k.... First there was the one tipped over in the carpark, just layin' there looking sad.
"Hey...wanna go home with me? I have a nice warm house you can hang in--better than this cold, windy place where people are stepping over you and actin' like you don't exist....."
Yup--he went to the cashier and home in the Jeep.
So it's a bit scrawnier than what I usually get to sink in that HUGE pot on the patio. He'll grow on the patio. EVERYthing grows on the patio.
Everything gets killed in the house...but things thrive on the patio.
Far, far away from my evil clutches--I'm sure that's why.
And then there was the one stuck in with a buncha bushes. OMG the poor thing looked sad--half of the leaves gone, a couple buds trying.....TRYING to plump up to promise he'd do better with some TLC....
"Oh. Save the hibiscus alert! Save the hibiscus alert!"
I looked sad.
Himself told me we already were rescuing one.
"Yeah?......So?"
Yeah, well....himself is shaking his head and laughing at me.
They're two different colours.
And they're two different sizes--one's acting like it wants to revive itself. The other, now sitting next to the first guy...is growing leaves.
Trust me--it's the promise of the patio.
If it were about remaining with me in the house--dead in two point four seconds.
(that's how desperate they were-- poor things....)
Any bets on a third one?
I soooooooooo need to stay out of the plant department.
Or buy more planters, maybe.......
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Glad you love hibiscus too. Will post some more on BW.
You can grow hibiscus in your region?! Just show how hardy they are. Mine do well in my garden, but 2 lovely plants perished on my backyard slope...hot and dry there. Should have rescued them before it was too late.
Rosie
Only in the summer--they don't survive the first frost so I replant new ones every year. Though I'm told they have hardier ones, I like the tropical ones and they appear to like the patio--at least momentarily.
I don't think these fellas know what they signed up for when they jumped into the Jeep with me. *laughing* Unless I actually try to remember to bring them into the house for the winter--where they'll promptly die anyway cuz anything that resembles a plant in this house has signed their own death certificate.
*sigh*
True....
I suck. LOLOL
Sounds like you have a big heart... for all things.
GOD LOVE YA, MEL!!!!!
And even though you might not have a green thumb, you certainly have a green HEART!
Hey, it sounds like your patio is the Secret Garden!
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I share my yard with the deer. I love the little beasties, but they sure keep me gardenless.
Have been on the run - have caught up with you, but quiet. Maybe that's a nice change...:D
I love to hear about your rescues and protections Mel.
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