LOVERS OF PERENNIAL PLANTS ARE OPTIMISTS. THEY ARE PATIENT. THEY HOPE FOR THE FUTURE. THEY ARE METS FANS-WAIT 'TIL NEXT YEAR. IT IS AMAZING HOW SOME PLANTS JUST POP UP EVERY YEAR IN THE SPRING READY TO PUT ON A FLOWERY SHOW. PEONIES HAVE ENORMOUS FRAGRANT WHITE BALL SHAPED FLOWERS. IN THE QUIET DREAR OF WINTER YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THEY ARE THERE. THEN WITH SUMMER APPROACHING THEY BLOOM . TIGER LILIES,DAY LILIES,IRISES AND LILY OF THE VALLEY POP UP FAITHFULLY EVERY YEAR. FUNGIA AND ANEMONES DO THE SAME EVEN WITH THEIR UGLY NAMES.
LOVERS OF ANNUAL PLANTS ARE IMPATIENT JUST LIKE THEIR NAMESAKE PLANT. IMPATIENS REQUIRE A TRIP TO THE NURSERY TO PURCHASE THEM, WILT IN HOT WATER,CRAVE SHADE AND WANT DAILY WATER. ANNUALS ARE MADE TO ORDER COLOR FOR YOUR PROPERTY. RABBITS ARE VERY HAPPY WHEN YOU BUY A FEW. GERANIUMS ARE A LITTLE MORE COOPERATIVE AND LIKE TO GET DRY. LET THEM SIT IN YOUR BASEMENT UPSIDE DOWN AND THEY'LL BE READY TO COME BACK TO LIFE WHEN YOU REPOT THEM IN THE SUMMER. OF COURSE THEY LOVE A SUNNY WINDOWSILL IN WINTER IF YOU HAVEN'T HEADED FOR FLORIDA.
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PERENNIALS WILL OUT LAST US. WHEN YOU'RE PUSHING UP DAISIES,THEY'LL BE BLOOMING YEARLY. DUH? THEY ARE PERENNIALS. ANNUALS ARE HIGH MAINTENANCE JUST LIKE THEIR LOVERS. WHICH ARE YOU?
ALOHA
ReplyDeleteDINNER AT SUNSET AT THE KULA LODGE ON THE SLOPES OF HALEAKALA. WOODFIRED BRICKOVEN PIZZA COOKED OUTDORRS IN THE BEEHIVE OVEN OVERLOOKING A CRESCENT BEACH AT SUNSET. THEY COOK THE BARBECUED RIBS AND PRIME RIB OUTDOORS TOO. SUPERB PLUS A SAXONPHONIST PLAYING IN THE RESTAURANT. NEARBY IS THE ALI LAVENDER FARM ON WAIPOLI WITH FRAGRANT FIELDS AND GARDENS WITH A VIEW OF THE COAST AT SUNSET TOO. EARLIER WE WENT TO WAILUKU TO SEE THE 1836 BAILEY HOUSE MUSEUM. HE WAS A MISSIONARY,EDUCATOR OF THE HAWAIIANS,ARTIST AND UNSUCCESSFUL SUGAR CANE FARMER.
MAHALO