Allow Me To Brag...

In order for you to appreciate my achievement, I need to give you a little background. Last September, Jordan (being the thoughtful person that he is) bought me a plant to put in my office as a gift for starting my new job. Jordan was under the impression that he was buying me a Gardenia plant. However, he accidentally got me a Gardenia BONSAI. For those of you who are not familiar with plants, bonsai plants are mini trees that could quite possibly be the most high maintenance plants available. I was not aware that I had a bonsai, so I just set the plant in our kitchen window and didn't think much about it. The next day when I looked at it, half of the leaves on the plant had turned yellow and fallen off. I couldn't believe that I had managed to semi-kill a plant in one day. I was horrified! So, I took it down to the nearest garden center to see if they could save my poor plant. The lady at the garden center laughed when she saw my miserable plant and gave me a book on bonsais, and told me "No offense, but considering this is your first plant I wouldn't be surprised if your bonsai was dead within two weeks." Game on. I went home and read the entire book on bonsais. I learned that my plant would require a humidity tray, a very specific amount of sunshine, special fertilizer, daily waterings (with a certain kind of watering can), to be rotated 2 inches every week, misting, to be trimmed a very specific way, etc. After reading the book I was seriously tempted to throw the plant off our back deck. However, I began babying that plant like it was my firstborn. After all my hard work--here was my reward.

My Gardenia Bonsai bloomed!!!


Take that garden center doubter!