2 March 2005 Lobilia, concrete pots, pruning, cold
2 March 2005
It is cold. Outside, snowflakes lazily head toward white earth. The garage door is frozen shut so that I can't reach the soil there to start plants. Frustrated, I mow the tops of every plant I can and find places in pots for them to root. It is good to get into the swing of pruning. These plants will grow, it being March, but they will be more compact now with their haircuts.
With the pelargoniums, I enjoy unusual shapes as they lean toward the light, or tumble over the side of the pot. Many of the geraniums will find their way to pots when frost free days come in May. Big plans to make reenforced concrete pots are hatching. I'll need wire mesh and concrete mixing gloves and a concrete trowel and concrete. Maybe I'll try to make a slurry of paper and use that instead of gravel, making the pots lighter. Maybe I'll get really expansive and use moss or old leaves, or maybe just unadulterated concrete like they used to make boats of in the 70's. Those old concrete boats sunk when they got leaky. Holes in pots are good for drainage and I hope it will work out.
Lobilia are so blue. In my eastern window in a pot with the Blue Geranium I started last spring that hasn't bloomed yet, some Lobilia grew this winter. The Blue Geranium flowers are over late, as I started them for P2's graduation party last June. The Lobilia, unlooked for and uninvited, rewarded my winter weary self with a deep and compelling violet. What a peasant and timely surprise.
It is cold. Outside, snowflakes lazily head toward white earth. The garage door is frozen shut so that I can't reach the soil there to start plants. Frustrated, I mow the tops of every plant I can and find places in pots for them to root. It is good to get into the swing of pruning. These plants will grow, it being March, but they will be more compact now with their haircuts.
With the pelargoniums, I enjoy unusual shapes as they lean toward the light, or tumble over the side of the pot. Many of the geraniums will find their way to pots when frost free days come in May. Big plans to make reenforced concrete pots are hatching. I'll need wire mesh and concrete mixing gloves and a concrete trowel and concrete. Maybe I'll try to make a slurry of paper and use that instead of gravel, making the pots lighter. Maybe I'll get really expansive and use moss or old leaves, or maybe just unadulterated concrete like they used to make boats of in the 70's. Those old concrete boats sunk when they got leaky. Holes in pots are good for drainage and I hope it will work out.
Lobilia are so blue. In my eastern window in a pot with the Blue Geranium I started last spring that hasn't bloomed yet, some Lobilia grew this winter. The Blue Geranium flowers are over late, as I started them for P2's graduation party last June. The Lobilia, unlooked for and uninvited, rewarded my winter weary self with a deep and compelling violet. What a peasant and timely surprise.
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