Green Thumbs

Those who know me best know I have a black thumb. Any plant that enters my house in a pot will leave in a black trash back. It's been that way for the last 15 years. I've been known to kill even the strongest cactus known East of the Mississippi!

I recentle plant-sat, admitted my short-comings, and amazingly enough all plants survived. One leafy flowery thing even survived SO well that it actually grew fuller and started flowering! Unheard of in my care.

Bolstered by success, I am now shopping to replace the plants that I had to give back. Can I really take care of them now? Maybe my luck has turned! I purchased 1 leafy green thing (the name wasn't on the pot) that's about 2 feet high. I like it, tranplanted it into a decorative container, and watched 5 leaves drop within 24 hours.

My husband tells me that as I was looking through the plants at the nursery, they (the plants) were playing dead so I wouldn't choose them! They were wilting as I walked down each aisle, then springing back to life as I passed. Apparently my reputation preceded me! The one I chose was actually in the rear of a pile, sticking up above the rest. Idiot plant. Maybe it has a death wish?

Maybe I shouldn't have repotted it, but the plastic pot was so ugly. I'm sure I've done a terrible thing and it's going to die.