Entry One: Fall, 1999 |
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Lizzie has been with me for a long time. I bought her at the Plant Sale in my first year of college, fall 1996. Devil's ivy makes a great house plant because it can tolerate low light levels. Keep an eye out, and you'll see it in restaraunts and offices all the time. |
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Van Gogh was named for his spots, of course. Polka-dot plants are generally grown in the garden as annuals. This particular one started its life as a cutting made in horticulture from a plant growing in the annual bed outside the greenhouse. It rooted well and followed me home one day! |
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Lowe is my dear aloe that me grandfather gave me once in the spring of '97. He just keeps on having babies! I divide him at least once a year, and always have aloe plants to give to my friends. |
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This is my Smith ivy. When Smith College students start at this school, they get a complementary English ivy plant from the greenhouse. Most people's ivys submit to underwatering, overwatering, cold, lack of light, or spider mites, but mine is still alive, four years later as I prepare to graduate! The name, Vert Anika, was chosen because it was close to the name Veronique, but incorporates vert, the French word for the color green. Since I named her, I found out that Anika is actually a name, a Czech word that means "beautiful." My green beautiful one! |
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