I wanted to share this picture. It’s a chinese lantern plant. We bought it in a small pot from Lowe’s or some place similar in 2008…when we moved to Columbus. Directions on the pot said it was to be treated as an annual, but I know these things spread and they can come back with a vengeance.
The pot was left out on our back porch over half the winter before Christi finally hid it in the garage. (I just did not have the heart to toss out a plant who was still hanging on to one last lonely lantern.) The following Spring…the same plant started making an appearance directly below the back porch. We’ve left it there for 3 years waiting and hoping, going back and forth several times on whether or not this was some mean ol’ mimicky weed just teasing us.
And then about a week or two ago…this li’l guy showed up green as could be!! In the last week, he’s gone from green to bright ORANGE!! I’m so excited and can’t believe it took so long to finally grow a lantern of my own.
Keeping My Marbles 