Your plant nemesis

[bridgetmkennitt]

We all have at least one. It's that plant that you try to grow and grow, but for some reason or another, it just dies or doesn't bloom or doesn't grow any vegetables.

What plant do you consider your nemesis?

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[ladybrooke]

Hydrangeas. I have tried everything - sun! shade! Growing it in a pot so that I can move it around into the perfect about of sun every day regardless of what the weather is, even if that means moving it under an umbrella.

They won't grow. Every other flower, no matter how picky, that I've wanted I've managed to grow. These won't, and it's upsetting.

[bridgetmkennitt]

That's a shame. Hydrangeas are so pretty. :(

My mom is really good at growing orchids, but I've always been terrible with them. I've come to the point to not even try for orchids and now I have fake orchids. My mom thinks this is hilarious.

[ladybrooke]

They are! I bought another one and now have it living under the deck, where for some reason things we throw down there with just roots left in the pot go wild (like the herbs that grew to be 5 feet tall). Maybe the magical vortex area that is the deck underside will work?

Awwww, I'm sorry. My mom and I just give the other the stuff we can't grow right, and make the other raise it for us (hence how I get to enjoy roses and she gets to enjoy a hibiscus tree). Fake orchids are good though! Those are the only types of orchids I've ever had, because I'd only be able to raise it inside and we have way too many cats for any plant to survive inside.