Charleen, your plants look so nice in the retreat!All look happy and very healthy.You'll be getting a box from me next week, too.
Elizabeth, I think Cerus blooms are so exotic looking.yours is just beautiful! Sounds like Bouganvilla takes about the same care as my mandevillas.
Dee
Miss B. Havin Brugmansia
Charlene
looking good there, I like your retreat, the plants will love the windows this winter, Congratulations on your new plants
celebrate as long as you can
Dee, Thank you, it is about the same care as the mandevilla's, the thing with the Bouganvilla is too not over water them in the winter, but in the summer they like a lot of water, I got a bunch of clipping cut today I have a Box I have too mail out monday, they are dipped in rooting powder in water, tommorrow I will be taking more, I wish NN would Bloom, that Brug & the Santa Rosa are so tall, there's no way it will fit in the basement without a haircut
Elizabeth
Elizabeth, if you have extra clippings that need a home, I would be always glad to send postage.My naughty nick has continued to lose most of his blooms.The ones that have opened are a beautiful pale peachy color. I got tired of pitching 1/2 opened blooms, and started putting them in a vase today.you know what they say...if life hands you lemons, make lemonade....well, I'm trying...lol I hope that they will go ahead and color up and open..
Dee
Evening ladies, I have been working straight thru since I got off work. I have to go in early so I can get off early to drive to Emporia after work to get college girl. she wants to come home.
Been trying to get more stuff done, made a bunch of cuttings of hibiscus, lantana, and coleus tonight. seems like I clean up a mess, and make a mess. I am supposed to be cleaning house, but all I have done is mess things up. I dug my night blooming jessimine out of the jungle corner on the patio tonight, got it all cleaned up, and then when I went outside I thought I had brugs opened it smelled so good out there, so I went around in the dark following the smells. Four o clocks, moon flowers and the jessimine were all making me swoon. I have four brugs about to burst out, after they get done I am bringing them in. I totally forgot about the ones out front. Found milk n honey almost ate up by a fat green worm, so squished it and promised her I would bring her in. She is budded out. Poor thing. My NN and NOL are just small things, so no blooms from them. Flamenco is the tallest, she is almost ten foot.
I wish I could grow bougies. My mandevilla is turning brown., should i cut it back and bring it in?
sure do love those cerus. I have no clue what kind mine are. Havn't seen any blooms.
Charlene I see a caudex plant n your table.. is it a buddah belly or a morning glory?
I have five caudex plants.
Desert Roses is mostly what they are. Some I grew from seed. They are so much fun to watch grow. I hava phildandrum, got to get a pic for you all. One died and I had to remove it yesterday.
(Desert Rose) but still have lots to bring in and Brugs to get ready. Next Month, our friend George is going to cut his. I'll have to get lots of buckets,huh???
Charleen
I just found a Toad Lilly in my front woodland garden! It is so beautiful! Wish I could post a picture. ;-(
Dee, Debra, Charlene & Cheri
good afternoon, I checked my email, ran outside watered everything, I put extra water on Velvet rose & the small Brugs
later on today I will go out & dig them up, I did get PeanutXRosalla dug up in just a few tries, it came right up, it has Buds
on it so I put new potting soil on it then put about 4 inches of water in the little swimming pool, so maybe they will still Bloom
I am really afraid, this weather won't hold, so I am really starting too take them up, also I will be taking photo's of the street
out front, it sure looks different than last year when I had that Beautiful mum growing there it's gone, I gave it too my friend
after I dug it up, but the evergreens I kept, I will use those on the porch this Christmas, put ornaments on them
Dee, you're so right about the lemons
Debra did you want some leaves of the Cerus? I need too get your addy I am sending you Santa Rosa clippings, I didn't forget
Charlene, I love your Photo, what are you going too do with all the clippings you get from George?
Cheri, it's so easy too post photo's on here, once you have the downloaded on Photobucket, let us know if we can help you
Elizabeth
Probably share my Wealth with a few friends. Know where any is??☺☺☺☺
What are you looking for Elizabeth??? I got him a Naughty Nick from one of the Ga. Folks, Brenda Send George one. I don't know what he is wanting now.
Is it normal for the leaves to turn yellow now?? I have leaves getting yellow. I'm still watering too.
Debra, did I answer your question? I believe you see Desert Roses. Hello Dee and everyone else.
Charleen
Elizabeth - Plantlover49
Nice Night Blooming Cereus. I've had some awesome blooms, but none this year.
Seems they only bloom on second year growth or older. Mine is in rebuilding stage!!!
I've noticed mine tend to bloom around the time of a full moon.
Stayed up late one night and caught the opening process on this collage.
Very pretty.
Debra, the mandevilla were one of my first plants that I brought in, because I had read that it's time to cut back and bring in, when the temps are in the 40's at night. I really don't have much experience with them, as I have only had mine, for about 6 or 7 weeks.Mine are the ones, that have the smaller shiny leaves... can't think of the name of this type. Anyway, I haven't cut mine back, because I am going to keep them growing in the sunroom as long as they are blooming.
Chuck, great pics!
Elizabeth, I'm with you...I don't think this weather is going to hold out either.
Hello, Charleen!
Dee
Hugs girls and guys. Nothing blooming except my little Pink Smitty and it is looking tired but so cute. Love the perfume it has too. think I like it better than any so far.
Charleen
I'm gonna have to hustle and bring my many plants in. The nights are getting into the upper 40's (well a couple have).
I do the same silly rush of plant hauling every year. The days are still so nice that it makes it hard to realize how chilly that night air is.
My problem with pictures is a broken camera. I sure hope I can replace it soon as photography has long been a hobby of mine
Sheri
Chuck7701
the Cerus I just posted is a day Blooming, but like the Night Blooming one the Blooms are for one day, but the Fragrance
was amazing, my Night Blooming one has Buds on it also, I need too bring it in too see if it will Bloom, you're so
right about the age of them, it took 3yrs for mine too Bloom
Charlene, I don't know if there's any that I need right now, I just went out this evening dug some up, then removed a lot of their leaves, I have yellow leaves also, I just pull them off, I did cut some huge stalks from the ones that had started too be like a shrub, I put them in a bucket of water, those are some I will be sharing, they are an inch in diameter
Dee, as I was digging, cutting & removing their leaves I thought about you, I am thinking that the end of the month, I'll need
addy's
Debra, I will be sending you Santa Rosa, I have my pen & paper ready, get me those addy's
Elizabeth
Cheri
you're not alone, I think we all go through, the mad rush in the Spring & the fall, the weather has been really nice, but
it will get colder, I am digging at least 3 a day too get them all ready for their winter home, this year I am spraying them with neem oil, hopefully I get about 5 of the big one's taken down too the conservatory, I have 3 Strawberry Creme, that's 2 too many, I am going too limit my pink one's except for the double's, by the middle of next week if NN hasn't Bloomed
I am digging that monster up, I do hope you get too replace your Camera, I would love too see your photo's
well I have stayed up too long, so I am off too bed, Good night everyone
Elizabeth
Adora, still blooming strong. Look at how the petals are curled back. So nice.
Got some seed pods hadn't planned for Painted Lady is mama, don't know who Papa Is. If anyone is interested, let me know.
I'm not into seeds. Like the cuttings best.
Charleen
she is beautiful, Charleen. I have pods on Isabella, along with new blooms. Have no clue the poppa either.
Thank you, Debra.
I made a plant holder out of a solar light.
I hope they survive the winter. That is where they are goin to stay. We wll see.
I think they are so cute!!
Charleen
Carlene, just Beautiful, you have done a wonderful job with your Brugs, Congratulations on your seedpod, nice plant holder
Debra, Hi I am staying up a bit late had too dig some more Brugs, this evening, then get caught on the post, if I dig 5 a day
for the next 4 days, I'll be done, it's funny too watch me use string for the plant labels, with the cats around, they can't stand it, they just have too chase the string, so I have too put the string up over my head too put it in the labels so they can't reach it
Elizabeth
Elizabeth that was a cute picture you just painted in my mind with the cats attacking the string while you try to keep it from them .
Charleen I love that idea!
Debra,they already have a drainhole in them. all I had to do was drill another hole in base so water could get all the way out. those succulents should be good in there.
Poor Elizabeth, getting attached by cats. Bad as me having chickens under my feet looking for bugs when I did. Abigail gets so excited when I get a shovel. Her feathers are growing back now. So Glad, I was afraid se was going to freeze her tail. Here is Abigail and little Champ.
Charleen
Debra, it is funny watching them, last night I tried too get a photo of them, just as I snapped the photo, they turned their
Heads, I called them Brat cats
Charlene, I really like your chickens, so cute, I miss chickens & ducks, here all we can have are cats & dogs, the city does have it's rules, did you notice your weather report? it's going too be like summer down your way, all this week, we are just a couple degrees lower than your weather all week low's of 55 degrees, yippee, we might actually see some Blooms
I am still digging the Brugs that aren't doing anything, I am down too 20 of them
Elizabeth
I went and raked 6-7 gardencarts of pine straw for my brugs. Going to take cuttings and leave roots in ground. Except for a couple of small ones. Want to start another flower bed too. always wanting something.
Just Nosin' around. Isabelle and Annabelle
Charlene
they're so cute, here is a photo of the Brat Cats, this is Princess
Elizabeth
Here is Max, he is so much bigger than his sister
Elizabeth
But look at how pretty he is. Magnificent cat.
Charlene, Thank you, he looks more like his momma than the other ones do, the really good shot I could've gotten, they turned their heads, remember how nice that purple mum I had last year, well this year, this is what it looks like out in front
it's a mess
Elizabeth
that metal cage has been sitting there since Thursday, they don't work on Fridays, not sure why? I bet they are off work tommorrow also because of Columbus day being a Holiday, the X that's painted on the sidewalk is where, we have too pay too replace it, I bet it will be December before they get it all done, if then
Here's something better too look at
Elizabeth
your cats look like they are on high alert for more string!
Elizabeth, they messed up your world. I would be upset too.
Hope it will be worth it all.
Charleen
Sheri, they are always on alert, too chase anything
Charlene, I have before photos before, during, then I will photo's after, just too see the difference, my street out front is a state route, so they will have too finish it quicker than the other streets, lucky for me we have a place too park, so it's all good
Elizabeth
here is cherub tonight under the pear tree
Kaitlyn is on her 7th flush so far this year..
Isabella, B suaveleons pink are both going at it
Maya before turning color
Dola is blooming in the basement, CG done bloomed.. and in the basement I finally have my purple swirl daturas blooming.. I told hubby after blooming this weekend they have to come in.. Almost everything out back is in except the really big brugs in the ground, Macho fern, and a few other things, I havn't even touched the front brug garden yet. I better go to bed, I was falling asleep at work today waiting for someone to answer their phone.. how embarrassing!
Debra
those are some really nice photo's, according to one wether station it says the low of 33 degrees Thursday night, I donated
3 big Brugs, the Huge Agave, the Huge Catcus & some houseplants to the local university, then I gave 2 huge Strawberry Creme & the Huge Frosty pink to a lady with a GH, after taking them to them, stopped by Lowes got a great deal on a couple cement flower pots, I will post a photo of them this evening, also I was worried that I didn't have enough flower pots
for all the plants that I have too take in, the lady I took the Brugs too gave me about 30, so now I am all set, I just have too pick up a couple bags of soil, it will be a mad rush Thursday too get everything in, I'll talk too you this evening if you're on here
Elizabeth
What a nice warm day to have to work was killing me.. I brought in the huge lantana pot and the pink smitty cestrum from the front tonight. They are hogging a whole table, but will cut them back later this winter. I dug up the pleckanthrus MONA tonight and made cuttings and planted the root stems.. I have had it for three years, really don't like buying plants if I can keep them going. ( annuals)
My little impatiens are really happy down there right now, popping out seeds for me right and left, which I just dump right back into the pots for new plants this spring.
One of my favorite hibiscus down there..
Debra
I like some annuals, I have a pot of scented geraniums, that I want too keep going, I love the scented leaves, I also have a lemon verbena, last year it just dried up & died, I thought maybe it was too hot & dry in the basement, so this year, i will keep it in the attic, that's a pretty hibiscus, those are DH's favorite, tommorrow, I will do the mad rush, to get a lot of my plants in the basement, I guess it's time, I am going to keep a couple big brugs, in the house, now that I have good windows
I have 11 more windows too do then, the utitility bills should be a lot less expensive, all i have too do now is get the foam
insulation, then it will be really cozy even in the winter
Elizabeth
We have an outfit here in town advertising a new window for 189. I need all new windows and the frames too. Ugh.
I need cracks filled in the basement walls, the brick sealed, the cedar re nailed and the gutters redone. Hubby says wait until we get house paid off. Two years to go.. I hope we don't fall in the ground by then LOL
I was going to try a scented geranium, but I have so man small ones I grew from seeds, I am putting them all in one big pot.. Lantanas are almost all in, a few left in the ground outside in front, and about two left out in pots in the back.
look here at poor thing, this is what happens when college girl goes to turn off the light switches..
