It is never good to get over-confident in garden skills, especially if you 'take it indoors' for the inhospitable Winter. I glibly
brought in a couple of Rex Begonias this fall, thinking I might successfully 'winter' them for visual interest in the house.
In 'happier days' they looked amazing.....
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| Rex Begonia "Sonic Sweet Purple" |
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| Rex Begonia - Painted Paradise |
While on Christmas vacation, we forgot to leave "
please water me" instructions.
That was the beginning of the end. (
Note to self: Never, never,
never neglect delicate plants, especially in the "non-season" - they will not recover.)
The hard, cold reality....
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| Only the clover is growing in this pot..... |
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| There is hope here - for one lone "Painted Paradise" plant! |
Not being a fatalist, there are some bright spots today, at the end of January (besides the fact that it IS the end of January). In the fall, I did bring a Fuschia too. It appears to be a bit hardier and is actually growing.
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| Fuschia - 'chillin' out' on the hearth |
So, lessons to be learned for inside gardening... and put the Rex Begonia in the 3-season room, in preparation for 2011 composting.
Happy Gardening planning....
Oh boy. That truly is an epic fail. I have had some of those this winter too. It is shameful to admit I killed an ivy, an aloe vera and at least one Amarylis. I didn't even go anywhere so I can't blame anyone but myself.
ReplyDeleteAt least your compost will benefit. :)
Poor guy. Hope he gets a good burial in the compost heap, Shrylene.
ReplyDeleteOh dear - isn't it nice that we can still make compost when things go wrong :)
ReplyDeleteOh Shyrlene, so sorry! At least when we kill plants we can add them to the compost hope and know they will nurture hopefully more successful cousins in the future...
ReplyDeleteOh, I did that with the office plants. I took a two week hiatus off of work and came back to death and destruction. I hope it was a good vacation!
ReplyDeleteThe 'dead plant in the pot' picture definitely made me wince when I looked at it. In person, I was still in denial... Keep watering it! There has to be life in the roots somewhere?!!
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