Yes but now that o live in the city it is quite different. Mint, rosemary, oregano, lavender and sage came up. I put new basil in and some more sage. Put some calibrachoa in the rose bush and royal palm pots for color and contrast. Brought the bougainvillea back outside to the roof. Potted some African daisies with English ivy. All of this predicated on no more nights below 40 degrees but now they are saying it’s possible it will go below tomorrow night. Ugh. It will make it though I’m pretty sure.

Yes we had two nights below 40 but everything survived, sort of...
My bougainvillea perplexes me. It did the same thing last year- when I first put it out, all the leaves wither and fall off. Then it grows new ones and blooms. But for now, it just looks like a thorny stick. It was quite brilliant inside over the winter. If I still lived in suburbia I think would take my chances on it and plant it in the ground in a sunny spot and cover it. The winters have been so mild lately. But not a choice in the city.

I'm going to try some potted trees this year. They are all over our neighborhood so I should be able to do it if everyone else can. Maybe. Got an ebony and ivory crepe myrtle and a dwarf baby lace Japanese maple. Should arrive in few days.

Two roses bloomed but did not like the cold nights. New buds getting ready though.

I found this article on bougainvillea leaf drop. Seems they're very sensitive!

https://www.gardenerreport.com/bougainv ... %20weather.

Tip for potted trees: We put a piece of steel screen (like window screen) in the bottoms of the pots to keep the roots from shooting down into the dirt through the drain holes. it really did work!

Harvested radishes yesterday. Hubby is the only one who eats them but he said they were delicious. lol

Got all the elephant ears out/dead stuff cut off. They had APHIDS. Ugh! The soil in the pots was rock hard from drying out so I soaked 'em and hopefully they'll be easier to deal with in a few days.

Well that explains the bougainvillea. They moved outside, upstairs to a cold few days. Hot and sunny now. I know to keep them dry if you want them to bloom.

Good tip for the trees but I don't believe mine will attempt to get though the concrete sidewalks.

I ordered the trees online from a place about 15 miles away. Fed Ex and the seller notified me my trees had been delivered but alas, no trees out front of my house. About an hour later I get a call from someone 4 blocks away saying that a big box was delivered to their next door neighbor but was addressed to me. Not really sure how you mix up two completely different street names when your job is making deliveries for a living.

On a bright note, the trees are in really good shape and a little more mature than I expected so I'm optimistic.

Bougainvillea are leafy again!