I thought I’d share a photo of one of my very expensive plants …now I’m bragging I bought this a year ago for $300 ..on leaf on a stick that looked dead …. Now if I was to put this on eBay I’d have no trouble getting $2.000 + for it It’s called Monstera Albo ….or Swiss cheese plant…it’s common to find a green one like this However it’s nature that makes ….very few of there’s turn variegated so the only way you can get this plant is by buying a cutting
Still, it might be a good investment. When it gets larger, one little snippet of it will sell for $$$$$$$$$.
That’s what allot do with rare plants ..wait till it grows ..then get their initial investment cost back ++++ This is my other variegated monstera .,sorta the same plant …However the difference being this ONE is breed to be variegated ( so it’s a cheaper plant) The one I posted up here ^^ which is a freak of nature it turns out variegated…. ( not breed) And it can decide to turn green by only producing only green foliage ..making it worthless so it’s the risk buyers take by paying big money for them. Opps forget photo of Thai consultation plant …will post soon have to edit
Yes I say it depends on your interests and of course….. I’ve always had gardening in my blood so to speak I’ve been interested in more “ unusual”/ rare plants most of my life in doing so collected allot of rare begonias over the years which I’ve downsized on now days , I still have about 30+ just nice amount. I’ll take a few photos latter so I can keep them all together and don’t have to go hunting for where I posted them @Marie Mallery
My Thai Consolation variegated monstera …this is a cheaper plant to buy ..however I’d expect to get about $800- $900 if i was to sell it It’s waiting to go into a new pot ….it’s not going anywhere so it will wait
I need to get back to the garden too. We just have a few veggie plants other than perennials in unkept flower beds.
Gardens take keeping up @Marie Mallery that’s why I choose mainly container gardening now days. The raised garden bed is much easier on the back and legs ,and besides you have your days full caring for your fur kids which sounds like it’s the first time in their lives they have had someone to LOVE and take care of them. I hate to see any animals neglected / starved of food and attention
My eggplant should be just about finished as we go into cooler months of the year ..but they have heaps of flowers appearing. I usually only grow Silver Beet in winter ( like Spinach only larger leaves) but I’ve just planted what we call Swiss chard for a change, actually my silver beet didn’t shoot up to seed this summer cause we hardly had a summer think we had the air con on twice all summer
It’s stage how well the eggplant has preformed and yet I had endless trouble with the tomatoes which I eventually pulled out ..I was sick of spending money on tomato with no rewards. I’ve got a winter variety tomato in now ( bounty ) ..they are a bit straggly but will pick up