Pot plant
Grandad July 21st, 2008
Whenever I go abroad I like to bring back some seeds. This may sound like a strange thing to do, but surprisingly some varieties are illegal difficult to get here.
A few weeks ago, I was rooting around and I came across some we had missed out on in our planting frenzy two years ago.
Just for the laugh, I popped them in water for a couple of nights and then planted them in two seed trays.
They all died.
Except one.
Jean Claude popped his head into this world about six weeks ago [weighing in at a healthy .026 of an ounce].
For a long time he just sat there in the seed tray and didn’t do much. So a week ago, I transplanted him into a huge pot.
He has me scared now, He’s growing like the clappers.
Not only is he growing, but he is sussing out the lay of the land. He would stand there looking out the window. Half an hour later, he would be looking at me. Another hour would pass and he’d be looking at Sandy. Anyone would be nervous of that kind of carry-on.
I had visions of ‘Little Shop of Horrors’ and fed him some meat. He didn’t like that, which was a relief.
Yesterday afternoon, I put a stick in the pot. When I got up this morning, Jean Claude had wrapped himself around the stick for some reason. I’m not sure if he is trying to digest it, or maybe he’s expecting a gale?
He doesn’t look anything like the normal plants we grow, so I checked the packet. It was all in French so I had to do some research. Jean Claude looks like Convolvulus [that's Bindweed to you lot], but according to my research he is a Morning Glory.
This has me very confused.
I always though a Morning Glory is what most of us men wake up with?
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We have a wonderful plant we would be glad to send you. I don’t know the scientific name, but the polite name is Kudzu. Growth rate is about 12 inches a day. it prefers to climb, trees, houses slow moving cars, and things like that. some people claim that they see the skeletons of animals that have became trapped in the vines, but we know that they are lying. You can’t see anything in a kudzu patch as it covers everything.
Jim – I confess I have never heard of it. I had to look it up. I was going to ask you to ship a container load, as I see it is supposed to be a good cure for hangovers. Then I read a bit further, and found it is supposed to cure cravings for alcohol too. We couldn’t have that in Holy Catholic Ireland now, could we?
We used to have a morning glory on a trellis up to our pergola in Cape Town.
If Jean Claude is one of them, you will need to move him somewhere soon – somewhere where there is loads of stuff for him to climb. He will produce the most beautiful purple flowers.
I’m not so sure he will like the climate outdoors in Ireland, though.
Anything that grows 12 inches a day is a glory.
If it is Morning Glory, the seeds on some varieties are hallucinegenics, so please feel free to distribute the seeds down in the Wicklow direction.
Karyn – I’m going to move him into the
junk roomoffice when he is a little bit older. It’s probably too bloody cold outdoors, and there is plenty ofrubbishstuff for him to climb over. Your flower looks like Bindweed to me?Flirty – Could you cope with something seven foot long at the end of the week?
King Bob – I knew there had to be a reason we bought the seeds. Thanks for reminding me. Since when is The Netherlands in Wicklow?
My company’s Internet gateway is in the NL, thus the flag, I am however firmly ensconced in the garden county.
oh bless – a new baby! Bonjour Jean-Claude, comment ca va?
King Bob – Ah yes. Found you.
Kate – C’est tres bien, merci. [beaucoup bien??]
I hate to say this given m. sarkozy’s visit, but Jean-Claude is a vicious weed and I love tearing him and his cousins out of the hedge. Off with his head. But now I read, care of King Bob above, that Jean-Claude may have redeeming characteristics, maybe the hedge does look nice, covered in bindweed.
Trust me on this one Grandad, you do not want Kudzu shipping to your green shores. Think John Wyndham.
Kerryview – The problem is that this Bindweed isn’t Bindweed. There again, maybe it is, but just a different colour. I don’t know. I’ll try smoking it anyway and see what happens.
TT – I have been thinking John Wyndham ever since Jean Claude popped his head out of the compost. He has nearly reached to top of the stick now!
Isn’t he just a wee darling. Please post pictures when everything in your house becomes topiary..
Welcome, 1st Lady! I’m not too sure about ‘wee darling’, in the same way I would be slow to call a polar bear ‘cuddly’. I’ll see in the morning if the dog is still around, and I may remove the barbed wire then. I believe in caution…..
You could get 2-5 years for that…
2 – 5 years for what?
One of my favorite classic rockers is Led Zep’s Robert Plant.
If I had a “Morning Glory” that could wrap itself around a stick I guess I wouldn’t be reading and responding to “this” blog, oh the injustice of it all………
RhodesTer – I don’t think they are related.
John O – Please illustrate.
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