Hello

In the same way that some are technophobic I have lived all my life as a
plantphobic. For some reason I've never observed or remembered what even
the most common plants are around me.

However I am in the process of remedying this.

I have been doing a lot of gardening this spring which consists of weeding,
fortunately I am able to tell the weeds from the actual introduced plants
in the garden.

Anyway onto the questions I wish to ask.

I recently left a job (we are getting there honest) and as a leaving
present one of the people I worked with gave me a plant, or rather, plants.
I think she might have got them out of her garden and potted them herself.
It's a lovely present.

The other people in the office immediately recognised these plants. They
said, "oh, that is a... " however I was about to make my leaving speech so
remembering what they had said was not possible.

I'd be interested to know what they are?

It looks like several plants are in one pot.

In the following three pictures I rotate the pot each time:

http://www.patrickjames.me.uk/images/plants001.jpg

http://www.patrickjames.me.uk/images/plants002.jpg

http://www.patrickjames.me.uk/images/plants003.jpg

As well as identifying them I'd like to know what to do with them. You
might just say, well, water them, but unfortunately although I think they
are lovely I'm not very keen on plants in the house. I do like them in the
garden and the person that gave them to me said that I would be able to
plant them in the garden.

Would it be okay to take them out separate them and put them in the garden
somewhere?

Remember you are dealing with someone who really knows very little about
these things

Thank you.
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Patrick - Hove, UK
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