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Friday, July 18, 2025

Rose with a bad hair day

 
Photo by Lee Lageschulte in Shoreline
No, of course that's not what it is, but it's all that I can think of when I look at this photo. It looks like it has thorns but the leaves look smooth.

What is it, gardeners?

And is that coleus in the background? I didn't know you could grow it outdoors. I used to grow it as a house plant but now the only thing I can keep alive is spider plants - and one Christmas cactus.

My cactus, which I inherited from my mother, is thriving, so I'm too scared to repot it. It has been in the same pot with the same dirt for 30 years.

(do I hear groaning, Gentle Readers?)

--Diane Hettrick


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4 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 18, 2025 at 7:38 AM

    Maybe a Chinese Rose ‘Bengal Red’?

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  2. AnonymousJuly 18, 2025 at 8:18 AM

    Coleus are AWESOME summer annuals. Check out the container plantings at University Village if you don't believe.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM

    I don’t know about the feature plant, but coleus grows outside here in the summer, but the first hard frost will do it in.

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  4. AnonymousJuly 20, 2025 at 9:05 AM

    if your Christmas cactus is alive and well take a hint from the Beatles -" let it be"

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