Lolo National Forest, MT June 2014, 2015, 2016 Robert Niese
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Grandpa isn’t here anymore, but the flowers he lovingly planted for grandma are still there, even nobody waters them now. Wildflowers grow among them filling the garden with colours.
I have been plucking some dried leaves and planting sprouts in new pots. In these pics (by row):
The pansies and nasturtiums are visible now.
There were tiny succulents in the pots so I put them together with another I had picked the other day. Their roots are really short!
Some delphinium were growing in the nearby pots. Now they are growing together. I also found a seedling that I still don’t know what is, it reminds me to hedera leaves, I’m curious about it.
A friend and me wanted to plant something at the same time, so I have planted some sunflowers seeds after having them between 24-48h in a wet handkerchief.
Both schlumbergeras are getting ready to show some flowers, I can’t wait to see them! Mine (the bright green one) had really pretty red/orange flowers last time, I wonder which color mom’s one (the dark green) would show, she can’t remember the last time it bloomed.
The dahlias germinated just 3 days after being planted! The box said it would take a minimum of 10 days, it was a surprise.
Grandpa’s delphinium started showing some flowers, it’s a pity that branch has been damaged and bent, but there are more buds about to open.
The plant that started growing in the same pot has begun to show some leaves, I’m very curious about what is it, if the seeds came from our balcony, it must be a calla since it’s the only bulbous plant we have there, but since the pot has soil from grandpa’s garden, it can be tulips or narcissus since grandpa had a lot there. Whichever it is, it would be pretty! I have to transplant them asap, but I’m afraid to damage the delphinium’s roots.
Also, today I received seeds from exotic-plants.de (I bought them from their Amazon’s shop). They have a lot of beautiful flowers’ seeds! That’s where I got the adenium, wisteria and camellia seeds last time. Now I got 5 new varieties, I put a picture from their shop so you can see how they look when they grow. I’m in love with my little Luang Lai adenium, so I got another variety. I have to transplant the remaining snapdragons to use the seedbed. I should have bought another one! I didn’t think all the snapdragons I planted would grow, I’m proud of them! I can’t wait to germinate the new seeds~
My little greenhouse on the balcony! In the purple seedbed there is basil, look how much it has grown from the last post! In the brown seedbed there are some sweet williams that wilted since I couldn’t water them in 3 days and these pots doesn’t retain well the humidity… it’s a pity. On the other hand, the snapdragons are doing great! On the white/green seedbed there are the small ones, I planted the big ones in another pot (the brown pot in the 2nd pic), I plan to give some to my aunts since I have a lot, or planting some at grandpa’s garden if we go there soon.
In front of them you can see a pair of tomato plants that I could rescue after that excessive heat dried most of them. It isn’t in the pic, but today I put a tiny pot with some of my cockatiels millet in it, just out of curiosity. On the right there are 2 schlumbergeras that already are growing some buds, I hope they bloom soon!
The rose bud opened, but it’s edges are turning pink, is that normal? The adenium is getting fatty and it’s leaves are growing slowly, on the other hand, the lemon/mandarine is growing quickly! I put it into that yellow pot so it has more space.
Today I planted some seeds I bought the day I took the rose and clematis home, nasturtium (tropaeolum minus), shirley (papavero ornamentale), pansies (viola wittrockiana) and zinnia (zinnia elegans). I also ordered some seeds online, I’ll show you them when I recive the package!
Here are some of the other plants I’m taking care of:
Grandpa’s delphinium:
Since I started taking care of it, it has grown a lot! Also new tiny delphiniums are growing next to it. I’d be very happy to see it blooming, since it’s a memento. And a lot of sprouts are growing in that pot, I don’t know if they are also delphinium since so far they look like bulb’s leaves… Look at them closer:
This is a calla lily I bought for mom some years ago. A new plant is growing next to it but I think it’s actually a chrysanthemum, since it’s leaves look alike and there is actually a chrysanthemum growing next to it:
Also, could you help me identifying these plants? Mom has had them for a while but doesn’t know their name:
This one looks like a succulent to me, a friend gave it to her that many years ago that I’d bet it’s older than me…
There is this other one next to it whose name we don’t know:
She also has this ones inside, and an hydrangea that my brother gave to her last weekend. Do you know their names?
She has another one on the other balcony but I’ll ask about it on the next post, this one is already quite long! If you know their names I’d love to know!
The green one has snapdragons (there are 3 big ones and you can see a lot of little ones in the soil)
In the brown ones there are sweet williams
Look at this! Remember that misterious pot called “Lemon & mandarin ???” there is something growing up there! I wonder which of them?
There is a rosebud opening beside the yellow rose
Can you help me identifying this one? Mom had this pot on the balcony, and I started taking care of it after installing the greenhouse (along with some other plants she had there) and after watering it regularily it has grown a lot! She isn’t sure if it’s a plant or just some weed. Do you know what is it? [Edit: mom says it some kind of tall blue flower that grew in grandpa’s garden, maybe delphinium?]
I should put the tomato plants in bigger pots and tie them properly, they are growing quickly! I should give some of them to my aunts because if all of them grow fine I won’t have that much space for them…
