Happy Birthday Elvis?

It's his birthday... I'm not really an Elvis fan. This all seems so very sacrilegious but I just needed something to celebrate my cactus (aka Epiphyllum x buckleyi) bloom.

I am grabbing these photos before we move today.

Ok, NoSoAngryRedhead if you are looking... please do not look too close. I have been studying your techniques on Instructables but my lack of time this morning did not allow me proper set-up (or focus).

Ceropegia woodii aka String of Hearts

A hanging vine, native to South Africa, is a good patio/indoor plant for bright indirect sun. Protect when temperatures fall below 60 degrees F. Well drained soil, needs no humidity.

Mine is about 9 feet long now. I currently have about 3 feet of it wrapped up into a terracotta pot with soil. Not the ideal propagating conditions but it keeps the vine contained until I can get it to its permanent home.

Rosa 'Grootendorst Supreme'

Day 3 of my 365 Project is the rose called 'Grootendorst Supreme' (1936).

Currently, being tortured in a pot, this rose is responding well to the cool winter weather by giving me beautiful "fall" color. Just as the blueberry I posted yesterday, foliage of ordinary plants can provide color in a dreary winter world.

This hybrid rugosa's thorny canes are not as mean as they appear.

A dark red rose with one inch blooms in clusters for USDA zone 3b and warmer. I think each flower looks like a carnation with its serrated edges. Not well liked in the rose world since it's small blooms have little to no fragrance, the bush can get a little gangly at times. In northern parts of the US it will bloom in the spring (early summer) with some repeat later. In the south (like Texas) you will be lucky to see many blooms at all. Some rosarians report black spot, etc. which I personally have not seen.

This branch is new since pruning last October.

It must not be struggling too badly as it seems I have leaves to come. So, why do I grow this rose with so little attributes? For the vision I see today and the hope of many blooms in the Spring.

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Today on 365 - Blueberries

Vaccinium corymbosum 'Sunshine Blue' (click on photo to go to my 365 page)

Perhaps if I take a photo each day of a different plant I own ....

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