Kitchen window plant jungle

 

A few weeks back I wrote about my Maranta plant and the jungle I made on my living room window, well I guess the right sequel would be to write about my kitchen window jungle. The kitchen window is also crowded with plants, so many that there's actually no more room for a single pot here, I know this because I've already tried. 

Over the years I've noticed that the plants that like a lot of warmth prefer my kitchen window. The window is on the southwest side, and the wall is heated during the whole day. The window itself is very small, there's no way to make it any bigger because of the counter under the window, the glass gets sunbathed only 2 hours a day, so the plants don't get burned by the sun, which is constantly happening on the window in my mum's bedroom, which is directly under my kitchen. 

I used to open the window while cooking all the time, and I couldn't have many plants here. But now that hubby made ventilation for the kitchen, and with the entrance near the kitchen, I can keep the window closed, and cover it in plants. And I actually did cover it with plants.

I first started adding African violets to this window. They seem to enjoy this window during the summer the most. As soon as I bring them here they start blooming. I do need to move them to the bedroom during the winter since the kitchen is a bit too cold for them (no direct heating), but during the summer they are the happiest here. This is such a good spot for them that my mum started giving me all of her sick and poorly grown violets to keep by the kitchen window and all of them are now growing well and I'm expecting them to start flowering soon. 

The latest addition to the violet company was the weird-shaped African violet. We don't know why it started growing like this. It looks like there are a bunch of small plants in the pot, but they are all actually on the same stem, and share a root. I don't plan to divide it, I like it this way. I've planted it in a bigger pot and I'll leave it to grow like this. If nothing it looks very interesting like this.

The next thing I added to the window was Soleirolia. This plant is called "house happiness" in Croatia (kućna sreća), and it's considered an easy plant to grow. I got it for my birthday last year and spent good 6 months trying to find a place to grow. No matter where I placed it, not only did it not grow, but it was also rotting constantly. I was losing parts of the plant every couple of weeks, and couldn't figure out why. I was left with only a small hanging part of the plant, and I decided to try and place it on the kitchen window. At first, it was placed on the upsidedown pot, and once I was certain that it actually liked this part I made my hubby drill me hanging hooks, and I placed the pot to hang. I should mention that I forgot to tell my hubby to move the pots while drilling, and now I have left full of drywall dust that can't be removed anyway. I've tried washing and showering them, but the dust is stuck and won't move. This is especially visible on the violets. Their hairy leaves don't help this situation.

Now that my Soleirolia was hanging I got more room for the plants, so I've moved here the two Kalanchoe plants and I made a hanging spot for my Peperomia plant. Although it's not really a hanging plant, this one grew weirdly shaped, so it actually looks better when it's hanging. Also, I have here my bamboo cane, which I've cut in half since it has been a real nightmare. It kept falling down, so now I have two small canes.

All of these plants enjoy this window as much as the Peace lily did. Peace lily which was also on the kitchen window was moved to the bathroom window and it looks like he's fine with the new spot. We'll see for how long since no spot is better than the kitchen window.