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opened…

18 Monday Aug 2025

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the red hibiscus is very happy with two or three blooms every day…

the new purple one seems pretty happy as well…

they do much better when it rains than the morning glories, lol…

the morning glories do well, as long as they remain dry…

the mandevilla has so far opened one bloom, but a few are getting ready… they take much longer to open than any of the other plants…

it is great fun first thing each morning to walk around the garden to see what flowers have opened…

scraggly…

15 Tuesday Jul 2025

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great excitement over the last while when I discovered two different new buds…

the first one I noted was the tiny little buds on the mandevilla…

it had been looking very scraggly when it came out from the house…

and then, just a few days ago, I spotted a bud on the hibiscus;-)…

can’t wait to see the blooms as they open…

acclimate…

31 Saturday May 2025

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I (and possibly my housemate) have been bringing out the indoor plants slowly, but surely…

first to come out was the Japanese maple… right now it’s sitting on the ledge that’s mostly shaded, for a few days…

next out came the hibiscus, and it went to the back under the trees, again where it’ll get shaded for the next few days before moving to its final spot…

orchids came out and filled up the little plant stand at the back, looks very cute with the begonias…

brought out a fern and another plant which I can’t remember the name of, that did really well in the top of the rain barrel, so we’ll see how that goes…

when the mandevilla comes out, it is going to sit along the path to the side garden to acclimate…

the lemon tree is still in the house… haven’t quite figured out where it’s gonna go and maybe a few other plants from in there are gonna come outside… we will see…

ornaments…

26 Tuesday Nov 2024

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have been busy working on decorating the house…

so far, the tree is up and has lights and ornaments on it…

once I decided on the tree, I chose some of my favourite silver and white ornaments as well as a few special ones…

I set it on a small table and put two pieces of fabric around it…

as I put the ornaments on I remembered when I first got them…

once the tree was done I added silver balls to the mandevilla…

came out very nice…

then I popped the orchids into the sleigh on the dining room table, added glass balls to the window, trees and stars to the plant section and stockings to the credenza…

got all of that done between Sunday and Monday afternoon so it looked sort of organized when my friends arrived, lol…

next up will be the trees going up the stairway;-)…

almost-open…

06 Wednesday Nov 2024

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in the process of moving the hibiscus and mandevilla, an almost-open bloom fell off…

the next morning I discovered that it was starting to open, even though it was laying in the dirt…

I grabbed it and put it in water and then spent the day watching as it opened and then began to close…

what a lovely treat…

I also found at least five buds on the plant… can hardly wait to see more flowers…

switch…

03 Sunday Nov 2024

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moved a few plants around in the living and dining rooms…

the mandevilla made its way to the dining room…

and the hibiscus moved to the living room and it might still switch with the monstera…

it will be interesting to see if they will be happy in these new spots as the hibiscus has always lived in the dining room…

houseplants…

26 Thursday Sep 2024

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had a bit of fun moving plants around…

I’ve started to bring some of the houseplants in from their summer vacation in the garden…

the mandevilla came in and then plants from around the house were rearranged…

more will be coming in so I will have to decide where they will all go…

hiatus…

31 Friday May 2024

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this morning the mandevilla and Japanese Maple made their annual hiatus to the garden…

the mandevilla is probably four or five years old… it started out on the deck and has come in each fall and lived over the winter in the living room like any other houseplant… it has grown quite tall, but always loses a ton of leaves so I spent time pulling off many brown crispy dead bits, lol… it now has a very tall obelisk in the pot and most of the growth is at the top… looks good now that it is cleaned up…

the Japanese Maple travelled by car from Vancouver island about ten years ago, when it made the trip with the kids as they moved from Courtenay to Ottawa, with a short visit here on their way… it had done well over that time but hasn’t grown much… today I repotted it in a bigger container with some fresh soil… hope it likes it;-)…

they will be in the shade for a few days and then move to their summer locations…

sprayed…

05 Thursday Oct 2023

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as it is getting later in the season, the mandevilla got moved into the garage and sprayed down with homemade insecticide to discourage any bugs from getting into the house…

it is sad, as it is currently blooming like crazy… and I know that most of the buds will drop off once it is in the house, sigh…

it stayed out for a few days… usually you put the plant in a bag, but clearly, this one is a bit too large for that option, so hoping it is less likely there are bugs in the garage than in the garden…

brought it in and tried a few spots in the living room before finding just the right one, hopefully…

I trimmed a considerable amount from the top and added a plant light…

I guess we will see how it does;-)…

protect…

17 Sunday Sep 2023

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Monday and Tuesday night I went out and covered the mandevilla as there was a chance of frost…

it looks like the rest of the week will be warmer so rather than start the process of bringing the plant in, it seemed better to protect it and keep it outside for the next week…

it has been filled with blooms and looks wonderful… unfortunately, once it comes into the house the unopened buds will likely fall off…

but, it looked a lot like a ghost in the garden…