Greg,
I'm not into tender succulents. I'm weird in that I have great success with plants outdoors but I fail miserably with indoor plants.
I've always been drawn to semps because my mom always had them. For years I had a couple of old boots as planters. People who showed an interest in them I just gave them to them. When we were looking at houses a while back one house had almost a whole back yard of semps! Probably planted them when they moved in in the 60's and just let them go! It was kind of neat, except they were all the same kind.
Several years ago I was VERY into summer flower container gardening. I collected all kinds of neat planters and filled them to the hilt. The local nursery LOVED me as I bought all my stuff back then. Oh and I even won a contest Garden Gate magazine had one year. That was really cool. The past few years I haven't done a lot of conatiners. I have plenty to manage with the yard beds and watering the containers every day got to be way too much of a chore.
I love coleus. But I just buy them annually. Kills my mom that I don't save cuttings every year. I may eventually, just too much other stuff to do for now.
I'm also a compulsive geranium saver. I hang them upside down in my crawl space over the winter. I can't believe people throw them out every year, especially for what they charge for them! I get at least 3 years out of them. Again, I don't do cuttings. Maybe in the future.
I LOVE agastaches. Collecting as many as I can. I like most perennials. Things I don't like, I really don't like
Not much middle ground for me.
I for the longest time did not care for hostas. And then last year I got to be good friends with my neighbor across the street and she has mostly shade. She has quite the collection of hostas. And now I'm falling in love with hostas too. Problem is that I have very little shade, maybe good so it will keep me in check!
I am growing way too much winter sowing method this year. Seemed like a good growing option for me. So far over 100 jugs sown! At least 50 more things I want to spring sow in jugs! We'll see how that method works!
