The reason I quoted garden? Because I'm currently stuck in a rental home while my wife and I continue to house shop, and I have no true garden, so I am stuck with container gardening on my front porch. For those who know me, I am not only interested in the weird and unusual plants, but I adore them!! So I keep a bunch on my porch. I like the stuff that most people would pass by and wouldn't even attempt to grow. Knowing this, a buddy of mine who grows plants commercially, brought me a care package of a bunch of unusual plants, and I wanted to share them with you wonderful folk in hopes that we can get a few more people interested in them as well. Here are a few of the things I grow in my urban container garden.

I was never one for succulents. In fact, I believe in some other thread here, I said I despised them. Well, that view changed when I got my first pachypodium species:

And was confirmed with this one, which I cannot remember the name of except that the last part of it is 'fragilis':

It actually had just bloomed, but heavy storms the past few days caused the blooms to go by the wayside, but left me those gorgeous mushrooms!!
But my pride and joy plants are just sprouting. I planted three bulbs about 2 months ago and they are finally growing. I cannot wait to see them bloom! They are amorphophallus 'konjac', or as they are better know as the corpse flower. And yes, when they bloom, they will stink to high heaven for a week or two. I can't wait to freak the neighbors out!!


Of course I also have a few other oddballs which I don't have pics of currently, but can add if anyone wants to see them. I keep a nepenthes ventricosa pitcher plant, a sweet dischidia species and of course, numerous ferns (no surprise there).

If you have any oddball plants you grow? I encourage you to post them here. I love the oddities!!


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