THE BIRTHDAY GIFT THAT KEPT ON GIVING
It was a birthday gift — I think for Garry, though since Garry doesn’t garden, all gifted plants are for me. We kept it alive inside for almost two months and then planted it outside in the garden where it grew very nicely for the rest of the summer.
It even survived the gnaw of deer. I hope it will revive this summer and grow more.
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Categories: #Flowers, #FOTD, Cee's Photo Challenge, Gardens
BLOOMING RHODODENDRONS 
FALLING TREES & TULIP TIME 
LILIES AND ROSES 
CHRYSANTHEMUMS OR MUMS 
SERENDIPITY - SEEKING INTELLIGENT LIFE ON EARTH 
A great gift, Marilyn. I always buy my mom plants as gifts. She has green thumbs and they thrive in her care.
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Garry’s brother sends them. It’s funny because Garry has never shown any interest in plants, but I love them and have learned to care for them. Growing things really helps me cope with this world. Which is just wonderful 😀
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That’s the best kind of gift – something that lasts and gives so much pleasure. They’re stunning photos, Marilyn, and the hydrangea is the most beautiful vivid blue. 🙂
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It is the ONLY plant I’ve gotten that managed to stay alive long enough to be planted outside. Of course, this isn’t orchid growing territory, but we’ve had all kinds of other plants that couldn’t live indoors and didn’t survived the 10 to 12 weeks before it was warm enough to plant them. I think those hydrangeas were especially sturdy. And really pretty.
It really is great to get things that survive for years.
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That truly is a beautiful hydrangea… so blue…
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It’s the color the sky is on a particularly bright day — like today. Probably because it snowed yesterday, so the air was absolutely clear today and hydrangea blue 😀
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A beautiful blue…
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Oops.. hydrangea..
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I love that color of hydrangia.
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Wouldn’t it be nice of WP would give us 30 seconds to fix errors in our comments? If Google can do it, bet they could too. It IS a wonderful color and it matches today’s sky.
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It would be great if they’d let us correct them whenever.
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