The girlie pink frills are so unexpected in a survivor plant (probably helps that it's near the AC unit). I have no idea what it is. Double vinca?
When I got back into town a week and a half ago, one of the last two watermelons looked like this:
A couple of days later, it looked like this:
And the other one (raccoons?):
Less mysterious, Benary's Giant zinnias in pale pink:
And hot pink:
Who knew that pink would be the signature shade of a late summer garden in Austin? Or that we'd have rain and cooler weather in mid-August? I love surprises!
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Oh, gosh. I only got 2 watermelon this year. One I picked to early and gave to the hens, the other rotted on the vine. I couldn't believe it. Maybe next year will be better. I had great luck with cantaloupe a few years back.
Wish I had chickens to feed the underripe and damaged melons to! They just went into the compost pile. Did end up getting two fully ripe sugar baby melons this summer, and two only slightly underripe ones. But I'd like to add cantaloupe to next year's plantings!
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