Thursday, July 4, 2013

Was it something I said?

I’ll admit it, I regularly say flowers aren’t all that important to me and foliage is what matters, and it's true. Still, I don’t dislike flowers, I view them as a bonus, the little piece of chocolate after a delicious meal. Who isn’t excited when a plant starts to bloom? The subject of this post is Aloe striatula. I have three plants, one in the ground…

Another in a container, where it’s lived for a couple of years…

Spending summers on the patio and winters outside, but undercover of the shade pavilion greenhouse. It’s seemed fairly happy with this arrangement.

The third is also in a container, although just since late last summer. Out of those 3 plants guess how many blooms I have? The answer is one.

ONE!

This is my next door neighbor’s plant, it’s in the ground and has been for a couple of years. It has no less than 10 blooms.

TEN!

Was it something I said? I didn’t mean it…really! Flowers are cool…

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18 comments:

  1. Gerhard Bock (Succulents and More)July 04, 2013

    Don't feel bad. I have a clump about 4 ft tall and wide and it has never bloomed.

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  2. Rock rose July 04, 2013

    You shouldn't have said you only like one piece of chocolate. Me, I could eat the whole bar and don't mind telling!

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  3. Spiky ObsessionJuly 04, 2013

    Don't worry they take a few years to become established, and the ones next door seem to be much more sizeable plants. Yours will only get better every year.

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    1. danger gardenJuly 05, 2013

      The one next door is very happy where they planted it that's for sure.

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  4. Deanne FortnamJuly 04, 2013

    You have to be careful what you say around your plants, LOL. What a fabulous bloom on that plant!

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    1. danger gardenJuly 05, 2013

      See I always knew they could hear me...

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  5. http://whatsitgarden.blogspot.comJuly 04, 2013

    I'm going out to have a close inspection of mine ...in the ground . Happy noise day !

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  6. KarenJuly 04, 2013

    Pretty colour, they remind me of bananas, maybe next year if you talk nicely to your plants.

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    1. danger gardenJuly 05, 2013

      I guess I should start now...letting them know how much I am enjoying the single bloom.

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  7. Mark and GazJuly 05, 2013

    They can be erratic with their blooming pattern, some years they can be generous whilst some they are sparse or none at all.

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    1. danger gardenJuly 05, 2013

      Ah so maybe next year will be my year!

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  8. Helen/patientgardenerJuly 05, 2013

    Your plants know that you arent that bothered about flowers so they arent bothering!! Though it is a little galling I'm sure

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    1. danger gardenJuly 05, 2013

      Yes it is. I forgot to mention that a friend who bought one of these at the same time and place that I did also has hers bloom, where as mine never has...

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  9. rickiJuly 06, 2013

    Oh dear, I completely forgot about mine. It disappeared for a couple of years, came back last year and has now gone AWOL again...never mind about bothering to send up a flower.

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    1. danger gardenJuly 06, 2013

      I lost one a couple of years back too, it did that same die, reappear, die for good thing...

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