Monday, May 17, 2010

Talk to the twig . . .

Our Crape Myrtles, which lose their leaves over winter, have now decided that the free water falling from the skies is good enough to slurp up and make leaves out of. I don't have to worry about running over the one in the front of BigEd's window when I drive the car over there to load or unload at the front door. It is not a nearly invisible, dead looking, mess of twigs when some greenery decorates it.

Someone should explain to it that, even though leaves make it much more visible, an actual bloom would be even better.

It never listens to me, anyway . . .

6 comments:

Big Ed said...

I've never seen any of those bushes bloom. I don't remember when that happened if it happened. Maybe, they should be replaced. Just a thought, I'm just putting it out there, pay no attention to me.

ol Doc said...

Bushes and trees can understand it when you threaten to replace them. Our old Jacaranda - never bloomed until it heard me say if it went one more year with no blossoms I was going to cut it down. Next year - blooms galore! Watch yours burst forth next year.

Big Ed said...

I'll have to talk to it personally. Talking over the net probably won't get heard. I'll have to go right up the each bush and threaten it. Blossoms Galore huh...

RANGER said...

I'm willing to back you up, BigEd. You can be the enforcer and I will play the assistant with a gun, in the background.

ol Doc said...

I recall Bro. Pankey saying he took an opened wire coathanger outside and whipped his fruit trees to give them stress so they'd do better. Maybe get that wire whip out and thrash away. Couldn't look any worse than a bloomless,leafless bundle of twigs?

Big Ed said...

It might break all the twigs and kill the remnants of what we have as a bush. Maybe, just a small bit of thrashing. Just enough to threaten it. That might work.