Total height: 36 cm
Pot: 13cm
Care: very easy, a little water once a week
Grows for years.
For more info email me at simplycultivatingjoy [at] gmail.com
[Sold] Aloe vera – black pot
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Beautiful balconies and windowsills – 5
Sao Jorge, Madeira
Ok, so I admit this is neither a balcony nor a windowsill, but I feel this breathtaking collection of succulents overlooking the ocean still kind of fits the topic;-)
(It was very hard not to seem like a stalker while attempting to take decent pictures of the plants through the metal fence of the property, while the owner sat on her deckchair a few meters away).
Beautiful balconies and windowsills – 4
lisboa
Lisbon, Portugal
Beautiful balconies and windowsills – 3
Athens, Greece
Beautiful balconies and windowsills – 2
Monti neighbourhood, Rome, Italy
Beautiful balconies and windowsills – 1
Hondaribbia, Spain
While I’m away…
Not only do I love spotting plants who dig their roots into cracks in the sidewalk or holes in walls, I also feel the same passion for luscious green urban balconies, stoops and windowsills overflowing with plants and succulents. (I’ve already mentionned it here before:).
Tomorrow I’m heading to Madeira for 2 weeks holiday (YAY!) So as I’ll be far from the internet, I scheduled some posts from next week featuring pictures I dug up from my archives. I hope those beautiful balconies and windowsills spotted during my travels will bring you as much simple joy as they bring me:) (and in the meantime hopefully I will discover some more while exploring Madeira!)
Plants and the city
Spotting cute plants growing out of cracks in the pavement, in between bricks of a wall or high up on roof tops is something I really enjoy doing as I walk around a city. I love seeing how plants find a way to thrive regardless of humans building over every available surface with bricks and cement, or spraying sidewalks with toxic weed-killer.
The plants somehow just persevere and find new nooks and crannies to call their own. Like these stunning pink flowers that caught my eye, growing out of a guttter on the roof of a church in the center of Bilbao .
Or these plants and ferns that amazed me as they held on precariously to the top of this brittle stone wall in an alleyway in Santillana del Mar.
[Sold] Spider plant – black pot
Spider plant (Botanical Name: Chlorophytum comosum)
Total height: 33 cm
Width pot: 15 cm
Care: very easy, a little water once a week
BONUS: This plant is not only beautiful, it will improve the air quality in the room it is placed in as it is very efficient at removing formaldehyde from the air.
[Sold] Christmas cactus – small pink pot
Christmas cactus (Botanical name: Schlumbergera)
Total height: 17 cm
Width pot: 11 cm
Care: very easy, a little water once a week
Grows for years. Blooms with beautiful pink flowers in winter.
For more info email me at simplycultivatingjoy [at] gmail.com
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