Blooming again
By Sunrise Fan
@sunrisefan (28524)
Philippines
April 29, 2018 6:53pm CST
We've been away for a month and a half and I was worried our plants and the grass on the lawn would wither. Thankfully, I found somebody to come everyday to water the plants and the lawn and feed and bathe my daughter's dobberman.
It was scorching hot when we came home middle of this month but I was glad our plants were still green and healthy. Early this morning, as I looked out from the garage window, I saw my silver dust blooming and I immediately went out to take a shot of it :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
Yes, it was good and I'm happy he followed my instructions to water the plants and lawn everyday unless it rained.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
Thanks Ms. Judy :) I'm glad too that my lawn and plants are okay :)
@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
4 May 18
Yay glad your grass and plants were blooming and healthy. The person you asked to come everyday did a great job :)
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@infatuatedbby (95001)
• United States
4 May 18
@sunrisefan Eek. Stay cool and hydrated. :) Your plants and grass will need hydration as well.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
4 May 18
@infatuatedbby Maybe I'll srinkle myself with water while watering the plants hahahaha! Thanks, Ms. Michelle - you're really thoughtful :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
4 May 18
Yes, I guess he did a good job watering our lawn and plants. However, the forecast is that it will even be hotter thise month so I hope my plants and blue grass survive :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
17 May 18
No, they are not bougainvillas, Ms. LT; they are the silver dust. Behind that is the green dust.
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@MainerMikeBrown (1373)
• Bridgton, Maine
30 Apr 18
It sounds like your plants and grass would not have survived if you hadn't found someone to give them water.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
Thanks and hi Ms. Cristy! Long time no see :)
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
@magallon Been out of the country for a month and a half, Ms. Cristy. Enjoying your summer?
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@magallon (19280)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
@sunrisefan yeah... long time no see too...
where have you been???
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@epiffanie (11326)
• Australia
1 May 18
Beautiful blooms!.. we lost a few plants when we went away for 6 weeks.. the boys never bothered watering.. especially the orchids..
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
1 May 18
Oh that's very unfortunate, Ms. Bess! To think that you must have taken good care of the plants all these time only to lose them while you were away for only a while (about the same time we were away).
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
17 May 18
We usually go away I. The winter so thankfully we only need to worry about snow !! Lol
@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
18 May 18
@sunrisefan My perennials are, I put in new annuals every year.
@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
17 May 18
But I guess your platns are snow-tolerant.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
19 May 18
@BelleStarr My daughter's friend gave me some of those perennials and annuals from NZ but I was unsuccessful in growing them. I guess they cannot acclimatize here in my country.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
5 May 18
Thanks, Ms. Val :) Yes, it would have been hard to lose because it was difficult to grow it in the first place hehehehe!
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
29 Apr 18
Gud mownin Ms. Rach :) Yes, we were lucky to have somebody to do the job. He's actually who comes to bathe our dog. He was eager to take the job too as he had no work and income.
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@rakski (112925)
• Philippines
30 Apr 18
@sunrisefan oh that is good to hear. A win-win situation. He will earn, the chores will be taken cared of 
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 May 18
Wow, that's a very beautiful plant! I've never seen one of those before! I like it a lot!
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@moffittjc (118435)
• Gainesville, Florida
20 May 18
@sunrisefan So you can cultivate new plants by just breaking off branches and re-planting them?
In the days of my youth I used to work at a tree nursery, and we did that with ficus trees and banyan trees. Part of my job was breaking off branches and planting them in new pots to grow into new trees.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 May 18
@moffittjc Yes, that's right. There are plants that I only need to break a small branch and plant it and it grows.
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@sunrisefan (28524)
• Philippines
20 May 18
Thanks :) Appreciate that you like it. Indeed it's quite rare here too and I'm trying to break some branches and plant them in pots so I can share them with friends if I'd be successful in growing them.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
30 Apr 18
That is a lovely explosion of color.
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