I had just about given up on them ever sprouting but this week I noticed what I thought was a blade of grass popping up in a starter tray that I had just about abandoned. I didn't remember planting grass but I figured that it had come in some time when I had gone outside and planted itself like the rest of the weeds.
Yesterday I decided to look up what I had planted there since it wasn't growing like I thought grass should. Come to find out it was a bird of paradise seed and the green blade is actually a rolled up leaf coming up for the first time. The seed was probably over three years old since I got it in Hawaii nearly three years ago. Who knows how long it was on the shelf.
Now all I have to do is wait until it has a couple leaves and transplant it into a decent size pot. The biggest problem is keeping it away from the cats long enough for it to live.
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Those are one of my favorite flowers! Hope it blooms for you.
ReplyDeleteI hope so too but it will take years until it does. From seed it usually takes five years or so. If I had a plant that had split it would only take a couple years.
ReplyDeletehope you persevere though, its always good when seeds germinate by surprise...
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