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Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear about your T. zibrina!😞

It’s an awful feeling, especially when you have a lot of time invested in a plant. Is it an expensive plant there? It’s a common plant used as a groundcover here.

A Licuala peltata ‘Sumawongii’ the size that I killed usually costs about $400.00 to $500.00. Small 1 gall size plants are typically $125.00…not cheap. 😞

Merry Christmas Balcony.

A bright ray of sunshine.

Looks lovely.

A beautiful plant, Janey!

Wishing you happy Christmas & a happy New Gardening Year 2025.

They look lovely, Wylie! Fancy having French Marigolds in December! You are lucky! :D

Thanks, everyone, & a Happy Christmas to you all. :)

That was a shame, Andy! But then the same thing has happened to me over the years,in fact just a few weeks ago I brought in a trailing plant with lovely pale lavender blue flowers. I had recently removed the Tradescantia zebrina plants from on top of the fridge in the kitchen &replaced them with new cuttings recently planted up. as the side of the fridge was looking so bare I thought this plant would like nice there & I hoped it would flower all winter. But I forgot about it after a week until I noticed dead leaves & flowers on the counter beside the fridge - I'd forgotten about the plant! I watered it & it started to recover but again I forgot about it & it's now dead! :(

Yes please, back to the light!

Thank you everyone, let's hope we have a good year for the garden 2025! xx

Same here Thorneyside.

Merry Christmas Janey and all the best in 2025.
Lovely hellebore

I like lychee fruit as well but it is not always available here.
Only occasionally.

Couldn't agree more .

Thanks Karen, its such a relief to come on and not have ads everywhere, keeping my fingers xx goy runs smoothly now, wasn't right without it...
I hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas...xx

Merry Christmas Rose, are you spending it with family ? Its bitter cold today, comes as a blow after being so mild all week, they keep threatening us with an artic blast, we wait and see....xx

Thanks Seaburngirl for your comment.
Happy Christmas & New Year

Been counting the days myself, can't wait. I know you shouldn't wish your life away but these dark days do get you down.

Great to see you on here Sue! Well done getting rid of the ads. Your home looks cosy and twinkly! Happy Christmas x

Gorgeous hellebore Janey! Happy Christmas x

Have a lovely Christmas Sue and Best Wishes for the New Year.
I love all your decorations and the trees.
I have a Choisya that thinks it is the Spring! Very strange weather!
Take care x

Thanks Shirley. Between the tens machine and the brace I am getting some relief. Worst of it is waking up with pain during the night. But I am able to move about as long as I am careful.

It is nice Linda. I5 will probably die soon. They are very hard to keep. Just opening the patio doors would probably do it!

Love the plant Janey!
A very Happy Christmas to you and Best Wishes for the New Year.
Looking forward to seeing you next year. x

Thanks ladies. Yes Janey I am really over the moon with this particular variety. It is so pretty! As I get older I seem to enjoy paler colours more.

hope you have a great Christmas too.

For now I'd water it sparingly, so only a hint of water on the bottom of the container. It looks like a Phalaenopsis type.
When the flowers fade I'd be tempted to tip the orchid out and repot in orchid compost and use the glass as a vase.

Happy Holidays to you!

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas!

Love this plant but I've never had much luck growing it here. Not sure why!

Lovely! Merry Christmas to you and yours.

Never heard of this one, but a google search told me the fruit is rather like a mangosteen.

One of my favourite fruits. We eat a lot of them at Christmastime.

They make a fantastic screening plant.

I've never actually tasted a sapodilla.

The perfume will be amazing.

Gorgeous colour.

Love the form and the colour of this one.

Thanks so much Janey.

Thanks Linda. Chances of a cool Christmas Eve are slim, but that would be lovely.

So prettyJaney..it looks a double one? Merry Christmas to you toox

Ha ha,Janey,hope your successful...it is quite popular in GCsx

I'm the same as you Shirley, I've never grown them but often thought about having a potted one for winter. Looking at yours Julia, I mustn't dither next year..:)

Merry Christmas to you too BB. You've lovely decorations, enjoy the festive season.

Thank you Hywel.

That's very pretty Janey,
Merry Christmas to you x

Thanks Balcony, Merry Christmas to you !

They really are lovely Karen, you must be so pleased with them.

Happy Christmas to you and your family Balc..

Never seen a poinsettia that colour Karen. Very special.