Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Camellia Growing, Propagating and Enjoying, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
I am still sitting here hoping that i WILL do some of the stem-propagation on my Camellia.
(the baggie and the sphagnum moss and the nicked stem). I have to! Not too many other options.
Did see some of the lower stems almost touching the ground....now that they are all growing Gung-Ho.
May be able to try the "Layering propagation" method that Happy suggested...

IF I could propagate my "Bob Hope" Camellia in any way---lucky would be the person that receives it.

Nice weather today. I simply MUST....MUST....finish planting my long S. bed--and then, basically,
they will all be done. I may need a few extra plants--as spaces become available after all the
bulb foliage dies off. Soon--I hope! Also--I can see that I need some taller plants to be in the background.

I DO want to grow, again, one of each Datura. They also have to fit into the S. bed. I have seedlings....
They take up about 3x3 foot area each. NOT gonna happen--so i have to finagle things a bit...
Saw ONE Cleome sprout in my small front bed. Have to find a home for that too....

And so things go! I want to be DONE!!!!! And you know what will come, immediately next?
The beginning of collecting seeds. AAAGGGHHHH!!!! There goes my nice, cleared DR table---again...

The Columbines and the Wood Hyacinths are almost ready to pop their seed pods.
The Foxgloves won't be far behind. Then--the Rose Campions.......The Tiger Lilies....etc...

Yesterday--I started stripping off all the seed pods from my Bleeding Heart. They had already popped many of them
on their own. SO! I am stripping and stripping--as my hands are turning bright orange---like a HD apron. Honest!
Odd--where does the orange come from? Same as when you handle Swedish Ivy stems--your fingers turn
a brown/orange. Luckily--it washed right off....Phew....Judy---Did you know that?????

How I live for that moment when I know everything, but the watering, is all done!!!
In reality---there is NEVER a moment when ALL things gardening are done!!!!! I know that.

Pic. #1---What is this plant?
Pic. #2--What is this thistle-looking like plant? The leaves are not dry or prickly. They are regular leaves...
I have it coming up in a couple of places in my "YUK" bed.

Happy gardening to you all! Thanks--Gita