Houseplants or Outdoor Container plants, you're tending?
- Thread starter Kaila
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Keesha
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Thank you. I hadnāt even thought of birds using it for nesting material. Why wouldnāt they? Itās perfect. Our last baskets with coconut husk liners lasted 3 years. They may have lasted longer but I made the mistake of keeping the potting soil in them all winter while they sat in the greenhouse. Big mistake.What a beautiful show of colour @Keesha love your collection
We have trouble keeping fibre basket liners cause the birds take them thread by thread .
We have pest black birds and starlings who are the biggest culprits
This time I will make sure to empty them so they dry out. Luckily replacement liners donāt cost too much.
Some of lobelia I got is blue and some is white and I didnāt realize that until they started flowering, plus Iād forgotten it comes in white also.
So far I havenāt seen any signs of the birds picking at them. Hummingbirds have taken over the veranda and they are super territorial. Thatās a huge surprise also. We didnāt feed the hummingbirds where we were before since all our windows would get too hot so we didnāt learn much about them. We are both very entertained by them. They are super fun little things.
Here crows are pesky and whiskey jacks which are related to the blue jay but we donāt have any around us yet. Touch wood.
We donāt have humming birds in Australia to my knowledge @Keesha however we have a tiny bird called a Willy Wagtail which is about the size of a sparrow ,Iāve nicknamed it ābossy boots ā that are very territorial and will take on birds as big as crows if they get to close to their nests
or even if a bird like a dove lands in our garden they know they will be sent on their way
by a WWT they are so bossy .
We was at the sons one day and this WWT kept attacking the Labrador dog in a small backyard
when we seen the bird go back to a lemon tree we looked and seen a nest ( still have a photo )
with young ones ..if it hadnāt made a fuss we wouldnāt have even known it had a nest nearby
or even if a bird like a dove lands in our garden they know they will be sent on their way
by a WWT they are so bossy .
We was at the sons one day and this WWT kept attacking the Labrador dog in a small backyard
when we seen the bird go back to a lemon tree we looked and seen a nest ( still have a photo )
with young ones ..if it hadnāt made a fuss we wouldnāt have even known it had a nest nearby
Keesha
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- Canada šØš¦
Look at those tail feathers. What a cute little thing. I kind of have a soft spot for the underdog types for some reason. It reminds me of the little lap dogs that donāt seem to realize their size and jump up to bite the bigger dogs in the face. Lol.
Funny though, those smaller birds can out maneuver a larger bird any time. Larger birds just canāt turn as sharply. We often witness larger birds getting picked on by smaller ones. Itās pretty funny to see.
Hummingbirds are amazing little things but you have your own unique species which we donāt have.
Funny though, those smaller birds can out maneuver a larger bird any time. Larger birds just canāt turn as sharply. We often witness larger birds getting picked on by smaller ones. Itās pretty funny to see.
Hummingbirds are amazing little things but you have your own unique species which we donāt have.
Gaer
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- New Mexico U.S.A.
I hjust have red geraniums in big blue pots on the big front porch to my gallery and red geraniums in yellow pots on my other porch.
High desert here, you know!
High desert here, you know!
debodun
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- way upstate in New York, USA
I have a killer cactus with 2 inch needles. It's about 5 feet tall in the container and getting to be a real pain (literally) to move inside during winter and outside during summer. It's so top heavy, it tips easily. When I moved it out this spring, it flopped over and I narrowly missed getting poked in the eye, but I did have a scratch in my face for about 10 days. Luckily I didn't get cactus scratch fever, though. I tried selling it on Facebook, but only one person responded and when she saw it in person, didn't want it.
Kaila
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I've had a very old amaryllis bulb, dormant in a pot, on the back of an indoor shelf,
that I'd been ignoring for a very, very long time.... possibly 2 years?
I was moving the pot (finally
)
and checking to see if the bulb seemed rotted soft enough to discard, this was sometime last month (May)
and..... (drumroll please
)
It had a little green growth starting!
I started watering, and a few weeks later, it now has about 4, very healthy-looking, leaves surrounding a large bud stem, all over 6 inches high and growing, every hour.
that I'd been ignoring for a very, very long time.... possibly 2 years?
I was moving the pot (finally
)and checking to see if the bulb seemed rotted soft enough to discard, this was sometime last month (May)
and..... (drumroll please
)It had a little green growth starting!
I started watering, and a few weeks later, it now has about 4, very healthy-looking, leaves surrounding a large bud stem, all over 6 inches high and growing, every hour.
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Kaila
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That bud stem, of the very old, potted amaryllis bulb,
that I mentioned in the above post 10 days ago,
is now over 2 feet tall!
Appears very hearty and healthy!
The bud is just beginning to split.
No petal color is yet visible.
Anyone else have some fun or interesting houseplants, or potted outdoor plants, to update for us, or to tell us about?
that I mentioned in the above post 10 days ago,
is now over 2 feet tall!
Appears very hearty and healthy!
The bud is just beginning to split.
No petal color is yet visible.
Anyone else have some fun or interesting houseplants, or potted outdoor plants, to update for us, or to tell us about?