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Post by wheelgarden1 on May 14, 2018 20:58:38 GMT -5
Today is a sad day...our big potted Norfolk Island Pine (not a true pine) has finally withered and died. Very soft, frondy, branchy, and tropical, but it has had its troubles from time to time here in this clime. Ce le jardin.
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Post by desertwoman on May 14, 2018 21:00:37 GMT -5
RIP Norfolk Island Pine
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Post by Mumsey on May 15, 2018 5:02:12 GMT -5
I had one of those as a houseplant for years. It got to be too big and I couldn't repot the thing anymore. It finally succumbed.
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Post by binnylou on May 15, 2018 9:55:04 GMT -5
Our library has one that is head high, out in the lobby. I hope it survives the library renovation. It is a beauty.
I have a small one that I'd love to move to the deck, but morning sun is probably too harsh since we lost our big oak trees.
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Jun 21, 2018 16:14:14 GMT -5
binnylou , ours thrived in full sun. We'd cart its big self out to the open garden area every summer, then bring it indoors for the winter, where it tolerated our low light. I miss it already.
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Post by johndavis4 on Mar 16, 2024 4:31:49 GMT -5
Oh man, that's a real bummer about your Norfolk Island Pine. It's tough when you've got to say goodbye to a plant buddy, especially one as grand and tropical as that. Sounds like you gave it a solid go, trying to make it work in a climate that wasn't exactly its slice of paradise. Sometimes, despite all the TLC we give them, plants decide it's just their time to head to the big greenhouse in the sky. "Ce le jardin," for real. It's the cycle of garden life, but it doesn't make it any easier. Here's to remembering the green good times with your frondy friend, and who knows? Maybe there's a new leafy companion out there waiting to spruce up your space. π±π
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