The definition of "houseplant" that I choose is very broad: any plant indoors now that is alive. This includes not only traditional houseplants, but plants brought inside for the winter, forced bulbs, holiday gift plants, seedlings and so on.
Despite my record of dead plants, I'm doing surprisingly well at keeping plants alive this winter. First, the saddest of the sad, the African Violets and a Kalanchoe.
The Kalachoe has been in the house for a year, the African Violets a few months (the other two African Violets look just as pathetic). Count so far, 4.
Here's a much happier group:
One very large Pelargonium given to me during the summer of 2008 by a friend who had it in her bathroom, but didn't want it anymore; one Coleus grown from a cutting taken last fall; two Oxalis which were divisions of a plant grown in a container outdoors last summer, one of which is in bloom (shock, amazement) one in bud; one Fuchsia grown in the garden last summer brought indoors and potted up. It also, amazingly, has buds. In the lantern is one of the sad little African Violets which has already been accounted for. So that's five more for a total of 9.
Next group:
One Amaryllis in full bloom, and two Cacti that VIS gave me 15 years ago. Yes, I can grow Cacti! Running total: an even dozen.
Finally, one pot of forced bulbs. I could count that as one, but the pot contains three 'Lydia' Tulips and one 'Blue Jacket' Hyacinth, so I'm counting that as a total of 4 plants.
Grand total = 15 indoor plants, a huge increase from the mere two I had two years ago.
Grand total = 15 indoor plants, a huge increase from the mere two I had two years ago.
So, how many indoor plants do you have?
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95 comments:
I have four...indestructible as need be for someone who routinely forgets to care for them. Let me brag~I do have a 30 year old Philodendron that's about 4 foot tall. Not sure how it's managed to live! gail
I love that combination of amaryllis and cactus! My total is 86; here's my post: McC Houseplant Census
Let's hope the Federal Census is as efficient as yours, MMD! It doesn't take long to tally mine up--13. That doesn't count the poinsettia I finally threw on the compost heap or one forced bulb that looks reluctant to bloom. Most of mine are plants I'm trying overwinter or a few forced bulbs. Houseplants and I still don't get along too well.
Oh goodness... I got to 70 and stopped counting. And I've always thought of myself as not being much of a house plant person! The addiction, the addiction!
There's no counting in this house - I have hundreds. If the hubs knew what I was doing, he would be much too quick to jump to the oft repeated "See, you have too many plants!" outburst.
The Amaryllis are beautiful. No houseplants at all, except for the Christmas cactus that are inside because of the cold. They spend most of the winter outside though.
I don't know why, but I am very much surprised you number is less than mine. I have 25, but only stay inside year round.
822. Not counting some seedlings, unrooted cuttings, and other plant material which may or may not make it.
If I'd known about this earlier, I could have built a post around it for PATSP. Next year, maybe.
Hi MMD! I just counted for the first time, and found 50! My newest one is a beautiful sansevieria. I'm not sure I'll get a post made in time for today... but perhaps I'll be a "Shady-come-lately?" :-)
PS - Your amaryllis are Beautiful!!
OK, I don't know why my first comment didn't work, but here's my post. I'm just putting in the link because I'm afraid my attempt at html code might have been part of the problem! http://rambleonrose-rr.blogspot.com/2010/02/houseplants-revisited.html
Your VIS thinks 15 is "a lot"? huh. It's confession time over at Blithewold. I posted about scale - if you have houseplants (at home I have 85+) you probably have scale too... Thanks for another great meme!
Gail - maybe we should have a contest for oldest indoor plant - 30 years is awesome. Are you sure it isn't plastic? ;^)
Diane - impressive number! I'm feeling smugger already. Thanks for joining in.
Rose - according to my calculations, you have 14, not 13. I never said it had to bloom or even look healthy.
Greensparrow - come on, you can count them all, don't you really want to know?
Tina - I promise I won't tell, just whisper me the number.
Sweet Bay - Christmas cactus counts.
Helen - if you only knew my history with houseplants - it's a sad and sordid tale of death and destruction.
Mr. Subjunctive - congratulations, you are the front runner! Do you use a machete to get to the front door?
Shady - there's no time limit, "now" means whenever you feel like it, but not last week, or last month, or last year. 50 is a nice round number.
ROR - Thanks for joining in. I'll put your link
here
Kris - at the moment, the only scale here at Squirrelhaven is outside, on the Magnolia. 85 is great.
I counted mine and posted at Growing A Garden In Davis
No machetes, yet, but I do have to have spreadsheets. Otherwise I forget to water stuff.
I have limited my indoor plants due to our cat, who likes to eat them. That wouldn't be too awfully bad, except for the fact that he throws up afterwards and it's just not worth the hassle, in my mind.
Last winter I broke my own rule and added a bunch of flowering plants to my home. I had to place them where the kitty cannot get to them--and in most of those places there just is not enough sunlight.
Therefore, several didn't make it into this year.
So as of today, my count right now is FIVE houseplants (none of which are flowering), and TWO forced bulb plants (Paperwhites and Amaryliss)--for a total of SEVEN.
PS Just want to remind you about my garden bloggers sustainable living project...and give away! I hope you will participate!
Here's the link to that post
http://thanksfor2day.blogspot.com/2010/01/earth-daysustainable-living-giveaway.html
Jan
Thanks for participating, Leslie!
Mr. Subjunctive - I have a measely 15 plants, and I forget to water. I doubt a spreadsheet would help me, though.
Four total, but 2 are half dead.
I've got 28. Which includes 7 forced bulbs (2 amarylis plants and one glass container that has 4 paperwhites). I had a lovely mandevilla that I was trying to over winter but is now down to one little vine... it looks so bad I put it in the garage by the window. I water it periodically in hopes that the roots will survive at least until spring. I'm really enjoying your blog! I just found it! :)
Cool idea! Although I have nothing against houseplants, I'm just not abig keeper of them myself. So little so that instead of doing a post, I'll report the number here: 13.5 (the helf is an African violet that is dying). Of these, 9 are plants that I put outside over summer and am really only overwintering inside (rosemary, garlic chives, elephant ears, 2 amaryllises, a paperwhite, a nandina baby shrub not hardy in my zone, and 2 Norfolk Island pines).
Alrighty, then - I did a post :)
Countin' 'Em
I don't consider my seedlings houseplants, they are plant guests,lol. My houseplants are plants I 'try' to keep alive year round. I have a total of 3!!! Pretty sad I know.
Only 15? And VIS thinks you have a problem?!?!!! *GRIN*
By the way, that African violet looks good compared to the way they look when I get done with them. I don't even try with them anymore... :)
I didn't realize I had so many house plants until I listed each one. They must be tough to survive here. I can't do African violets. Mine never look as good as yours does here so you can imagine what I do to them.
I only have 1--but but but let me explain!! It's cause my outdoor planting season is so long and labor intensive that when I come in for a winter break...I do not want to see another plant. And even during winter I'm not quite done outside. My one indoor plant is a Christmas cactus.
As strange as it may sound, I generally don't like indoor plants... Most of mine were always bought by other people, assuming I would automatically like them!!
So as a result I have 5, Cyclamen, Peace Lily (neither I want, but I cannot bring myself to throw them away) and three Orchids (which were bought by me and will stay).
I managed to somehow kill a bonsai, and feel really bad as it must've been around 15/20 years old.
My brother has some bamboo in a vase and a bonasi of his own too.
I have very few MMD as I usually polish them off. The present count stands at five - one African violet, two orchids and two amaryllises. Your amaryllis is a beauty - do you know its name?
I have: Two. And as I was just mentioning elseblog, I don't really count the second one, a blackberry. I did plant the blackberry in its pot on purpose, but, really, a blackberry doesn't need anybody's help to stay alive, once it's got its claws in some dirt.
Ummmm...do you REALLY want to know?
Since you say to count each bulb, and I am counting every plant in the household, my count is 25. But if I counted each pot of bulbs as one, the count would be 15.
During the summer it's zero. Right now it's six. If I lived up north it'd probably be more. But I shed most of my year-round houseplants about 15 years ago as I just couldn't keep them looking well enough.
Jan - thanks for commenting, even though you have fewer than I, the need for truth outweighs my need to be right. (Maybe not by much...) I would like to participate in your sustainable meme. I need to get the banner.
Pam - I counted my half-dead plants, so your total is 4.
EMC - thanks for contributing, and for visiting! I hope your Mandevilla makes it. February seems to be the month of death for houseplants.
Monica - half-dead isn't all dead, to paraphrase Miracle Max, so it's 14 for you.
Thanks for participating, Tina! (I knew you could do it.)
Darla - I don't have any seedlings, so you shouldn't feel bad. And most of the plants in my house spend the summer outside (which is my secret to keeping them alive).
Blackswamp Girl - 15 is starting to look kind of paltry to me. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is having trouble with African Violets. Maybe we're too young for them.
Lisa - I killed the African Violet I had last year. These have been in the house only since November or December, so their chances of making it until spring aren't good. Thanks for participating, I already popped over to your post.
Anna/FGG - I must say I'm shocked, shocked! that you have only one indoor plant. I thought everything you touched sprouted.
Hi, Liz - I'd take your Cyclamen, but that wouldn't be fair to the poor plant. Don't feel too bad about the bonsai, they seem like a lot of work.
Anna - I'm ashamed to admit that I didn't write down the name of the Amaryllis. The tag might still be in the garage, but it's a bit too cold for me to go hunting around in there today. If I find it, I'll announce the name.
Hey, ChickenFreak, it's a plant & it's alive - it counts. You've given me a great idea - I think I'll try growing a blackberry in a huge pot on the patio. I've always wanted one.
Kylee - can you beat Mr. Subjunctive? I really do want to know.
Kathy - if I counted that way, I'd be down to 13. Thanks for participating.
Jean - last summer the only plant in the house here was the Kalanchoe. I think it will also be spending the summer outside this year.
Fifteen for me. We're only counting the live ones, right? Still fifteen. Three of which are trees. No bulbs.
Whooeeeee...no! Can't beat that, but thing haven't changed much since I posted this two years ago: You Tarzan, Me Jane . I should take another count, just to see what the number is now.
Here's my count--meager in comparison to a lot of these! http://martagon.blogspot.com/2010/02/not-too-many-to-count.html
I played my friend. I don't have as many as you do, but I could if I tried. :0 ~~Dee
I have one red amaryllis in full bloom that is gorgeous and makes me look like I know what I'm doing (this is after I killed the first bulb). My only other houseplant is a sickly looking leftover poinsettia that is dropping leaves all over the floor. I even noticed some sort of swarming gnats as I carried it to the kitchen sink to water it tonight.
I sometimes wonder how I can have such a beautiful outdoor garden but I cannot keep a houseplant healthy to save my life.
Thank goodness for those $2.99 bouquets of daffodils at the Jewel!
Laura in Naperville
MMD, your violet looks almost as bad as a couple of mine. I think they are suffering from root rot. So if I include those with 3 healthier ones, a couple of cactus, an almost blooming amaryllis(thaks to Rose), a peace lily, a schefferella(sp), and 2 huge pots of the assorted varieties of house plants, that makes 12 containers. Is that all? Seems like more when I am watering. :) Fun post and interesting to read what all people have.
Reporting in from May Dreams Gardens with 47 house plants! I think I have some relatively old house plants, too.
My count is 61. I thought I had a lot until I read Mr. Subjunctive's number. Now I know I need to add more. The Husband will love that.
The post is at www.gardenontheedge.blogspot.com.
Not sure how to make that a link, despite the instructions.
I haven't had a chance to post about this, but I've only got 4 plants upstairs, a jade tree, Christmas cactus and 2 scented geraniums. Downstairs I have an orchid cactus, 2 more Christmas cactus, 2 rosemaries, a jasmine and an abutilon for another 7. Can I count the two pelargoniums overwintering happily in the basement? And I've got a lot of salad sprouts on the kitchen counter.
Well, for heaven's sake, if I can't count the dead ones...
Anyway, there seem to be 21, which is a minor miracle. Can I count the two apparently dead orchids that I have not given up on? Didn't think so. The miracle will be if any of them make it to spring, when I can put them outside, at which time they will all breathe a sigh of relief at having survived me.
All of them journaled here: http://myfolia.com/gardens/4128-winter-garden
Maybe I can get my act together and join in, MMD - although my amaryllis is no longer lovely - yours is beautiful!
Since you're counting the plants that winter inside my numbers will be up... even more so if the inside of the attached garage (where plants are sheltered from our recent freezes) counts as the house.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
Jim - sorry, only the living will be counted. We don't all live in Cook County, Illinois.
Kylee - I can't believe you haven't added a few more since you wrote that post.
EAL - you've made a respectable showing, and I do love your plant room. (the post is here)
Annie - yes, include the plants in the garage. From what I remember of the question, in IL at least, an attached garage is considered indoors.
Dee - thanks for joining in Dee. After you get a greenhouse, I'm sure you'll have lots more.
Laura T. - I feel your pain! I have killed more houseplants than I care to mention. This year is either an anomaly, or I've figured out how to do something right. I'm not sure which.
Beckie - so really, you have more than 15 plants. While your African Violets may be suffering from root rot, mine are suffering from lack of water. I keep forgetting about them.
Carol - I think you might have the oldest plants. Thanks for participating.
Diana - I like your attitude! Thanks for participating. (the link to Diana's post is here)
Commonweeder - sure, count the Pelargoniums in the basement, that's indoors. Someday I'm going to try the salad sprouts.
Xan - if you haven't given up on the Orchids, that means you believe they're still alive, so yes, they count. Here's Xan's link.
I have four houseplants and they are all ivy plants that are easy. I don't know I guess I haven't ventured into the world of houseplants. I did get rid of all my fake plants. They just don't compare to the real thing and I would just rather not have any..i guess. :) Enjoyed your post...good idea.
At least you kill yours outright. I torture mine for weeks before putting them out of their misery.
I have three at home. One Christmas cactus, these thing are so tough they could live in kitchen drawer, one aloe about the same, and one cutting from a coleus. The poor coleus is still exactly the same size it was in October.
At work where I have more light I have stashed my amaryllis--total of 4 plus one other aloe.
8 total houseplants plants.
Marnie
I suppose we're showing VIS what a lot of houseplants really looks like, huh? I'm going to do a count. It won't be in the hundreds.
Does size matter?
Robin Ripley
I've often wondered if outdoor gardeners are as into indoor plants. It sounds like some are. I'm very lazy about indoor plants, they usually dry up and die, but I have managed to keep 11 alive for now. One is my lemon tree, the rest have only been here about a year or so most likely their days are numbered :)
I am guessing we have a dozen or so. The ones I like best are the two 8 foot tall Ficus Trees but they lose a lot of leaves. A lot of clean up.
I have 51!! Thanks for holding the census. I had no idea I had so many -- although some of those are lettuce seedlings destined to wind up in the spring garden. ;)
Still, I'd thought of myself as "not a houseplant" person. Clearly I'm in denial.
Came back later than expected - there are over 40 houseplants here, a ridiculous number for the windows I have, MMD! A few of mine are also pretty old - here's the post.
Annie at the Transplantable Rose
I have 0 houseplants, although I do have an olive tree overwintering indoors and it look really sick, and some baby canna who forgot to go to sleep in the Autumn
It was a fun post, and fun to read all your responses
:)
K
Hi MMD! My post is finished, but is scheduled to publish on Sunday. Thanks for the inspiration. Your photos highlight your plants MUCH better than mine do! ;-) (Have you been inspired to sneak another plant or two indoors, yet?) lol.
Amy - I'm so relieved you got rid of the fake ones!
Marnie - plant torture? Horrors!
Robin - Unlike other things which need not be mentioned, for purposes of the survey, size doesn't matter.
Catherine - I don't know why it is easier to forget or be apathetic about houseplants rather than plants outside, but I'm also a victim of it. Maybe if the plants were in the way, say, right in front of the fridge, we'd pay more attention to them.
DFP - the dropped leaf issue is a deal-breaker for many people.
Meredith - you're not in denial any longer. It's funny how the act of counting makes it all more real.
Annie - thanks for participating. I thought Texas gardeners didn't do houseplants.
Karen - I hope your olive tree makes it to spring. Have you harvested any olives?
Shady - I'm inspired to add some more next year. Maybe after I get a proper plant stand.
Hmmmmmmmm let's see - 4 African Violets - 2 Christmas Cactus, 1 glitter Wandering Jew, 1 Jade, 1 Coleus, 1 Orchid, 1 Primrose, 1 tiny leaf plant given to me that I never knew the name of LOL
I just wrote about this on my blog.I never realized that I had so many. In 7 years I have accumulated 22 houseplants. This was fun.
Balisha
I really enjoyed taking part in this census; we must do it again! My total was 39, or 42 if you count the cuttings. It would be interesting to take another count in 6 months and see how it's changed.
What a fun idea! It was theraputic to read all the comments from people with waaaay more plants than myself. Still sobering to come up with an actual head count: 62 plus 14 cacti! And I have a teeny house!
What a great idea. Like many who posted before me, I have more than I thought. See my list here, http://www.joenesgarden.com/
I just finished counting... and now I think I have to go rest. Or find therapy.
Here's my Houseplant Census Report.
Hi, Anon., you famous author. ;^) I think a lot of us are pretty vague on the identity of some of our houseplants. I have tried to identify precisely (botanical or latin name) all the plants I have growing outside, but I haven't given much thought to trying to ID the inside ones.
Balisha - 22 is a good number. I'm glad you enjoyed taking the census.
Cindy - in 6 months my indoor count may be 0. I'm thinking about making everybody go out to play all summer.
Lisa - LOL, you have only 62!
Joene, thanks for participating. Here's the direct link.
Blackswamp Girl - I've seen many of yours before in your winter Bloom Day posts, I can't wait to find out how many you have.
Holy smokes! Lots of bloggers weighing in on this one. So VIS thinks 15 houseplants is too much? Nah, he needs to indulge you some more as houseplants do so much to freshen the air in the house.
I had to go count mine. I have 24 true houseplants, 7 vases/pots of forcing bulbs, and about 60-75 cuttings wintering over in the garage. I can deal with the wintered over cuttings and bulbs but not all the houseplants. As much as I like them they are a pain. Good thing I can kick them ALL out of the house come spring. Interesting question!
Hi! Found you through Cold Climate. I may have to post about this but I'm reluctant to come out of the closet, so to speak! :) I've got 91, but that '1' is half dead so let's round 'er down to 90. :)
Thanks for this one. Loads of fun.
Tina - we seem to fall into a subcategory of houseplant gardener: the overwinterer.
Hi, Kate, welcome! Come on out of the closet, you don't have the most. Compared to some people, your number doesn't really seem to be that big. :^)
I am currently running with 105 plants in various stages of growth. I have some as seedlings, bulbs for spring bloom and several vines, orchids etc.
Trailing along at the end of the discussion. (Deep breath). Okay: 5 amaryllis, 8 African violets, three kalanchoes, one olive tree, one jade (Crassula) tree, 23 succulents of various incarnations, 5 cacti, 4 geraniums, an Ixora, a cycad, a bromeliad, a cool Dracaena, 3 hoyas, a staghorn fern, a sansevaria, 4 Phalaneopsis orchids, an overwintering Phormium, a fabulous collection of hyacinths flowering their little heads off, one Hedera helix, one croton, one syngonium...and a clivia that may or may not flower this year. Oh, and an orchid cactus. And five Christmas cactus. And two poinsettias I haven't yet put outside for their winter airing.
Wow. That was embarassing.
Considering that I can grow pretty much anything outside, I just don't understand why I seem to be the Great Houseplant Killer... But I have managed to keep a few alive (so far!), including a snake plant (pretty much indestructible), some kind of tropical plant that sits in the master bathroom and gets frequent showers, a Thanksgiving cactus, a half-dead orchid (wilted leaves with a fake silk "flower" stuck into the pot - looks real enough from a distance), and a philedendron that I've had for over 30 years (I have no idea why i'ts survived so long). So that makes 5 live houseplants. The list would be much, much longer if I included all the dead and dying plants... :-(
Hi, Plantlady! Your count indicates that your epithet is well-deserved.
Jodi - I need a calculator to figure out your total. In mitigation, I do recognize that winters are very long in Nova Scotia.
Garden Junkie - you're doing better than me at the height of my involuntary plantslaughter spree.
I have exactly two, hardly worth commenting on. Any more makes it pretty tough to run away to Florida for weeks at a time. We have nice neighbors who feed the fish, but houseplants are a lot tougher to keep alive.
Well, I counted!
I am NOT a indoor plant person. But somehow my collection of plants I'm trying to kill is up to 10 now. 4 are primula which I'm only enjoying temporarily, and will be relocated to the garden. Oh, and a forsythia cutting which I brought in to enjoy the flowers and root it for garden planting also.
Heather's Garden - I can understand that. My mom got rid of all her houseplants so she wouldn't have to worry about them when they're in Florida.
Kylee - I can't wait to see how many!
Garden Lily - good luck with the primulas. The one I bought last year didn't last long enough to be planted in the garden.
Check the link! ;-)
What a great idea! I counted and photographed and somehow I have jammed 30 (THIRTY!!) into my eensy house. Eek!
Here is my list if I can think of them all:
7 different Cacti (no idea what varieties)
1 jade plant
3 philodenrons
1 sweet potato rooted for starts
1 begonia
1 aloe vera
1 agave americana
3 cilantro plants
1 orchid
If you count seedlings that are destined for the garden I also have fifty peppers and about 200 celery currently in house. Depending what you count I have 19 or 269ish.
I have 27 (if I count the window box as only 1 - otherwise it is 29). Some are just overwintering, a couple will be put out in the garden in spring (rescued onions - how sad is that?), but at least 20 of them are indoors year round.
14 house plants for me Click Here
8 orchids none in flower hence no post over at my place.
6 phalenopsis
1 Neofinettia Falcata
and
1 Masdeoallia Patricia Fyfe
Hi MMD,
I am behind in my blogging. I have read one other post about houseplants, which made me want to participate. If I remember to take photos tomorrow, I can take a census, oh, I may have some photos that I didn't do a post of, from the day I did some cutting back of some of the plants and taking off dead growth from others. I'll have to check that out after reading some blogs.
I am so ready for spring, and getting most of the plants in the house put outside.
Kylee - I went, I read, I am amazed.
Hi, Jennah's Garden - so far, you're one of the few with 30, people seem to either have way more or way less than that.
Nathan - oooh, tought choice. I think I'll let your numbers skew the whole this up.
Bogie - thanks for participating, I'm going to count yours as 29.
Rosemary - thanks for participating!
Rosie - I'm going to have to look a couple of those up.
Sue - it's not too late, I'm still tabulating. I have started to see a couple of trends, though.
At Garden Djinn, I have a total of 25 plants.
I used to have many, many more.
I took new photos, got mine counted, and found I have an even 50 pots. Now, some of those pots have more than one plant in them, but I just counted pots.
Here's the link to my post:
I'm late, but I did a post on my houseplants. I have 15. I'm amazed at all the beautiful houseplants everyone grows.
I have 9 regulars: a couple begonias, a couple Christmas (Easter) cactus, string of hearts, etc. Now with winter 6 plants have joined in on the patio. Mostly plants that would be too cold in my drafty greenhouse. This includes my "Mexico Midget" tomato currently in bloom!
Right now I have 58. I should go get two more this weekend and make it 60. I count one pot as one plant.
10 orchids (only bought 1)
13 african violets, idk if those even qualify.
3 hibiscus trees/shrubs/bushes (one is six foot tall)
a lime tree
multiple succulents (I went through a phase)
mulitple vines (I am currently going through that phase that started with some free hoya)
of all my plants the ones I have the most trouble with are my peace lily and goldfish, I thought they were supposed to be easy.
I really like Eucharis grandiflorum, a beautiful white flower that takes a while to crowd itself into a pot and then blooms several times a year--always missing major holidays by just a little bit. I pictured it at http://thevermontgardener.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-easter.html
last Easter.
Amaryllis have always been a favorite too. Here's a picture of one that just finished up a couple weeks back.
http://thevermontgardener.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-get-word-out.html
Thanks MMD for a great question and some interesting responses.
George Africa
The Vermont Gardener
I counted 142 in my house. It's too much work to count them by category. Most of mine are succulents and cacti. I have a particular weakness for Haworthia. In addition to the succulents I have a few orchids for color, some overwintering coleus, and a triple hanging basket of aphid-food (a.k.a. English Ivy).
Hi, Jenn, thanks for participating!
Sue - I made my own count after reading your post.
Hi, bloominrs, this really has been fascinating.
Tufa Girl - I'm impressed at the blooming tomato. You'll definitely have the first tomato in town this year.
Ken - plants never behave as they are supposed to. Plants that are so easy for some people, I kill, and then I do fine with ones others can't grow. Then there are the 2 different Coleuses that I took cutting from at the same time. One is a big plant now. The other never rooted. Go figure.
Hi, George, I love Eucharis too. I had them in my wedding bouquet as a stand-in for Daffodils. I really should try to grow one.
Cristine Guth - your last minute entry may just skew the results. Time to retabulate.
I'm adding a late entry because I thought this was a fun and intriguing post.
My total is 10 and I wrote about it
here at the 20MinuteGarden.
Hi, I was trying to find out what was an average no of houseplants any one house might have (so I could compare myself!) and came across this census. Did my count and weighed in at around 100 specimens covering about 45 different types. PS I live in a smallish 3 bedroom bungalow in Northern Ireland, the plants are to be found in every room...
Delightful little post,
I love your images of your flowers.
Thanks for sharing
Aanee xxx
Flowers Dublin
I just read your post and have enjoyed the responses of other gardeners. It does sound as though this plant business is a bit addictive and any share they are hiding the real number from others : ). My husband also periodically asks me if I know how many plants I have. Well after reading your note I counted most of them and I have over 200. I have tall ceilings so some of them are over 8 ft. tall and I have lots of windows so everything gets plenty of light. That count does not include what is in the garage "overwintering". I should probably do this commercially as I am definitely hooked - 50 violets alone with most of them in bloom 6 months out of the year. Anyway I enjoyed the read - have a blessed holiday!!!
Annita - A business is a great idea, especially if you're running out of room. I know many offices rent plants that are cared for by the rental company. I'm in awe of your numbers and ability. Happy holidays!
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