I’m the first to admit I am no good at gardening – I can kill a plant without looking.
My lovely Mum was the one who loved messing around in the garden – don’t get me wrong I love to see plants growing and blooming – trouble is I either kill them with kindness or they die anyway!
The flowers on holiday were gorgeous but then all tropical flowers are lovely, vibrant colours and surviving with very little care.
There was one plant out there that grew almost wild – the flowers looked like Livingstone Daisies – opening up in the hot sunshine and showing all different bright colours.
In the very vain hope of getting a piece of this succulent to root I took a stalk off it and brought it home.
It was quite a small piece and with advice off the internet I broke it into smaller pieces and planted it in a pot…
It looked kind of dead when I planted it but I followed my instructions and only gave it water once a week to encourage root growth….
And…..
One of the pieces started to show signs of life,
I was amazed but even more amazed when two days later,
Wow hasn’t it grown?
But then after another two days..
It’s going mad!
And this morning here it is…
By the looks of things I am growing my own green fingers!!!!
Lets hope they grow really well for you (the plants and the green fingers!)
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I could do with a couple of green fingers myself!
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Wonderful when things happen the way they are intended. Good job. Now try something else, and soon you will be renowned as a local green thumb!
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Plants tend to suffer with me as well …… if any survive I give them medals for surviving against the odds.
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Wow – yes, that’s definitely growing! Succulents are fairly easy, so even I can propagate those!
You were lucky not to get caught bringing that home. The penalties for smuggling plant matter into the UK are severe. LOL!
Thanks Val – I hope so too but I have failed before – either over or underwatering – no happy medium – thats me!!
Baino – if this takes off I’ll post you some – then you can grow your own too!!!
Cortes – Its a good feeling at the moment but I think I’ll wait and see if its a real success – then I’ll probably quit while I’m ahead!
Daddy P – I’m glad somebody else is afflicted – I’ve never understood it – houseplants come here as lovely present and within weeks they are dead and heading for the bin!
Jay – So… I can come to you for advice then when it all goes wrong!!!! It was well wrapped with no soil attached – maybe I should start smuggling!
ahh thanks very much for the comment that you left on my blog i love your dog hippie how is the budding romance getting on? will i buy a new hat for the big day
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Always worth having a try. Probably a third of my garden began as cuttings.
Congrats. on winning the teddy bear.
Glad you liked the Constable post.
I realise now that I have to go into my comment section to get back to you as you do not have a direct link coming in with your comments on my E-mails.
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Hello Vicky and welcome to the other blog – its not all about our greyhound as you can see!!
Hi Barbara – Since I wrote this that little plant has gone mad! There are shoots coming off at all angles – maybe there’s hope after all!! you must have very green fingers if a third of that beautiful garden has been grown from small beginnings like this!!
I don’t know how other blogs work at all really – I usually answer comments on my blog or use the email address that comes with the comment report, its all a learning curve isn’t it???