A pleasant day to you, Hive Fellas! I am hoping that everyone is in the pink of health.
I will share with you today about one of my hobbies: gardening!
When my son passed away last November, I got sick and was confined in the hospital primarily due to stress. When I was released from the healthcare facility, I focused on other endeavours to alleviate the twinge my spirit felt and one of those was backyard gardening.
I went back to gardening - I once again took out the trowel, spade, rake, pruner, garden scissors and sprinkler, instead of a garden hose - I needed to stretch my forces. I cultivated and filled garden soil around the fence to strengthen the plants that had become weakened by heavy rains the previous year. I bought bags of coconut coir to repot plants, added some coconut coir, and supplemented other pots that required replenishing. I rarely spent gardening when my son was alive because my whole time was focused on him as he was both physically and intellectually challenged person - he was bedridden his whole life.
That's enough, and let's get back to gardening since I don't want another teardrop on my cheeks right now!
Before Christmas, I purchased poinsettias, orchids, mumps, and other flowering plants. Some were planted in the pots, others were cuttings. The poinsettias I purchased brilliantly thrive in blossoms but after New Year they began to wilt so I pruned them to grow new bracts (Poinsettia flowers are made up of bracts, which resemble petals, and tiny yellow blooms in the centre, known as cyathia)as the variety I had purchased blossomed all year.
When I purchased the phalaenopsis orchids, they already had some buds. I bought it because the orchid seller told me it was Red-Variegated, and I was looking for a Red Phal. After a few weeks, the buds opened up, and to my dismay, they were not the Red one I had hoped for. As the days passed, the buds grew into full-blown blossoms, which unfurled in clusters and had stunning pink stripes. It has captured my heart. Another beauty from my hometown, Davao City. The fuchsia pink cattleyas bloomed again after four months, producing three spikes. It also yields two new shoots. It's rewarding to see them multiply. I assure you that you will enjoy propagating flowering plants.❤️😍
A friend gave me a lot of Hollyhock seeds, and she informed me the colours ranged from red, white, yellow, pink, blue, orange, green, and violet. I planted them along our fence, and they developed into thick foliage. My neighbour initially mistook it for ladies' fingers or squash because the plants are similar. The adorable hollyhock has blossomed. It was only a tight bud that had started to bloom a few weeks ago; it now has a richer hue of pink. My neighbours stopped by to photograph the gorgeous hollyhocks as the buds opened one by one into exquisite blossoms. The other hollyhock plants haven't bloomed yet, but I'm hopeful that they will shortly.
I trimmed the pink mumps I bought as they dried out after Christmas. I also transferred them into fresh plastic pots, and they now have a few buds. Look at the towering sunflower it proudly exudes yellow petals that resemble a lion's mane.
The suntan flowers require a little pruning to thrive more to produce new flowers, whereas the roses and the variegated bougainvillaea or paperflower flourished in a cluster, which is pleasing to the eye. So exciting! It indicates that the hot season is in the air.
Flowers can lift one's spirits when seen in bloom. It offers a promise for their rainbow ornament on Earth.
- Aside from flowering plants I also grow vegetables in our backyard and I will share it with you in my next blog.
Do any of you folks adore flowering plants? If so, please tell me about the kind of flowers you grow in your backyard and how are they taken care of.
Thank you for fetching around my blog and checking out the post. Catch you on my next blog.
About The Author
A feisty artist and writer who balances her time penning poetry, soul-stirring content and flash fiction, sketching, and designing by using fresh blossoms, needlework, gardening, baking, and caring for her partially impaired vision Mom after her intellectually and physically challenged son passed away. She explores unexpected views that ignite her zest for life.