Wednesday, October 29, 2008

A Bloomin' Dilemma

Warning: The following questions are not necessarily rhetorical.

What do you do when flowers start to sprout? No. We're not talking tulips in spring--those I know what to do with.

Remember the great yellow roses that Christopher brought me on the 17th? Well... When he came home on Monday the flowers were still looking really good, except for one strange thing...

Three of the stems have sprouted new leaves. And not just new leaves, but new "branches" of leaves. They're coming out kind of pale, then turning the reddish-green of growing roses. And I have no idea what to do.

Part of me wants to put those stems into a highly fertilized water and see if they'll take root. Part of me (this would be the practical side) says that I should just throw them out and be done with them.

Thoughts? Ideas?

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hmm - I'll be wild and crazy and say we should give it a shot...

Laura said...

Holy moly you should absolutely give it a shot! After all they are blooming without you doing anything. So cool!

Robert said...

This comment was received "off-line" from Lorry:

Put them in fertilized water!