Spring is a long way off, but my indoor plants are doing their best to keep my cheer up.
Two of my violets are blooming
This is one of the Home Depot rescues. This is the second time it’s bloomed this year.
This pretty purple one is much older. I moved several of my older violets to the front window, and these are very happy there. This one will have blooming friends soon.
And this funky Aloe is blooming again.
Every winter it sends up this super long bloom spike. And shortly after, out come these pretty bell shaped blooms.
That’s all that’s in flower now… but Dave gave me a gift certificate to my favourite local nursery for Christmas, so maybe I’ll have to take a trip down there and see what THEY have in bloom!
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I can’t tell you how happy African violets make me. They bring back such memories. I’d have a house full of them if my cats wouldn’t eat them. I had a huge aloe for years and I never saw it bloom once. I had no idea they would even do that.
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I love the silvery shimmer that some African violets get. Your purple on shimmers so pretty.
Cool about the aloe. You have very happy plants.
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The violets are so pretty!!!! The bloom on the aloe is different than mine–there must be different kinds and I didn’t know that! Cool!
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I didn’t know that aloe blooms! You are my plant guru. I always, always learn something. My violet plant hasn’t bloomed yet, but at least it’s looking healthy. I got it from a trash can at Walmart two summers ago. It was all dried out and pitiful looking and the lady told me I could have it free because it was dead. Nope. I’ll have to post a photo soon. It seems to like the east window in the condo. Yours are both so beautiful. They are my goal with this one. 🙂
Blessings,
Betsy
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Your violets are so pretty! They will certainly brighten up winter days.
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Aww, such nice blooms!
Manny has knocked off most of the Christmas Cactus’s buds, but at least they tried to bloom on time.
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Such pretty African Violet blooms:)
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