Tuesday, April 11, 2017

What Do You Do With Your Valentine's Day Flowers?


I stuck mine in the ground.

The HH gave me a dozen roses for Valentine's Day.  I kept them in water for about a month or so trying to get them to root. When they didn't,  I got impatient and stuck them in the ground.  That was about two weeks ago. They're still alive. We'll see......
I also took some seeds from a bell pepper and potted them.
After they sprouted I put a few in the garden. Again, we'll see.....
Pretend you don't see the weeds;)

49 comments:

Elephant's Child said...

Weeds? What weeds.
Good luck.
I do hope you can get your roses to shoot.

Valerie-Jael said...

I didn't see any weeds....good luck with them growing! Hugs, Valerie

WILLIE...! =(^..^)= said...

I, like many people, respect wild life,
no matter what, and, l've always put
plants/flowers in there as well.
I 'do not' like seeing flowers being cut,
for any reason, and put into a silly container
of water, and placed on a window sill..! :(.
Horrid thing to do...Leave them, and let them
grow, naturally in the gardens/hedgerows...!
You 'cut' a flower...You 'cut' it's life in
half...!
Here's a quote from..Lessons Taught by Life...
"Every flower is a soul blossoming in nature,
please don't take their life by plucking them".

Good luck with the roses...! :).

Margaret D said...

Be interesting to see what happens to them, if they grow or they don't and when they, if they do flower what that flower will be like.

nashvillecats2 said...

That's an easy one.....I didn't have any.lol

Yvonne.

Annalisa Crawford said...

I never would have thought of planting my cut flowers. My Mother's Day bouquet is still going strong, two weeks later :-)

Out on the prairie said...

I start my peppers and tomatoes from seed, but they are still indoors.I clipped some hyacinth and my living room smells so nice.

Lowcarb team member said...

No I didn't see any weeds!

Good idea of yours ... keep us posted

All the best Jan

CJ Kennedy said...

Didn't know you could root roses. Will be interesting to see if they take root. My cyclamen is still limping along, but it doesn't look good.

Sharon said...

I saw somewhere to stick rose in a potato and plant.
Pepper plants make neat houseplants too, greenery in the winter with pretty little white blossoms and eventually peppers!

Pat Hatt said...

Good way to try and give them a go and the next year he can just pluck the flowers to give lol

L. Diane Wolfe said...

I hope your bell peppers produce better than ours. Most of our peppers start to rot before they are ripe.

WILLIE...! =(^..^)= said...

Can l just say...The reason for your problem is...
Either a lack of calcium in the soil, or periods of
drought followed by large amounts of water.....!

Sandra Cox said...
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Sandra Cox said...

I hope so. We'll see....
Thanks for the selective vision, EC:)

Jean Davis said...

Weeds are green plants too. :) I can't say as I've ever considered putting rose stems in the ground, but do let us know if that yields any good results.
Discarded Darlings - Jean Davis, Speculative Fiction Writer, A to Z: Editing Fiction

Sandra Cox said...

Yay. More selective vision. Thanks!
Hugs back,

Sandra Cox said...

My 'green plants' are doing well:) Ha.
We'll see if the roses defy the odds.

Sandra Cox said...

You have a healthy outlook on flowers. I feel that way about Christmas trees.
I love flowers, but I do enjoy occasionally seeing them indoors, especially the ones that when you snip, they just grow a new bloom. When they do die, I put them back outside so they can return to nature.

Sandra Cox said...

Indeed, M-w. At this point, it's one day at a time for them:)

Sandra Cox said...

I get them once a year.

Sandra Cox said...

Excellent, Annalisa!

Sandra Cox said...

I bet your living room does smell good.
My little peppers that are outdoor are hanging on. I've never done pepper seeds before. I've got orange and red bell.

Sandra Cox said...

More selective vision:) I love it.
I'll keep y'all posted:)

Sandra Cox said...

Here's hoping the cyclamen gets a boost.
Do you use coffee grounds or Epsom salts on it?

Jamie Ghione said...

The only one I got was a rose from the V-Day party we held at work. If I had known...

Sandra Cox said...

Ooh, I will try that next year....if I remember.

Sandra Cox said...

Heh heh. You're always thinking, Pat:)

Sandra Cox said...

Diane, Your peppers might not do that well, but your tomatoes more than make up for it.

Willie, I'll keep that in mind for mine.

Sandra Cox said...

Hope the party was fun.

DMS said...

I have never tried putting rose stems in the ground- but I can't wait to see how your experiment goes. I tend to plant everything I can and I usually get potted plants as gifts. I also get "cookie roses"- but those get eaten. :)
~Jess

Christine said...

A green thumb you have!

Sandra Cox said...

Oh yeah, can't beat cookie and chocolate roses:)

Sandra Cox said...

Let's hope it doesn't turn brown:)

JFM said...

How smart you are Sandra!!! I hope that your roses and peppers all grow large and healthy!!!
Do you have a green thumb :)

Adam said...

I never get my wife flowers, she just lets them rot

Jeanie said...

Oh, to live in a climate where you could even try to do that! Bravo! I hope something good happens!

da tabbies o trout towne said...

I got a hammer one year; already had 4; no we are no longer together, no I did not use it on him... though it was mighty tempting.... ☺☺♥♥

Lee said...

Would like to get some, I guess...but would be a little concern about who sent them! lol

Birgit said...

Oh my gosh...I think you have a very green thumb. My thumb is so black that if I touch a flower it begins to wilt:) my hubby has forbade me from touching his plants

Colette said...

I admire your spirit!

Sandra Cox said...

Hi Jan,
My thumb is like the seasons. Sometimes it's green. Sometimes it's brown. Ha.

Sandra Cox said...

It's all about making her happy, Adam.

Sandra Cox said...

I grew up in the Midwest and I don't miss the cold weather a bit.

Sandra Cox said...

Ha. I bet it was.

Sandra Cox said...

Grin.

Sandra Cox said...

Ha! My green sometimes fades to brown:)

Sandra Cox said...

Smiling. Thanks, Colette.

Magic Love Crow said...

Sandra, you are clever!!! I hope everything takes well!!
Just to let you know, I love weeds! They are nature's flowers! I very rarely weed! This year, maybe I will show my wild patch! LOL!
Happy Easter and Big Hugs!