"Planting flowers is like planting little pieces of joy."
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Hey Hivers! 🌷
I hope you're having a lovely day!
When I became a wife, I loved planting flowers.
I would plant so many flowering plants in our front yard and get so happy seeing them bloom.
But I realised they don't really do much besides decor. They do attract butterflies and make your area look nice but I stopped planting flowers and started planting more vegetables/ herbs.
Although we could plant them and actually eat them, I guess I still have some form of love for flowers. I will automatically fall in love with houses that have pretty flowering plants. They make the house look much more inviting and colourfull.
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Somehow, seeing them has brought back my interest in growing flowers again. And guess what?
I recently found something that made me want to start planting flowers again!
As we were going to Brgy. Pintor Marker, I saw some gumamela plants on the road! There was two different kinds and they were so pretty! 😍
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I immediately fell in love.
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While I was there I told my hubby I wanted to plant them and asked him if I could get some stems. Since they were on public property I thought it would be okay to take some cuttings. Hahaha. Fortunately enough he agreed to my idea 😆. I took 2 stems from the pretty red gumamelas.
The other gumamela had double red petals. They were so pretty I couldn't resist taking 2 stems, too! However, they were not that close so we had to stop twice along the road. My hubby had to be very cooperative with my spontaneous idea. Hahaha.
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I brought them home and put them in a container with water overnight.
The next day I cut the bottoms of the stems diagonally and removed the bottom leaves.
They were ready to plant! I was thinking to plant them into separate containers so they can grow roots. But since I know me, I might get lazy and not plant them into the ground.
I might even forget! Hahaha.
So I decided to plant them straight into our front yard.
I found a safe place for them to grow with our other plants.
Then, I gave them some water.
And here we go!
I have finished my little project of planting gumamelas 😍. Now I can just sit back and hope they survive, grow roots and adjust to their new environment.
I am so excited to watch them grow! Especially the ones with double petals. I can already imagine how pretty they will look once they start blooming. 🥰Although... Not everything we plant in our garden has to be edible. It is so rewarding to have some pretty plants to look at.
And that is my little garden update! Hopefully I can show you a more pretty and successful update soon with these gumamelas growing nicely and giving us some pretty flowers. Happy gardening everyone! Let's get planting! ❤️
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