My mother and I are starting a new tradition. It's called the mystery plant game. She gives me a plant and has no idea what it is.... It has never dawned on me to ask. I plant it. It either turns out spectacular and it doesn't do anything because I have planted it in the wrong place. Above is my latest mock up of the backyard garden I am designing...hitting 75 rose bushes in this bed..believe it or not this mock up is conservative because I am not mentioning all the other flowering plants in them. It almost will be overwhelming. I like doing the mock up....it revitalizes me..but this is the latest.. I miss the sound of the water so I am turning the pool itself into a fountain.
.Now on to the newest mystery plants.
Mom had some camellias that were doing poorly. They were planted in deep shade and were not doing well. She brought them over. The leaves were deep brown. It turns out it was sunscald because they were in sunlight. In examining the leaves, it has sooty mold on it. She doesn't know what type of camellia other than they are deep red.
No idea |
No idea |
Any guess? |
Looks like two plants |
I think Mom said cashmere bouquet. |
Mexican petunias? |
Last year this was the mystery plant..turns out it was a cassia |
Plumeria |
Gerber daisies |
Zinnia |
Bougainvilleas got a bath |
I think I know what all these are |
Man I am going to be skinny as a rail when all these go into the ground |
Purple tiger soaking...will let soak another day...my muscles are soooooo sore |
Tulips coming up...wonder what color? |
Utility companies came out. We are laying pipe for the irrigation systems...that will be so nice... |
7 comments:
About the Cashmere Bouquet, you can ID it from the skunky smell of the leaves, which some people think smell like peanut butter.
It will be interesting to see what comes of your creative rehab of your mother's camellias.
No idea if it will work but we'll see. They looked very sick..but it was worth a shot
To answer your questions, A staghorn fern will eventually engulf whatever it grows on/in. They don't need a pot full of soil underneath to thrive, they are often mounted on a piece of board.
'Fertilizer Friday' is a meme on Tootsie Time where she reminds everybody to fertilize their flowers and add their posts to her link. I don't have a regular pattern for fertilizing. My mother always fertilized her houseplants on the first and the fifteenth.
There are numbers of Azaleas, hard to identify from photos. The big Indicas frequently seen are Pride of Mobile, Judge Solomon, and Formosa. Formosa is the purplest of the three. I identify my pinks as 'not Formosa' because I really don't know. Formosa is the strongest grower and the darkest green foliage.
I'm getting caught up on my blog reading. Absolutely LOVE Aurora! She is just beautiful, and fits the space nicely. The only plant I could tell for sure in your photos is the one pictured above the caption "Any guess?" - it's a nandina (heavenly bamboo).
Thanks Holley, despite being a beginner, I do attempt to plant to fit the requirements. I am certain that I have planted too close together but all that being said, if I have the luxury of planted where it is required, I try to do that
I think the one you said, 'looks like two plants' and there's another of the same plant where your shadow is over it, is boxwood. In bloom. The blooms are insignificant but at the height of bloom they smell like grape Koolaid.
Nell, you seem to know the smell to everything! I have a deviated septum that I had fixed in my 20s but because I used to kickbox, I think I had broken my nose again. The other day I smelled the daffodil and it smelled wonderful! But I had to be up on it to smell it. But it could be the allergies
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