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Ramblings of a retiree in France
Flowering Friday #2
My mother was blessed with very green fingers, sadly I am not. Buy me flowers or indeed a potted plant and no bookie would give you odds on how long it’ll last. Many, of course, fall by the wayside on one of my many trips. I water them before I go and return to find them shrivelled and way past any possibility of revival. It’s a standing joke among my beloved and our friends.
However, I absolutely adore flowers in situ and that’s what I’m going to be featuring over the next few months or so. This is a magnificent rhododendron we saw at Longwood Gardens just outside Philadelphia last summer.
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Don’t over water.
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Listen to Andrew and don’t water until they almost droop. Your killing them with love. Ignore them for them occasionally and they will “speak” to you. 😉
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I’ll try that
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That’s not the problem!
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Same here, mom was the gardenmaster and plants assigned to me are on death row. Thank goodness my better half has a wonderful touch with the gardens here.
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My OH is worse than me!
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I have the same problem.they just don’t last long enough..
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😎
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Where can we get some green fingers?
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I don’t know🤣
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I’ll keep looking and let you know if I find any
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Those are a beautiful color! I’m the same with plants that they usually don’t last long. 🙂
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😎
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Beautiful!
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That’s quite a name for a flower.
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Thanks
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Lovely!
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Thanks Cindy
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💜 Well, well, well a Control Freak that fails to care for plants 🪴 😜 😉 🤣 😄 😏 🪴 ; more seriously, as a Control Freak, YOU!!! prioritise and plants are obviously NOT!!! a priority of YOURS!!! I Suggest Hiring a Gardening Expert
…💛💚💙…
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I get too impatient, lol
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I give inconsistent care
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I need to visit those gardens one day!
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You do!
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