My plant addiction all started with herbs. We grew vegetables for years and I was fine. It was the aromas and tastes of herbs that made me into a compulsive plant collector. During the early years I read everything I could find on herbs. I never bought plants from distant places until then. I started taking road trips to herb nurseries and ordering from herb catalogs.It was so much fun!
This year a catalog arrived from one of my old favorite places, Logee's Tropical Plants. I'm ashamed to admit the catalog is becoming tattered because I look at it so much. The lush tropical plants are gorgeous and the nursery is an old established one. I don't have a greenhouse so most of the plants don't tempt me no matter how magnificent they might be. But there is one, Murraya koeniglii, "Curry Leaf" that is getting to me. I love Indian food, but I don't know for sure if I've ever even tasted curry leaf. Still it calls to me . It's minimun indoor temperature is 55. Would it be terribly unhappy here? My tuberose , Polianthes tuberosa", lives, but never flowers. Do I want to try a Curry Leaf plant knowing I can't provide it with the ideal growing situation? You bet I do! Maybe I'll call this week. If they have it , I'll just order one plant. I'll squeeze it in between the tuberose and the ginger.
