I'm an indoor/outdoor gardener and I grow everything mostly from seed. Thought I'd check out the site and let you guys know what I'm currently growing, in the meantime. I'm waiting on these 'little blue' hot peppers to ripen red in my aero-garden. Right now they're 'blue'... Some of my indoor potted "Table" tomatoes are ripening this weekend... Here's my Stapelia flower blooming this weekend too... Pansies blooming in bathroom window... Sweet Bay Laurel trees... White & Fuzzy succulent... "Black Pearl" hot pepper plant... Thanks for looking at my peeks. Hope to show more soon... : )
Welcome Germinator! Wow, beautiful photo's, those plants look super healthy. Look forward to your next batch of pics.
Welcome Germinator, i agree with Gardenelf,..super healthy plants,..and all very good pictures!,..love that White Fuzzy Succulent,..never came across one before.
Hey thanks, guys! :-D I had never seen that white and fuzzy succulent either, but I saw it last fall and had to have it. It's been growing nicely all winter long. Here's some more of my stuff: Very tiny carnivorous Sundew seedlings on the side of the sponge... Gaultheria Procumbens (Winterberry) dwarf shrublet... "Marble" hot pepper plant in aero-garden... Variegated Basil... Siam Ruby banana leaf... Blooming geraniums... Buds on "micro-tom" tomato plant in aero-garden. Smallest tomato plant in the world... Dragon fruit cutting growing... Back of my orchids.. Alpine strawberry seedling in aero-garden... Blue cornflowers... Amythest Beautyberry shrub in summer... In Autumn... : )
Welcome to GardenStew Germinator, great pictures!! You will find us a friendly community of gardeners from around the world with lots to offer. Welcome aboard Jerry
Woops, I released my post before I was finished! Here's a few more: Easter/Spring cactus... Here's a "jack-in-the-pulpit" seedling I sprouted in late winter, beside a holly cutting... Loquat seedling... Texas Mountain Laurel... Grafted dwarf weeping pussy willow tree... After pruning... Haworthia and Polka Dot Plant... : )
Welcome to GS Germinator, from the coastline of Karachi Pakistan! I sincerely hope that you will stay with us for a very long time. And I am most happy to see that picture of Amethyst Beautyberry in your post. I had that plant when I was a kid. I think it is edible, and sometimes use in food coloring. When I lost that plant, I never found it again. Because up till now, I didn't know what it was called. I only knew it's local name *Sana*, and this too is not widely known. I think this plant also has some medicinal value as well (for joint pain)! By the way, if seeds are your interest - Than you've definitively come to the right place. Just have a look at our plant and seed exchange section!
Thanks so much for the warm welcomes, everyone! :-D Too funny for someone to suggest seeds being an interest! More like an obsession! I had a huge post prepared yesterday to reply, but I erased it by accident and had no more time. I'll try this again... Amythest Beautyberry (Callicarpa) is a wonderful perennial shrub. I have rooted many cuttings from my shrubs and even sent them to other countries, where they are now successfully growing. The cuttings root super easily. Two bushes are needed for successful pollination & fruit production. I've also collected many seeds from the berries and just this past late winter, I tested them for viability. The gemination rate was nearly 100%!!! I belong to a number of other sites too and I just recently finished doing many trades with fellow gardeners, as I do every year. I'm taking a little break from packaging up seed but will be willing to trade with some folks real soon... If you want something of mine but have nothing to trade, all I'd expect is for you to pay the postage. If we're trading though, we each pay the postage of our mailings to each other. Make sense? Ok, here's some more of my plants: "Morning Lights" succulent cuttings rooted and growing... Siam Ruby banana leaf in late winter... "Blue Tequila" Agave... "French Vanilla" hybrid marigold... Haworthia that reminds me of a Christmas tree with snow on it... 2 Super Dwarf Cavendish banana pups growing off the mother plant... Orchids... back of them... Earth Star Bromeliads... : )
Gosh I thought I was a plantaholic but I think you can safely say that you've outdone me!! What a wonderful variety of plants you grow. Many thanks for posting them for us to see. WELCOME to our forums from Scotland!! :-D
Hi germinator, Welcome from Ohio. I enjoyed all your pics. Thanks for sharing. The beauty berries are one of my favorite plants, but I don't have one yet. Hopefully soon I'll run across one when I am out and about.
Yup, I am definitely obsessed with plants and grow them everywhere! Thanks for the welcome. I can share seeds for the Amythest Beautyberry or even cuttings with folks who wanna pay the postage. From Canada to the US, it would be about $2.50 for seeds and 5 bucks for cuttings. I would only want stamps though, not money. I'm so excited about these in my south living room window today... : )
Hi Germinator, and Welcome. Awesome pictures of your plant babies. I need to play with my photo programs and figure out which one will shrink my photos so I can post more of them. I downloaded a few new ones to try this week, just have not yet gotten to play with them. I was given a weeping pussy willow tree for my bday this spring, but it is outdoors. I enjoyed your pics, my dogs want out for a few.
Thanks! :-D I'm enjoying the red stems on my sweet bay tree leaves... There's nothing like... Also too, My Black Pearl hot pepper plant is looking great tonight... : )
