The abandoned plant…seriously? Yeah, that’s the truth. Even if these plants have a beautiful flowers and colors, but in another world no one care about this plant. Wow…sounds pity and terrible. Yeah, I feel pity too. How it happened, and why? I am not sure how to answer this question, but I can give you one word, ‘cause some people thought, they are just usual plant and nothing.
Long time ago, when I was a kid, I loved to ride a bike any where I wanted to go. A lot of trees beside the street, yeah it was a big tree. Beside the trees, a lot of wild flowers and plants around the tree. And yeah, one of the wild flower plant was Catharanthus Plant. Oh, really? yes it is! I saw white and pink Catharanthus flower. Yeah two colors but it was look nice view at the time. ‘Cause butterfly loves them so much, flies around the flower. And one of my hobbies was chasing butterflies..haha 
Catharanthus flower plant was wild plant around the street in my village long time ago. No one cared and grew this plant, but they were always grew with their seeds. They grew anywhere their wanted. Sometimes grew on the street, or sometimes just grew on villager yards. When they grew, we couldn’t to control them. If we cut one plant, then tomorrow another baby Catharanthus showed up, again, and again. Yes, it’s Catharanthus Plant guys…!
Many people in my village hated this plant. Why? They thought it was terrible plant and nothing. Even if my father, yeah, my father didn’t like this flower too. I asked my father “Dad why you doesn’t like this flower, it is nice flower I like that..” My father said “ you know young lady…we can not control this plant, when they are growing on our yards, then we can stop them to produce seed. So they grow and grow everywhere..” Oh I understood.
After many year ago.. I live in Singapore, then I saw this flower plant in nursery or shop plant. I saw the price is much more expensive than I thought. One pot Catharanthus plant is about SGD 6. Wow, the abandoned flower plant in my village, and now they change my mind. Sometimes we do not know about something, when we think some thing does not do good, in another place it’s a good thing. Since that time, I have tried to grow this plant. I wonder, how beautiful they are…
Two years ago, I bought this plant. But they died, and died. Oh, I thought it was easy to grow, but they didn’t here (in Singapore). Yeah, I realized, no yards, no garden, it sounds difficult to grow some plant. I must try, and try…well who knows, now I have some Catharanthus plant. I grew them by seeds that I bought few months ago. I left some of my Catharanthus plant when we moved in another house. I am happy with this result.
Well..this plant is so colorful, many colors they have. And my life would be happy and colorful 
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Well to tell the truth, people have started caring only about themselves. Its no surprise for me to see an abandoned flower plant. The world needs to change.
ReplyDeleteIt's true, thanks anyway
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