And here below I have a potted rosemary cutting. If you're looking for easy cuttings to start out with, rosemary would definitely be your best bet. You could even grow a plant from one of the sprigs of rosemary from a grocery store. Just strip the lower half of the leaves off the rosemary piece, soak in a glass of water for two weeks (and then some) changing the water every day. When it gets roots, pot it up, and keep the soil nice and moist.
Also very good for cuttings are four o clocks. I took a large piece of four o clock out of my large bed of them (by accident) so I quickly cut it into several pieces (each about five inches long with a couple leaves at the top) and soaked them in water. Now I have probably seven or more four o clock babies that can be planted.
Also, my tomato and pepper plants are starting to produce-yay!
I'm especially excited about my bells, because this is the first year they've looked so healthy. They're producing tons of flowers and they're a much healthier, darker green than I've ever had them before. I credit the dutiful weeding, generous watering, and extremely sunny location.
Also, June is very kind to flowers. Or at least, flowers like June. I do not claim to be a master flower gardener-so it's nice when I have to do a very little work to get pretty flowers such as these.
Tiger lilies-one of the easiest flowers to grow ever. Maintenance: uh...what maintenance? Just give them a good hosing every once in a while, and pull off the finished blooms.Glads are very showy, and very easy to grow too.
A couple things to remember-water them well if you don't want dried out looking blooms, and you may have to use a brick or stone or stick to prop up the heavy flower laden stalks. Also, as for all bulbs, even when dormant, it's a good idea not to step on the ground they're planted in. Witness below. Sad brown things where we and our dogs stepped across too much.
Zinnias are quite easy to grow from seed too, and cheap cheap cheap.
Bachelor's buttons are great, too. They have eye popping shades of pink, white, blue, and purple. Also known as corn flowers, you frequently see them by the road side, living by fields of which they're name for. Corn flowers also make zillions of seeds and reseed themselves easily every year.
Also, let us step briefly inside, shall we? Ever since the weather has broken into this heat, my avocado plants have gone crazy!! Look how big they are. Did I mention that I stopped growing anymore avocado plants now that I have seven or so of them around the house?
I'm also growing an apple tree-a granny smith in particular. I'll give you a tutorial on that tomorrow. I have to be very careful about watering these-they are very susceptible to damp off.
Last thing-because mine eyes are spinning-a lemon tree plant-I actually have five at the moment. They appear to be easy to grow. They don't seem to mind wet feet. But they did take a month to sprout. And another month to look like this one below.
Check back for a tutorial on how to sprout apple seeds and how to care for them, and pictures of me and my strawberry jamming process. See you later, and thanks for stopping by!
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