A Healthy Growing Anthropologie Girl

If I could sleep, eat, and work inside of an Anthropologie catalog I would be completely satisfied.
This would be the equivalent to living inside of a snowglobe.
Wonderful

Are those apples??!

And all of the month of april has been eaten!
Did you notice that all the A's are red?
After all, A is for APPLE.


Where to even begin? Anthro has so much to say...

She has the ability to showcase ordinary things...bringing out the beauty of an austere item. Plastic Bags? Coffee Filters? Old Books? Marshmallows? Paper? Balloons? Cardboard? Plastic Milk Containers? Paper Bags? Plates? String? Clothespins? Straws? Ornaments? Boxes? Socks? Bread??

How cool. You could just use a pamphlet and take more than a couple of pages, curving them to the center, then repeat in collections of 8 or 9. I don't know, maybe they used phonebook pages...

I often ask myself: How long did that take?

Charming Succulents

These are plants that I've been wanting to do a little research on. They are mostly succulents, which are rather ornamental! I first discovered them while browsing through an Anthropologie store. They are very unique and eye-catching. Where ever they stood, they immediately added personality to the surrounding products. I envision a couple resting on wooden table or on a kitchen countertop. I'm still learning about them, so I'm not yet informed of their needs and growing conditions.

Crassula Rupestris Var Marnieriana

I would prefer to call this plant "Jade Necklace" which is one of it's nicknames. It really looks like stacked caterpillars. It's very bubbly. (Its big sister is referred to as "Baby Necklace".)

Senecio Rowleyanus

This is absolutely my favorite succulent! It is more conveniently called "String of Pearls". From what I can understand these plants can survive outside (in an uncontrolled environment) as long as the temperatures aren't too extreme...just nice pleasant weather.

Succulents, in general, are self sufficient for a couple of weeks. They need to be watered every now and then. Less water in the winter, more in the summer.

Fertilizer never hurts! Although it is more beneficial for the String of Pearls to be enriched with potassium & phosporus rather than nitrogen carrying fertilizers. This will conversly soften and bloat the plant.

Helpful site:
http://www.gardening.eu/plants/Succulent-Plants/Senecio-rowleyanus/2793/stamp_a.asp

Aeonium Arboreum

The birth place of this beauty is in Morrocco! It needs lots of sun and it can, not surprisingly, withstand a drought. They look like perfect candidates for a felt making project. Mint and melon greens pair beautifully with their rusted rose colored outlines.

You can purchase the plant at this site:
http://www.plantsafari.com/Catalog/Detail/00038.html

Cotyledon Ladismithensis

This pebbly looking plant is commonly called the "Bear Paw". It is considered to be a rare exotic plant. It needs both equal amounts of light and shade.

http://www.flowerservant.com/cotyledon_ladismithensis_plant-care/?page=catalogue/catalogue02&fID=355&currPos=30&id_skupina=3