First Plant Purchase of 2013

Last week danger garden posted about her first plant purchase of 2013.  It came to my attention that I had not purchased any plants in 2013. Not that this would last long, but I felt it gave me permission to spoil myself. After all, you have to kick off the plant hunting season at some point, right? So when I set off to Vancouver over the weekend, I felt a sense of freedom in my "planty" lusts. This sense of plant indulgence was heightened of course by my observing of some great plants around town. We were walking around Coal Harbour when my friend Becca pointed out some epic succulent containers that had not appeared phased by winter at all! Check out these beauties.... (I wanted to get some close up pictures but was given an evil finger wave from the buildings doorman - darn!)

But seeing such a display of happiness got the plant juices flowing deep down in my heart. I don't often share about my deep love and affection for tillandsias. And up there on my tillandsia plant lust radar is tillandsia xerographica. In fact, I would describe it as the the holy grail of air plants. Unfortunately it often is priced as the holy grail and thus I usually just admire them in the store. But like I said,  the plant juices were flowing... and home came the xerographica! I took this picture in preparations of the weekly Downton Abbey party (hence the silver tea service).

I just love the silvery almost ghost like presence the xerographica adds to tillandisa mix. And I find that buying my first plant of the 2013 season is somewhat momentous. That is because I know I have merely scratched the surface of what will be an epic year! That is coupled with the fact that I have sub-catagorized my first purchase as an "indoor" purchase.  In that way "first"anticipates subsequent indoor lusty plant purchases and sets president for a myriad of sub-categorized multi plant purchasing mania!!! What are your 2013 first(s) plant purchases?