Whenever I go to Lowe’s or the grocery store, I always check the shelf in the garden section where they put the plants I call “Buy before I die” plants. They didn’t get enough water, or they got dropped and have broken stems, or they got burned by the sun and the flowers are crispy. They mostly are beyond my abilities to resurrect from the almost dead but occasionally I find one that could live with a little help and I buy it.
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Monday Crimson Quillfeather
Tuesday ejoanna
Wednesday Pam from Calif
Thursday art ah zen
Friday FloridaSNMOM
Saturday Gwennedd
Sunday loggersbrat
I can hardly wait for this to bloom!This is a canna lily. I bought it when all of its leaves were pretty damaged, trimmed them and tried it in a few places, mostly with little luck. Then, last year, when Lil Zen and I were on our annual road trip we went to a tropical garden and I saw this was in the water. I moved this one and now it is sprouting quite nicely. It cost me about $2. Good deal.
Another Mother’s Day plant, a rose bush, grocery storeThis little rose bush is coming back from some bug damage. It is a survivor though and will bloom again soon. It cost $1 on the “Buy Me” shelf.
A May Day rose bush from Lowe’sThis plant just needed water and it was FULL of buds. It has been blooming since I got it, about 2 weeks ago, and it shows no sign of slowing down. The roses are coral colored and lovely small flowers. I can see this on a trellis in a few years. It was a whooping $3.
A palm of some sort from Lowe’sThis palm has never looked any better but it has grown about 3 times its size in the last couple of years. It always has yellow fronds on it and new shoots so I guess that is its style. This was $2.
I don’t plant annuals because I want things that last and are drought tolerant but these roses and the azaleas bring a welcome spot of color in the succulent garden and I save a buck and sometimes a plant life. Its a good deal.
How’s your garden, whatever that may be?
