. Thanks for the peek inside your greenhouse! I think I would live in there.
ReplyDeleteSurprisingly, that Grevillea likes a lot of water. (Twice a week or it begins to droop.) Maybe it needs a bigger pot. Glad you enjoyed the peek inside!
DeleteFor a quick peek, that was pretty darn extensive...you mean there's more?
ReplyDeleteYou'll just have to come visit sometime and see!
DeletePeter, Your greenhouse is looking so lovely, with so many beautiful plants and flowers. I bet you spend more time here than you do in the garden.
ReplyDeleteI have been spending too much time in there and need to spend more time in the garden! Lots of clean up to do outside!
DeleteOoh, I love peeking inside the greenhouse. I imagine pretty soon you'll be flinging those doors wide to keep things cool.
ReplyDeleteIt's already warming up nicely to about 70 degrees but hasn't gotten much hotter but summer is coming and your right, the doors will be flung wide!
DeleteYou've got so many unusual plants, and I love the quirky choice of containers for the Tillandsias. In the second photo it looks like it is alive and crawling out of the shell. Ye-e-ek! That pitcher plant is pretty special too.
ReplyDeleteUnusual plants are fun and I enjoy the challenge of trying to keep them alive.
DeleteThat egg on legs is great. I can definitely see the inflatable dancing man, too. Really cool variegation!
ReplyDeleteThe variegated opuntia is one called 'Sunburst' that I got from Cistus Nursery.
DeleteThanks for the chuckles! And Grevillea 'Ned Kelley' is spectacular!
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