Roots

Last evening, I got to thinking about the plants I have acquired. Some I have had for 40 years or so. They date from my move to Austin to teach school there and I guess marked the end of my nomadic life style....I wonder if the plants rooted me to the spot or if I acquired plants because I was ready to put down roots? The first ones came from a friend who gave me a couple of plants when he moved from Austin to Dallas and those two plants, a Janet Craig Dracena and a Snake plant are still with me....or their offspring anyway. I cannot (or dare not) count the number of house plants I have. But in the spring and again in the fall, I begin to regret having so many when they are being moved into or out of (or out of or into) the house! I have rooted, made cuttings, and divided so many plants over the years that my friends have stopped admiring my plants because they know they will end up taking one home if they do. I have given plants away at garage sales (Buy something....get a free plant!), taken them to my nephew's Western Wear store,(MR BOOTS--the best place to buy jeans, boots, hats, anything western in Texas....) and given plants away during the Open House during Roping Weekend.

I love plants....after moving to San Angelo, I became interested in Native Plants...the only kind we can grow outside here. I have been fortunate to have friends who have given me many outside plants to landscape the yard with. Plants really do take over one's life....but what a delightful obsession.