The Plants I Miss Most of the Time

I am home for a week! It's great to have a minimal number of tasks to accomplish, free laundry, and home-cooked food. But, of course, I take special pleasure in seeing some of my plants that I can't keep at school. I'll be showing them off shortly.

First, though, all my plants made it home safely. Note how bright it is in this room!

This next plant is my desert rose. It's not in bloom, and it doesn't have a lot of leaves, but the leaves it has look healthy.

Next to my desert rose is a lily plant that's a family heirloom. It has great magenta-lavender blooms, just not at the moment.

This spindly guy is Basil, my basil plant. He's not branching out very much. Do you know any remedies for this odd growth pattern? Other than that, though, he seems to be doing great.

Next to Basil is this succulent, which is a Haworthia coarctata. I've had this plant (there are multiple plants now) for several years, but it needs to be in a shorter pot.

Perhaps a shallower pot and sandier soil will prevent this from happening.

Those are all the plants living here that are mine, though I might end up with one of my mother's vining/creeping houseplants. They're nice and very easy to care for, but they grow all over your stuff. Maybe I'll showcase these plants in another post. For now, though, you can expect...

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