In the week I was gone the two tomato plants grew quickly. There were quite a few little green tomatoes while a week ago there was almost none. My wife had splurged and bought quite a few plants while I was on vacation–many still in their original containers and needed to be planted. She bought two beautiful budding fuchsia plants one of which I hung from the white pine tree in view from our large living room window. Every year we put one up there and the plant does well there as long as we keep it watered.
The weather finally became seasonal–sixties and seventies. I thought we went straight from winter into summer for a short time. At least it seemed that way. Today I was thrilled I noticed a flower that had little white snow bells. My wife said it was a perennial. The grass was also cut when I got home. All these things happened in the week I was gone.
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Today I found out the color of the next budding Gerbera plant in our house. It was red. The other had three full orange flowers. It was an experiment that succeeded. They are annuals and survived the winter inside. I usually buy one or two a year. Sometimes we plant them outside or place them in the sun and other buds come up. It is just a flower I like and am thrilled to have them grow and have flowers in our house.
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The one Gerbera daisy in the house had three orange flowers and the other one had at least two buds coming up and it was still a mystery what color they would be. This is exciting because we brought in these two plants last year before the cold would have killed them. Then not that long ago we moved them closer to the sun and both responded with flowers.
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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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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 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 latest count of buds on that gigantic cactus is six. It has four feet tentacles–like a monster out of a scary movie. I inspect the plant in my office every day. Today I spotted another bud. We just wanted to take it out of the cold. Each day I will watch the buds grow. And also see if new ones come along. I never had a budding cactus in my office before.
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Our “monster” cactus has five buds. It was only a few weeks ago we moved it indoors into my office. It has four foot tentacles. I was really surprised. The top of it gets a bit of light but not the areas that are budding. I am going to watch the cactus really carefully and inspect the buds for growth each day. I never expected it to bud in my office.
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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.
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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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