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Houseplant Mania

July 29, 2011

I picked up the Great Dane and Chihuahua of house plants at Home Depot yesterday because I couldn’t help myself; all of the plants in the store were looking so green and lush after the last few weeks of heat – full of new growth and chlorophyll. Plus, you know I can’t resist a baby succulent, which is that speck of dirt you see dwarfed on the step.

Big plant. Little plant.

Of course the succulent I really considered getting was this other one that looks oddly like a butt, or maybe a bad guy from Mario Bros., but is squishy and tiny and just made me smile. If you’re really wondering, I believe it’s name to be Split Rock, but I was sad to see that it would only grow about 2″ tall so back to the shelf it went. I wanted plants with serious growth potential.

Split Rock Succulent. Or a butt.

Speaking of butts when I shouldn’t be speaking of butts, what’s this about? (Caught my eye at Marshall’s. You try to walk by it and not laugh a little.)

Stainless spoon rest. Or a butt.

Back to the main, plant-intensive topic. I can’t turn down a good one when I see it, especially if it’s almost as big as me, only $13, and doesn’t look overly like something you’d find in Florida or the tropics, because vegetation like that always looks odd and out of place in NY homes, in my opinion.

The leafy greens I lugged home in my passenger’s seat measured about 52″ tall, even though the tag tells me I should expect to see it max out around 48″. Meaning it’s a superstar plant and I’m lucky to have it.

Tall plant. I'm 5'9" by the way.

It’s given name is the Umbrella Tree (or Schefflera arboricola if you’re a fanciful horticulturist), and it even towered over Cody, who’s almost knocked its precarious 10″ plastic base over on five separate occassions with a single swing of his tail. I also couldn’t take a photo of him not howling in a where’s-my-treat-for-staying-still fit. The doof.

The other plant I bought was one of the <$3 baby succulents, this one kindly named Elephant Bush, as in, this is the plant that elephants thrive off of on safari. Cool. I obviously picked the tallest one with the most stems to optimize my opportunity for success.

Elephant Bush beside starfish art.

And don’t be fooled, this baby only measures 5″ tall right now but has potential of reaching the same 48″ vertical of the Umbrella Tree.

I just hope it grows faster than the Anniversary Jade.

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10 Comments


Katrina
July 29, 2011 at 10:21 am
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Picture of Cody FTW! Love the new haircut & your finds. $13 is a steal – you’re the deal master :)



    Emily
    July 29, 2011 at 10:28 am

    Haha, Thanks Katrina! The hair was… not brushed. I should remember to do that just like I should remember to iron my bed sheets before they’re opened to possible public scrutiny.

rach-dawgg
July 29, 2011 at 10:29 am
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I would so buy the butt! lol and love the shot of the beast mid howl! lol great plants and love the hair!



    Emily
    July 29, 2011 at 10:36 am

    Thanks Rach-dawgg – the plant butt or the spoon rest butt? Somehow I thought you’d like the succulent butt and actually that’s why I included the Mario Bros. reference.

Michelle
July 29, 2011 at 7:02 pm
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I bought the butt succulant but I felt more of a whale-ness with it so I named it Shamu. It recently sprouted a baby Shamu too.



    Emily
    July 29, 2011 at 8:09 pm

    It could totally be a squishy whale. How long ago did you buy it and how many butts/whale tails have grown out of the base butt/whale tail? I was curious if it would get wide since it wasn’t going to be tall.

Emily @ Our Waldo Bungie
July 31, 2011 at 10:52 am
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The “split rock” succulent is one of my favorites! There is also a succulent that is similar that totally looks like a brain.



    Emily
    July 31, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    Ha! I will officially be on the lookout for it. I saw one that looked like E.T. fingers that was intriguing too.

Cait @ Hernando House
August 1, 2011 at 11:50 am
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That is an awesome picture of Cody, haha.

I had an elephant bush! But I killed it :( Now I want another one!



    Emily
    August 1, 2011 at 12:08 pm

    Any tips for not killing it?

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