Obedient Plant is this year's new love for me. I am not sure exactly when I bought this plant, but I know that it was prior to 2012. So I have had it for a good long while. And I must admit, I have never loved it. Or even really liked it, if I am to be honest.
Okay, and this is a bit absurd, but its full name is "Fall Obedient Plant"... and so when it starts blooming in August, I have always felt a little nervous: but wait, you shouldn't be blooming now. Silly, I know.
I remember telling my mom that I bought this new plant and her one comment was, "That plant is not very obedient." And I quickly learned what she meant.
I have moved it from my front porch bed, to my backyard shade bed (where it never did well - apparently its one requirement is sun), and then I put some in my front bed. And I have always regretted planting it in its new location.
So, I dug up a bunch of these and planted them in this bed. Since I was just starting this bed, the plants in it have received a lot of care and water... and this plant has just flourished. We are now in mid-July, and I have fallen in love with its tall purple spires. I have a number of yellow summer heat-loving plants, but not a whole lot of other colors, and I find this plant as a color contrast to what I already have.
Now, truly, in a year, I may be writing that I regret putting this plant in the solar bed, as it has taken over the whole bed... But for now, I will enjoy its beauty :)
I remember telling my mom that I bought this new plant and her one comment was, "That plant is not very obedient." And I quickly learned what she meant.
I have moved it from my front porch bed, to my backyard shade bed (where it never did well - apparently its one requirement is sun), and then I put some in my front bed. And I have always regretted planting it in its new location.
Well, this year, when I planted my solar garden, I filled it with the plants I knew I couldn't kill, the ones that lived despite my mistakes. To be honest, I was sort of filling up holes with plants I already had.
So, I dug up a bunch of these and planted them in this bed. Since I was just starting this bed, the plants in it have received a lot of care and water... and this plant has just flourished. We are now in mid-July, and I have fallen in love with its tall purple spires. I have a number of yellow summer heat-loving plants, but not a whole lot of other colors, and I find this plant as a color contrast to what I already have.
Now, truly, in a year, I may be writing that I regret putting this plant in the solar bed, as it has taken over the whole bed... But for now, I will enjoy its beauty :)
