Growth Opportunities
IF YOU were to walk into our kitchen and look to your right, you would see a vinelike plant that has started to climb up the wall. It’s a humble little thing with glossy, heart-shaped leaves, but it caught us by surprise a few months ago when it began making its way up the shiplap, one board at a time. After years of being a wallflower, so to speak, it suddenly seemed to be stepping out of its small brown pot. According to Steve Bender, aka The Grumpy Gardener, it’s a heartleaf philodendron, sometimes known as the sweetheart plant because it’s often given for weddings, anniversaries, and other celebratory occasions. What’s remarkable about ours is that it was originally a gift to my late mother-in-law, Linda, in the winter of…
