yummy smells and fuzzy paws...
Jul. 17th, 2003 05:11 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
senoritafishPlumeria and kangaroo paws are blooming. I was surprised to see some plumeria blooms on the ground, when I didn't even know they were opening; I guess because all the inflorescences are above my head now. Seems like only a few years ago Doug brought down a cutting from Dale's yard (they haven't been together for what, going on 10 years? Although, they're still friends...). These are the same ones they make leis out of in Hawaii. Gareth told me they smell like gum. I thought it's more like perfume, but what do I know?
I'm a little proud of the kangaroo paws, I managed to grow them from seed. After they stop blooming though, I need to dig them up and separate them - for some reason, my father stuck a bunch of fortnight lilies right next to them and they're taking over. I only have these yellow green ones; I'd love to get some different colors. I fell in love with these when I went to Australia.
On closer examination, I think I found some lacewing eggs. They were scattered here and there, all over the stems. All right for predatory bugs! There's plenty of aphids for them to get munchin' on.
I'm a little proud of the kangaroo paws, I managed to grow them from seed. After they stop blooming though, I need to dig them up and separate them - for some reason, my father stuck a bunch of fortnight lilies right next to them and they're taking over. I only have these yellow green ones; I'd love to get some different colors. I fell in love with these when I went to Australia.
On closer examination, I think I found some lacewing eggs. They were scattered here and there, all over the stems. All right for predatory bugs! There's plenty of aphids for them to get munchin' on.
