Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Garden Tuesday ~ The Money Plant

Money Plant

This is called the money plant because those seed pods, when dried, resemble coins.  It spreads like make and we it in white and purple.  Mr. Sidewalkshoes pulls it up like it’s a weed.  But after reading some feng shui books, I have questioned this.  I mean it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that perhaps you should not be pulling up money plants and discarding them.

ALSO, happy birthday to Mr. Sidewalkshoes!!!  He is 4 years older than me, but for one short week in May, he is 5 years older than me.  I love this week.

Please join me for Garden Tuesday.

12 comments:

Joanne said...

happy birthday to Mr. Sidewalkshoes!! And, yeah...I question the karma you get from pulling up money plants. Hmm.

Donna Heber said...

Hi Pam,

Your money plant is gorgeous! They are so pretty when in bloom. Thank you for hosting our party and Happy Birthday to the Mr. Enjoy your "special" week.

Kat said...

Pam, I have such fond memories of the Money Plant (my grandmother called Silver Dollars.) She gave me the seeds many, many years ago, and I look forward to them blooming every Spring. I think of her. She had them blooming in Ohio all around her foundation of the house.

Corinnea said...

I think I need some money plants....
Happy Birthday to Mr. Sidewalk Shoes!!

June said...

Happy birthday to the old fart...uh fellow! :-)

Becky Elmuccio said...

It's such a beautiful color on the money plants!

Marjie said...

Happy Birthday to Mr. SS! Enjoy being 5 years younger this week!

Lynda said...

such a pretty plant!
Happy B-day to the Mr.

Joy@aVintageGreen said...

Thanks for reminding me about the money plant. Haven't thought of that for years. Thanks for hosting.

Rob Hunt said...

Thanks for hosting. Great money plants.

Athena at Minerva's Garden said...

Happy birthday to Mr.S! I like the flowers of this plant--I've put them in cut flower arrangements. They didn't last long, but were really pretty while they did.

Bella Rum said...

Happy birthday, Mr. Sidewalkshoes.

When we lived in Maryland, money plant grew all over the place in our backyard. The flowers were pretty, but we were always pulling it up because it did spread like wildfire. I wish we could have bought gas and groceries with it.