We finally started our little garden. Tonight we planted little tomatoes, hot red chili peppers, and some cilantro (which, come to find out, are also colander when in the seed form - I never knew that!). We also plan to plant some green beans. John has a recipe for home made salsa that he loves so we thought it would be fun to grow as much of the ingredients as we can. We may plant more in the future, but we thought we would start with this and see how it does (we do not have a yard so we can not plant anything in the ground, only in planters). Hopefully next month (when I am actually home to take care of them) I can get some flowers.
We also recently set the house plants free! They have been confined all winter and at the mercy of the cats. Luckily they all made it though the winter alive and hopefully they will be happy and grow well outside this summer.
From left to right: Aloe (gift from my grandpa), Turk's Head Cactus, Cycad (not sure what kind - Julia?), Araucaria (again, not sure of the type), funky plant (no idea....), and another one of grandpa's Aloe's.
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Sorry I'm only just commenting now! The tree is definitely Araucaria heterophylla, the Norfolk Island Pine. It's Zone 9b-10 hardy, so make sure it goes inside before the frosts come, especially when it's still that small.
The cycad looks like Cycas revoluta, but I'd need to see the fronds and trunk close-up. They're about the same hardiness (maybe down to Zone 8).
Hi Julia,
No worries. You are right on both of them - John knew what they were and had just never told me (I read what you said and he agrees). It seems that the frost is over for a bit so they should have a good 5 months outside at least. They do so much better when they are outside and seem to be happy there (which is understandable).
The funky plant looks like one of the many Dracaenas, which generally prefer temps above 65F. If that's the same kind as one of the ones I have, it's one of the easier ones to grow, and can handle temps down to 55F better than the others. They also love high humidity, which they don't get much of where I live!
Good luck with the garden, it looks nice!
The garden is doing well! We have beans growing and some morning glories e planted. I am happy with it :)
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