I Come to the Garden...

barbe1958

i"m going to smack it anyway
i"ve been dragging it around with me for twenty years!!!!!
if that"s all it needed i"m going to have a hissy fit

Raj20

HI Meece,  Seems  blooming of your flower may give a new life  to other BC survivors. I too have some plants in my balcony but no flower is blooming inspite of my effort. Seeing your garden I am really inspire of having  only  plants blooming with  flower round the year.

deborye

Gorgeous flower meece.

Reminds me of my night blooming cereus plant I had, left it out in the cold and it croaked.  Mine was not this big.

Meece

Very Pretty. This was the gift I found this morning when I went into the greenhouse:

Eph3_12

Two!! How exotic & exciting!

Meece

I know I looked at the plants yesterday afternoon, and there was no sign of the second bud.

Meece

Mumayan, perhaps you can share some of your DH's beautiful photographs here.

Eph3_12

Well that makes it sort of creepy (in an exotic way!)

2Hands4me

I have an amaryllis from Christmas that I planted just like the instructions said. It has 3 leaves now - took forever to start, and now has been like this forever! I think I'll go "thump" it! Maybe it'll bloom in 2-3 weeks! I'll let you know!

barbe1958

I told my DH about the tip after showing him Meece's picture of the daffodil and he actually looked over at the plant I've been eyeing all day! ehhehehehe. Told him I already thumped it. Will keep y'all posted.

mumito

Hey Barbe can I come over and kick your pot too.  I think it would be good therapy.

mumito

A Marsh Wren singing in natures garden.

deborye

I have a family nesting in the gourd that I made into a birdhouse.  Sooo cute.

House Wren

deborye

And a Carolina Wren singing all day long.

Meece

I thought I'd start the page out with the Peruvian Daffodil

You had me gigling out loud, as usual, barb!

I wonder if I just go out and give my plants that don't bloom, a swift kick, if it will help them get in the mood.

sheila888

Meece....Absolutely breathtaking.

I cant get over it how beautiful it is.

I keep coming here just to see it over and over again.

barbe1958

that and a passion flower are just the most stunning examples of god"s creativity and orchids too!
someone google passion flower and post a pic
i had one in real life and used to call it my disney flower
it looks like a child coloured it in

Meece

Passion flowers are goreous!  DH doesn't like vining plants, but someday I'll convince him.

KAJDerby

You all are so funny!  My mind went to so many places like - wonder if that thumping would work on a lazy teenager with a very messy room? 

Beautiful flowers and birds! 

Meece you are inspiring me to start gardening once we are situated in Ohio!  I'm ready to try some things that are a bit more relaxing.

We had hydrangeas in the Azores.  Every fall we cut them to the ground.  In the spring, they shoot up and the flowers are beautiful. 

Eph3_12

Grace, those thumped teens would probably call child protective services!!! But I sure wish I could try it!

KAJDerby

eph 312 - I thought of that!  So glad I am done with raising my children!!! 

Meece

Grae, if you feel the need, and he needs it, You can thump Matt, but I'd hate it if it made him grow any taller.  He says Japanese houses have low doorjambs.

mumito

A great place (Bragga) in Northern Portugal to sit and pray or meditate.

KAJDerby

Meece - Matthew needs no thumping!  He jumps up and does the dishes every Sunday after the meal!  Most of our guys just sleep!

Meece

Matt loves to come to the aid of those in need.  Talked to him this morning, he sounds happy, and is looking forward to camp.

I just noticed yesterday morning that my hoya is blooming:

I see another bud on the Peruvian Daffodil, too.

Meece

I never did the counting bit to give the kids a chance, If I started with one, they better have stopped what they were doing, on two I was on my feet and one three my hand was swating their little tushes!  I didn't have to do that much because they knew I was going to follow through.  Yep, these days you don't dare discipline, because the school teachers will turn you in if they hear you spanked your children. 

sheila888

Meece...I really mean this, you should send a picture of your hoya and Peruvian daffodils to one of the Garden magazines.

Meece

Thank you, Seyla.  Each of the hoya stars are less than 1/2" across, they look like pale pink velvet.  Before they bloom the buds look like wax pentagons.  I'll have to take a picture of one of the bud clusters.

Eph3_12

I vote with Sheila Meece!  Beautiful!

barbe1958

unreal!!!!!