It is all my fault

“What is all your fault?” I hear you ask.

Spring is late. Very very late. 🙁

Why?

My Poinsettia is still in full bloom and happy.

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poinsettia_1

That little nick in the leaf is there since Day one, which was for me 13th December 2013.

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All I do is add a little warm water to the dish about once a week. I know some people dislike them, but this one smiles and add colour to my life on the endless dull dark days.

Cut flowers die after two days so I no longer buy them, and I put people off paying good money to buy cut flowers for me.

20 thoughts on “It is all my fault

  1. Barbara

    Spring is early here… Very early! People are already suffering from hay fever! My dr says it is ‘because we didn’t really have a winter’ maybe he was down South with us!!

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      We had rain, rain and more rain, but living on a hill was an advantage. It was the lack of proper daylight that got to me this winter.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Two days for a bouquet that might cost £40 pounds is ridiculous. Most of the flowers used by florists in Ireland are imported from Amsterdam, thus the cost. I saw tulips on sale the other day and they were either imported or forced.

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        1. Grannymar Post author

          We can pick up bunches of flowers in a supermarket or petrol service station for about £5, My pal in Dublin will get two weeks from them, but I get two days, so I stopped many years ago.

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  2. stwidgie

    Stunning! Good for you!

    My record with houseplants is so poor that I’ve asked Mike to give me cut flowers instead. That spares me the long (or brief) slide of guilt as I over-/under-water the poor thing to death, or watch it succumb to bugs.

    But whoever said to use cactus soil for overwintering the rosemary indoors was absolutely right. It gets a Sabbath drink of water and has been good since October. :^)

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      poinsettias are the only plants to survive so far and on three different occasions they have lasted until April. I might be tempted to try an orchid one of these days.

      I must remember the tip about cactus soil for overwintering rosemary! I think the watering is like taking pills – the same time each day or week for the plants.

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  3. nick

    I do agree about cut flowers. A few days and they’re finished. Pot plants can be enjoyed for months. An orchid for years even! Right now we’re getting a dazzling display of pink camellias in our back garden.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Ah Nick, your back garden is sheltered and a whole county to the south of mine, therefore a whole season ahead! I might have a go at an orchid one of these days.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Dianne, in Ireland, Spring has a mind of it’s own. Some years it can be very stubborn.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Growing in the wild, that would make a great splash of colour. One year my plant had variegated leaves and I loved the colours.

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    1. Grannymar Post author

      Today is officially the first day of Spring, but my skies are acting like a grey colander – leaking rain everywhere! 🙁 No way the poinsettia would survive outside.

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