Re: Containers,etc
Originally Posted by
caricature
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Used as in past tense ? you don't have them now ?
Nope. And it breaks my heart, because I had some container plants for well over a decade, some from my first house.
I was like one of those obsessed animal people with a hundred cats or dogs in the house.
Whenever I did yard work, I wouldn't throw out the trimmings etc., I would just put them into another pot and then eventually sell them at garage sales.
When I sold my last house, I moved into a large trendy second floor apt, which had a balcony and private roof access, which is where some the bamboo and such went.
I had some plants that I turned into topiaries.
Some that were actually bush-type by nature, by removing all but the longest-straightest branch and placing a stake into the container and training it.
I then went into another building after giving most of what was left of the container ones away. After giving some away to friends, I put a 'free plants' ad in the paper.
I had a fifteen year old Bougainvillea topiary that not only did I have to give away, but it was to a real jerk from work that nobody liked, that I worked with briefly for a few days, but I was desperate.
To add insult to injury when I offered it to him (as he didn't come for that one) he said "Oh, I like Googenbillia"...not Bougainvillea, Goog-in-bee-lee-ah!
I ended up taking only a couple of plants to my next building and volunteered to take care of all of their container plants correctly.
Now housing is a bit high, so in the meantime, I'm limited to transplanting, pruning and training on the sly, in forests or public parks.
Originally Posted by
ezduzit
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One evening and one evening only, I thought to myself, if the color grey had a fragrance, this is what it would smell like!
In my defense, I neglected to clarify it was
light grey, not dark!