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Aug 29, 2015 3:07 PM CST
Name: Kim
Iowa (Zone 5a)
I kill ornamentals... on purpose.
Enjoys or suffers cold winters Spiders! Critters Allowed Birds Houseplants I helped beta test the first seed swap
Region: Nebraska Keeper of Poultry Rabbit Keeper Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Procrastinator Garden Ideas: Level 2
I made a sign that hangs outside my mudroom door.
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I do have one vine I call my indoor weed because I do not like the long stringiness of it. I give it a haircut a couple times a year. Even though the moisture is about right, that actually is starting to look ill. I had it for two years, so better than most things. And strangely, I have two thriving Christmas cactuses that bloom twice a year. So far, that really is about all I have kept alive of the many attempts and gifts.

Wal Mart had a good selection of house plants. I was looking for a Prayer Plant, but they didn't have any, at least by that name. I'll have to write down the Latin. What I did come home with is a Oyster Plant (Tradescantia spathacea).

I am familiar with Tradescantia, at least the outdoor varieties. I currently have three. I call them Cow Slobber, but most people know them as Spiderworts. I thought it would be fun to have a variety indoors. I'll try to find info about this, if there is anything beyond what the little tag says. Maybe my attempt at another houseplant will be a pleasant surprise.

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