Green Thumb Sunday

I’ve spent the last week of evenings and several hours today dividing tangled root balls, repotting and potting on, amending soil, pruning, trimming and shaping — in other words, dealing with previous seasons’ plants — and tending to seedlings — oh where will I put them all? But my focus in this post will be simple enjoyment and appreciation of the oldest plant on my balcony (12+ years): Inaba Shidare’, “Cascading Leaves of Rice“:

I didn’t know the meaning of its name until today. Quite lovely and it makes me enjoy and value my favourite plant even more — and it has nothing to do with the price of rice.

You read more about the tree with ricelike leaves here.