Dead and Alive!
Posted by: Fortun in: Fortuns Urban Gardening > The Urban Gardener
Some time ago, the humans bought a “citronella” plant because they thought it would keep away the mosquitos. Apparently, it didn’t work, because it wasn’t even a real citronella but only a “citronella geranium” (which ia a geranium that looks like a citronella)…. and even if it had been a real citronella -it still wouldn’t have worked -because one actually has to do soemthing like rub the leaves on one’s skin to keep the insects away.
Anyhow, it seems that there wasn’t enough daylight in the room, so the plant slowly died.
However, while it was still healthy they did pull off a few leaves and planted them in some of the pots. Most of these died too -but one just sat there, day in day out, doing nothing much in particular (just like my friend George). However, this morning, it had apparently started sprouting in the night..
So the plant is now in two places at the same time -both dead and alive.
I wish I could do that……
