I realized I might have a couple other plants if anyone wants them.
I dug up a large clump of garlic chives and tossed them behind a telephone pole for later placement.
I will divide the clump and keep a small start, the rest is free for the taking. I cooked with them a couple of times and they tasted ok, but I prefer chives. The bees were insane for the white flowers.
There is also a large clump of brick red DL (note use of abreviation here) that is sitting unpotted in a bucket.
I also have some purple tradescantia, not potted but still alive.
C
North Central Texas Fall Roundup Trade Thread, Part 2
Well one day I want to attend a class to teach me how to wire and shape them better. Right now my attempts are sort of pathetic. I have a red crape myrtle, a juniper and an oak. I lost several to the last harsh winter.
c
I'll take some!! I mean garlic chives.
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C, I have close to 200 so give me a size & I bet I have one just that size! I brought them as sprouts fr Indy over the last 6 yrs!
Smockette anything with a trunk bigger than a pencil, bigger is better here. I will take several of the larger ones if you can bring them. I love maples and oaks.
chili, I will bring the garlic chives and the red day lilies. I will make sure I check on them this week and keep them moist.
I was thinking the other day, I throw away more plants than most people probably buy each year.
I may one day end up with a nice looking redwood but not anytime soon.
Thanks newton.
Oh that is a nice dream, did you mail order the redwood? I dream of a nice bald cyprus bonsai but so far no luck in keeping one alive after pruning.
C
Smockette you have 200 bonsai trees? Impressive.
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Yeah I get most of my trees from the Arbor Day Foundation.
Perk, my trees are not bonsai'd. They have been stripped by the deer several times but not bonsai on purpose!!! lol
LOL....deer bonsai, very funny! I have read about and tried a lot of techniques but never any with 4 legs.
My deer are so smart that they will strip every leaf off my Skyflower vines & then wait 2-3 wks & come back & do it again! They never break the vine just take all the leaves. & those leaves are almost like leather! They stripped 15 plumerias the first yr I lived there!!! Guess they didn't get the list of deer resistant plants!!! lol
Smockette, I would like a Star Jasmine, Loropetalum, and a Red Cascades, please? I have lots of plants not on the list so just ask.
I hear Loropetalum make good Bonsai plants.
Cheryl, can I have a purple with yellow throat DL? Isn't there anything I can give you? I have plants not listed too.
OK, I am listing more haves;
White Butterfly Clerodendrum
EE Illustris
Coralberry
Rootbeer plant- very invasive
and for a special trade - 2 Cassia trees
Planolinda,
It's me who has the Caladium bulbs -- I have two large onion bags full that I never managed to get in the ground this year, so I will be happy to bring you some!
Kate
Ken, I'll get my list of brugs together today. I hope. I'd like a clerodendrum and EE Illustris, please.
I'd love some garlic chives, please.
Alyce, I'd love to have a couple of your silver maples too, the larger the better, and if you have enough, a couple of the loropetalums too. Please check my list to see what I can bring for you or let me know what you are looking for.
Kate, I'd like to have some of your caladium bulbs too. There's always room for a few more pots in the greenhouse. :>)
Ken, can I get a coralberry from you?
Smockette!! So glad you're coming! Are you bringing Smock with you?
Kenboy, does rootbeer plant survive the winter? I bought one last year, but it didn't come back this year. I wasn't sure if that was normal, or if it was because of the the much colder than normal winter.
Anyone have any hardy amaryllis?
Kenboy, got you down for S Jasmine & Red Cascade. I have one larger Lore in a 3-5 gal pot that would probably be better to bonsai, or would you want a 4" to cut as it grows? LMK I would love a Cler, if you have another one.
Patrob, will bring 2 SL Maples & 2 Lores.
Just to let ya'll know. I will be leaving Magnolia Tues nite w/plants & both cats. My dad is having surgery Wed morning & I don't know how long I will have to be up there. I will probably be offline after Tues til I can find the internet @ the VA hosp or get to the library.
FYI, hopefully, I can still make it to ETRU w/Smock on the 23rd.
Smock's Root Beer's all came back but he is in Katy. He says they run underground & they came back like gangbusters this yr.
The Root Beer plant was profiled in the Seasonal Living newsletter that arrived in my inbox just a few days ago! Here's what she had to say about here in N. Texas:
Quoting:
Also Known as the Rootbeer Plant
Gardening in the Southwest has introduced me to several herbs unknown in other parts of the country. One of my favorite finds is hoja santa, an import from Central America and parts of Mexico.
Hoja santa has large asymmetrical heart-shaped leaves about 10 inches long. The leaves grow near the top of thick jointed stalks that remind me of bamboo. During the summer fleshy spikes with very tiny white flowers appear near the top of the plant. The roots are fairly shallow and grow laterally to spawn new stalks as much as six feet Hoja Santaaway. Although it has a tendency to spring up in unexpected places, its shallow root system makes it relatively easy to dig up.
Hoja santa is not hardy above Zone 9. At the first frost, the leaves wither and collapse but the roots remain alive through the winter. In my Zone 7/8 garden hoja santa has reliably returned from the roots for over six years. If you live in an area with extended freezing temperatures, try growing hoja santa in a large container you can bring in for the winter.
Hoja santa's botanical name (Piper auritum) tells us it is a cousin to black pepper (Piper nigrum), a Southeast Asian vine that gives us the ground pepper on the dinner table. This flavor kinship is evident when you munch on a leaf of hoja santa. Besides the sharp peppery undertones, you may detect another familiar flavor. Hoja santa is also known in the U.S. as "the root beer plant" for its similarity to the flavor of that all-American beverage.
Fresh hoja santa leaves have several uses in the Mexican kitchen. The leaves are large enough to be a wrap for foods, just as a tortilla would be used but with a spicy flavor. In the Veracruz area cooks wrap fish in the leaves before roasting. The green leaves are also used to wrap fresh goat cheese for aging. But the most important culinary use is in mole verde, a thick green sauce somewhere between salsa and pesto.
Plant hoja santa where it will get ample moisture and plenty of room to spread out. This tender perennial grows in an open cluster 3-6 feet high. Because the leaves overlap efficiently very little sunlight reaches the ground beneath. This discourages other plants from sharing the spot. At this time of year, you probably won't find hoja santa in nurseries because it will soon be dormant. But if you have a friend with this plant, ask for some root starts and you'll have some coming up in your plot next spring.
I just wished my Rootbeer plant didn't come back.
stephanietx, got your Coralberry.
Smoskette, I am not doing Bonsai and would love the larger one, thanks. Be sure to check all my haves and I have lots of stuff not listed.
Thanks for the info. I passed it on to Smock.
Smockette~ Can I please get one of your cigar plants?
Does Smock want some Rootbeer plant?
Catz, got you on my loadin' list!!! lol
Ken, he has plenty. That pix I posted is one of the patches in his bkyard.
Thank you Smockette :)
OK, it was dfwdennis that may want some, how about it dfwdennis?
Also have Turquoise Puya.
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does anyone want me to dig up red tip photinia?
Dennis , do you mean schoolhouse aka hurricane lily?
I have 200+ 2ltr red tips, another favorite of my deer. That is why I have GH#3. It doesn't get covered in the winter, everything in it is hardy but I have to protect almost everything for my deer!!!
Kenboy, I'll take one. I think I will keep it in a pot. :)
Anna, schoolhouse (oxblood) lily is also on my list, but here is the posting for hardy amaryllis:
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56501/
Smockette~Can I also have a cigar plant? I think I'll put it in a container this go 'round.