Indoor Gardening and Houseplants: I LOVE The Men In My Life!, 1 by kimskreations

kimskreations wrote:
THEN, last weekend my husband and I took a ride to Best Buy in NH (tax free) because hubby wanted a plasma TV.
4 1/2 hours later we FINALLY had made a decision *lol*.
While we were there I said...."do you mind if we stop at the Home Depot up here and see if they have any plants that our Home Depot doesn't carry?".

When we got in the store he said "sweetie, take your time since you were so patient at Best Buy and see if there is anything that catches your eye....I'm going to walk around and look for some speaker wire".
I was like.....OH YEAH!

Walked around....not much caught my eye. THEN all of a sudden I saw some BEAUTIFUL Adeniums. We NEVER have those at our Home Depot. So, I quick picked out the most beautiful one they had and stripped it of it's yellow leaves which left it looking PERFECT. Hubby hadn't come to get me yet....I was still free to roam.....I went around and around and around and THEN on the 3rd time around I saw a hanging plant which I hadn't noticed before. Walked over to it and low and behold, a Hoya Curtisii! We NEVER get those either....so quickly that hung on the side of my basket perfectly. I started thinking.....$13.00 EACH plant....that's a little steep...AND you need to get 3 different bags of soil amendments too? You better put one of these back.

Just then I saw this little old man come in and he had one of those "these plants look so sad" expressions on his face. So I said to him, "their plants are in very rough condition, I have already picked out the 2 nicest ones they have. But, here's my dilemma...I'm only keeping the Hoya so I plan to put the Adenium back." He says "my wife will kill me when I get home as she always says I don't need another plant". I said "I know EXACTLY what you're talking about that's why I'm going to put this Adenium back and only get the 1". I explained to him how to grow the Adenium and the requirements it needs and he said "I was planning to put whatever plant I bought today in a full sun spot that I have so that sounds like the PERFECT plant". I handed it over to him and said "well my friend, it's yours". He smiled from ear to ear and I left the nursery.

About 10 minutes later I went back to the nursery because I couldn't find hubby and the man was gone so I went around the nursery thinking that if he had put it back down that I would get it too *lol*. Low and behold it was no where to be found and I was SO HAPPY as we each got a new baby that day!

Here is my beautiful Curtisii to go along with my beautiful husband!
Kim