Someone put me out of my misery. Every summer it’s the same thing.
I have mixed emotions about these plants. They do have pretty flowers but they sure are a pain to clean up. Since I am the sole gardener in the house, I often want to scream when I have to clean up those loose flowers. Not to mention they grow like a weed. I should let my wife take care of them. She runs a hospice for house plants. Seriously. When she takes care of plants they come to our house to die. One time I came home from work to find this very nice looking ivy of some sort in a pot on our kitchen table. I was starting to feel sorry for it when I asked my wife how much money we wasted on it. She said $15. Then I learned it was plastic.
Big sigh.
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Z said,
August 6, 2010 at 10:14 am
You always crack me up with your bougainvillea hatred!
But, they’re SO PRETTY!
Elmers Brother said,
August 6, 2010 at 10:16 am
it’s true…I hate them…if my Mother ever moves out those things are going to be the first thing that goes.
Heather said,
August 7, 2010 at 12:29 am
LOL!
Elmers Brother said,
August 7, 2010 at 6:21 am
yeah, yuck it up you two…meanwhile I’ll toil in 112 degree heat
Heather said,
August 7, 2010 at 6:41 am
meanwhile I’ll toil in 112 degree heat
ouch. Hope it’s not humid also.
Elmers Brother said,
August 7, 2010 at 6:45 am
they say it’s a dry heat
Jen said,
August 9, 2010 at 4:56 am
I’m laughing at Z’s term ” bougainvillea hatred”. Hehehe.
And you, ElBro.
I share your pain, though. This heat is unbearable. We’ve reached 106* this summer with humidity in the 50-60% (I think), and that’s when I start wanting to move to Minnesota.
Elmers Brother said,
August 9, 2010 at 10:44 am
it’s definitely a hatred
My mother had lived with since just after my father died in 1996, when we landscaped, I thought I’d put something in for her too. She said she wanted a bougainvillea. Well I told the landscaper I wanted one, he put in three. The day they planted I had to work and got home just as they are packing up the truck to leave. What a maroon I was. I should have made them fix it BUT I didn’t. Now I have to put up with three of these vile putrid plants. My mom seems happy though.
Brooke said,
August 9, 2010 at 9:26 pm
I didn’t know you had this page! DUH! I kept going to Bloghi and getting error/test page messages!
We have a morning glory that grows like crazy, wraps around things, ect. Dave is going out today to hack it back.
Elmers Brother said,
August 11, 2010 at 8:32 am
brooke, I moved. too many technical hassles and unresponsiveness to emails.
I hope Dave was able to hack it back without hating it like I do those plants which shall forevermore remain nameless.