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A Fleetwood Mac Inspired Plant Name
Excerpt: I told myself a couple months ago that I didn't need anymore plants and I’d only get one if it were a Chameleon ZZ or a Birds of Paradise which I have yet to find. I went into Lowe’s today, going against my mental promise and bought a Calathea the most troublemaker plant of all. I was so giddy about the purchase that I wanted to share how she got her name.
[Sweet] Angel
Excerpt: We have maintained our friendship, through time and distance for over 40 years and that’s pretty special. This week we lost one of our Sweets. It’s hard because we should have been old ladies together…
Manifesting Energy with Plant Names
Excerpt: I believe in the the Law of Attraction which states something like, ‘Energy attracts like energy. Be the energy you want to attract.’ So I actually did some naming research and finally came up with Imara, which means ‘strong’ in Swahili.
The Color Purple Cast of Plants
This is my first blog post since the beginning of February! I could have written 100 of them since then just about my plants. Here’s the first one in a possible cathartic storytelling of plant life series. This story evolved from buying a plant stand.
A Lady Named Betty
My daddy has an excellent green thumb. He’s always had plants and anytime I’ve visited he’s asked if I wanted to take one back with me. I always said no because I wasn’t going to take care of them. Since the pandemic made me a plant Mama, when he asked if I wanted him to bring me one when he came to visit I said, “Yes!”