Specialty Gardening: Taking cuttings for next spring?, 1 by carrielamont

carrielamont wrote:
Eleanor,
Very impressive. Last year I had a magnificent container with green SPV, black SPV and a big magilla perilla in the middle. Not terribly inspired but it was my first foliage experiment and I was impressed. So I gave it a major crew cut and brought the whole thing inside to languish with my other houseplants. Everyone died by the spring except that sturdy green SPV. Now I never rooted it, I just moved the pot in and out. But this year I'm going to have a serious chat with DH about houseplants and how much he loves the tropical look of the patio with the elephant ears and he should move aside a few of the speakers that don't work and the instruments he's going to take up some day and make a little room for PLANTS!

After spending so much $$ on callibrochoa, I'm going to try to make my favorite colors last inside. I have a perfect picture to post but I can't find it!!! Agh!!! This is as bad as if I had a huge pile of snapshots to organize! (Which I do, btw.)

Well, ok, here's everyone very happy in the SHADE but feeling winter in the air.

xx, Carrie