Love it yaasss! They grow brighter and taller! Like they absorb the confident affirmations!
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I find it quite hard to grow those tradescantia’s Mine was booming in the summer and now its loosing leaves and after trimming I have only half of it left.
before
Now
Does anyone have some tips on this? 
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How much do you water it?
I only water mine once every two weeks in the winter.
Once they mature a little they do tend to go a bit brown at the center. You can snip the ends and put directly back into the soil to make it bushier in the center if you want.
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I love these pics and am going to look you up on Instagram, @PlantLady19. Today I’m headed to the nursery to buy a succulent to perch above my kitchen sink. Cacti are my favorite. Also looking at an asparagus fern that can chill inside during the winter months, then come hang with me outside on my front porch during spring and summer. Any thoughts on those?
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Can I play? 
I brought my very neglected plants home from Cali.
I think the humidity and marine layer kept them alive. They survived the drive with the 6 pets.
I’m not very good with plants because of the way we travel. And maybe my old drunk fuck it attitude
Anyway. I’ve always loved the Christmas cactus because of my sister RIP 
she was great with plants. And I’ve been admiring y’all’s.
Mine was pretty old and neglected and I just cut it back to almost nothing.
I think this is a good time of year to cut it back. Especially since it looked like shit. Kelly couldn’t understand why I was bringing such a horrible thing home. It’s locked in the bathroom with my others because my others are poisonous to pets. I just read the Christmas cactus is not poisonous to pets. I wonder if they will nibble on it.
Anyway…. Usually when I start something on a thread here it holds me accountable. I’d love to see what happens.
Any advice is always welcome.
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Now these snake plants. I call mother-in-law’s tongue. Actually belonged to my Grammy. I can remember these in her rectangular planter in the kitchen on Appleton St in Lowell back in the early 60’s. When she died Susan, My sister, sent me some bulbs that she cut off them when she took the plants.
They hold a very special place in my heart. And i think I’ve almost killed them countless number of times in Texas. Durango. Cali. And now a new home in AZ. I cut them back too. The pieces that look like hell.
These things are so resilient. Kind of like us ey?
Anyway…. I hope to be able to take better care of my friends. Now I did read these are poisonous to my pets . So they will be locked in the guest bathroom. I leave the lights on sometimes to give them more light. It’s awfully dark in there.
I’ll fix up my 2 succulents next.
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My oldest plants are starts from a Christmas cactus my grandmother gave me in the late 70’s.
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That’s cool 
Grandma practically raised me 
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This is my Jade Pothos… she’s 2 years old and a gift from my oldest daughter. 
I grew this from a couple of tiny cuttings from my DIL’s mom’s spider plant. It’s never had spiderettes, so I’m thinking it’s not getting enough light. I’ll have to remedy that. 
This is my 1 year old Anthurium. She has one pretty pink leaf and 3 more that are turning. I have a tough time keeping her warm, so I move her around the house during winter. 🪴
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I think your Christmas cactus needs to go to Rosa’s emergency plant hospital.
Where did you put them in your home???Did you leave them in the car???
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Yay, we have new plant- parents joining!!!
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They are beautiful!
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Thank you! 🪴
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Variegated Jade Plant.
My daughter gave me a long time ago. Trying to keep it alive.
And that’s my plant family
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oh WOW!!! Beautiful, it would die in my house.
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Ferns like humidity so at long as you’re not in a dry area you should be good!
And for succulents in windows you need to try to get one that is considered good for inside. Direct sunlight through a window is still usually not enough for most succulents. And basically the more you neglect succulents, the better they are. Lol
Good luck and have fun!
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Snake plants are great for low light areas and they like to be very dry between watering. As do the Christmas cactus, if I’m rembering correctly.
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Your jades are GORGEOUS!
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It made for a stressful ride home when we caught Benson snacking on it 
and my wife googled them. They are basically poison for pets but we/he survived. We caught it quickly.
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