Every year at the end of winter, my kids and I would play a game of sorts. The game was to be the first to spot a sign of Spring. The first plants that would signal for us the start of Spring were yellow bushes and pink trees. We had no idea what these plants were called, but we used to shout out "yellow bush!!!" or "pink tree!!!!"
So today, on my way to work, I saw a bush that had just the beginning of buds........and they were yellow......
In the interests of upping my game, I have looked up 'yellow bushes' and discovered that those flowering shrubs are called Forsythia. They like full sun, are deciduous, and can grow to about five feet. They are early bloomers.
As for pink trees, I've found that we were probably mostly spotting Dogwood trees, although there might have been an Oklahoma redbud or two on the way to the mall.
Now I am notorious for my inablility to keep a houseplant alive. I underwater, overwater, transplant too early or not soon enough. I don't know why I am so inept. I start out ok and then somehow the plant ends up dead. So I guess the challenge here is to get a plant and keep it alive.
Wish me luck.
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I am on the same challenge. One of my teachers gave me some clippings (pieces of plants that sprout roots if you keep them in water for a couple months)
ReplyDeleteI have about six, all sitting in different little water jugs in the sun. I am not very confident that any of them will succeed, but if they do you will be the first person I call to help me raise them :)
It's time that house got some fresh green in it. Helps with the clutter, too.
I've found that I actually have a houseplant that is still alive. It is a Sansevieria, or Snake Plant that is supposedly very easy to manage. So I am watering it today - and will try to connect with it as a start to getting over my lack of plant relationships.
ReplyDeleteYears ago my sister gave me a jade plant for Christmas. I watered it and year after year it grew until it was way beyond its pot. This
ReplyDeleteyear I finally had the guts to transplant it and I had to divide it into three pots because it had grown so much. It could even go into
more pots but I didn't have the pots. The three jade plants seem to be doing ok and are even sprouting new leaves. Jade plants
seem not too hard to live with--you have to be careful not to water them too much. Thank you, Sis!