Tropicals & Tender Perennials: How cool is this?, 1 by Kell

Kell wrote:
Really Kyle, you with the magic touch. !! The guy said he hadn't tried to propagate it yet but it was a small tree. I bet he is having a tough time rooting it. He did say it is not easy to grow, very sensitive. But it didn't look sickly.

Had I thought fast enough, I would have talked up the girl I was with, Lali, and gotten him to give her a piece to root at the San Francisco Arboretum where she works.

Anyway, I will be watching for these!! Growin, I wish I coud buy it! Not for sale yet. And no name yet Dutchlady. Made me nuts. LOL. I Love variegates too.

Remember I have first dibs!! LOL!! Ecrane, it is Magic Garden in Berkeley. And you may want to go there. Didn't you want that one I found over in Half Moon Bay? I was going to email you.

When I was so hot on that one's trail, I found a friend had one in his yard. He is a nursery guy I know so he is rooting that one for me and he had told me he had bought his at Magic Gardens years ago. The only place he ever saw it and he is in the business.

So half way around the nursery I remembered this and went to look for it but only found the more common ones of Tibouchina. When I went to check out at the register, I just mentioned I had heard he had this one at some point in time and he said there is one 2 feet behind you. LOL. And so there was a small one in a 5 gallon can. He had 3 in 2 gallon cans too. I think they were $24. Mine was $39. A bit much but I was enthralled with it. I am nervous to see it bloom for there are so many different pics of it, I sure hope it is the one I fell in love with!

Here is the Half Moon Bay one I fell in love with in August. LOL. Took me 2 months to get my hands on one. It has so much red in the stems and borders on the leaves. With the purple, it is so royal looking.