Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Here Is Doosie , 1 by GordonHawk

GordonHawk wrote:
It's been cool here... and not alot of sun some weeks... so we're a bit behind in flowering on everything this year...
Dossie here is just starting to set buds... I've between two and three dozen tiny buds starting off now.. it should be quite a show in a few weeks.. on this 4' tall cutting..
Dossie does seem to have a bunch of spyder mites here. compared to some brugs growing 2' away.. but it's been growing deeper into some affected morning glories than the others.. the MG's are now removed and the summer spraying program is now in effect.. but this hasn't deterred it from setting a pile of buds
Earlier I was a bit confused when I heard one was more attractive to mites than another .. I assumed it was more attractive.. but now what I think is going on is some are less attractive.. [ the fastest growing type plants are most attractive hince all brugs ]
I've come to this as a result of seeing mothers this spring... piles of 4' cuttings left in water for prolonged rooting.. leaning aganst the house.. these were about over run with spider mites... except for one cutting that ....with it's leaves and limbs inter twined with the others... but had no signs of spyder mites.. I'm growing this one out in a special place there.. to see who it is and if this seeming resistance is truely there.. and if can be passed on..
Here's a Dossie photo.. a bud at every leaf or stem juncture... this could be overpowering if the flowers open all together.. and just splended if they open a few new ones a night.. for a month or so.... first blooms here soon...