I got some POB seeds last fall from LazLo. I wintersowed 5 thinking that at least 1 would germinate. Wouldn't you know it, 3 or 4 have now germinated! Can I grow them in a container to save for this fall at RU time or should I just chunk the extras in the compost pile?
Pride of Barbados Question
You can grow them in a container just fine, I just gave Sheila a two year old one I had in a pot.
I keep mine in a large pot and bring it in when a frost happens, do not want to lose it, those came from Trois, and with him being gone now it is very special.
What size container? I really just want to nurse them along during the summer so I can trade them to those who want them at the RU.
If they are seedlings I would put them in a quart pot, and move them to a gallon if necessary.
Thank you!
Stephanie, will you put my name on one of them? I lost mine over the winter. Didn't know they aren't cold-hardy up here... :( Lost my Christmas senna too.
Sure, if they survive! LOL
stephanie i was looking at terreriums (since i picked up a big glass bell dome at a garage sale) and i think someone was using them in their terrerium--maybe you could try that with one of them--
now i need to go and look up what a pride looks like
Here you go! http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2247/
Off to transplant!
stepahinie it sounds like a beautiful plant and it grows quickly and needs very little water! what more can you ask for?!
Oh my yes grow them in pots do not toss them
I have a yellow one that someone gave me as a seedling the first year I was here and now look at it.
I leave it in the ground all year of course.
Now I just need the pink one LOL
There are PINK POB's? The only ones I've ever seen are like the ones they grow on the Riverwalk in San Antonio. Those are orange and yellow. They are so gorgeous.
I wish I had known they are cold-sensitive. Josephine was kind enough to give me one at the fall 2008 RU. I put it in the ground because I didn't know any better. :( It survived the winter, grew to about 3 feet last spring, and bloomed. But it didn't come back this year after our cold winter.
Well, the tree in Phylli's picture is a Bird of Paradise, Caesalpinia gilliesii
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2120
Bird of Paradise is marginally hardy in this area, mine had survived a few years in the ground until last winter, they both died.
This is Pride of Barbados, Caesalpinia pulcherrima
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2247/
Pride of Barbados in not hardy at all in this area, and should be kept potted.
Just wanted to clear the confusion.
Josephine.
I'll have to check to see which one I have. I still have some leftover seeds.
Josephine, don't give up on your Caesalpinia gilliesii just yet. I have a 5-year old one that has always come back from old wood. When it didn't come back this spring, I thought it was dead. How surprised was I to see yesterday that it's coming back from the roots. My Mexican Firebush finally woke up yesterday, too. I thought both of those plants had perished over the winter. Some things are just extremely late this year.
Carla
Thank you Carla, it makes sense, coming back from deep in the ground takes a lot longer, I will check and see if mine make it.
I planted some Pride of Barbados/Dwarf Poinciana, seeds received from Lazlo last fall. Several have sprouted in a pot. I'm thinking I will leave them in pots for a year or two and then [maybe] plant them in the ground. Or maybe I will also have extras.....
I remember that I researched this plant before sending off for the seeds and found that they can be hardy to Zone 7 ~ http://www.rareflora.com/caesalpiniapul.htm
Christine, we must've gotten our seeds from the same giveaway! lol