Tending the Plants
This afternoon I took a long hard look at some of the plants in my living room and decided that I must give them some help. I've known for several weeks now that the Jerusalem cherry, which had grown into a beautiful plant and even had several "cherries" on it, has aphids! Oh, no! Two problems here: I didn't want to lose the plant, and I don't want the aphids to spread to other plants. Today I cut the plant down to the soil. I've done this a couple of times in the past and it's grown back into a healthy plant again. I'm hoping that it will happen another time.
One begonia had seen much better days so I tossed it out on a compost heap. I have major surgery planned for a Moses-in-the-bullrushes plant which has become too leggy. I'll cut it off tomorrow and reroot it. I hated to take this action with the plants, but already I see how much better the room looks with these plant changes made. February is a good time to begin to spruce up the plants for Spring.
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