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St., $250,000.

BP LLC, to Timothy Gary Grimaldi, 83 William St., $250,000.

Charles J. Fougere, Patricia P. Fougere and Patricia Pellan-Fougere to Katelynn A. Shea, 37 Carroll Drive,

But that parade of plants, including many rarities, hasn’t tarnished his lifelong affection for one of the most common, easiest houseplants, the upright-growing rubber tree (Ficus elastica), with its broad, glossy leaves. His choice: the cultivar Ruby, whose red new growth and variegation form a mosaic of salmon, sage, red, gray and green.

“It makes me chuckle that for so many years, I was happy with just a green plant,” he said. “It’s like you were happy wearing a burlap bag and calling that an outfit, but now you’ve got cashmere and you just didn’t know how good it could be.”

Anticipating any plant-snob pushback, he added: “You might think, ‘Ugh, I’ve done Ficus.’ Have you done all the program, such as horticulture, floriculture, landscape design, conservation, forestry, botany, agronomy, plant pathology, environmental control, land management or other allied fields. The candidate must be a resident of Hampden County, demonstrate financial need and have adequate academic standing. High school seniors, undergraduate and graduate college students are eligible for consideration.

For additional information and to request a copy of the application contact Jane Glushik at SGCscholarship@gamil.com or Elizabeth Tongue at 413627-5503. Scholarship applications are to be completed and meet the submission deadline of March 31 to be eligible for consideration.

AGAWAM Garden Club scholarship

The Agawam Garden Club is

$200,000. Frederick Wrobleski to Irene Darlene Crowder, 14 State St., $299,900.

James C. Jenson, James C. Jensen, Jack E. Jensen and Jan B. Jensen to 80 Egleston Road LLC, 80 Egleston Road, $350,000.

Marcia M. Rogers to Jeffrey L. Arps and Christine E. Arps, 419 South-

Ficus, though? I don’t know if it’s me and my lack of fashion sense, but I find a shirt that I like, I get multiple colors. It works for me. The same I think is true with plants.”

Consider holiday cactus (Schlumbergera). Before you say “boring,” visualize a variegated selection with butter-yellow-splashed foliage. Mr. Gercens got cuttings of Norris Variegated five years ago from a collector in Maine, and rooted them.

Start your own quest the way he does, by searching social media for the genus you’re after and then networking with its fans. Another startling twist on the familiar is a variegated form of foxtail asparagus fern (Asparagus densiflorus

SEE HOUSEPLANT, PAGE F10 offering its annual scholarship to a graduating senior of Agawam High School or a college student who graduated from Agawam High School. One of the following majors qualify: botany, environmental engineering, environmental science, earth systems, forest management, natural resources, plant soil & insect science, sustainable agriculture, sustainable horticulture or food & farming, turf grass science and management, landscape design and management technology, clean energy, technology studies: wastewater, or other environmental studies not mentioned above.

Applicants must submit: a copy of high school transcript and a copy of college acceptance letter for high school seniors, copy of all college/ university transcripts for a college student who graduated from Agawam High School, two references, and a completed scholarship wick Road, Unit E22, $259,900.

Patrick M. Greaney and Whitney

T. Greaney to Nathaniel P. Munson and Krista M. Munson, 57 Western Ave., $380,000.

Richard C. Rice Jr., to Ruben De Los Santos Gonzalez, 82 South Maple St., Unit 30, $135,000. TM Properties Inc., to Thomas A. Johnson II, 9 Miller St., $250,000.