Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Just wanted to lift spirits at this dark and gloomy time of year. The calla starts of White Giant that I got from Evan last fall are now growing like crazy and today I have a bloom! We have their favorite weather happening now, highs in the 70's, lows 50's and a little rain yesterday.
Lovely little variegated EE seems to be happy, too. Big cane begonias love this cool weather, the white one even is fragrant in the mornings.
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
Thanks! I needed that. It's so lousy cold here. Love that variegated EE. All my cane begonias are stuck under the GH bench shivering.
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Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Is it too sunny for them on the top GH shelf, Anne? Begonias go nuts for me in this cool weather, and most of them can take some sun at this time of year, too.
Elaine
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Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Some more cool weather bloomers, just for fun.
Thunbergia battiscombeii
Little ground orchids, blooming sparingly. First bloom for the yellow one since last spring
Brugmansia 'Monster White' celebrating New Years, and a milkweed keeping the butterflies happy.
Matchstick bromeliads - the tips are much more blue than the camera showed.
Elaine
"Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of enthusiasm." –Winston Churchill
Name: Anne Summerville, SC (Zone 8a) Only dead fish go with the flow!
Elaine, I tried that once and the leaves shriveled up like dracula in the sun. It was horrifying .. thought I had killed them.
Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.
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Name: Elaine Sarasota, Fl The one constant in life is change
Yikes, that's too bad. I guess mine get 'acclimated' to the winter sun fairly slowly - as the sun angle gets lower, they get more and more. They are under the bench that my Earth Boxes sit on. Mine are blooming up a storm right now, too. I give credit to the cool, plus the extra sun.
Elaine
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