Tropicals & Tender Perennials: New Photo Thread is here:, 1 by texasgarden

texasgarden wrote:
Ha Ha Clare- I was going down to your next post after thinking "wow what a great picture" and then you say "that was a terrible picture." :) Amazing brug you have there. I don't think any of mine will grow like that in this climate, but we shall see...

Willis was a MESS. He actually was starting to look better in that first picture but obviously wasn't "there" yet. Two guys walked by my house and I was on my porch watering plants. They saw Apollo (my fence is only 4 ft tall and wroght iron) and started asking me questions. Then this puppy comes up on the porch so I just cut them off and asked if he was theirs. They said he had been hanging out on their porch for a while and just followed them around all day. I asked if they fed him and they said no, hoping he would leave. When asked how long it had been they said TWO WEEKS and I just lost it. Actually, only one did any talking. So I said to just leave and I would keep him, trying to stay somewhat calm since they knew where I lived. THEN, as they are walking off the quiet one patted his leg and whistled, as if to call Willis to come on! Oh man, it was over. I told him they just went from cruel and heartless to plain evil. Don't call him away from someone who will take care of him if you don't want to. I still get mad when I think about it. He is so sweet and so funny. Not really living up to the pitbull rep. :) I have included another picture of him. This was last night playing with the ball his grandma got him for Christmas. Big dork!

BTW- meant to tell ya you don't look a day over 25! I hope to look half that good when I hit 40 in 10 years. Actually, I will be 28 next month but I have started saying 30 hoping to get myself used to the idea. Ha!

Thanks Brugie- that does make sense! I think I will just keep potting them both up "as is" until I put them in the ground. If anything needs pruning out this summer, I'll do it then. I know you are supposed to shoot for cuttings that are woody but still a little bit green. At least that's what I seem to remember reading.