{"id":6057,"date":"2026-01-27T03:04:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:04:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/barbaras-indoor-garden-in-massachusetts\/"},"modified":"2026-01-27T03:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T11:04:09","slug":"barbaras-indoor-garden-in-massachusetts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wrwofficial.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/27\/barbaras-indoor-garden-in-massachusetts\/","title":{"rendered":"Barbara&#8217;s Indoor Garden in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hi GPODers!<\/p>\n<p>At the beginning of the month I gave an update on my growing houseplant collection (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/houseplant-happenings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Houseplant Happenings<\/a>) with the hope that it might inspire some of you to share your favorite indoor plants, which can be gardening lifelines during the winter months. Barbara Owen in Wellesley, Massachusetts answered the charge and sent over photos of far more than just a few of her favorites. Barbara has shared her garden with us several times over the years (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/barbaras-beginning-of-spring-in-massachusetts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara\u2019s Beginning of Spring in Massachusetts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/barbaras-massachusetts-garden-through-the-seasons\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Barbara\u2019s Massachusetts Garden Through the Seasons<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/surprises-and-lessons-from-barbaras-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Surprises and Lessons From Barbara\u2019s Garden<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/color-themes-in-barbaras-garden\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Color Themes in Barbara\u2019s Garden<\/a>), but this is our first taste of the wide variety of plants she enjoys indoors.<\/p>\n<p><em>A while ago you asked about our indoor gardens since cold, snowy weather in the northern part of the country makes it hard to work in our outdoor gardens. Years ago, when we renovated our house, we gained some wonderful windows for my collection of plants.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133848\/GPOD-Owen-1-houseplants-in-window.jpg\"><\/a><em>Let\u2019s start in the eating area in the kitchen. These succulents thrive in this east facing window, cool at night and right above the heat during the day. After they spend the summer outdoors there are always too many to bring inside.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133851\/GPOD-Owen-2-succulent-container.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225417\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133851\/GPOD-Owen-2-succulent-container.jpg\" alt=\"mixed succulent container\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133851\/GPOD-Owen-2-succulent-container.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133851\/GPOD-Owen-2-succulent-container-700x583.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133851\/GPOD-Owen-2-succulent-container-768x640.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>After I\u2019ve given away what I can, those that are left become small gardens, a variety of shapes and personalities growing together in shallow pots.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133852\/GPOD-Owen-3-houseplant-container.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225418\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133852\/GPOD-Owen-3-houseplant-container.jpg\" alt=\"container of mixed houseplants\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133852\/GPOD-Owen-3-houseplant-container.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133852\/GPOD-Owen-3-houseplant-container-700x583.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133852\/GPOD-Owen-3-houseplant-container-768x640.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a>Another combination of fabulous green foliage!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133854\/GPOD-Owen-4-houseplants-in-window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225419\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133854\/GPOD-Owen-4-houseplants-in-window.jpg\" alt=\"houseplants in front of window\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133854\/GPOD-Owen-4-houseplants-in-window.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133854\/GPOD-Owen-4-houseplants-in-window-700x350.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133854\/GPOD-Owen-4-houseplants-in-window-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>Moving to the sunroom, this window also faces east. There are windows and plants on the north and south walls as well. This is a great place for some of the summer pots of geraniums to spend the winter. Since I cut them back quite a bit last December, they aren\u2019t yet exuberantly blooming but they will be soon.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133855\/GPOD-Owen-5-cymbidium-orchid.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225420\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133855\/GPOD-Owen-5-cymbidium-orchid.jpg\" alt=\"deep pink cymbidium orchid before and after bloom\" width=\"1280\" height=\"702\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133855\/GPOD-Owen-5-cymbidium-orchid.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133855\/GPOD-Owen-5-cymbidium-orchid-700x384.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133855\/GPOD-Owen-5-cymbidium-orchid-1200x658.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133855\/GPOD-Owen-5-cymbidium-orchid-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\"\/><\/a><em>This window is also the perfect place for the orchids that someone gave to my parents many years ago. The orchids were blooming at that point but never again bloomed even with the care they got in their greenhouse. When my parents moved, the orchids came to us. In this sunny, low heat room, they have bloomed every year since.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133857\/GPOD-Owen-6-Echeveria-flowers.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225421 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133857\/GPOD-Owen-6-Echeveria-flowers.jpg\" alt=\"bright orange succulent flowers\" width=\"960\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133857\/GPOD-Owen-6-Echeveria-flowers.jpg 960w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133857\/GPOD-Owen-6-Echeveria-flowers-700x875.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133857\/GPOD-Owen-6-Echeveria-flowers-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><\/a>Orchids aren\u2019t the only thing blooming on Barbara\u2019s windowsill. Some variety of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.finegardening.com\/article\/how-to-grow-echeverias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">echeveria<\/a> sent out this lovely cluster of bright orange blooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133859\/GPOD-Owen-7-houseplants-in-dining-room-window.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225422\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133859\/GPOD-Owen-7-houseplants-in-dining-room-window.jpg\" alt=\"small indoor plants in front of sunny window\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133859\/GPOD-Owen-7-houseplants-in-dining-room-window.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133859\/GPOD-Owen-7-houseplants-in-dining-room-window-700x350.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133859\/GPOD-Owen-7-houseplants-in-dining-room-window-768x384.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>The dining room window also faces east but is partly shaded in the winter by the house.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133900\/GPOD-Owen-8-houseplants-at-night.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225423\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133900\/GPOD-Owen-8-houseplants-at-night.jpg\" alt=\"indoor plants in front of window at night\" width=\"1200\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133900\/GPOD-Owen-8-houseplants-at-night.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133900\/GPOD-Owen-8-houseplants-at-night-700x379.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133900\/GPOD-Owen-8-houseplants-at-night-768x416.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\"\/><\/a><em>It\u2019s the perfect place for this group of plants, many with variegated or colorful leaves, as well as an annual gift of an amaryllis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133904\/GPOD-Owen-10-red-amaryllis.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-225425\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133904\/GPOD-Owen-10-red-amaryllis.jpg\" alt=\"bright red amaryllis\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133904\/GPOD-Owen-10-red-amaryllis.jpg 960w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133904\/GPOD-Owen-10-red-amaryllis-700x700.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133904\/GPOD-Owen-10-red-amaryllis-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133904\/GPOD-Owen-10-red-amaryllis-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\"\/><\/a><em>So while the snow falls outside, I can still \u201cgarden\u201d inside along with dreaming and planning for next summer\u2019s garden outside.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133906\/GPOD-Owen-11-amaryllis-Apricot-Parfait.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-225426 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133906\/GPOD-Owen-11-amaryllis-Apricot-Parfait.jpg\" alt=\"peach colored amaryllis\" width=\"1201\" height=\"961\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133906\/GPOD-Owen-11-amaryllis-Apricot-Parfait.jpg 1201w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133906\/GPOD-Owen-11-amaryllis-Apricot-Parfait-700x560.jpg 700w, https:\/\/images.finegardening.com\/app\/uploads\/2026\/01\/21133906\/GPOD-Owen-11-amaryllis-Apricot-Parfait-768x615.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1201px) 100vw, 1201px\"\/><\/a>Lastly, a peach colored amaryllis\u2014potentially the cultivar Apricot Parfait (<em>Amaryllis<\/em> \u2018Apricot Parfait\u2019<em>, <\/em>Zones 8\u201310 or as an indoor plant)\u2014creates double the beauty when reflected in the window at night.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you so much for giving us a tour of your indoor plant collection, Barbara! I, of course, have some serious window envy, but it was fabulous to see all of the amazing plants you\u2019re able to grow with that extra light.<\/p>\n<p>I hope more GPODers take Barbara\u2019s lead and share some of their favorite houseplants. Whether your collection fills every windowsill or a few sunny corners of your home \u2013 we would love to see the plants that get your attention when it\u2019s too cold or snowy to enjoy your outdoor garden. <strong>Follow the NEW directions below to submit your photos to\u00a0Garden Photo of the Day!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>We want to see YOUR garden!<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Have photos to share? 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