Friday, March 6, 2015

New Life for Some Houseplants

I wish I had taken some photos before I began to prune.  But, here is what the Areca palm and the Ficus tree look like now:



They fit the space they call home in the corners of the living room at the clubhouse.
They have needed a pruning for a year or more, but this seemed to be the 
right time to give them some new life with pruning, adding potting soil, 
new sphagnum moss and some fertilizer.



A spritz of water on the old frond 
and that new frond that has not yet unfolded 
should help to keep the dust down.


When I bought the moss and potting soil at Paul and Sandy's
I saw some plants that I just had to have on the coffee table
to get me through to Spring in 2 weeks.


A primrose, some Tete-a-tete daffodils and 
a Codlaeum variegatum (as labeled).
I would call it a croton.

Can't wait for the  daffodil buds to open.
I hope the croton does okay in the cool room.
Maybe the temperatures will be more moderate in the coming weeks?


I couldn't resist a new cyclamen.
Spring has arrived at my house!





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