I was walking around the yard the other day and was surprised at how many things had started growing again. We've had a lot of consistently warm weather this spring - I was expecting it to get cold again or one last freeze, but it looks like it's here to stay.
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| Queen's Tears Bromeliad |
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We had our second bad winter in a row, and it looked like it killed a lot of things - but that doesn't always seem to be the case now that it's warmed up. The most obvious mistake I made when posting
obituaries for my plants was including the Queen's Tears bromeliad. As awful as it looks, I noticed the other day that it starting to bloom. This plant has always had odd behavior - the last couple of years it has bloomed very late in the year, so the fact that it's blooming now (which I think is the right time) is odd too. I remember thinking that my bromeliads died last year too, but I was wrong again.
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| Knockout Rose |
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Whenever there are free plants posted on craigslist, if it's something I might want, I do my best to get it, even if I don't know what my plans are for it yet. Last fall someone was giving away knockout roses. I spent part of my Friday evening fighting traffic, digging them up from their yard and getting them home. I kept them in pots over the winter and kept them sheltered some. I was a little concerned they might not make it through the winter, but they did and they're starting to bloom. Now we have to decide where we're going to put them in the yard.
Since my bog experiment failed in the fall, I've had my carnivorous plants in pots, sitting in a container of water. The pitcher plants look bad, but I thought they would be ok. I also got some Venus flytraps and sundews in a
strange internet trade - I repotted those and put them in a little water and when winter came, I put them in a sheltered place. The flytraps stayed green through the cold, but the sundews appear to have died. I got a close look at them the other day and the flytraps are flourishing - and the sundews appear to be making a comeback. That's a good thing to know. I plan to create a permanent bog garden, hopefully by the end of the summer, and I'll add these plants to it.
Since my bog experiment failed in the fall, I've had my carnivorous plants in pots, sitting in a container of water. The pitcher plants look bad, but I thought they would be ok. I also got some Venus flytraps and sundews in a strange internet trade - I repotted those and put them in a little water and when winter came, I put them in a sheltered place. The flytraps stayed green through the cold, but the sundews appear to have died. I got a close look at them the other day and the flytraps are flourishing - and the sundews appear to be making a comeback. That's a good thing to know. I plan to create a permanent bog garden, hopefully by the end of the summer, and I'll add these plants to it.
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