Pad Patter: 2/19 Green Thumb?

nope. my thumb is so brown i can kill a boston fern (supposedly those can live anywhere - pssh!)

we have lots of plants in our yard and garden though (established, heirloom plants - azaleas, hydrangeas, roses) and as long as i don't mess with them, they do just fine!

 

I love gardening!!! We moved last summer from my grandma's house, where she had an AMAZING garden for over 50 years - to a place that didn't have a plot in it So I had to make do with some container gardening - SO not the same!!! But this year, I'm hoping to put some permanent raised planters in!
As for inside...I try to keep plants going, but unless they are pretty hardy - they just don't survive.

 

oh gosh - i am the worst i can't keep anything alive - inside or out!

 

I live in Seattle so it's very GREEN everywhere here. I do have some difficulty with flowering bushes (I always forget to feed them) outside. My house is surrounded by 30+ feet pine/fir trees so I don't have the best lighting for indoor plants so I live with looking outside for beautiful greenery.

 

I am great with my outdoor garden and actually extended my front one last year. Indoor plants however I am terrible with, cannot keep them alive.

 

I used to have a green thumb but just got lazy and would let everything die. I do love having plants and flowers but it's not worth it for me until I can keep them alive.

 

I'm terrible. the only plant I have ever been able to keep alive is a Philodendren who I affectionately call Phil, and that is only because he droops and lets me know when he needs to be watered.

 

I am terrible with plants. DH is in charge of all the outside plants and we don't have any inside because I just kill them.

 

Nope. No green thumb... I have killed (unintentionally) a cactus. Sadly. I love plants and manage to direct hubby on the outside flowers/plants, but I do not manage to keep them alive indoors.

 

I have one plant inside of the house that is doing okay - and during the spring and summer we have both annuals and perennials outside. The weather here (Northern IL) can be funky during the summer, so I can use that excuse when the annuals do not do well.

 

The cactus isn't dead yet. It's actually my daughter's, which may be why. I've killed everything before it.

 

started my first out door veggie garden 2 years ago. had no idea what i was doing, but mostly everything grew, and it was fun. i just went to the garden store yesterday for seeds, soil, seed starter pots, etc. i'm excited to do it again this year.

outside we have a lot of landscaping that we designed ourselves. i don't do much to it at all and it grows and blooms and looks great (spring through fall). i love being outside in my yard. but inside, i do not do so well. have managed to kill just about everything. i have an ivy topiary in my kitchen that is hanging on for dear life.

anne ... your home sounds so lovely with all that greenery inside. i would love to have house plants everywhere!

 

Does this answer your question? Ha ha!



Actually I one plant at work that I've not only kept alive, but I repotted it in the fall and it's actually thriving. But I definitely know which plants are super hardy and easier for me to keep alive when I forget to water...

 

Nope. I am way too lazy. I could keep things alive if I'd apply myself - we used to have a great veggie garden but honestly I just hate weeding. Luckily Eric has past landscaping experience and keeps all of our plants alive outside. My mom is an amazing gardener and I think my failure just drives her nuts.

I got a violet from my grandma's funeral and I am trying very hard to keep that sucker alive.

 

Not me! I'm terrible. I'm loosing the battle with some orchids right now.

 

ohh I used to have a Brazilian forest in my places here in London, all stopped when I lost more mobility...until 2009 we still had a considerable amount of plants...now we have false ones