Heather from Just a Girl With A Hammer wrote that she still has some room in her house for tender plants so next year she'll buy everything. Right now the plants that Heather has brought inside are in beautiful planters and arranged ever so tastefully in her lovely rooms.
A few years and several plants ago, I started leaving the heavy ornamental pots outside and growing the plants in easier to drag inside and up a couple flights of stairs plastic pots. They fit nicely inside the ornamental pots outside but are easier on my not getting any younger back. Warning Heather, this could happen to you! It's hard to see in this picture but the table that the plants are sitting on is six feet long and four feet wide. We're looking at the end. There are various stands on the sides to take advantage of all the light this turret room gets. (The color here was inherited and we haven't changed it yet even though we replaced the broken curved glass windows (Plexiglass in some of them) and had the sashes rebuilt. Anyway, there are even more plants here since the picture was taken.
The little glass room is full of treasures. Haven't turned the heat on yet. Some year I'll invest in some proper shelves but for now these work.
Am now hanging things from then ceiling as well. Might as well use the space, right? Mark and Gaz from Alternative Eden wrote about thinning out their collection and bringing in just a few plants so that they could enjoy living in their home all winter. I so admire them.
As the long night comes it's nice to know that the tender babies are mostly inside.
From the outside all looks cozy.
Having taken over these two rooms and part of another, I'm eyeing yet another space that gets some good sun in the winter. Do we ever really use the exercise equipment in there?
Each fall and winter I tell myself not to not acquire any more tender plants; each summer the hoard seems to grow in number. I'm going to blame the nurserymen and women who keep bringing in such irresistible plants. Where are you in your plant migration process? If you're someone smart enough to only grow plants hardy in your zone, you may pat yourself on the back and feel superior.