Mine is huge and I really need to get it out of the pot and divide it. Not everyone wants such a common plant. But I may have some at the swaps as I don't know what else to do with it. I did get a variegated variety recently but it isn't large enough to share yet.
Name: Sally central Maryland slef employed writier
Today I realized I have no plan yet for a potted plant by my mailbox this year. last year the wing begonia from Gita did not like it out there. Its in shade all day but I guess the late day sun was too hot in summer for it.The leaves were dark and lost those white spots- just didn't look happy.
"If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon
Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
My one planter on the front walk was always so dry. Everything in it always burned despite the water crystals and twice daily watering. I will have to think of what to use in the pots in front of this house. It's an unshaded southeast exposure.
Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
It was a very discouraging gardening year. This year must surely be better. I enjoyed the cooler temps this spring. The bulb displays are lasting longer and the plants seem better off for it.
Name: Sally central Maryland slef employed writier
When should I pot my lone little caladium bulb left from last year?
I had a banana last year, way too big to bring in anymore. I cut it off and planted the main trunk back in the garden and covered with leaves. Two smaller ones I cut off and wrapped in paper and stored in the basement. None survived, all rotten. Oh well, live and learn kind of thing.
"If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon
Name: Sally central Maryland slef employed writier
I 'say' I don't care but I kinda did want that huge banana back in the corner, It looked fun and exotic. It'll be replaced by red castors though (thx Holly)
OK thx, caladium here we go.
"If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon
I lost my Siam Ruby Banana, too. It didn't overwinter well. I really think it was on the way out before I brought it inside and it just seemed to keep going down hill.
Sally I might have some caladium bulbs to bring to the swap. I will let you know. I have some for Stormy. They should be here any day now and when I get done dividing them up I will know what I have left to give out.
Name: Sally central Maryland slef employed writier
Too bad Holly. But my banana was total mite food when I overwintered it inside previously. and ugly too, to be honest, with 2-3 big leaves sticking out . But there just may be one at Lowe's clearance this year LOL.
I can't get too sad about losing my Banana when so many great free plants come my way with my garden buddies. This one actually was a bonus thrown in when Susan51 sent me my first Plumeria stick. Double freebie.
Spare caladiums would be awesome but I don't want to be piggy! They could be just the thing for my mailbox pot. They did well there a couple years ago. I had pink ones, and a few pink naked lady bulbs in there and they bloomed and accidentally looked great together! Meaning, no intelligent design on MY part!
"If you bring joy and enthusiasm to everything you do, people will think you're crazy" W. Haelfeli, New Yorker cartoon
Holly, I took a peek at the first box of tubers that I have in the garage. This is the first year that I stored them wrapped in damp newspaper and then tied into plastic bags. The top box looked great. Last I lost 4 boxes of dried up stuff packed in peat moss and/or wrapped in newspaper only.
Name: Stormy Valley Forge Pa I Love MAM ~ So Happy Together
Look at this bag of geraniums that I had forgotten and found down in my basement the other day. They were down there in that freezing unheated house all winter!!
Name: Ronnie Southeastern PA~Zone 6 I Love MAM~So Happy Together
Get them potted up
It happens in a flash, but the memory of it last forever. It can not be borrowed or stolen, and it is of no earthly good until it is given away. So if in your hurry you meet someone who is too weary to smile, leave him one of yours, for no one needs a smile quite as much as he who has none to give...
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