The plants that help me stay sane(ish)

zone 9a

[incaseyouart]

A big plant piece I've been slowly working on for months! I'll sell it as a print at Ottawa Comic Con ^_^

[maureen2musings]

Blooming desert roses

danielkordan

[wyldeplantlife]

Adromischus sp.

natural habitat

[huariqueje]

Ornamental flower-garden and shrubbery - Sydenham Edwards, John Lindley ,1829-47.

British, 1768-1819

British, 1799-1865

Illustration

[bibidebabideboo]

(Succulent Cakes By Ivenoven Will Make Every Succulent Lover’s Mouth Water | Bored Pandaから)

“ジャカルタを拠点とするアーティストIvenovenさんによる、多肉植物のようなケーキいろいろ。http://www.boredpanda.com/succulent-terrarium-cakes-cupcakes-ivenoven/ …” (山田ホタテ(@camparired)さん | Twitterから)

[succulent-sanity]

I am heartbroken - consecutive mornings of - 7°C frosts have decimated my collection.

It'll take a couple of days for the final death toll, but it looks like at the very least all the Crassula and Aeonium are goners.

My "prize" specimens are inside, but there was ice inside the conservatory too this morning, so some of them may be affected too.

Suffice to say, I no longer have over 200 species ☹️😭🤬

[wishesofhappiness]

[morphons]

Crassula ‘Buddha’s Temple’.  April 2021. 

[eteniren]

New polymer clay earrings Price 35$ #eteniren #earrings #hoopearrings #green #succulentearrings https://www.instagram.com/p/CNJmnnQMv0F/?igshid=ofgkndr6epmn

[herboreal]

Thought it would be fun to share what a haworthia leaf looks like inside. I accidentally broke some leaves off when I repotted this plant, so I split some and took some macros.

[moldspace]

i took a pottery class before COVID sent everything to hell and made some weird pots in it

[planticulture]

My weird attempt at air layering this little monstera, I hope that it’ll finally grow new bigger leaves in the spring.

[moonlightonmarigolds]

[photo id: several square-ish pots made out of folded newspaper sitting on a wooden table.]

It’s that time of year to start thinking about seed starting, so I decided to try making pots! They’re a little smaller than I really want, but they should do just fine. And better yet, they cost nothing but time, which I have way too much of right now!

[turtlesandfrogs]

This is the second method for making newspaper pots I’ve run across, and I hunted down a demonstration video because boy howdy I had no idea how to turn a sheet of newsprint into a square box! Pretty cool:

But I think I’m probably going to stick with my method, because I am NOT good at origami or neat folding in general:

I’ve used a wide range of can sizes for making my pots, from those small tomato paste cans to the big diced tomato cans (which I use for squash).

The great thing about these pots is that they really minimize transplant shock/stress, because you can just plant the whole thing. So they’re great for anything in the cucurbit family. 

I think both methods have their upsides and down sides. The rolling is faster, but the folding seems like it’d be much neater. 

Of course, there’s also the toilet paper roll pots, which also work quite well:

[prospecthummer]

who else fuckin loves garden centers

[my-succulent-stories-deactivate]

[succulent-sanity]

So, I've started trying to draw stuff, with the intent of eventually being able to make my own botanical illustrations of my plants. (And maybe a comprehensive leaf/flower guide for ID-ing plants.)

This is my Haworthiopsis limifolia, but the colours are a little off. Will have another stab at it later.

[homunculus-argument]

So I’ve decided to try and draw comics again.