freewrite week 5 day 6

There are a few things in the world I wish I could do but I can’t.  One of those things is actually growing anything.  Strange as that is I have been known to kill bamboo.  The only way you can kill bamboo is to not water it for a month or more.  Yep, I did that.  I had a beautiful sego palm tree that we brought all the way from Texas.  It lasted a couple years.  It passed away last summer.  Again, this is a plant that only needs sun and water.  I can’t tell you what the undoing was.  We had a lot of rain early in the spring that drowned it a couple times.  Then we had an oppressive summer of heat. Those two things may have be what killed something that should be impossible for most people to kill.  I on the other hand can kill any plant put in front of me.  What’s even sadder is I love flowers and plants so much.  It pains me that I can’t grow or keep them alive.   True to myself I have also killed a hand full of orchids.  Now orchids are on the other end of the spectrum as being one of the most difficult plants to keep.  I just can’t resist their beauty.  Usually around mother’s day stored will have them strategically placed at the front door so I will be drawn in to kill yet another flower.   I even tried last summer planting seeds and growing a simple garden in my back yard.  Like all my other attempts it just didn’t come together.  The only thing I have found to grow outside that I can’t kill is my day lilies.  My mom calls the ditch lilies because they can literally grow anywhere including a ditch.  I hate to say that the only flowers I can’t kill are bulbs that don’t need me at all.  In a strange way I would give anything to have a green thumb.  It’s a strange talent that most people take from granted that I wish I could have.