plants in need of nurturing

Category: Planting | Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:20 pm

I bought a bare root Clematis "Nelly Moser" early this spring on impulse at WalMart. It didn't look like much of anything when I opened up the package, my hopes were not high, but it seems to be coming along OK.I had Nelly once, and am excited to have another, such pretty flowers! I think I need to remove some Vinca vine around it though!

Clematis "Nelly Moser" ( photo / image / picture from Kay's Garden )

This poor Rudbeckia "Goldsturm" was on the sale shelf at the back of a drug store plant stand. It was so pitiful, full of dead foliage. I hand pruned the worst of it while standing in their parking lot. I took it over to the register and jokingly said "you should give this to me free so it can live" and the cashier said "OK". So it has a new lease on life.

Rudbeckia in rehab ( photo / image / picture from Kay's Garden )

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Cayuga Morning wrote on Fri Jun 01, 2012 12:35 pm:

Kay, That's the spirit! Very cute blog!

eileen wrote on Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:26 pm:

Well done Kay. I love to 'rescue' plants from the sale shelves. Not all of them make it but most of them do with a little TLC. So pleased to see that both of yours are thriving for you.

toni wrote on Fri Jun 01, 2012 6:42 pm:

Yea, they look great.

I love to rescue plants. I have about 25 mini roses in pots out front that the floral dept at Kroger was going to throw away the week after Valentines. A few of them are having a hard time but the others are out growing their pots and putting our blooms.

Sjoerd wrote on Mon Jun 04, 2012 6:46 pm:

Nurture-away, Kay. I know that you have the greenest of thumbs, so it shouldn't be a problem for you.

Good luck with these, they are lovely plants when they bloom.

Keep us posted on their progress, OkÃƒÂ©?