This is probably my most rewarding hobby as
it takes up the least of my time and is the most fulfilling with little and sometimes no effort at all for weeks on end. Yes,I did say weeks, my plants seem to thrive on neglect !

Pictured above  are some of the plants that I had when we first moved into our house in 1985. The Plant in the lower right hand
corner, in a yellow pot with the green base is called our 7 leafier.

This plant sat dormant for years in our old house every night at dinner we would just stare at it wondering why we kept it around. When we moved it into our present house it just took off.  Check out the picture below.

THE one featured in the background is the 7 leafier,
I just recently cut about a good foot off of it as it was extending beyond the 12' ceiling level .  In an attempt to stunt it's growth lengthwise and have it fill in more widthwise. Results of my hack-o-matic are unknown yet.
 
 

The one on the right hand side in the picture below is also the same one pictured on first picture in green little pot.


This plant stands just under 5' and has been separated off,
 both plants are doing well.
 

This next one pictured is shown above on the bottom shelf (middle) in the orange pot.  As you can see it's way 
over due for a separation
repotting & staking.


 
 

The Below plant was acquired as a baby in a funeral 
arrangement for my grandmother who died in 1992. 
It in itself was no larger then the 7 leafier.
As you can see it is now reaching its level of taking
over the house :)

 

In addition to the PLANTS pictured  above I also have some
GIGANTIC  aloe vera's that I started from babies along
with numerous other plants who's names I do not know.

The reason I say they grow by neglect is I never fertilize
them nor do I remember to faithfully water them.  During the
winter months I maybe water them 2 times a month if they
are lucky.  In the summer I do tend to water them more often
and have even on occasion transplanted one or two .

I have been very lucky with them, they just must be happy

plants or grateful to be all treated the same.
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