
To Plant a Garden is to Believe In Tomorrow
Towering tree ferns, Martinique, 1959
(Via The Quiet Botanist)

Towering tree ferns, Martinique, 1959
(Via The Quiet Botanist)




















Obsessed with these had planters. They look so cute with (plants) and them every time I see one I buy it. The large ones are about 12 inches tall. I seem to find them at Bealls department store and TJ Maxx.









Trimming, adding, and rearranging for the season! Adding more and more to fill it out.




This cacti has been on my plant wish list for a few months now, and I finally got my hands on some! Now I'm wondering if anyone can give me some tips or advice on how to grow them as fast and efficiently as possible. I'm familiar with the basics of cacti care, but I'm sure there's still a lot I don't know about.
For now my plan is to pot them up into one hanging planter, put it in front of my window, and see how they like that spot.
Any and all tips/advice welcome!
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I'm not exactly sure best subreddit to post this, feel free to give suggestions on this, too. I got a dwarf Alberta Spruce shrub this past Christmas to use as my Christmas tree. I live in zone 4b. I kept it inside until about February and then brought it outside, somewhat gradually. Long story short, it's toast. I was hoping that could be my small Xmas tree every year. I'm picturing bringing it in & out as needed (in a pot). Do any of you know of a better option to pull this off? Different species? Different environment? I don't love the look of the Norfolk Pine plant and want something to smell like a Christmas tree. This may be a unicorn but worth a little digging. Thanks, kind people. :)




We just bought a couple rose bushes from Costco, got 3 different kinds and they each came with 2 bushes but they seem pretty small. Wondering if it would be ok to put both bushes in one pot, and if so what size pots to get? If not I still need advice on the size of pots to get haha.


I am new plants and I bought a healthy rubber plant 3 weeks ago. Last week, the some of the leaves has turned yellow and fallen out. I ensure to keep it humid, indirect sunlight however the leaves are still facing down and I feel like the stem isn’t as sturdy as when I bought it. Please let me know what I am doing wrong 🥲
I went to the garden center today just to get some soil, and somehow i walked out with three more succulents and a monstera that i definitely don't have room for. it starts with one cute little leaf on your desk and next thing you know, your living room looks like a tropical rainforest and you’re checking the humidity levels every hour.
It’s honestly so rewarding to see a new leaf sprout, but the heartbreak when one randomly decides to die for no reason is real. i feel like i’m constantly playing a guessing game of "too much water" or "not enough sun" until i eventually figure it out.





Bought this philodendron at the grocery store it was in a 4 inch pot and it was buy one get one free for $15.99. A bargain. I’ve had it for about eight months now it is doing well and still getting pink in the leaves. It is under a grow light and near a window.

So i bought this china doll from a nursery and it was in big nursery bag, i let it stay in that for 2 weeks and it looked happy at that time, then i potted it in a new pot and while trying to shake some of the soil off from the roots, the soil completely came off and roots were bare. This is now how she looks like after 1 week, will it survive? Can i do anything to help it? Thanks in advance ✌🏻


Work is a slog today. Every chance I get i come look at these petunias I bought before work to give me a boost.
They're only in the back room because I wasn't about to leave them in the car






There’s no bugs or mites anywhere. I wait till soil dries out to water it. And the new leaves popping out don’t show any of the same brown spots. Any help is appreciated!



Featuring the most mislabelled plant in my collection. I bought her as « Dragon’s Tail » but the vagueness was unsatisfactory and the following search for accurate ID proved very irritating as both *Epipremnum pinnatum* and *Rhaphidophora decursiva* come up when searching Dragon’s Tail (normal occurrence with common names), but the infuriating part is either scientific name is used interchangeably on pics of both those plants which don’t even belong in the same genus.
I’m pretty sure my girl is a *R. decursiva* and she pulled through my lows and neglect by stagnating with her same few dark green, thick leaves, but she stayed with me and as I’ve been trying harder lately she quickly pushed out this new one - I didn’t even have time to photograph it while it was still coiled 😭 I feel so blessed.
Curious which identity crisis plants are in y’all’s collections!





