show and tell - a houseplant, favorite or otherwise

I've never been much of a houseplant person. I don't care much for pets either as a matter of fact.
But we do have a couple of plants, and, touch wood, they seem to be doing all right.

I've learned to plant impatiens in my window boxes - with a little vinca vine for an accent.
Over the years K and I have told each other that certain plants which would not normally survive in other people's yards in this hemisphere would survive in ours.
And we have been wrong.
Wrong, people - as wishing does not make it so.
These window box plantings do survive though, and, if it ain't broke: don't fix it. (This is ALL FOR SUSE, this language...)



Then there is my lemon tree.
It lives part of the year in various locations IN the house and part of the year in the front yard, next to the path.



It makes intoxicating flowers each year, I cross pollinate it with a paint brush and my last crop of Meyer lemons numbered over a dozen and a half.

Finally, there are two little trailing plants on my kitchen windowsill.
I haven't a clue what they are but they seem to survive.


They have even been gracious enough to let me shove them in a different pot for the duration of the christmas season to allow me to plant miniature cedars in these red pots. I throw out the cedars when they die and then re-plant these ivy-like things.

Show and tell for this week was suggested by this lovely lady - whom I know by a couple of different names. Her blog is one of those that I have found myself reading and nodding along with. It would seem that she and I have very similar children, and reading her insights into hers has helped me better understand mine.