The Survivors

Most of these plants are the ones that survived the basement over the winter. The first one is of Matt's Australian bottlebrush plants. We've been growing them for three years now. They still haven't bloomed. Three of those plants didn't make it over the winter. The second picture is of my lemon verbena. I love this plant even though he doesn't like to grow in a pot. When we're done spraying Round-up all over the yard, we'll put him in the ground. The third plant, is our sedum. He's been faithfully coming back year after year (in the same pot) and has even survived my old apartment basement (aka. the basement of death). The sedum had a bad insect infestation in March which he got from the wedding mums in the basement. He's much better now. The fourth picture is of the Narcissus we transplanted from the front yard. They didn't like the transplanting which is why they're all limp. We'll see how they turn out next year. The last picture is of my dear peonies. They're not very tall but at least they're alive. When we transplanted them last April, they didn't appreciate that and one turned black! I thought it was a goner. But both plants have shot up leaves this spring which makes me happy. They won't flower this year and I'm not even holding my breath for next year. Perhaps the year after that though they'll flower.