Monday, March 12, 2007

front porch revival

You might remember my post about transplanting a bougainvillea plant that caused some ear drama. What I didn't tell you was that shortly after the transplant, our poor bougainvillea went into serious shock and lost all of its leaves and flowers. We basically had a sculpture of thorny branches weaving around our front porch and had lost spirit toward our endeavor. We thought we killed it. We even frowned. But within the last two or so weeks, it has come back...with new life and even flowers! It has been so much fun to observe its revival:

In other revival news, one of our rescued orchids is blooming and she is really packing some POW. 45 buds! This is all Steve's doing; he is the man:

And born from seed, my little nasturtiums are getting there:

6 comments:

Tits McGee said...

Can I come live at your house, please?

LittlePea said...

Wow!!! Looks so pretty. I just bought some orchids. I never had any before so i hope i can keep them a live.

Spinning Girl said...

oh your thumbs are so green!
my orchids "revived" with two sad blooms. What is the secret? dare you share?

Kat said...

I wish flowers were blooming here. I'll have to remember to share hubby's roses and sunflowers with you. Steve's orchids are stunning. He IS the man :o)

.......... said...

nasturtiums are so cute! wish i had a green thumb. my plant "kong" recently died. one plant "doogie" remains. i think i gave kong too much lovin'. in other words, i flooded the poor thing... what's steve's orchid secret?!

The Q said...

Are there some older plant related posts missing?