One For The Road

Will be away for a few days with some girlfriends tomorrow so the plants will under the care of the BF. I hope he waters them.

 Recent heavy rain balded my Bali Hai Gold. Will pulling out my edamame when I get back next week, the pods are pathetically thin and sparse.

The new longan leaf gets bigger and bigger everyday. I wonder what's the actual size.

Magnolia Lily had a little setback after being attacked by spider mites. She lost some leaves.

Hydrangea is beginning to branch out. Yes.

Balsam and highland hydrangea.

Albeit slow, Magnolia Coco shows some growth.

3 cute bachelor's button seedlings accompanying the big one.

Tuberose sprouts more. I wonder how do you pronounce the word tuberose - tu-be-rose or tube-rose?

Sweet potato is beginning to root.

Nice growth - I trimmed off the older ones to make tzatziki for dinner just now.

The aerial roots of the basil are growing. I wonder what so I do with it? Should I sell them like the ones from the supermarket?

Thai basil I bought from supermarket. I'm attempting to root them again. This time I will leave them longer in the water. I was too impatient. Also, they begin to flower. Wonder if I would get some seeds?

One more lavender died. Sigh.

I bought a pack of heirloom tomatoes and I saved some seeds and sowed them. I thought it was a failure but the babies showed up today! One thing is that I don't know what I will get.

Heirloom tomatoes are these:

photo: loveandlemons.com

Homegrown

Picked some Syngonium aka arrowhead plant while walking the dogs for the green wall over at another apartment. Some of the plants didn't survive so I have to replace the empty slots.

More new shoots appearing for Magnolia Lily.

Highland hydrangea is not giving up.

For some weird reason, my lemon's losing leaves.

New shoots for Magnolia Coco too. 

The longan was pretty stagnant and then suddenly one wild branch of leaves appeared. 

Sowed more bachelor's button seeing the smaller died.

Dill from the supermarket is somewhat surviving.

Coco has been going through my mint.

Revival

 For some weird reason, one Bachelor's Button seedling is bigger than the other.

My edamame beans aren't as fat as I wanted them to be.

Lowland hydrangea is thriving, seems to be sprouting new shoots. I was contemplating if I should chop the top off to promote branching but turns out I don't have to.

Magnolia Lily is sprouting new shoots, if only they were flower buds.

So highland hydrangea somehow revived. I was thinking to use the pot for the balsam seedlings (the last two balsams plants were killed off, very weak due to spider mite attacks) and turned out hydrangea refused to die and sprouted some shoots instead. Man, whatever. I transplanted the balsam seedlings anyway.

My sister is rooting some common mint for me. 

And the same time, I sowed kailan/Chinese kale in a planter and Brussels sprouts on another. The Brussels sprout seeds are very old so instead of throwing them away, I just sowed them. Not putting much hope on it anyway.

New Purchases

I took a leap of faith and spent a little more than I should to get a rare plant - Magnolia Lily. I found one via online platform while I was looking for tuberose. Happiest day of my life as at the same time they sell lowland hydrangea. They have arrived today but I couldn't take any photos as I broke my iPhone and currently using a smartphone that doesn't have a good camera.

This is the only picture I took when I arrived to show to the seller as she asked for a photo.

I hope to take more pictures tomorrow during the day with a semi-DSLR. Meanwhile let me feast your eyes with this Saucer magnolia (in my wishlist!) in the Austrian home that's currently blooming.

Because I was excited. I transplanted all three and the Avocado Miki to pots. I also stacked them up with empty pots so they could get more sun.

Also may I just share the Lily of the Incas in my bathroom. Just gorgeous.