Spot watering with the can as soil is damp all around. Doused the bamboo 2 cans (3gal) of a weak miracle grow solution. 'Cloe' got a nice bath, as did the cypress, railing boxes, pulmaria, plumbago, etc. Transplanted the little shrub begonia, it looks like b. 'china boy' as far as I can tell from Thompson's. I stole the cutting off a large plant in a nursery (it was a very small branch) and I didn't inquire re the name. I'll post a pic tomorrow. It was plantet very awkwardly in a bowl which it had shared with other rhizome b's. It looks full and fabulous in the pot.
b. 'My Good Friend' seems quite happy on the terrace. It seems to have adjusted to the terrace sun right nice. 'Dopey' is full of flower stalks.
I guess it's going to take a while for the bougainvillea to fill out. The magenta plant pinned up on the eastern wall has just finished a flush is nearly naked. No foliage, no bracts. It's in a pot that's larger than the root ball and soil is fairly loamy. Probably would be showier in a compact, sandy soil and a tight pot. I'll have to wait a few years. The purple girl on the west wall is well foliated and is coming into bloom shyly, once this one is ready it puts on a show. See the last pic at the bottom of the blog. The directions on the Bougain fertilizer, recommended by the IBS says that Bougs need food, sun but not so much water. This might be true, but is the plant going to grow leaves without water? I was at a nursery recently that had beautiful B's covered in healthy foliage, that were being watered daily. I guess we have to find our own way sometimes, hopefully the plants will live through it with us.
Daylight saving time went into effect today. By summer time it's going to be late afternoon at 8pm. More time in the garden.
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