confederate jasmine and provence lavender re-potted for optimum growth!

I have temporarily stopped buying plants. I figured I should make sure that I can keep 7 plants alive–yes 7!– before I turn my apartment into a tropical paradise.

My final inventory:

• two provence lavender plants
• one mint
• one basil
• three cloves of garlic (they have roots!)
• one maid-of-orleans jasmine (it’s going to bloom any day now!)
• one confederate jasmine

What I’ve learned so far:

• jasmine and lavender prefer to be on the dry side (but they need a good watering once they get very dry)
• mint grows like crazy and is nearly impossible to drown
• I need to do research on pruning/harvesting basil, because I’m fairly certain I did something wrong, as the ends turned a bit brown after I cut it down
• maid-of-orleans jasmine blooms every 30-40 days (awesome!)–the warmer it is the better it blooms (even more awesome!)

I have big plans for my apartment garden. Stay tuned!