We purchased some more Liriope plants for the front garden bed.
Photo description: front garden bed with previous round of plants in the ground and the new plants in grower’s pots spaced out
The Liriope we planted in Spring has been doing fairly well, especially the variegated variety, but not so much for the gallon pots of Big Blue. These lifted out of the ground, so I broke them up and planted them deeper, spreading them out between the new plants. I much prefer planting the 4” pots versus the larger ones.
Photo description: newly planted and watered Liriope with a large Turks Cap at the right
The Turks Cap we planted has grown quite large and is filling the space we set out for it. We’ve seen hummingbirds in the area too!
My jewel orchid under glass is getting ready to bloom! It has sent up the spike and there are buds at the top.
Photo description: jewel orchid spike under an acrylic cylinder
It isn’t a great photo. When the blooms open, I’ll have to see if I can set up a photo shoot for it. I’ve heard the blooms aren’t very showy. Jewel orchids are mostly prized for the leaf decoration, which you can see in the photo above is showy.
I was gifted a sprouting mother leaf of an African violet from a dear friend. Turns out that the mother leaf sprouted six new plants. When they had grown for awhile, I separated them out into individual temporary pots, but was unsure where to go next. When cleaning up the back porch I found six little pots that I loved, but didn’t have a use for, so they were sitting outside. Huzzah! I cleaned them up and bought liners so I could bottom water the violets.
Photo description: clear liners for small white and green ceramic pots
The liners didn’t go all the way to the bottom of the pots, so I found some watering wicking rope to help keep the water from pooling on the bottom.
Photo description: small section of water wick placed in the bottom of the pot liner
Then I repotted all the plants into their new homes.
Photo description: new pot with liner on left, old temporary pot on right, red dots on the counter are a reflection of the grow lights shining above
When it comes time to water, I’ll lift out the liner and put water in the bottom of the pot. The technique has been working well for my snake plant!
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