Plants Tend To Grow

The spring migration began a bit earlier this year in hopes of avoiding the sunscorch that damaged some of the agaves last year.  Now I'm hoping that the daily rain won't cause rot.  So, the larger agaves and aloes have made it out but there are still another half of the Danger Gardenette plants  inside and all but one of the bromeliads are still in warmer digs.  We'll see what happens.  There's still space to squeeze in some plants, the empty pots and remnants of the winter incarnation of this area will be cleared away or filled.  The plants have all grown considerably in the last three years and it's clear that there won't be room for all of them in this location anymore.  Yikes!  There may need to be a Danger Gardenette Deux.


It all started innocently enough a few years ago with a small Strobilanthes gossypinus.  Who wouldn't fall for that great foliage?   It spent one summer outside but then didn't make it out of the greenhouse last year.

I decided to move it from it's space in the greenhouse and was surprised by how much light it had been blocking.  I'll take cuttings this summer and see if they'll root and then maybe let the big plant go.  Do you have experience rooting this plant? 

The wind storm that happened shortly after it was moved wasn't kind to this fellow but nothing broke so perhaps it'll perk up when warmer weather arrives.