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title: "Just showing my plants some love. It’s been a while. They’ve been…"
description: "Just showing my plants some love. It’s been a while. They’ve been neglected."
url: "https://getplanta.com/community/OlSeW7UYSUWAjHlcxGdIQw/0abYv7eHidf7NmWRjwBgMH"
community: "Show your plants"
author: "PlantNewbSTL"
published: "2026-01-09T13:54:30.854303Z"
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# Just showing my plants some love. It’s been a while. They’ve been…

_Posted by PlantNewbSTL on 2026-01-09_

Just showing my plants some love. It’s been a while. They’ve been neglected.

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## 5 comments

### Phil commented on 2026-01-09

Your purple shield is coloring up nicely.

#### PlantNewbSTL replied on 2026-01-09

Thank you. I want to chop it and propagate cause it’s looking very leggy to me. I haven’t looked into how to do that to my purple shield yet though

#### Phil replied on 2026-01-10

They prop easily in water.

### Morgan Picillo 🖤 🌿 commented on 2026-01-09

That Strobilanthes is so pretty 😍

#### PlantNewbSTL replied on 2026-01-09

I literally has to look up which plant you were talking about haha. I’m terrible at the official names

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