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1. So beautiful thanks for sharing the pics. I love flowers, and yours are truly divine. Oh hi nice to meet you, I have read your blog for a long time but never commented. But your blog is very refreshing, its a highlight of my morning reads.

   Comment by Loca in Kuwait | March 18, 2008 | Reply

2. Beautiful!

   Comment by Olórin | March 18, 2008 | Reply

3. Thank you, Loca, and welcome! My Mom gave me the Amaryllis for Christmas (it was just what I wanted!) and it is such a thrill to have it blooming! I wanted Mom to see. What thrills me in Kuwait is the richness of bougainvilla! I love all the colors, and I love it when it gets almost tree like, and really gives a house a lot of privacy and character.

   Hi there, Olorin! Hope you’re having a great day!

   Comment by intlxpatr | March 18, 2008 | Reply

4. What a lovely bloom.. you must have a green thumb mashallah 😉

   Comment by jewaira | March 19, 2008 | Reply

5. Oh Jewaira – these amaryllis are foolproof. I bet you can even buy them at Ace Hardware. They come in a box, which contains a bulb, a pot, and soil. You put the bulb in the pot. You cover it with soil. You keep it watered. Like magic, out pops an Amaryllis. I love these bulbs – a little miracle in a box! 😉

   Comment by intlxpatr | March 19, 2008 | Reply

6. for absolutely no reason and with absolutely no interest for it in the past, i am intrigued with botany. if u have any helpful links for a novice like myself, plz provide them. luff

   Comment by Mrm | March 19, 2008 | Reply

7. Dearest Mrm – start with nasturtium seeds. You can go to the plant souks on 4th ring and get some little pots and potting soil, put soil in the pots, plant the seeds, water – and watch them bloom. When you get a few good ones, you can put them in a pot, or even into prepared soil outdoors, if you have a garden. Ummm, well, maybe it is getting too hot for nasturtiums.

   There are some wonderful plants – ficus benjamina, dracaena marginata, rubber tree plants, lucky bamboo – all fairly low maintenance, in the plant souks. Start with one. See how you like it. Branch out. I have seen some beautiful plant books at the Jarir book store.

   In many cities there are garden clubs. I haven’t heard of one in Kuwait, but it is where women (it could also be men – men are also great gardeners) who love gardening gather and learn more about growing plants and flowers in this climate. They also exchange starts and seedlings, so it is a cheaper way of getting a lot of variety if your interest grows. There is an active garden club in Doha, Qatar who even has an annual tour of gardens, where members volunteer their garden for a one-day-tour of maybe 10 gardens. It is a very popular event.

   In Seattle, I grow lots of hydrangeas and a wide variety of lavenders. It is thrilling to watch them grow through the years (there are a few that don’t make it, that’s life.) In Doha, I had several varieties of bougainvillia, which I just love. It comes in so many colors, even some I had were two colors on the same branch, pink and white. So beautiful, and so easy to grow here in Kuwait, too.

   Comment by intlxpatr | March 20, 2008 | Reply

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