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Clematis.

C. viticella alba luxurians.

Purple annual poppies called “Patty’s Plum”. Brought seeds back from the Seattle Garden Show 20 years ago and they have been with us ever since.

botaniqueer

hello love, where do you buy your seeds?

I buy them from all over, but most of mine are from Etsy. Here are some shops online I source from:

UnusualSeeds is a really good shop for getting, well, unusual seeds. It does take a bit to get to the US since he’s located in Serbia.

Walawala Studio. The seeds are a bit more expensive than other shops, especially for the quantities, but they also have some unusual things and are domestic for North America buyers, so you’ll get your seeds more quickly if time is an issue.

Smart Seed Emporium is a more general seed store. They have a few unusual succulents, but they also have things like many food plant cultivars and flower-oriented plants. This is where my Aloe polyphylla’s seed came from!

Baker Creek Heirlooms is a more agriculturally-oriented shop for if you’re looking for interesting food crops.

Back to succulents and other ornamentals, Mesa Garden is another really good one! I got my Drimia intricata seeds from here.

I hope this helps!

cactusandrain

Miniature orchids

I love and treasure them with all my heart

lenorestreetgarden

My sister’s terrarium garden is one of the loveliest things I’ve ever seen.

Photos by Heidi.

1tenderbeing

Turkey tail mushroom

herbwicc

Hi! So I want to grow plants in my room but it is very small. I can’t keep them in my window frame so I will have to put them on a shelf against my wall. The shelf is in front of the window but my plants wont get much direct sunlight so I am scared I won’t be able to take care of them for that long. Is it possible or not? If so how could I take good care of them and if not is there any other way I can take care of them in my room or not?

Hi! Sorry that I didn’t reply to this sooner! There are lots of neat ways to make Plant Space in small bedrooms, even if you can’t use a window frame. (Though how much light they will need will of course depend on the plant, and I would make sure that the plants your worried about even NEED direct sunlight, a lot of them don’t prefer it.)

You could buy a simple shelf that you can just screw into the wall under/closer to your window like this (photo credit):

Or you can have one of these cute little key-hanger shelves and put it on the wall next to your window or at least closer to the window than your bookshelf, and hang some plants off of the knobs there:

Something I personally REALLY wanna do, and that I think is awesome because you can move it around anywhere, is to hang plants from a coat hanger and keep it closer to your window, like this (photo credit):

AAAH ALSO THIS THING THAT I REALLY WANNA DO it looks really simple, just put a bare, sturdy curtain rod up over your window and hang plants from it (photo credit):

And this other thing is pretty neat too BUT you would have to make a lot of wall space and it likely wouldn’t be any closer than the bookshelf you’re currently using (photo credit):

Of course, you could also have a table in your room just for plants and either move it closer to your window or provide a sun lamp for them if you think they aren’t getting enough light. But that would make your room very warm, and it can be a little tricky to balance out how much to water them and being careful not to burn them with the lamp. If anyone has other ideas, please feel free to add!

plantanarchy

A simple LED bulb in a clamp light or regular lamp can do wonders for many houseplants. You can buy specific grow light bulbs relatively inexpensively or use bulbs in the highest Kelvin you can find. Look for “daylight spectrum” and a minimum 5000k, 6500k being the best.

thedevilsofficialblog

I mean, new plants probably won’t fill the void in my life/heart, but it’s worth a fucking shot

plantyhamchuk

I was listening to a plant podcast the other day, and a neuroscientist (and plant hoarder) was asked about this phenomenon. They said they unlike buying a physical object, which can bring a brief dopamine boost, that buying plants can cause a dopamine boost plus oxytocin.

They described dopamine as something that tells you to ‘do that again’ whereas oxytocin is something experienced during and after bonding moments. Even though it was normally a SFW gardening podcast, the neuroscientist repeatedly compared it to post-sex oxytocin bliss.

plantanarchy

Funny how I went “I have to go on Tumblr so I stop thinking about buying more plants” and this is the first post I see

laughing-thrush

East coast pitcher plants! These good kids were growing in a coastal wetland. While lovely, the wetland had been a sheep farm almost 100 years ago, and is very much still recovering. It’s in good enough shape to host bears now, though!