Thursday, July 31, 2008

The Mystery Solver

Being absent-minded isn't all bad; it means almost every day you have a new mystery to solve. Take this plant that just popped up seemingly out of nowhere in my garden... very shiny, waxy leaf; purple stem; green with red blotching... no plant label, and of course no recollection of planting anything there. Hmmm.
Fortunately I only briefly entertain thoughts that "people" are playing tricks on me by planting stuff in my garden (well, I still say I never planted the Johnson's Blue geranium).
In the present case, the second time I walked by it I remembered I had a very tiny tuber of one of the new Thai caladiums and then recalled this is where I stuck it. The tuber was so small, and it was so late in the growing season, that I didn't have much hope it would even come up, so I didn't make a label, and promptly forgot about it. It's not in a very good spot, as it's right next to a hepatica. I possibly should dig it up and move it... if I could just find my garden trowel.
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// posted by IBOY @ 6:37 AM
Comments:
I have unnamed things growing here and there that I'm going to let grow to see what happens (but it's not because I planted them earlier!) ;-) And don't those garden trowels have a way of "disappearing?" ;-) This plant of yours was probably a very nice surprise!
# posted by Blogger Shady Gardener : July 31, 2008
 
tis is one of the reasons i rather enjoy weeding...one finds all the treasures one buried last season. for some reason the older i get the more squirrel-like the memory becomes i.e. buried (read 'planeted')= forgotten-until-the-delightful-surprise-bloom(or leaf)
# posted by Blogger india flint : July 31, 2008
 
Shady... my next trowel is going to be day-glo!

Nancy... these Thai caladiums are apparently all the rage. I really like the waxiness of the leaf.

tumbleweed... my garden is quite the jumble, so it's pretty easy to "misplace" a plant here.
Don
# posted by Blogger IBOY : August 02, 2008
 
Interesting caladium there, Don. I don't suppose it's hardy? I love caladiums, but don't plant them because they have to be dug in the fall, and we're not real good about those kinds of bulbs/tubers. I'm still wondering if that Canna we planted is ever going to come up! No sign of it yet...
# posted by Blogger Iowa Victory Gardener : August 02, 2008
 
IVG... It does have to be dug up. I'm also not big on such things because I don't have a good place to store them... no basement.
Don
# posted by Blogger IBOY : August 05, 2008
 
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