More gardening today / myLot

Rockingham, Australia

September 10, 2024 3:12am CST

I mentioned in my last post that I was going to pick up some empty plant pots from our local hardware store. They had a lot of old ones free for the taking and I was able to get quite a few in a variety of sizes. I might keep a few but most I’ll give to my sister-in-law. While I was there, I bought a few more plants for my vertical garden. I got two that will hang down and I’ve put them in the bottom row. One is a Senecio or ‘string of pearls’. I think the other is a Kalanchoe. I have a ticket for a Kalanchoe but it doesn’t give the species. The photo is of a petunia plant I bought which has a purple and a red flower on the one stem. They both come off the same stem although I wasn’t able to capture that.

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M Cheung

@Beestring (15380)

• Hong Kong

10 Sep 24

Those are beautiful flowers. I look forward to seeing an updated picture of your vertical garden.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364832)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 24

The pockets seem to dry out quite quickly so I've been giving them a misting twice a day.

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Fleur

@Fleura (32995)

• United Kingdom

10 Sep 24

It's interesting to see you growing plants that are sold as houseplants here. Looking forward to the pictures!

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364832)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 24

I guess it's something to do with the warmer climate.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50591)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

10 Sep 24

All the kalanchoes I've ever seen grow up, like a little bush, not down. This one is about done blooming for now.

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BarBaraPrz

@BarBaraPrz (50591)

• St. Catharines, Ontario

10 Sep 24

@JudyEv Not really humongous (small pot).

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364832)

• Rockingham, Australia

10 Sep 24

Look at the size of that leaf!! It's humungous! There are lots of kalanchoes I think, but maybe the one I think is a kalanchoe isn't.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364832)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 24

@BarBaraPrz

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@allknowing (154176)

• India

11 Sep 24

Gardening is a happy addiction and I feel you are in it bang on. Happy gardening

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Always smiling

@allknowing (154176)

• India

11 Sep 24

@JudyEv When there are results one gets in to it more and more. Happy gardening once again . For me every bud that shows up, eveery fruit I see gets me into spending more time out there.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364832)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 24

@allknowing I know you're right.

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Judy Evans

@JudyEv (364832)

• Rockingham, Australia

11 Sep 24

I've been repotting some plants today too. Perhaps I'll eventually turn into a gardener like my Mum.