arisarum proboscideum
Welcome to another episode of Plant Hoarding. Here I will walk you through my latest plant purchases necessary or otherwise. As Saturday morning rolled around I promptly found myself touring Victoria’s Garden Centers. I started with breakfast at Demitasse then moved onto Gardenworks Oak Bay, Garden Works Blenkisop, Elk Lake Garden Center and Brentwood Bay Nurseries. You’d think that I’d be cured after working at a plant nursery for 40 hours a week, oddly still this only fuels the fire.
I spent the day with my girlfriend, drinking coffee, gawking at the strange and unusual, and admiring the great spring selection. Although a small box of plants found it’s way home with me I will admit I showed an amazing amount of discretion . There were a lot of nice specimens to be had, and I managed to ween it down to a meager 8 plants. Wow…
In this weeks plant binge.
Arisarum proboscideum otherwise known as a Mouse Plant. It’s an amazing little plant what with it’s wispy tail, and strange flower head. I look forward to researching it further.
Aeonium (?domesticum?) A dwarf variegated aeonium. I need more frost tender succulents like a hole in the head. Alas I love them!
Euphorbia (?milii var. splendens?) I’ve been looking to buy a crown of thorns for quite some time now. I’m very happy with this find. Crown of thorns are amazing plants, disguised as a boring old houseplant. They grow up to 2 feet tall in the home, constantly flower and impress with their unusual prickly form.
Gardenworks, Walmart, and a variety of other stores sell these 2″ tropicals at a serious bargain price. At the low price of $1.50 a plant, it’s a great deal for small specimens. After all as a plant collector do you really care about the size of the plant. I have nothing but time to watch these little guys grow, it’s part of the fun.
Also included in the mix but without closeup photograph is a Tillandsia Stricka (air plant) and a 4″ pot of neon pink saxifraga.
Just Because!
More plant news to come!
