Plant propagation part XX based on my own experience

A weak coffee is all the caffeine I can handle and I have to drink it in the morning. None after that. You would never know I am from Seattle would you? Can't do Starbucks.

I like to have a Henry Weinhard's Vanilla Creme Soda with my lunch but pretty soon it started bothering me like that. In the evening I would almost have the shakes from it.

No wonder your DH heart is racing. I like Avianut's idea with the new insurance policy. That might jolt him. He might be doing that to get your attention if you are spending all that time with the plants and the HOA. What does he do all day?

Mary ~ What plants?

Sharon ~ Good luck w DH. I hope he stays off the "energy drinks!" (Or get that new ins. policy!)

Sorry I have been away so long...have not been well myself. I am feeling better today, and I am quite behind in garden chores, so I won't be on here much until I get caught up.



......Gladiolus 'Old Fort'........sorry I put the wrong name on here before...





This message was edited Aug 26, 2010 8:13 PM

so sorry Evelyn ... the comment was meant for Jeanette ..... I edited my previous post

Evelyn ... nice pictures ... are those petunias in the picture with Bob blue? I hope you are feeling better.

Evelyn, is this illness a rerun of what you had last week or week before? Or is it a continuation? Sure hanging on. Have you been to the dr? Maybe you should go if you haven't.

Yes Mary, those are Blue Denim Shock Wave Petunias. Very dark blue or purple. Don't know which. Guess it would depend on who is looking and their opinion. Kind of my favorite this year I guess.

Dave do you know how to prune a Nine Bark? I have it in a container. Don't want it to get big and leggy.

Maybe one of you would know?

Jeanette ..... Please Please Please ..... harvest the seeds of that blue petunia .... and save some for me. I would love to have some blue petunias blooming next year in my garden.

Here is a site regarding the pruning of Ninebark ..... I wonder how it got that name.

Can I see a picture of your Ninebark pre and post pruning? Pretty Please.


MARY

You didn't attach the site for pruning Ninebark Mary.

I can harvest the seed for you, but I will tell you right now that I harvest seed from my petunias last year and very few came out looking very nice. Don't know what you would get.

here it is Evelyn

http://landscaping.about.com/od/shrubsbushes/p/diablo_ninebark.htm

While looking for info on JM seeds, I came across this picture ..... and I thought ...... someone was talking about doing bonsai and would like it ... so here it is

very pretty Mary. Dave and I were discussing bonsai made of Crape Myrtles. He has one and I have one that are almost natural bonsais.

Well a day of 106. I did a small amount of gardening but not much. I watched the morning news and our temperatures are suppose to be in the high 80s on Monday. No reason for me to kill myself in the heat. Everything can wait 4 days.

Got my order today from Plants Delights. I ordered 5 new rain lilies.

I took photos of my blooming hardy hibiscus but they are still in the camera.

DH went this morning has his blood test. As for life insurance, neither one of us have life insurance. We have enough cash assets that it is not necessary. I always had life insurance when I worked for JP Morgan Chase because it was paid by them. I just did not want to make some one healthy/wealthy just because I died. LOL. We both plan on being cremated so the cost will be low and I do not even want a funeral. Maybe a memorial in a Rose garden somewhere cool. Maybe Portland, Oregon.

I wish the election was over because these ads are terrible.

Dawn, how about you. Are you getting cooler weather next week. My daughter Tracy and her family are spending the week at Newport, Ca. They said the first day they got there the weather was cold. But since Saturday, the weather has been beautiful. Her DH went on line for time share rentals. He said he could not believe the prices. We usually pay $2900 per week per condo for two condos in San Diego in Mission Beach. They have 5 children 19 to 7 and they found a time share for $1600 per week. The Marriott time share in Newport has 3 pools, putting green, work out room, fully equipped kitchen and the beach is 10 minute walk away or they run a shuttle every hour. That is cheaper than a hotel room and they do not make hotel rooms to hold 7 people.

Had an owner try to knock down a guard this afternoon at the guard house. She is actually a really nice woman and a friend. I have no idea what got into her but she lost it AND, when she was leaving she slammed the door and it would not slam. You know how mad that would make you.

Dave, you need to get into the new oleanders. Everyone is the SW is looking for them. Hope you are feeling well today. You are now in my nightly prayer. Actually you all are.

Doctor explained the reason men like the super caffeine rush and it makes them feel younger.

Avianut, if that is your back landscape, you need to plant some really fast growing trees. What a disaster. I do like your details on the slope. I have one I am helping to design down the street, you gave me some ideas.

Happy Birthday tomorrow JB because by the time I get on you will be half way through celebrating.

Evelyn, please get better. Jnette, actually here petunias are a winter flower. I would like a few seeds if you collect any. I should be able to get every ones plants out next week with the cool down in the temperatures

I am off to search the internet for some oleanders..

Sharon, you missed the point. The life insurance was to scare your DH into taking care of himself. Keep him from buying and drinking all that caffeine. Think it was avianut that started the idea.

Will see what petunia seeds I still have from spring. Dawn, I don't remember if I told you I could not find any Datura seeds. Sorry if I didn't.

Goin to bed, nite.

I want blue shock wave seeds too. alms for the poor. :(..
It was freaking hot today and muggy, we got the AZ monsoons and the whole package. Good grief. I would love time at the beach to cool off.

I think the petunias Jnette has are an F1 hybrid, which don't usually come true from seed. Okay to play with if you have the room, but if you really want the same petunia it's best to buy the hybrid seed...

If you want slope pics, I've got the yard for it...

and from the other direction...

JB, this is your day! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!! Enjoy it to the max.

avianut that is very nice. You have done a good job with it. Did you build the creek? or is it natural? Mine is more of a hill than a slope. More like your upper part. I have such a hard time with mine because I use a cane due to my balance, or lack of. LOL Awfully hard on a hill. My whole yard is like that.

I think Jillian is right about the petunias. But, I will see if I have any seed or if I planted it all. I got it from Summerhill. If you keep watch, someone usually will have a coop with them around January.

I have posted this plant before. It is in full shade. Would probably be more blue in the sun.

Hello gang, thanks for the birthday wishes. I do appreciate them. I even received one from the administration.....nice touch. LOL Anyhow, Jen I love your petunias. When I had a garden I used to plant the Sugar Babe and Sugar Daddy by the hundreds. I loved the pink colors. These are really beautiful.

I just do not have time to chat. I have lots of paperwork to do just now since business is back up and running. Summer is over and I need to make a buck. It was a long hot and humid miserable few months. Hopefully it will all settle soon. Now the hurricane season is here so I will no doubt be moaning about the wind for the next month. I can not seem to win. LOL

We had very little rain. I tried to pull some weeds this morning and it was all dust. I do not believe that I had to water after three daus of clouds and mist. Oh well, did it and now I am going to get my pedicure. She did not come Tuesday.

Love you all. Stay well and thanks again. JB

HAPPY BIRTHDAY JB !!!!
we had a cold front move in yesterday boy what a nice change. upper 80's to lower 90's I really doubt it hit 90 today... what a wonderfull suprise. I am hopeing to be able to do some serious playtime in the nursery this weekend. I doun't think the heats done but one more blast and then its done.
beautiful pic of a very old maple. I am hopeing to get time to prune on my specimine this weekend as well as take cuttings from the others I have been holding onto.
Jeanette did the ninebark set seeds? is it the red or diablo??? as far as triming if you are going for bonsai look I would aproach it as if it were a huge tree. cut off any crossing branches, poor angle on the limbs and just thin it a bit. now is really not the time to be pruning on it as dormantcy is quickly coming on us.
Oleander is not hardy here. I was not a fan of it when it had just 4 colors and was so over planted in south florida. As I think back on my experience with it I should have harvested a whiches broom that one bush had put on after we got a bad flood. It was like 20 inch's of rain in 12 hours. The rocket science engineers mis labeled the drainage from 3 neighborhoods and their drainage all ran to our 27 holes. I have pics from it. I will try to dig them up and scan a few. It was really funny. tee off get in your little boat and motor to the green and put. get in the boat go to the next tee and start over. we had 6 holes like that.
we planted over 1000 1 gallon heather in a bed behind a pond directly behing the proshop and resturaunt. it was a site to see. of course that was the bed we had (I) a water moccasin chase me out of. poor thing died the next day and was fed to the snapping turtles in the lake off the 3rd tee on #2 course. he was a good lad and was struck short in the prime of his life..... funny thing it was an accident with a shovel.
Not much else to say
Have a great evening everyone
Dave

My ninebark is Center Glow. Does that mean anything to you? I will see about pictures tomorrow.

Beautiful, absolutely spectacular Jillann! Is that a real live duck in the first photo?

Jeanette .... you can keeping posting pictures of that petunia ....I can't seem to get enough of it.

Dave ..... I think in my present JM seed collection container there are approximately 50 seeds. I am very dissappointed that the seeds I mailed on Aug 18th have not yet arrived at your abode.

JB .... I hope today was a happy one for you ..... however, I sometimes feel that having something to grumble about makes one more self-sufficient

Dawn ...... SherryBerry's thread on Trash to Treasure is not only interesting but also inspiring.

I would like to make a request to all.

If you post is lengthly ..... could you occassionally have some line spaces .... it just makes it easier to follow your train of though.

But then there are times what you say that even line spacing will not aid in my comprehending your communication.

LOVE YA ALL

MARY

Whoop! Lost another long post...later!

~ Evelyn

Gosh Evelyn ..... they look yummy.

Did you check your mouse?

Well, had a good day. JB. how does it feel to be a day older.

Dave, it is so great you had a cool down. We are suppose to have one over the weekend. I have a young man coming over to help me garden on Saturday. He is the head of the crew that is here on Thursdays. He said he lost his Saturday job and I told him that is good because now he can help me. I hope to get caught up. Dave, we have an average of 2 1/2 inches of rain a year. So far this year, Nada. 20 inches in 12 hours in the SW would be 3 100 years floods in one day. We would be swept down to Mexico via the Colorado river.

I have to take the dog across the street to the eye doctor tomorrow. That is no problem. The problem is the eye doctor is right next door to the most expensive, astounding nursery in town. I will just have to behave.

I took the plants out of my EZ Cloner today and cleaned it. I have 4 Grandflora Magnolias rooted and two more lantana. The tree down the street I tried to root did nothing but die.

I am going to try the trees again but I am going to cover the cuttings to create humidity. Also going to try hardy hibiscus again. I found 3 seed pods on Moi Grande Hardy Hibiscus. I am going to see if I can get them to germinate also.

Evelyn, I am so sorry you lost your post again. I really enjoy hearing what you are doing. How is your weather? Is it OK to send you your White Hardy Hibiscus and a couple more surprises. Your tomatoes are beautiful. Are they heirloom. What caused you to plant purple tomatoes.

Merry, if you think separating will make our posts make more sense, you are dreaming. But I will try. I am on one post where you need to make the posts bolder because a couple of women cannot see as well.

Jnette, I am going to try and find the seed on line. I have to order some bean seeds for the greenhouse so I will look for the petunias. Dawn, if I find some, I will get a pack for you.

Dawn, is your weather cooling down. We are going from 105, to 96, to 84, to 100 the next 4 days.

Avianut, those photo and your landscape is beautiful. I borrowed the photos and placed them in my folder for help on the slope down the street. I want a cup of tea and just sit on that bench. How is your bird population? I am asking because Dawn and I are looking for a place to hide from the heat next year but we have to have birds to watch and hear. Is that a babbling brook? LOL.

Dave, these new oleanders do not look like the old ones. And they are suppose to smell good. I wasn't thinking you would grow them for yourself but to sell to the SW. You must understand, if it grows in the SW, we love it. I could not believe the first time I saw an oleander in Texas. It was so beautiful, I did not realize it was an oleander. It is amazing what a little humidity can do to a plant.

I have two photos today. One to show how big the tomato bushes have gotten.

This is a different view of the tomatoes.

This one of the oranges on the orange tree. They get ripe just before Thanksgiving.

Last one today are my Koi fish. I was walking by and they thought I was going to feed them.

Sharon good grief NO our weather has been hot and humid as crap. We are expecting a 20 degree decrease on the weekend they said, but more than likely that is in the more coastal areas, not here, we will cool down probably to 98 I predict if lucky. I'll take it though.

Mary I will go check that out.

Happy birthday JB.

I love love love love love the color of the petunias Janette.

I sure wish I knew how to root stuff in my cloner, it all rots in mine even with the water level under the baskets.

I add a solution to my cloner. I will post it tomorrow. Unless Jnette remembers it. I gave her the name a few weeks ago. I was on another thread in SW gardening and they we rooting things in plastic bottles, clear with the top on. They are getting roots in just a week or two. It took the Magnolias over 6 weeks to root. I did find out, the smaller cuttings rooted where the larger ones did not. I also left on too many leaves.

When I took the rooted plants out of the cloner, I placed them in a bottle with a lid for humidity. The two lantana I planted after cloning grew. The hardy hibiscus that rooted, died within two days. I think they need an interim place before they go out side. DUH. 110 and the plant dies. What was I thinking.

Yes I know. Well I am game to try it looks ugly sitting on a tv tray in a spare room waiting to clone something or rott something.

Guess what? Neighbors asked me to show them my yard and one crept in the other day and braved the dogs. I think just to see the yard from the inside. That was so cool. I told them I would help them with some seeds and dig up a few things for them if they had a good area that they could plant in. I said they should just lasagna garden now, since the lady is older and they have the same water issues, soil, land mass, weeds and rodent issues. Can't believe anyone would want to walk through my unfinished landscape just to admire it. Amazing.

That is so cool. I just love it when I catch someone in my front landscape. I have often seen individuals in their cars, stop and take photos. Actually caught a couple different landscape trucks taking photos.

You are always worse on your own landscape. See, now you can mentor someone.

I'm sure your yard isn't as bad as you keep saying Dawn.

I think you are talking about Clonex Sharon.

Here is a picture of my huge brug that had only one bloom on it. I am so disgusted with it and then the we had a bad windstorm this afternoon and it blew the plant over. Bob went out and straightened it back up as best he could but the one bloom got bent on the stem and it hadn't opened all the way.

My DIL called today to tell me about the winds. The TV put out a high wind warning and she was really upset because she hates high winds. She laughed because she could not believe the wind in Spokane. The most is got was about 14 mph. Here in Las Vegas and I am sure where Dawn lives, high winds are 45 to 60 mph. She was very glad.

The waterfall/creek/pond is artificial, but makes quite a bit of noise and so really draws the birds. The duck in the photo is a decoy, but we occasionally have a pair of mallards drop in (which, considering I live in the middle of the city, is surprising). If you like watching birds, there's nothing like a stream where they can take baths and dunk their nesting material to soften/make nests.

The wind comes in high gusts Sharon so if you have tall plants like these, even tho they were on the deck and protected by the house, right up against it, it doesn't take much of a wind to blow them over. I have this in a 20 gallon pot but it still went over. Also, we are protected in here by the mountain and trees.

I was posting another picture when the power went out, a tree must have fallen on the wires, and I lost my message and the picture. 'course those gusts we got might have been more than your dil got too. We are almost 100 miles from them so could have been a bit higher gusts.

Anyway, here is the picture of the bloom that isn't all the way open and probably never will be all the way open since the wind bent the stem.

Avianut, the picture is great. I would love to have some water to attract birds. I have a bird bath but it is usually a mess. The heat turns the water into slime in no time. Each day I need to put fresh water out during thing heat.
Poor Jen, If it is blowing in from the West, I will keep my eyes open to see if you fly by.
Maybe I will be flying out your way. There are several storms in the Atlantic Ocean and I am waiting for them to say they are headed my way. We should all be used to this by now. LOL
Business is really starting to pick up on DG and eBay. I am amazed at the activity considering the economy.
Must mow some grass after I grab a bite to eat. Talk later. JB

JB, I was just watching CNN Money Watch or whatever it is called with Ali Valeschi sic. and they were saying the economy IS picking up. Goes to show why you are getting more orders.

LOL, go mow your grass. I gotta cut the leaves off of my tomato plants and see if they will ripen some.

My tomato plants are producing fruit but they all have cracks in them. Not nice perfect fruit. Just ugly tomatoes. I tell you, they taste great, but look like H.

Howdy:
boy it was nice again today. we were suposed to hit 91 with a nice breeze. it was great today we are sticking in the uper 80's and suposed to hit the 90's over the weekend but tothing liike the high 90's lower 100's.

ok avian nut - what is the yellow poker type flower? I need to get some I love the pic. also the landscape pics are great. I love the scene it creates. it looks like a niece place to sit and relax to just watch the day mosey by.

another day of house running but what else is new. I have a lot of plants ready to fill in the bed next tothe house on the north side of the house, but I am waiting for the siding and windows to get done. they say 2 weeks to finish but I am optomistic and thinking 3 to 4 weeks.
Have a great evening Dave