Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Frost has bitten, Plus a question, 0 by dottnmd

dottnmd wrote:
Thanks for the staking ideal GGK. I have used rebarb on occasion for staking and it's really not that expensive and last forever. I do have 2 large cuttings that broke off the plant I brought in, that are sitting in a bucket of water at the moment. They are fairly green 3 ft pieces. I haven't even taken the buds off of them yet.

Thanks for the offer Kathy. I do have back ups for this one. When I took everyone elses cuttings, I took a couple for myself. This one soes take a while to bloom since it seems to get so tall first. I only had a couple of flowers last fall before it had to come in and as you can see, the plant in the picture hasn't bloomed yet. I struggled with root rot on this one but it finally took off but a little late.

I do have to keep them inside Kell. I have a spare bedroom that I have been putting plants in for the winter along with a porch that has been plastic'd in and an inside back porch but I am filling up fast. I remembered my daughter has a hugh basement and I will be taking a few of my plants there once they have finished blooming. I just don't want to miss the last bloom cycle that was unexpected. Also, all of my pots have been outside and are soaked from the rains we have been getting and I am really afraid of root rot again. I am trying to get them to dry out a little first. I lost most of my brugs last year to root rot and have been trying to avoid it this year.

I have a long property line here and want to line it with brug standards and underplant it with possible ground cover roses and other annuals and tropicals.

I will be going out to trim it back in over the weekend and will try to dry it out also aver the next week inside my plastic'd porch. The pot is just so heavy for me alone to carry.

Here is a pic of the one I struggle to get in but the pot isn't as heavy or big. This is why my back was felling it. I want to take cuttings from the base where it is really woody. Will they root as easily as the more greener ones?

Sunray ( 8 ft tall and a with of almost 7 ft)