Yeah, how else to the plants get to the house?!

Tiffany, you have the strongest evidence of proving to me that you are "into plants"...
I love the "shower & husband" evidence

LOL! I wasn't proving, just confessing. : )

..it becomes a grand argument with your hubby for moving a plant from its usual location without permission or for criticizing your planting habits.

I can relate to Saturday's plant day except a trip to… Lowe's or HD.

I can also relate to, don't move plants without permission and no hubby you can't criticize my plant obsession.

@purpleinopp what wonderful examples!! I know for certain that you are REALLY into plants!!

When the true reasons that you want to travel the globe are to just see plants. Tiffany is so right!!

When you check the state of the blooms opening every morning because, maybe, just maybe today you'll get to pollinate your two Pachypodium gracilius together!

When that "unique" smell to every car you've ever owned is the smell of soil and things from the woods

When the prospect of starting new seeds feels like being a kid again, full of endless opportunities!

When the prospect of starting another plant project is exciting!

When you think you'll start making another vivarium ecosystem because "well yeah my desk doesn't have any plants on it, and I recon it should"

When someone asks you how many plants you have and the answer is I do not know because there are too many to keep count...

mcvansoest said: When someone asks you how many plants you have and the answer is I do not know because there are too many to keep count...

Hahah me too!! I find the answer of "probably over 100" works for most people!! I say this as I am adding some gesneriad and epiphytic ferns to an online cart….

1. Every time I decline to do something important because "I don't want to spend that much right now". And then I go spend that same amount on more plants.

2. Working in a veterinary emergency hospital, dealing with stressful events, and being just as concerned that the foyer spider plants desperately needed pot upgrades.

3. That time I went to a botanical garden in California with my fiance. I was DEEPLY disappointed that I couldn't have the large Stapelia they had for sale. I unfortunately had to accept that I still live in a different country, and Canadian customs was not going to accept a large smelly plant in my luggage. My fiance also had to tell me multiple times "Put it back. I know you don't want to..."

4. When I first got hired for my current job, my employer asked what kind of hobbies I have. Plants came up and her response was "Oh boy, I found another one. We have our own online group for that!" That's also the reason for the previously mentioned spider plants. We're slowly filling the waiting areas.

5. Related to the last one. The boss occasionally gives us a small plant budget for more foyer plants.

I forgot an important one.

Plant holders in cars are occasionally also good for holding beverages.

People who want to buy a gift for you know you want a plant, and know you already have most of them. So they have to take you to the store to pick it out. And "it" is 7.

purpleinopp said: People who want to buy a gift for you know you want a plant, and know you already have most of them. So they have to take you to the store to pick it out. And "it" is 7.

And you wake up early in the morning to take photos of them on Mother's Day!

GigiPlumeria said:


And you wake up early in the morning to take photos of them on Mother's Day!

nice haul,
Steve

ketsui73 said: nice haul,
Steve

I successfully sold an apple tree today!

At a place I don't even work.

When I was supposed to be going for garlic bulbs and chili pepper flakes.

They had fruit trees available, so I went to see what they had because I've been looking for an apple tree compatible with the one I recently planted. Someone else was browsing them and mentioned he recently moved to Canada and isn't familiar with most of the apple varieties we have here, and asked if I happened to know much about them.
After an extensive chat about apple trees, I decided to hold off on the particular one I was thinking of buying. So... I sold it to him instead.

It was a better fit for what he was looking for than the initial one he was looking at. So that works out.

Macrocentra said: I successfully sold an apple tree today!

At a place I don't even work.

When I was supposed to be going for garlic bulbs and chili pepper flakes.

They had fruit trees available, so I went to see what they had because I've been looking for an apple tree compatible with the one I recently planted. Someone else was browsing them and mentioned he recently moved to Canada and isn't familiar with most of the apple varieties we have here, and asked if I happened to know much about them.
After an extensive chat about apple trees, I decided to hold off on the particular one I was thinking of buying. So... I sold it to him instead.

It was a better fit for what he was looking for than the initial one he was looking at. So that works out.

You are truly into plants, since you were able to sell one and you didn't even work there.

Agreed!! That's meets the definition of being really into plants!!

I did that last April. I was at a place with string of dolphins and a couple of shoppers near me were talking about liking unusual plants so I asked "have you seen this one on the bottom of the rack?" and showed the pot of dolphins in my hand and the rest of the pots kind of hidden below other plants. I pointed out how each "leaf" looks like a dolphin leaping and they picked one up right away.

On those really fun occasions when I end up pushing a whole cart of plants out to my car, I love to say to the people walking in, "Sorry, I got all of the good ones." It always makes people chuckle.