
This mandevilla flower was given to me by my mother, possibly about ten years ago. It's moved three times recently as I have. It had been at DIL's but her thumbs are brown and when the weather began to get hot, she was horrified it might die, so she brought it over. It's a climber but as it's in a pot it has not grown much at all, perhaps some stems are about 1.5 metres. It was healthy looking but not really happy. It's been here about three weeks and has already decided this is home and it's produced about a dozen flowers. It probably gets more regular water than it did at DIL's.
This nodding violet or whatever its real name is came from a cutting I took from a holiday house at Pearl Beach many years ago. Lots of cuttings have come from that piece and this is growing around the base of the mandevilla. It doesn't take much to keep this plant happy. A bit of sunshine and some water.
My Transatlantic shawl grows, but slowly. I'm very happy with it but will do some more as I have plenty of wool.
2 comments:
What a bright happy flower to greet you each day!
I don't know that flower but it is beautiful. It is nice to have a plant with memories associated. I have black thumbs!!!
I have learned there are no Blog Police too, I missed says for my SSS and it turns out, life goes on, but at College and Uni if I didn't get an HD, it was the end of the world. I always got HDs, so it was OK!!
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