Indoor plants. My kitchenwindows 2017-10-15. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2017
Indoor plants in January can be rather depressing. The ones that are still alive often look very tired and almost gone. Others are already gone for various reasons. And some are still green and promise to survive the dark winter days. The picture above is from October 15th 2017. The number of plants in my kitchen windows (which are exceptionally good for indoor plants) has since changed somewhat.
Indoor plants in the kitchen January 5th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018 The south-facing window.
They have also become fewer. The large philodendron that climbs both windows and is there instead of curtains has grown further. It has lost a lot of leaves but at the same time also sprouted new leaves here and there. It actually looks better in January than it did in October. My ginkgo biloba has gotten a new pot and fresh soil. Not optimal to replant in December, but the pot was empty and the ginkgo needed a larger pot. It is still green and has so far not lost any leaves. It will though. That is what it normally does. The two green hanging plants look as they’ve always looked… Not much change there.
Indoor plant sin the kitchen, January 5th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The west-facing window in the kitchen. I’ve opened up roll-up curtain all the way for the winter. The plants (and the kitchen) need their light when there is some.
Dying rosemary 2018-01-07. PHoto: ©nini.tjader.2018
One of the rosemary plants I had in this window is gone. It just died. The remaining one in the middle of the window is slowly dying too (picture above). Will have to get a new rosemary plant later on in spring. I use rosemary a lot on oven baked potatoes for instance. I still have some dried rosemary too but I prefer the fresh one.
The small aloe vera in the kitchen. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The small aloe vera there has grown a lot since it got a new pot and fresh soil in the autumn. I know. shouldn’t replant in the autumn. But sometimes there is no choice.
I threw out my orchids during the autumn. They were really tired and uninspiring. And I needed the space.
Indoor plants in the livingroom, January 7th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The indoor plants in the livingroom include two figtrees that are indoors over winter. They have extra light to survive. They are both growing surprisingly well indoors. The smaller tree has lost some leaves, but the oldest and bigger not. That one lost its only fig the other day though when the large aloe vera fell on it… My fault. I moved their stands to be able to reach electricity and to clean under them.
Indoor plants in the livingroom, January 7th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
There are fewer indoor plants in the livingroom too as some have been moved to the kitchen and others hav e gone for ever. (I need to do something about all the cables on the floor…). Under the sideboard I keep the bird-feed for the birds outdoors. They need extra food particularly in the winter.
Indoor plants in the livingroom, January 7th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
Notice the large aloe vera to the left in the above picture? Notice how small its pot is? Yes, right… it needs re-pottering in a larger pot.
Aloe Vera 2018-01-07. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
My oldest and largest aloe vera has again got lots of baby plants at its bottom. To remove them or keep them is the question. I donät need more aloe veras in the flat… I already have four, three of them originating from this large one at re-potting. I’ve also given away a few to friends and neighbours.
Ale Vera in the livingroom, January 7th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
The problem with re-potting the aloe vera is that it is BIG, THORNY and HEAVY, I do have an empty larger pot that it can live in. If I take it into the bathroom I might be able to re-pot it. Inormally do this outdoors in the garden as it gets a bit messy. But it is winter and very cold just now. and the warmer season is far way still.
INdoor plants in the livingroom. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2017
This (above) is how the plantwindow in the livingroom looks when you enter the room and it is daylight.
Indoor plants in the bedroom, January 7th, 2018. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2018
In the bedroom I keep three white pelargonias for their winter-rest, one put with three figtree cuttings (which are coming along just fine) and one hanging plant in the background which is not that fuzzy when it comes to light.
On the windowsill in the bedroom I have my cactuses and one more aloe vera plus a small aloe vera of another kind.
Cuctus in bloom, 2017-12-30. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2017
One of my old cactuses started blooming some time in November and the above picture I shot from outside the house on December 30th (easiest way to take a picture of it without having to move it around on the windowsill indoors). New flowers are still coming on it. If it blooms, it normally blooms by the end of February or beginning of March. I got a bit surprised when I saw the flowers now. Wrong season. Not that I mind. They are quite nice. This one also need re-potting. Never got around to it in the warm season.
The small aloe vera in the bedroom window. Photo: ©nini.tjader.2017
