Monday, July 11, 2011

Imagine My Surprise

I was working on a few small projects in the yard this weekend and was in and out of my little garage a couple of times. I was moving a few things around when I noticed the craziest thing! These two plants were growing!

Let me back up. Last year when I was looking around for some things to plant in the front yard (which didn't actually happen until recently), I came across some perennial hibiscus plants that were on sale. I snatched a few of them (6? 8?) and had every intention of planting them in the front yard. Well, time went on and I never really got a chance to get them in front, so I ripped out some other plants I hated in the back yard and thought the hibiscus would be lovely there. I planted most of them in a smallish spot and had 2 left over. So, I set them in the garage and barely thought of them since...I figured they were dead since they were in such tiny containers and left there all winter. All. Winter. When I stumbled upon them in the garage, I was floored to see new growth! How the heck did they live in there with no water? Luckily they had light from the one window in the garage...it's like a gardening miracle!

So I potted them in 2 of the biggest pots I have and I'm hoping they make it (the ones I planted in the ground are coming up again, but no flowers yet).

Let me tell you, these hibiscus are HUGE...


See what I mean? That's my hand over a flower last summer!!

They are also beautiful...it will be a surprise to see which colors come up where...


Doesn't this one remind you of a peppermint candy?


So pretty! I can't wait to see what happens.

Tell me...have you had any garden miracles?
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3 comments:

Kim said...

Wow! That is a gardening miracle! What a great story. They must be pretty tough plants. I've no story like this but I did pull up my lettuce plants yesterday. Didn't get any lettuce from them, drat! But I do have several tomotoes on my tomato plant!

July 11, 2011 at 6:06 PM
Tales of Our Journey said...

Wow! I really hope they get strong so you can plant them. But how crazy is that? I can't believe they survived the whole winter either.

July 11, 2011 at 7:22 PM
Mom said...

Mine froze out over the winter. Had them in big white pots. They are beautiful plants. I had one blossom last fall, a huge light pink one. So hoping these will take off. Can't wait.

July 12, 2011 at 7:20 AM

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