Rainymountain's Winter garden

Created on Monday, 28 Jul 08

I guess that I should really call my two gardens the Summer Garden and the Winter Garden given that for 5 or 6 months of the year outdoor gardening is impossible. So during the winter I have an indoor garden, set in the south facing bay window of my sitting room. It has florescent grow-lights hanging above the plants on the table but below the hanging pots, and the lights are on a timer so I wake to light in the sitting room window which does me as much good as it does the plants.

Reference books:
‘Indoor Gardening’ Chicago Botanic Garden pub.Knopf 1995
‘Container Plants’ Halina Heitz pub Barrons 1992

Organic Garden

Garden Type: Indoor | Sun: Indoor | Soil: Potting Mix

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Day 32

Crinkle little leaf vine

Another unnamed tropical. Crinkled dark green leaves alternate alon...

Planted in Oct 2008
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Day 39

Miniature rose

Rosa

Indoor miniature rose bought from the local supermarket last spring...

Planted on 24 Oct 08
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Day 43

Cyclamen

Cyclamen

Bought from local supermarket. Bright location but avoid hot direc...

Planted on 20 Oct 08
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Hen and Chicks

Echeveria x imbricata

Bought at local supermarket. This is one of several that I purchas...

Planted in May 2008
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Streptocarpella

Streptocarpus saxorum

Lavender blue flowers on wiry stems, 6"tall 24"trailing, bright ind...

Planted in Apr 2008
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Moth Orchid

Phalaenopsis

Mother's Day present from Sue and Corin. It has had two sets of flo...

Planted in Mar 2008
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Streptocarpus

Streptocarpus

Bought as a summer basket plant. Probably S.x hybridus, the flowers...

Planted in 2007
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Hibiscus #2

Hibiscus

Also purchased from our local supermarket, earlier this year. Flowe...

Planted in 2007
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Rubber Plant

Ficus elastica

Bought from the local supermarket. It is about 12"h, and has just b...

Planted in 2006
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Pelagoniums

Pelargonium

The orange red pelagonium was purchased summer 2007, bloomed all wi...

Planted in 2006
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Camillia 'April Remembered'

Camellia japonica

I bought this in Vancouver when I was visiting E. and brought it ba...

Planted in Jan 2006
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Coffee bush

Coffea arabica nana

Purchased from the local supermarket about 2 years ago, since when ...

Planted in 2005
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Calamondin Orange

X Citrofortunella mitis

Bought from local supermarket with birthday money from my Mother 05...

Planted in Dec 2004
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Bay Tree

Laurus nobilus

This has traveled with me, it lives on the kitchen windowsill (west...

Planted in 1998
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Rosemary

Rosmarinus officinalis

I am not sure whether this was acquired in Brandon or earlier in Ot...

Planted in 1998
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Croton

Codiaeum variegatum

Purchased from the local supermarket, unlabeled. Euphorbiaceae. ...
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Hibiscus

Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Bought at local supermarket, no label. This may be H rosa-sinensis ...
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Peperomia

Peperomia magnolifolia

This is probably the second or third generation of stem cuttings fr...
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Prayer Plant

Maranta leuconeura erythroneura

Bought at the local supermarket some years ago. Currently in a hang...
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Christmas Cactus

Schlumbergera truncata

Acquired since I came to Revelstoke I think. Native to Brazil. Epip...
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Little leaf vine

Bought from the local supermarket a couple of years ago. I don't kn...
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Lemon-scented geranium

Pelargonium crispum

I am not sure when I first got this plant, the current ones may be ...
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Nax wrote:
Minds of the great! I was just sitting here thinking about how I would add an “window sill garden” for the winter. I’ve gotten so addicted to this site that I’ll need a way to participate over the cold months. Thank goodness for gardeners down under! I’ll be living vicariously through them.

Posted on 29 Jul 08 (about 4 months ago)
Rainymountain wrote:
Yes I’ll be keeping up with Brits, Aussies and the Southern States during the winter. The ‘winter garden’ is better than nothing but definately not so much fun as the summer garden, there isn’t that wrap-around feeling for a start. I think I’ll journal about gardening books, and seed catalogues etc. That’s when making pots becomes a lifesaver, as I can build garden pots and dream!
Cheers

Posted on 29 Jul 08 (about 4 months ago)