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I have wanted to be a landscape designer since I was 18, and I finally just started my own business. My mom is a Master Gardener, and her parents were farmers (specializing in giant vegetables), so I guess I was born into gardening. I am still young and renting, so I don't have a big collection of plants yet. I bought a portable greenhouse (a big see-thru ripstop tent) from Amazon this winter for $300, and love it. I'm a stay at home mom, otherwise I don't think I'd be able to tend to everything. What I have:

Houseplants (trying to keep only a few - I've killed way too many in moving) :
Croton
Dumbcane
Rubber Tree
Dracaena
Heart leaf philodendron
Spathiphyllum
Butterfly Plant
Spider Plant
Ivy (unsure of what kind)
Chinese Evergreen
Gerbera Daisy
Aloe
Bishop's Cap
Christmas Cactus
Asparagus Fern
Staghorn Fern
Pineapple
Red Herringbone Plant
Schefflera (my favorite - easily 5' wide)

Perennials and shrubs:
Painted Daisy
Hosta, Big Leaf and Variegated
Rudbeckia Hirta
Scabiosa (the ones with the pretty seed heads)
Glads
Daylilies
Sage
Rosemary
Spearmint
Mock Strawberry
Hibiscus Red Heart
Purple Leaf Sand Cherry (or something like it!)
Evergreen Euonymus
Azalea
Very tall ornamental grass (really softens the corners)
Mimosa
Monarda

Annuals:
Amaranthus Love Lies Bleeding (Highly Recommended)
Nigella Love in a Mist
Verbena
Morning Glory
Cup and Saucer Vine (Beautiful)
Nasturtium
Petunia
Celosia

This year's Kitchen Garden:
Eggplant
Straightneck Squash
Zucchini
Cantaloupe
Tomato - Roma, Yellow Pear, and German Striped
Bell Pepper
Serrano Pepper
Brussels Sprouts
Onions
Peas
French Breakfast Radish
Kale
Spinach
Mesclun
Arugula
Pole Beans
Purple Bush Beans
Tarragon
Dill