Hahaha good luck with that. I check myself a few times each year usually after a purchase. I hope you have more discipline than I do.

Ohhh Noooo! I must. Lol

Moderation is highly over-rated! I love my jungle, my walls of plants. It's funny because when it comes to most things, I'm a minimalist. I don't like my rooms feeling too cluttered with furniture - less makes the room feel more spacious. But when it comes to plants, more makes me feel like I'm living outdoors, with all the charm but no bugs, no heat, no cold... I love when I walk by a plant and a new vine reaches out and grabs me as I go past. I grew up on a farm and my plants and my brigade of pets gives me the farm-girl feeling even though I sit in the middle of the noisy city!

Denise in Omaha

Denise, me, too! I'm a minimalist and clutter makes me dreadfully unhappy! I have a lot of plants, though, surrounded by many green things, especially in the winter when summer plants come indoors. I find hanging them and getting them off the floor helps me a lot (I also have dedicated shelves for my plants). I love the way you describe bringing the country to the city. Very nice.

As for how to fight the addiction. . . well, by initiating others into this "hobby" by giving them their first plant (I find a little rooted carnosa cutting works perfectly in setting the addiction in others). So, I root everything I have (or try to) and then set about creating new plant freaks because I sure can't keep them all. I also have the one in/one out rule. If I like a new plant enough to add it at this point, then something else gets passed on to someone else to enjoy. That way, I never actually have more plants that I do today, and I get to try lots of interesting plants, keeping the hobby from getting stale for me. I've discovered what really grows well here (surprising that some really "easy" plants are next to impossible here or for me; while some rather notably challenging plants end up just really loving life here). I pretty much have all the hoya varieties I want, so I just concentrate on keeping them happy and making new ones to share. Good luck with your self control on hoyas. ;-)