Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Drip System, 1 by dbrooks

dbrooks wrote:
Hey Clare thanks for all the empathy and comisseration...moving is a female dog!
I doubt I will be moving back into that house...but will eventually move back to town...Retirement is way to far away to even day dream about! Not that old yet!
Yep finally gave in and got a bunch of addeniums...originally I bought them to sell(got a deal from Esteban of Lorescos tropicals out of Puerto Rico), but wound up keeping most of them...hard to sell here...nobody knows what they are lol. I did plant them in the sand and man did they love it! Flowered most of spring and summer, and have never stopped growing. i was going to leave them in the ground this winter, but now they are all back in pots. How cold do you get? What is the threshhold of addeniums.
The hibiscus was just a small patio tree, and the citrus a variegated dwarf pink lemon, so not too big...had plumeria much bigger and harder to dig...but luckily so far everything has survived.
Living out in the country has been pretty cool so far, and I think it will be a good experience...plus no mortgage, how could you go wrong with that!
I have some places out here that are sheltered by large trees and overhangs so I may be able to get away with a few plumeria most years...put those virus plants to use! In the summer a select few will make it out in pots or transplanted...but most will have to stay at the office and be enjoyed there for now.
Sheer Beauty