Home : Blogs : Sondra Meyer : Sondra 's Brazos Valley Blog

Instant gratification?

My challenge as a gardener is that I want instant gratification.

I want it now. I don't want to wait. For my plants, preparing the soil is done in the few moments prior to the plant being stuck in the ground. (I live in College Station, TX. Our temperatures hit 87 last week, so we do have some gardening challenges, but at least they do not include dealing with snow.) This year, to my surprise my "garden" is actually looking nice. Right now, at least. Maybe, just maybe, as I am getting older I'm doing a better job of picking out plants that can stand my type of abuse.

This year, I bought two tomato plants. The one that I bought at a plant fair held at Texas A&M has far tomatoes, petunias surpassed my Walmart plant.

Last year, I dug up some petunias that were growing on a friend's ranch at an old home-site. This year, those petunias are stealing the "show."

Currently, my biggest delights may be a package of "marked down" impatiens that I bought at Lowe's early last month. I had never planted them before. I put them in a shady spot that doesn't drain very well and gets wet every time I turn on the water hose. I figured since I had only a dollar invested in them, it wouldn't hurt if they died. Well, they seem to be growing and flourishing. Was that lucky or what?

Impatiens

What kind of plants provide you with seemingly provide instant gratification?

Posted by Sondra Meyer on 04/27/2008 08:10 PM

Comments (7)

garden, college station, flowers

This post has been included in Texas Information Brazos County, TX Information
Post is included in group: No One Knows The Country Like We Do
Post is included in group: Texas Real Estate
Post is included in group: Gardening
Post is included in group: Texas A&M Aggie Professionals
Post is included in group: College Station Corner

7 Comments on Instant gratification?

Don't we all want instant gratification?! There is always more long-term reward in the long term.

04/27/2008 08:20 PM

by Maria Holland (American Heritage, ABR,GRI)

Hi, Sondra. I'm a gardening nut and I love hydrangeas. Don't know if they grow in your climate. I also love roses but they mostly break my heart.

04/27/2008 09:32 PM

by Karen Webster...Grand Rapids, MI Realtor (5 Star Real Estate, Grand Rapids MI)

Maria, I agree with you. Long term is always better.

Karen, I've heard people mention hydrangeas, but I don't know much about them. Is the weather hard on roses in MI?

Thanks for your comments.

04/28/2008 03:27 PM

by United Country Brazos Valley Realty

Each year my daphadills (sp.? )come back up like clockwork along with some neighboring paperwhites.

04/28/2008 11:50 PM

by Trey Thurmond, College Station , Texas Homes (Classic Realty Inc./GMAC Real Estate)

Looks great, I can't wait till we can put stuff in the ground and start to see the progress!!

05/03/2008 09:51 AM

by PATRICE BRICE (PB APPRAISALS)

Sondra, they are so pretty! Instant gratification is tough when you're planting babies. Go get yourself a couple of adult rose bushes with a bunch of buds and get them into the ground! Maybe? I have noticed there are places that sell them that way and they are not that much more expensive than buying a root ball with a couple of sticks!

I think you've done great! They look wonderful. Later in the rain~Deb

05/04/2008 10:56 AM

by Deb at Brooks Prime Properties

Great green thumb Sondra! I kill everything - probably because I want what you talk about, instant gratification. A client gave me a few flowers last week - I didn't even try to keep them, gave the shoots right to my Mom. I'll enjoy them from a distance!x

05/05/2008 10:10 PM

by Debbie DiFonzo, United Country VIP Realty, SW Missouri

Leave a response…

Name:

Notify me of new comments:

Comment:

What does the graphic say?