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Hi,

I am new to the list and the instructions advised giving some background 
info, so here it is.

I am addicted to gardening.  About 10 years ago, I was really involved in it. 
I had several houseplants and started all my outdoor annuals from seed 
planted inside in late winter.  I was immersed, but it was a rental home and 
my kids became involved in sports 5 days a week, so I stopped.  I kept up 
with my house plants and had a honeysuckle outdoors.

Now the kids are out on their own and we have moved to 2 acres in the 
foothills of Mt. Hood.  The lower acre is landscaped by nature in "Rain 
Forest" style.  I have plans for the upper acre and a bit in the lower acre.

My houseplant collection just grew.  My mother-in-law's Christmas cactus that 
was her mother's, is now in our "plant room/library".  It is 4 feet in 
diameter.  One of my friend's mom died and she gave me her plants.  I now 
have a "Crown of Thorns", a Rabbit or Hare's foot fern, a different kind of 
Easter or Christmas cactus and some plants I haven't yet identified.   I 
repotted the new ones yesterday.  Home Depot has great inexpensive ceramic 
pots.  I counted all my indoor plants last night and they number 32. Geez.    

Our new home has white walls and windows everywhere.  Two of the living room 
windows are north facing, but directly opposite is the plant room with a 
large south facing window.  The kitchen and nook area has 2 south facing 
windows and an east window.  My plants are in heaven and they are growing 
like crazy.  The kitchen cabinets stop before the ceiling, so I can hang 
plants from the cabinets.  It's so beautiful.  

The thing is, i have a plant stand that has 3 empty spots and I don't know 
where to get unique houseplants that actually live.  Most of my plants have 
come from cuttings rather than a store.  The store ones seem to die quickly.  
I have combined all kinds of plants.  I have a palm-like plant that has 
spider plant around it's base.  I planted pothos, spider plant and 
nephythytis around the base of my dieffenbachia.  But, I'm running out of 
ideas.  I need variety..  Where would I go to find unusual houseplants?  We 
live about 40 miles from Portland.  
 
I just bought some paperwhites for forcing and can't wait to cool them and 
have some flowers and fragrance in winter.  I wish I had a greenhouse.  I am 
looking forward to being in this group.  I can't get enough of this stuff.

Thanks,
Nancy

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