Hey y'all hey and welcome back to my blog all about my ever growing houseplant collection! It grew by 7 new plants since I been gone!
I woke up this morning not really counting on doing any plant chores; I thought I finished them all over the last few days? Hell I woke up and one of my banana trees was dying! I only went in there to open the blinds OMG I ended up checking the roots and it had root rot; if I hadn't noticed it TODAY it woulda' been a goner. Them rotten, dead roots I chopped on off and the top portion of the tree I lopped off too. The growth it had on it was soggy and dead too. Only the root ball and a teeny tiny stump is left. We'll see what happens over the next coupla' weeks.
Y'all know I will ramble and ramble some mo' so let me get to the star of the show today. My new Peperomia 'Rosso'! This genus of plant is fairly new to me although I have been growing them for at least a year or so. I learned the hard way how to care for them; I lost a Creme Brulee and a Marble when I first decided to introduce the genus to my collection *covers face in shame* I mean you lose a few along the way right? That's how you learn yeah? Fortunately for the four Peperomia; almost five that are in my collection I did learn!
Let me share a little bit of what I found out about 'em: They are not fans of water! Now they do like water~don't get me wrong. But they are the plants that prefer to dry out in between waterings. They don't like to be dry for long periods of time though so don't forget about them! However if you're watering some of your other plants you can probably skip them for the time being and they'll be just fine. Peperomia are best treated like a succulent; you can even use a succulent soil mix for them too. They prefer a well draining soil mix; kinda peat-y is best. I don't really repot my peperomia immediately like I do my other plants; they have super delicate root systems and are best left undisturbed if they're doing okay after bringing them home.
The plant that sparked this blog post is MY baby Rosso. I never name my plants; I just call them what they're named already. This peperomia cultivar is called a Rosso so that's his name! I went plant shopping at one of my favorite grocery stores a couple of days ago and KNEW I was taking this plant home when I saw it! It has the pillow-y, meaty leaves with silvery green leaves with thee coolest reddish burgundy undersides! I LOVE this plant. You'll see why when I add the pictures OMG He's chef's kiss!!! It was only $10 bucks which is super affordable for sucha' awesome find!
I grow four Peperomia right now; a Ginny, a Marble, a Golden Gate and my Rosso. I have one more in transit right now and I'll share that one too on another post. Talking about houseplants will have me writing a twelve page essay so I'm going to end this post here with a few photos I snapped earlier of my handsome guy. Feel free to comment on how handsome my Rosso is, if you grow one of his brothers or cousins, and if you just have a comment in general!
Be sweet 'til next time!
Christy
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