So this morning I'm watering my plants. The poor darlings were crying out for a drink...aren't we all post the week that was?! Anyhoo, I noticed one of my jade plants is flowering, yes flowering! Not a single one of my umpteen jade plants has ever flowered. In fact I wasn't aware they did flower.
Naturally straight to the phone to call my darling papa bear and then to the encyclopaedia aka Google to suss out what this all means. Yes gorgeous peeps, jade plants do indeed flower. It's well documented and widely known among green thumbs, jade plants are symbolic of prosperity and luck in predominantly Asian cultures. What I learnt thanks to Google is jade plants are also known as the friendship tree. If a jade plant flowers, it is allegedly the result of great care given to the plant, reflects well on the owner (thank you) and symbolises great friendship, luck and prosperity...I'm celebrating each and every one of these little flowers this morning and beyond - extra water all round!
As I write about these cute wee flowers, I'm thinking back to the day when my darling papa bear gave me a baby jade plant when I moved out of home - only a couple of years ago of course (wink, wink). It's now the "mumma" jade plant responsible for the family of jades I have today including the very content flowering one. Thank you papa bear and three cheers for jade plants...I'm smiling and celebrating.
The Svelte Brown Fox
...celebrating the little and simple things which make you smile and remember life is good
Naturally straight to the phone to call my darling papa bear and then to the encyclopaedia aka Google to suss out what this all means. Yes gorgeous peeps, jade plants do indeed flower. It's well documented and widely known among green thumbs, jade plants are symbolic of prosperity and luck in predominantly Asian cultures. What I learnt thanks to Google is jade plants are also known as the friendship tree. If a jade plant flowers, it is allegedly the result of great care given to the plant, reflects well on the owner (thank you) and symbolises great friendship, luck and prosperity...I'm celebrating each and every one of these little flowers this morning and beyond - extra water all round!
As I write about these cute wee flowers, I'm thinking back to the day when my darling papa bear gave me a baby jade plant when I moved out of home - only a couple of years ago of course (wink, wink). It's now the "mumma" jade plant responsible for the family of jades I have today including the very content flowering one. Thank you papa bear and three cheers for jade plants...I'm smiling and celebrating.
The Svelte Brown Fox
...celebrating the little and simple things which make you smile and remember life is good
I love giving my close friends little jade plants that I have created from my mumma jade plant. I have never seen a flower on a jade plant so I look forward to that event!
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