@Sugar's place..

Or rather, in his window.

A random generic red Geranium that he's fostering for me. Seems to be doing just fine. :) Blossoming an all.

Random picture day, Geranium.

Because I love seeing the buds.

And want to share.

Geranium surprise.

Omg omg omg. Look what I got the other day. A friend had a new Geranium and it was full of seed spears. I took a few seeds and will get more in a while. We don't know if they're fertile. And we absolutely don't  know how the flower will look if the seeds are fertile. So this will be Very interesting.

*tiny happy dance* 

Evka.

I'm sorry. I really couldn't help my self this time.

My latest babe. "Evka", Geranium. 

Random Picture Day.

"Little Lady"

New babies.

The blossoming sweetie on the left is "Little Lady". She's a "compact" Geranium. Never had one of these before, so this will be interesting. She's supposed to stay fairly small, but we'll see how that goes. 

The tiny baby on the right is "Katy". This years "flavor" apparently. She was sort of an impulse buy really, but I couldn't help my self. She looked so lonely and tiny. ( And was freakishly cheap. )

I hope they'll be happy here.

Geranium Love.

My Blueish Princess.

Because I can.

And because I like flowers.

Here's a collage of the other Geranium that bloomed.

Number 5.

So, I've had 4 flowers blooming in my window this winter. Not at the same time ofc, and one of them simply didn't stop blooming after summer ended. She's a little bit special.  Either way it's a bit unusual, but look what I found this morning. This is the second Geranium that had decided to join the game, and if she blooms will be number 5. Very exciting. Funny I din't see that when I gave them a check over the other day.

I need to start marking them all up soon. I think I have a pretty good idea of "who is who". But it's always better to have them labeled too. And I think, if I remember it correctly. That this is my special generic one. She has a sort of purple-bluish color. But I am told, there are no blue geraniums. Interesting.

Plant care.

Yesterday I had some quality time with my plants. I'm so happy every time I check on them and see that they're still alive and doing ok. They're doing much better than last winter. I wonder if it is because I've put them all near the window and maybe the light from there together with the fixture is doing them good.

Last time many of them lost a lot of leafs. But probably much to do with me forgetting to water them properly. This winter is much better. I guess it's good to buy "special" plants that you care even more about. I have a few now who if they died, would make me so miserable. Only had one death so far.

That was a flower I had duplicates of so no worries there. I do hope the remaining one stays alive tho. But now, it's tea time. My room smells of Geraniums and dirt. Nice. And I have a big cup of tea and cupcakes that are waiting for me. It's a good day.

Oh..

Found a mail in my inbox today. From someone who had read my blog and was kind enough to leave a mark and wish me a Merry Christmas. I'm touched. It was very nice to find that in between all the junk mail.

What I was supposed to say here though is that my funny geranium has started to bloom. Woke up to see it just the other day. Also a very welcome sight. This flower has a very bright pink color, almost unreal I'd say. I'm keeping an extra eye on her now. To make sure she has plenty of water and everything else since she decided to bloom in the winter. So far so good. :-)

Looking good.

Last set of buds that came during winter never made it this far.

Very promising, very promising indeed.

Winter buds.

One of my Geranium flowers have decided to bloom too. This is the third winter I'm keeping flowers here in my little dungeon. One of them did try last year, but the buds died before they got anywhere. I suspect the light they're getting is just enough to keep them alive and ( in some cases ) grow. We'll see what happens with this one. Would be nice if it blooms.

Blossom.

First time this plant is blooming. It's a baby taken from a bigger plant from my mom. Didn't think it would produce any flowers at all. Since it's been outside all summer but never even tried. The mother plant blossomed quite well tho. So it was very nice to notice these few but precious buds after I'd moved it back inside for a few days.

Geranium galore.

It's time. The air outside is telling me so. That is, it's time to move my flowers back inside from the greenhouse. They've been living the life of kings and queens out there. Growing and blooming like crazy. It's been just wonderful to go out there and see them all. The only downside is that the air in my room hasn't been that awesome since I moved them out. Guess that will improve now. ^^

I'm a bit curious about my lack of space tho. So far I've moved most of them back in, and there's still a little room left. But I'm not sure all of the rest will fit. I will do my best ofc. But I might have to borrow some window space from my mom. The big problem is where to put my Physalis plant. It's grown quite big and I can't cut it short just yet. It's full of growing fruits. Awesomeness.

And some pics ofc. In order... The first batch of Geraniums and a before pic of my little window space. Needed some cleaning. Then an after img, or really half way. And the random unknown Geranium I bought in Lkpg. I got the color right anyway. Then my baby Apple Blossom. Most awesome to get to see it bloom. Yes I'm weird. The last 3 are also unknown but pretty none the less.

The red one is a shoot taken from my moms in laws, last summer. The bright pink one is from a plant my mom had. And the last one is not shown in it's full glory. And by that I mean it's a bad img because the flower is more to the blueish direction rather than the pink one it looks like here. All of them were in need of a "haircut". Well, haven't cut the red one yet. But I will when I move her.

Yikes. This turned out to be a long one. Oh well, happens sometimes. :)

Greenhouse season started !

Two plants that has survived from the previous summer. A white hanging Geranium and a pretty in pink Fushia. The later one has been a bit abused during the winter but she's still alive and blooming. This summer I've got two more. One white ( or at least I think it is ) and one purple-pinkish. 

I think I'll move more of the Geraniums out tomorrow, and then in a few days or more I'll move the seedlings too. Need to plant more seeds also, only a few of them are down in the dirt so far. Not like I'm in a hurry tho. Spring has finally come and summer is closing in pretty fast too. Awesome.

Hello there.

So, yes. Haven't been here for a month now. Haven't been feeling so peachy for a while. Headaches, colds, bad moods in general. That kind of crap. At least I'm taking care of my flowers. I'm pretty sure they're feeling a lot better than I do.

I've even started to mark in my calender when I give them water. Just so I can remember it easily and make sure I don't forget them. I have a few babies now that I really want to stay alive. Actually it's 2 more than last time I wrote. I've bought a new Fushia. Dark pinkish and purple. Have had the same color before but it died unfortunately. But the other one from last summer Is alive and growing. *phew*

I also bought a new Geranium. A scented one, Coca Cola. Just adorable. Can't wait to see the flowers. But this also means that my window is not only full. It's stuffed like a turkey och thanksgiving. Oh well. I know I can find a way to make room somehow. And it's soon spring. I hope. Then some of them are going out to enjoy our few days of chilly but fairly nice Swedish summer.

Ah.. summer. Gimme. Now.

My Cola Geranium.

Seeds of happiness.

I've been good today. Replanting some flowers and digging through my storage once again. At least this time I found everything I wanted to find. Which was a few books, some flavored coffee and a mini coffee maker. Oh and yes, a few pots and soil ofc. I admit the soil wasn't top quality anymore but it worked, and a shame to throw away. I took the liberty of replanting a flower for my most awesome host and plant caretaker too. Forgot to take a pic of that tho, not that it matters much.

I also went to IKEA a few days ago. ( My but didn't like that. I hate the saddle on my bike. ) Didn't really need anything, just happened to be in the area. Lol. :-P But I found a set of 3 green paper cups with seeds. Thyme, Coriander and Basil. Cost me only 19:- sek so I had to buy it. I'm a sucker for growing stuff I know.  The same day my mom sent me an sms saying that the bunch of seeds we ordered online had arrived. Awesomeness. And it's soon time to start growing the first ones.

The mishap with all my seeds going down the drain doesn't feel that bad now. I've got new seeds and months of seeding and plant care in front of me. Spring should come around the corner in not too many weeks and I've started the work on applying to that florist school I found. Things are looking very peachy right now. I just hope I get accepted. Only bad thing is that my mood has been like a small roller coaster for a few days now but it's a good day today. Let's hope for more like it. :-)

New babies.

Yes I bought new flowers. But I did stay true to my word about what I can and can't buy. These two little cuties are both on the list of "can buy" flowers. The first one ( to the left ) is a mini St Paulia with "double" flowers. The second flower ( the right one ) is a sprout of an Apple Blossom Geranium. Never had one but I've wanted one since last summer.

Now I think there are two or three flowers left on that list. Ok it might be four. I think I have a good chance on finding two of them at the Garden center in Torsång in a few weeks or so. They are starting to gather all the Geraniums they're gonna sell this spring. There will be about 300 different kinds, I read about it on the site. Dangerous but very awesome.

Adorable Pink Lady.

She's supposed to be hard to get to survive over the winter.

But I hope not, she's so adorable.

And I think she likes her new home.