Tag: Houseplants

  • My First Plant: The Old Man Cactus

    An unnamed fuzzy cactus. Not quite like my original Old Man Cactus, but cute and fuzzy nonetheless. The first plant I ever owned was an Old Man Cactus (Cephalocereus senilis). I must have been 8 or 9 and it was an impulse buy my mother made out of guilt. I’m not sure now what she’d…

  • Wordless Wednesday: While some things change, others remain the same…

    Iris suaveolens. Muscari macrocarpum ‘Golden Fragrance’. Adiantum venustum. Bergenia cordifolia. Happy Macavity the Cat. Vinca minor. Sedum rupestre ‘Angelina’. Ranunculus ficaria ‘Brazen Hussy’, Helleborus orientalis, Doronicum orientale. Fritillaria meleagris. Narcissus.  Acer. Pregnant Helleborus. Fritillaria meleagris. Spathiphyllum. Mona waiting for the sun to return.