We were given a pot of Hubby's grandmother's Aspidistra. It's been in the same pot now for about 15 years that we are aware of. I give it a drink when I'm going past, but otherwise it just sits outside and obviously likes being very crowded. His grandmother died in 1972. some of the leaves have a yellow stripe and insignificant flowers appear now and then.
The 'strange symbol' is intended to look like a Pin board - that's because the thread was started by a member of the GW magazine team and it's 'pinned' at the top
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've some umbrella grass that I got given in a pot as a house plant way back in 1968!
It's probably a year or two older than the Easter Cactus.
I've got a cheese plant that's older still. It was given to me by someone whose house it had outgrown and they said they'd had it for 20 years and in about 1975. That's done incredibly well considering that 35 years ago I had a couple of golden retriever puppies that decided to knock it over, chew it up and run round the house to play and spread various parts of it. I recovered what I could and put what looked like a bit of stick with some roots attached back in a pot. It's now back to being a VERY big plant requiring a big room and space.
I also have a mother in law's tongue that belonged to my grandmother forever and she died in 1971! I managed to kill her aspidestra! I repotted it and it didn't like that!
I'm curious about the plant that everyone calls a Swiss cheese plant. are you all talking about a Monstera deliciosa?
Have any of you with Aspidistra discovered the tiny little flowers that hide down at soil level? It's like finding something special in a treasure hunt when you do.
I bought a Swiss cheese plant to celebrate being pregnant with my twin boys . They are 31 now and the little plant is now enormous and lives happily in the corner of my sitting room.
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We were given a pot of Hubby's grandmother's Aspidistra. It's been in the same pot now for about 15 years that we are aware of. I give it a drink when I'm going past, but otherwise it just sits outside and obviously likes being very crowded. His grandmother died in 1972. some of the leaves have a yellow stripe and insignificant flowers appear now and then.
why does my last post stay at the top if the post and also has a strange symbol instead of a chilli?
The 'strange symbol' is intended to look like a Pin board - that's because the thread was started by a member of the GW magazine team and it's 'pinned' at the top
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I've some umbrella grass that I got given in a pot as a house plant way back in 1968!
It's probably a year or two older than the Easter Cactus.
I've got a cheese plant that's older still. It was given to me by someone whose house it had outgrown and they said they'd had it for 20 years and in about 1975. That's done incredibly well considering that 35 years ago I had a couple of golden retriever puppies that decided to knock it over, chew it up and run round the house to play and spread various parts of it. I recovered what I could and put what looked like a bit of stick with some roots attached back in a pot. It's now back to being a VERY big plant requiring a big room and space.
I also have a mother in law's tongue that belonged to my grandmother forever and she died in 1971! I managed to kill her aspidestra! I repotted it and it didn't like that!
I'm curious about the plant that everyone calls a Swiss cheese plant. are you all talking about a Monstera deliciosa?
Have any of you with Aspidistra discovered the tiny little flowers that hide down at soil level? It's like finding something special in a treasure hunt when you do.
It comes up first on the Talkback Forum 'cos it's been 'pinned' to the top by Admin - that's what the symbol means.
Don't know why it would have come up first on Latest Posts - could you have clicked on Talkback by mistake?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
So did my tennis racket this morning
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I bought a Swiss cheese plant to celebrate being pregnant with my twin boys . They are 31 now and the little plant is now enormous and lives happily in the corner of my sitting room.