Yup, you read that right. There’s a new bully at our house.
Though I took the bully by the horns last October, wrestling into submission the vinca vine (see above picture) that was sucking the life out of my ivy geranium, the bully scourge has reared it’s ugly head once again.
How’s that for mixing metaphors?
Everything was peachy-keen from October to Christmas when the ivy geranium, now warmly ensconced in a sunny upstairs bedroom, recovered enough to bloom at about the same time as the first blizzard of the season hit. (See photo below.)
The peachy-keenness continued unabated through January and February. No more blossoms, but the geranium and the vinca vine co-existed peacefully, thanks to their roomy pot, the sunny east window, and weekly watering.
But this week, when I turned the pot around so the backside of the plant could enjoy the direct sunlight, it was obvious that the former victim of bullying had become the bully. Miss Snooty-Tooty Ivy Geranium is now so large she’s hogging the sunlight and water, while Mr. Victim Vinca Vine is hanging on for dear life. (See photo below.)
Okay, so maybe “hanging on for dear life” is a bit of an exaggeration, especially since vinca vines are supposed to hang. Even so, it’s obviously time for spring to arrive so I can kick the new bully out of the house and move her not-so-innocent victim into a separate pot for the summer.
Plants. I can’t live with ’em, and I can’t live without ’em!
