WOW, indeed!!!
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WOW, indeed!!!
:love::love::love::love::love::love::love::love:
Honestly? Not much. But they have always wet feet (water in saucer), they love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Randi
Wow, they are huge!
These are a few of my special plants, I had them for many years:
Leopard Lily:
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Pregnant Onion:
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Wintergreen (this is where the "Wintergreen flavor" comes from. I tried a few of those berries, and sure enough...)
Flowers:
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Berries:
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Wow, thank you! I had to google each of them as I grew so curious. I think I always confused wintergreen with spearmint! Very different plants. I enjoyed the photos, well done! I am sure you are one of the finest gardeners.
Thank you! Plants were always one of my favorite pastimes, it probably helped that I had an apprenticeship in horticulture in Germany, and then worked for 20 years with plants.
And then along came the cats...
I have been in charge of harvest at the garden my friend owns where she lets me grow some things. Here are a few pictures, each if from one day's "harvest" this week!
The first is actually from my nephew's gardens in Alfred, NY - his sister brought me goodies for guinea pig sitting while she went out there. No pictures of Pepper, her cavy - he was mostly intent on hiding, except for nightly snuggle time and one cannot get a picture of an animal that requires on hand on him at all times and is tucked under one's chin!
What a beautiful harvest, Karen!
Outstanding, lovely photos. Magnificent vegetable photographer!
Today, I found the first flower of the season on my Nightblooming Cereus (a cactus). Each bloom only lasts for a few hours, and they usually open in the evening, there are several more buds on the plant.
I guess this one opened mid-day, because it's grey and rainy:
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Aww, cool!
You have got to be quick to see that one bloom. :eek: I think my sister has the same one on her terrasse, unless there are more that only blooms once a year. It's beautiful and smells nice.
She gave me a Peace Lilly in the spring and it's really growing - they can grow quite big. :) I bought one more which turned out to have three separate plants in the pot, so I repotted those. So far they are doing fine, but I keep them in the shade. :)
Here's a link of how to care for them:
http://www.wikihow.com/Care-for-Peace-Lilies
I found those cute little pumpkins at the grocery store, and now they are part of the fall décor on my front steps. I'm still looking for the perfect big pumpkin.
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I moved my tropical plants into the basement for "hibernation". When I was cleaning the deck, I came across this little mushroom that must have fallen out of one of the pots. It was about 2 inches tall.
I thought this was the cutest little thing, and I felt bad that I had knocked it loose.:(
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Aww, cute little mushroom!