Fall Plant News
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gardeningIt's a bit dated now, but I still wanted to share. This fall I had some exciting plant news.
1) The biggest being that I have had an unknown plant for 27 years and we were finally able to identify it. I bought it when I was 11 at a street fair and it became quickly apparent everything I had been told about it was a lie, but for lack of better information, we've always referred to it as "the palm tree" knowing it wasn't one, but it looked like one.
No one else ever seemed to know what it was. I tried looking it up online after it became an option, a few times, but nothing ever looked quite the same and there were too many possible options it could have been, so I gave up.
This year though, we had a weird stretch of weather in early October, where it had been super wet and then was extremely warm, for our area, and it suddenly flowered for the first time ever.
The flowers were very easy to identify. I've had a Yucca plant this whole time. It seems obvious now and I feel incredibly silly for not figuring it out sooner, but the mystery has been solved.
2) Last year, I got really sad about missing out on a wavy fern plant. This October, I was able to get one and it's living happily by my front porch.
3) My mums came back a 3rd year in a row. It just always amazes and delights me every year they come back.
1) The biggest being that I have had an unknown plant for 27 years and we were finally able to identify it. I bought it when I was 11 at a street fair and it became quickly apparent everything I had been told about it was a lie, but for lack of better information, we've always referred to it as "the palm tree" knowing it wasn't one, but it looked like one.
No one else ever seemed to know what it was. I tried looking it up online after it became an option, a few times, but nothing ever looked quite the same and there were too many possible options it could have been, so I gave up.
This year though, we had a weird stretch of weather in early October, where it had been super wet and then was extremely warm, for our area, and it suddenly flowered for the first time ever.
The flowers were very easy to identify. I've had a Yucca plant this whole time. It seems obvious now and I feel incredibly silly for not figuring it out sooner, but the mystery has been solved.
2) Last year, I got really sad about missing out on a wavy fern plant. This October, I was able to get one and it's living happily by my front porch.
3) My mums came back a 3rd year in a row. It just always amazes and delights me every year they come back.
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Date: 2024-01-04 09:52 pm (UTC)