Petal Patch

Garden notes for beds, vases, and windowsills.

Windowsills · 2 min read

South light is not for every leaf

Pinjarra Heritage Rose Garden, February 2020 01
Photograph by Calistemon. CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons.

Stay with a leaf that fades in a south window. South light is not for every leaf. The rest of the bed can wait.

Do it in order

Do this: move it back or filter the light. Do it in the cool part of the day when you can.

The usual miss

Avoid a faded plant pushed closer to the glass. That habit makes a healthy plant look like a project.

The sign to stop is simple: the color holds for a week in the new spot. Write the date if you changed water, cut, or place.

A note in "Windowsills" should still make sense in another month. Keep the plant's name and the condition, and leave the mood out.

A garden note, not a promise that a plant will thrive. Look again in a week.