We brought them back from the dead

We bought our very first American pot plant – a kind of burgundy/green creeper – for our first apartment.  I wouldn't let Jbird get any more, that apartment was too small and too depressing.  Let's call it the cave from now on.  Luckily we had so much light in our next apartment, I didn't know what to do with it, and I became a pot-plant-aholic. 

That first poor plant was not looked after very well and it grew soft and weak from being indoors.  It was down to being a stem stuck in some dirt with four leaves for A YEAR. It would not die and it would not grow.  Since I’ve had it here, outdoors and in the sun, it’s grown lovely and healthy into five different plants (at least).  It's all ready to come in and keep our apartment cheery (and the air nice and clean) for the winter.  I hope the dry, still apartment air doesn't shock it too much!

An exciting update: the Meyer Lemon tree which was a bare stick with a few leaves that were falling off and had been overtaken by the capsicum plant (this was mentioned in a previous post - tree spotting).  It recently DOUBLED its leaf population, from 12 to 24. There are early signs of more new growth <phew>.  Lemons next year?  Here’s hoping!