tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post7168939009270825484..comments2024-03-18T19:36:26.270-07:00Comments on Camy's Loft: Happy accidentCamy Tanghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14577747925320907186noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-81751604212256289402008-05-24T11:02:00.000-07:002008-05-24T11:02:00.000-07:00Hiya Camy! You're yellow bearded irises are lovely...Hiya Camy! <BR/><BR/>You're yellow bearded irises are lovely. <BR/><BR/>As for having a black thumb, my sister actually killed one of those miniature cactus which is apparently indestructible until they come under her care! <BR/><BR/>hehe, so yeah, I understand all about that!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09668098940244064496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-44252545309577129382008-05-01T13:43:00.000-07:002008-05-01T13:43:00.000-07:00Thanks, glee! That makes me feel better. I probabl...Thanks, glee! That makes me feel better. I probably shouldn't water them so often, too.<BR/>CamyCamy Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790591988777275651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-14853494988362252552008-05-01T04:21:00.000-07:002008-05-01T04:21:00.000-07:00Camy, I have two cyclamen in my backyard and I wr...Camy, <BR/><BR/>I have two cyclamen in my backyard and I wrote to the company I bought them from the first year I had them because they sprouted but then seemed to die. They patiently explained to me that cyclamen are cool weather flowers and they look dead in the warmer months (as well as in the dead of winter.) They urged me to be calm and just let them lie dormant in the summer. Sure gleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13742136636058901019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-4825845049217746872008-05-01T01:23:00.000-07:002008-05-01T01:23:00.000-07:00LOL! Somebody send the plant patrol to Rebecca's h...LOL! Somebody send the plant patrol to Rebecca's house for endangerment of potted plants.<BR/>CamyCamy Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790591988777275651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-40477188536778674432008-05-01T00:47:00.000-07:002008-05-01T00:47:00.000-07:00Want to hear a REAL black thumb moment? I actually...Want to hear a REAL black thumb moment? I actually really enjoy gardening and my vegetable seedlings are all coming along very nicely, as are the hanging baskets of variety blue flowers.<BR/><BR/>I had repotted a beautiful green plant (I don't actually know any of the plant names...) and put it in my home office.<BR/><BR/>As the weather turned cooler here (Australia) I started cleaning out the Rebecca Laffar-Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18085299881243825229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-85005979773240625012008-04-30T21:22:00.000-07:002008-04-30T21:22:00.000-07:00Violets were the very first plant I ever killed. :...Violets were the very first plant I ever killed. :(<BR/>CamyCamy Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790591988777275651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-912634975216898152008-04-30T19:21:00.000-07:002008-04-30T19:21:00.000-07:00Camy - I'm right there with you! The only plants I...Camy - I'm right there with you! The only plants I could ever reliably keep alive were violets. And for a while I had several. Then after I had my first child I decided to do them in (the violets). I reasoned that I couldn't be expected to care for both a baby <I>and</I> the plants, so I neglected them to the extreme. It took a while, but they finally croaked. As for the baby...she just turned Larahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17395699574182189503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-13505610507998487402008-04-30T14:33:00.000-07:002008-04-30T14:33:00.000-07:00What do you know--as I cleaned my kitchen today, I...What do you know--as I cleaned my kitchen today, I realized I had a dead plant sitting on the counter.<BR/><BR/>Sigh.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-40452826307259023942008-04-30T13:40:00.000-07:002008-04-30T13:40:00.000-07:00The black thumb of death lives at our house, too! ...The black thumb of death lives at our house, too! We have a gardener come a couple times a month to try to stave off the destruction outside the house, and we have one plant inside that has survived our care so far. One. The rest have succumbed and are desperately trying to warn off their friends ;)Fedorahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10879033776125666713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-62920766927975815132008-04-30T02:50:00.000-07:002008-04-30T02:50:00.000-07:00I really love your bearded iris's and wonder what ...I really love your bearded iris's and wonder what i need to not do to get mine to flower. a neighbour gave me them and said hers always flower. today she asked if i feed them!<BR/>NO i guess that may help. <BR/>I do have 520 tulip bulbs to plant. will do that sometime in may.<BR/>Oh cyclemens will lose there leaves and look dead just leave it somewhere cool or in the shade dont worry about Ausjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644698706787568679noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-20516019043847941302008-04-29T17:38:00.000-07:002008-04-29T17:38:00.000-07:00The irises are beautiful, Camy! Glads have a simi...The irises are beautiful, Camy! Glads have a similar stem but have several blooms up and down the same stem.<BR/><BR/>I had several different colored irises but, for some reason, they all appear to have died. They haven't bloomed this year but last year all I had was the standard light purple. Pretty, but I had some beautiful colors....Grateful Grammahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310852803178143191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-81205590931211228252008-04-29T15:22:00.000-07:002008-04-29T15:22:00.000-07:00Thanks, Jenny! I will definitely take your advice....Thanks, Jenny! I will definitely take your advice. And thanks for clearing up what those flowers are--I just assumed they were gladiolas, but now I'm glad I know for sure what they really are.<BR/><BR/>Thanks also, guys, for letting me know I am not the only serial plant murderer on the planet. :)<BR/><BR/>CamyCamy Tanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00790591988777275651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-20483371220519934752008-04-29T14:26:00.000-07:002008-04-29T14:26:00.000-07:00Same as you, Camy. Although my grandmother had th...Same as you, Camy. Although my grandmother had the gift, any plant I touch dies - and it doesn't take very long either. I've gone to silk flower arrangements in the house, and have even considered purchasing silk-flower hanging baskets for outside.<BR/><BR/>But my husband is very good with flowers. He planted daffodil and tulip bulbs as my Christmas gift, and I've enjoyed them outside my desk Carolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691366747122379190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-52762827623160207102008-04-29T11:34:00.000-07:002008-04-29T11:34:00.000-07:00I just blogged about this very topic yesterday. I ...I just blogged about this very topic yesterday. I am with you, Camy. I can't keep plants alive, indoors or outdoors, so I don't bother anymore.<BR/><BR/>But we have to have landscaping in front of our house as part of the neighborhood covenant we signed when we built the house last fall.<BR/><BR/>We are going to a nursery to talk to the experts about what plants I won't be able to destroy.<BR/>Denice Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07429167044872969937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-37385407665090041862008-04-29T08:14:00.000-07:002008-04-29T08:14:00.000-07:00I think plants only have to see me once and they i...I think plants only have to see me once and they immediately curl up and die.<BR/><BR/>My husband had a plant that had been his grandmother's, and it had been alive and flourishing under his care for a number of years. We got married and a couple months later, the plant died. <BR/><BR/>Someone gave me one of those long vine-y plants once when I moved into a new apartment and told me it was april pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09262004396234246931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6371723.post-88426178800623629122008-04-29T05:04:00.000-07:002008-04-29T05:04:00.000-07:00Oh Camy the bulbs at the bottom are actually beard...Oh Camy the bulbs at the bottom are actually bearded Iris's. but they look good.<BR/>I have them in my garden but they dont flower. some of the accidental ones are one called watsonia. they are bulbs you cant kill.<BR/>Dont give up on the cyclamen. just dont water it to much. it doesn't like that.<BR/>indoor plants everyone we have had has died.Ausjennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07644698706787568679noreply@blogger.com