Hanging On
Posted: March 18, 2017 Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Automatic Gardening, Gardening, Gulf Coast gardening, Southern Gardening, Split Leaf Philodendron, subtropical climate, Subtropical Gardening, Year-round gardening 14 Comments
My huge Split Leaf Philodendron took a big hit from the freeze and lost nearly all its leaves. It is the third time in its life that this has happened. The large Philodendron was put there to hide the utility pipes and boxes. But, once the leaves were gone, I noticed something interesting the plant was doing. Take a look at the two aerial roots that have looped around the pipes, hanging on for more stability.
The root didn’t stop there. About four bricks up it continues along the wall and behind the utility equipment.
Next, the root rounds the corner.
And into a weep hole. What next? Plants always amaze me.
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My poor plants are still in shock mode.. I’ve have get to discover how much damage has been done.. 22 degrees is kinda of hard on tropical plants. So glad yours are showing some return !
It is hard to take. We have warmed up and I have removed the damaged and add some new plants.
Why am I suddenly thinking of “The Little Shop of Horrors”? They are amazing, aren’t they? A friend once watched a vine climb up the entire length of her patio umbrella’s pole in a single day. There may not be intentionality there, but on the other hand….
We had a similar vine experience where it went for a chair with a person sitting on it.
Isn’t it amazing how plants will grow out of rocks and in the teeniest of places, just to survive?
Yes, it truly is.
Amazing!
Mr. Philodendron looks like he is going to be OK! Mine is in a windy area and it not terribly happy.
It is really coming around since I took those photos. I have another one that I thought was dead and a leaf is coming out. I’m glad I didn’t dig it up.
Was is Tom Petty who said “the waiting is the hardest part”? somehow I don’t think he was thinking about Philodendrons.
Ha ha! Gardening is all about waiting.
Sometimes it is very easy to believe that plants do think! They certainly seem to find creative ways to survive.
They don’t think, but science is finding out that there is a lot more going on with plants than we previously thought.
That makes sense to me…