Both my wife and I appreciated the orange Gerbera daisy that bloomed in our house. The two plants were left over from last year. The plants were annuals that would have died in the cold. Recently she moved both plants closer to the window. And one bloomed. Both looked healthier. I counted three buds on the other plant. Let us see if that one blooms, too. And what color the flower will be. Every morning we look at that orange bloom both of become a little happier. This was an experiment that worked to our surprise.
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Spring is on its way. I heard someone in the bank say, ‘Today is going to be the hottest day of the year.’ I keep checking the bed of daffodils on the side of the house. Today a third clump was peeking its way through the earth. I still see no sign of the crocuses in our yard. The ten day weather forecast indicates we will get some more cold temperatures but the end of the winter is in sight.
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We actually had a Gerbera daisy bloom in our house today–an orange one. It was winter time. We had brought in two plants before it became cold. And one decided to bloom. One had never done that before. The orange flower is a harbinger of spring. We are in the middle of a “heatwave”: it will hit forty for at least five days. I am praying all our snow and ice melts so we don’t pray for our life every time we walk the forty feet to our cars.
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The primrose are still alive despite the “arctic” temperatures that just passed. The freeze lasted at least four days but the primrose were protected: they were covered by snow during that period. I am still waiting to see if any of them bud. I am checking them every day. The next few days are going to be warm–in the forties and then back to seasonable temperatures–thirties and twenties. Primrose do like cold weather. Let us see if they will bloom.
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I don’t think the primrose will survive the winter. We are in the middle of an extended freeze. The last two years they never died and bloomed through out the winter. That was somewhat unusual. As hardy as they are they will not make it this time. It has been too cold, for too long. They will come up, again, in early spring and bloom then.
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I have been inspecting our bed of primrose in my yard every morning. They like this cold weather but still no more flowers. There are at least five plants in that bed but so far there has been only one flower from the bunch. A few weeks ago. I will keep an eye on them. The weather is to their liking so it should have more buds soon.
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I was amazed: one of the Gerbera daisies we brought inside was doing so well that I looked closely and saw a bud coming up. We had two plants outside and brought them in. We knew the cold would kill them. Both of them are putting out shoots and one is budding. I never had a Gerbera daisy do that inside so now I will watch that particular plant. I wonder what color the flower will be. We will see.
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I did not want anyone to run over the flower. It was one “freak” black-eyed susan that came up in September and the petals wilted for it became too cold. Usually they bloom late summer. I moved the garbage cans I brought out so it would not get trampled in the morning when the men came to empty the trash into their truck. I liked looking at it. You really do not know one hundred per cent what to expect from nature–this time one flower.
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The black-eyed susan is not going to make it. There was a “freak” blossom but it became too cold and the bloom wilted before the flower unfurled. Black-eyed susans usually bloom in the height of summer. I was watching this particular flower really carefully. It is four weeks into the Fall. Indian summer has passed. It is just too late in in the season. The flower tried. I felt bad for it.
Tags: black-eyed susan, Fall, flowers, gardening, Indian Summer, late in the season, summer, the "late" black-eyed susan, the flower tried
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I have a “confused” black eyed susan: It is budding. They flowered several months ago and now all that was left was pods containing seeds but this one wanted to put out a single bloom. I am keeping my eyes open for the flower to unfold. It is still warm outside.
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The orange Gerbera daisy lasted weeks. There was a new bloom–bright orange. The old one stood erect–petals and all. The only thing that faded was its color–now pale-white pink. I was amazed the flower lasted that long.
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