She came with the house, ten years later and still thriving – Reddit Post

Looking at old photos, she started as a few feet tall.

She’s been through a lot. Been here around ten years, wasn’t much into plants and gardening for years but she survived thanks likely to ariel roots and karl’s humidity (karl’s the fog that comes from the ocean, doesn’t reach here much but th humidity does).

At one point, she was attrached to the house literally #badIdea. But turns out paint isn’t that strong, so she snapped — but didn’t fully break. The two leaves on left are from the growth point that activated below the break, but the top continued to grow… till it got stuck between the deck beams for a while (thus the wonky leaves on right).

I’m in zone 10, but Karl keeps us cool, likely limiting her growth, but at least that keeps her somewhat manageable. Not sure what to do with her ATM as she keeps trying to stick herself between the beams.