Tropicals & Tender Perennials: My blooms this evening, 1 by LhasaLover

LhasaLover wrote:
I did not realize the leaves were so tender they would do this from wind... guess I will have to get used to it since wind is what we have as much of as sunshine. They have been thrashed a little...not horribly so. If the wind is enough to turn pots over, I move everything out of the wind.. My big hibiscus gets turned over when the wind gets really going and that pot is HEAVY... I have big rock in the bottom of it and water the daylights out of it when it is windy to make it heavier... but still gets turned over .. here is a pic of it last year.. right now it is sticks just starting to put out a few leaves but has already been blooming!

edited to say... that pot looks small in the picture.. It is not... it is the largest they sold at Walmart ... about 20". It is so heavy I can barely drag it and I am able to lift the 55 pound bags of watersorb crystals so I am not a complete weakling.



This message was edited Apr 26, 2007 3:58 PM