But wait! How can I have so many different pix of them now?
Because they've multiplied. O happiness!
I transplanted three big pups from Walter's western garden into big pots in the back yard. There were some growing in the back yard already, and they'd thrown off pups too. I have around ten potted up now, I think.
It was a bloody and long-drawn out affair. These have thorns like I've never come across before.
I refuse to consider this warfare of any sort, or to use the words that go with that concept. We did, however, engage in some difficult activities with each other.
I won.
The two I left in Walter's western garden both bloomed, but at slightly different times.
If I work it right, I may have a bunch of these exquisite and rare flowers to sell to florists around Mother's Day next year. That's when they seem to bloom. I sent a virtual Heart of Flame to my mom last year for Mother's Day.
2 comments:
wow, those are cool. I read through the other tow posts above and had nothing intelligent to say... 'cept maybe I wish I could see your garden(s).
Aren't they something? It took me forever to even figure out what they were. I rescued them from the side of the road after a hurricane. I even wrote a post asking if anyone could identify it.
Finally, a mysterious commenter who's never come by before or since, from Jacksonville FL, wrote in comments what they were. This was 6 months or a year later. I only noticed the comment by accident.
Any time you're down this way, you're more than welcome to see the garden in person. In fact, it'll be far more *viewable* soon than it's ever been before. I've been working like a banshee out there. And believe me, I love to show it off.
Meanwhile...I do have a nice video function on my digital camera. One day I may actually figure out how to use it. Then I can do a little video tour of the whole yard. Doing pix is lots of fun, but it just can't convey the whole thing the way I'd like.
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