The first came in the mail from my friends at Gardeners Supply. It was a thank you for letting them film in my garden last fall. I thought they had thanked me already! The frogs were one of the items they were filming and I fell in love with them. A must have. I waited and waited for them to show up in the catalogue and in the meantime used my gift card to buy hedgehogs, (an absolute must for an English garden) and tomato trellises, gloves, boots. All manner of things including some items to encourage my son and his family to try raised bed gardening. (It's all installed with tomatoes, peppers and herbs and trellises). I never did get the frogs.Then two boxes arrived this morning, and there they were. I need to find them the perfect spot to sit and have a chin wag.
And another surprise. This is the cactus arm I brought back from Phoenix. It was languishing on the ground under a huge group of the same. It had clearly been there a while judging by the scar on its underside. I brought it home and potted it up in some pumice. A few weeks ago I noticed two little bumps on the side. New arms? flowers? Yesterday I was pointing them out to visitors and this morning a flower opened. The arm till hasn't rooted. I hope this isn't a swan song.
Surprise number three was when yellow iris opened. I hope it will be able to cope with 90 degrees and a fearsome wind.
And another surprise. This is the cactus arm I brought back from Phoenix. It was languishing on the ground under a huge group of the same. It had clearly been there a while judging by the scar on its underside. I brought it home and potted it up in some pumice. A few weeks ago I noticed two little bumps on the side. New arms? flowers? Yesterday I was pointing them out to visitors and this morning a flower opened. The arm till hasn't rooted. I hope this isn't a swan song.
Surprise number three was when yellow iris opened. I hope it will be able to cope with 90 degrees and a fearsome wind.
