The Muhly Grass here has been blooming for about 2 months. I love it when the rising or setting sun lights it up.
The sun makes it glow.
I took these pics yesterday when I walk late afternoon.
The strands from this grass are used by the sweetgrass basket makers, so in some public places, the plants are seriously trimmed to supply fodder for the baskets. Stealthily, of course.
Yesterday I put protectors on the two camellia bushes as we were expecting temps in the 20s last night. Here in SC, our water heaters are OUTSIDE, attached to a house wall, and houses are either on the ground or on high supports. Either way, pipes are…exposed or on the ground. And they will freeze easily.
When I woke this morning, it was 28 degrees on my porch. It’s a good thing I dripped water upstairs and in two faucets downstairs.
I brought in the Kalancho plant, which is going to bloom again. And the geranium which is on its second year and going strong. The hibiscus on the porch took a hit. Time will tell.
It will be very cold again tonight. Cold for SC, that is.
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Keep warm!! You can always put a cover over the tank and put a light bulb inside the cover. You just have to be careful as to touching…….. not easy to do if it’s really windy. The drip faucet is a great method as well.