I have a deadly black thumb for houseplants. I can even kill a cactus (Which I’m pretty sure you’re supposed to neglect). Polka dot plants, ferns, African Violets? Dead, dead dead. I’m pretty sure the only house plant I can’t kill is a venus fly trap… BUT if it’s an outdoor plant, buddy, I can make that sucker thrive. I’ve finally learned about sun needs, water needs, soil pHs; all that gardening lingo. I know what to pick and where to put it. Over the last 5 years in our “starter home” I’ve gotten the flower beds to a really nice spot, and am now working on the back hill to fill in the blank slate.
In the front, I have terra cotta daylilies, hostas, lambs ear, boxwoods, a mini crepe myrtle, holly, some strange pink flowering evergreen-ness that came with the house and even some pretty two tone marigolds down at the mailbox. It looks nice and filled in! AND I haven’t killed it!
The veggie garden I had last year was absolutely swamped by water, I had no idea what I was doing, and only harvested about 6 tomatoes all year long. Rookie mistakes: did you know you have to prune a tomato plant to get it to grow properly?! This year I went with a Heinz plant (all heirloom, non GMO) and it’s already giving me a bumper crop. Looks like I need to learn to can tomatoes FAST! The herbs are doing well, too (cilantro needs to stay on the drier side…. note to self).
Lastly, the deadly gardenias (pretty scraggly and eeeesh… BAD) finally died off and I ripped the last one out of the ground. Instead, I planted Maryann Lantana, a 3′ fully grown bush that attracts birds and butterflies, but with no thorns and a nice perennial root system. It’s really hard to tell here, but the flowers are hot pink and yellow, which is a great pop of color on the dove grey siding. 3 weeks in the ground, and they are growing strong and NOT DEAD! 🙂 Have you planted anything lately? Is your thumb green or deadly brown?
This just gave me inspiration! I’m horrible with plants too, and have shyed away from planting outdoor plants as a result. I figured if I can’t make a plan live indoors, I had no hope outdoors!
Oh Lindsey! Just call me- we can look into some low maintenance plants! Any excuse for a trip to the local nursery!
I love plants and growing anything always have,I sometimes do not have so much luck indoors i normally forget about them in favor of my veg garden lol.
I have the blackest thumb ever. I have also killed a cactus and I can’t even wrap my brain around that one. My parents got it for me as a housewarming gift because they knew I would kill a regular plant. Well the surprise was on them when I killed the cactus, too!
Love groing outdoors. Have a great garden thumb.
That’s great that your thumb became green! I have never grown heirloom, that is my goal if I ever get a plot of land again. Thanks!
Mitch
Your yard looks so pretty….you are doing great outside. I too can grown much more outside than inside. Hubby tells me Mother Nature helps me out alot!
I would love to grow some tomato plants in our yard. My big dog is making that very difficult. Your yard looks great!
It looks great! And mmmm for home grown heirlooms! We have a garden every year but this year we are sticking with a low maintenance herb garden.
I have a brown thumb myself. I’ve even killed rhodendron before, and those are hard to kill apparently. LOL
I have such a black thumb too. I can maybe grow cilantro but that is all I have been successful with. I also have a gardenia plant that is pretty patheic.
I am the worst at gardening. I wish I wasn’t because I love fresh flowers!
Look at you keeping vegetation alive! And you didn’t think you had it in you….psssh. 🙂
I certainly do NOT have a green thumb! I kill everything, so I admire how things are staying alive!~
I love gardening! We have spinach, basil, cilantro, 12 tomato plants, 3 types of squash/zucchini and cucumbers this year. 🙂 Flowers are hit or miss for me (and indoor plants. I’m not great with them!)
I have a brown thumb. And, I’d love to not have one, but I can’t seem to change it! We planted tons of veggies last year and nothing grew.
My thumb is pretty black! I really want to give it a shot and try growing some veggies though.
I don’t have a green thumb….but it looks like anyone can get things to grow…good work!!
I have never been successful at growing anything! LOL! I really want to grow my own tomatoes, I eat a small fortune’s worth every year!
We have an accidental pumpkin patch growing in our yard from a pumpkin that got chewed up by our dog around Halloween. Surprisingly that is growing better than my indoor plants that I actually try to take care of!
I’m pretty bad about keeping plants alive. Whatever the watering needs, I seem to do the opposite. Outside just might be the ticket.
I’m pretty good at plant in the garden but anything potted is doomed. This winter destroyed lots of my perennials though so I’m starting from scratch
I do have a decent green thumb. I just haven’t been able to get outside much these days. Really cute house
I am the worst when it comes to plants! I can’t believe my lilies are coming back this year; I just knew that I had killed them!
I can not grow anything….at all!! I am going to try to grow some veggies and plant them this weekend.
I held on the several plants after my mom died for years. The last one my sister killed. I’ve had an outside garden in the past.
I’m the same way. The only thing I have had luck with is a mini rose bush I planted when we moved in 5 years ago. It’s not mini any more and it’s alive. But it’s all alone. lol
Gardening in the desert take skills I don’t have… I’d love to have a tomato plant though!!
I kill ALL house plnats. It’s so bad. I have been wanting to try to have a container garden. We’ll see if I can pull that off.
I have been trying so hard to have a great garden. My problem is the weeds. As for the houseplants, I get aloe b/c they are hard to kill, if you forget to water them.