sharing march/april pictures

Nichole- which standards are you going to keep?

For sure I'll keep Frozen In Time and Rebel's Splatter Kake. I may keep one of the Russians . . . I've got a dozen of those . . .

I may clear my standards too, starting with all the solid colors. It seems that the large growing and variegated ones do best in shows and the small standards are just wasting my space. I agree with you about Rebel's Splatter Kate and I can't live without Music Box Dancer.

Just getting back into violets and begonias after a long hiatus. Your pictures inspire me! I've been droolign over some of the Russians that I've been seeing here and on eBay. I hope to get in on some trades, someday -- have ordered plugs and leaves and it's almost like waiting for Christmas!

Sharon

Hi Sharon and welcome ^_^! We do lots of trades here as well as sometimes just gifting.
Jamie and Nichole,
Are you going to put your plants on Marketplace or Ebay?

Lynn

I've put a few of mine on eBay, to see how they do . . . I've been keeping an eye on things on the Marketplace . . . I haven't actually listed anything (I don't think) since Dave left . . . but now you mention it Lynn, I probably will list some for a few days and see how they do! Will wait until tomorrow am, though.

Chrysothemis Puchella "Bronze"

Alsop "Cygnet"

Strepacarpella "Blue Concord"

Kohleria "Texas Rainbow" Hope all of these turn out well. My husband usually does this, although they are my plants.
Ann

Ann -- your pictures came out very well -- don't show hubby or he may not take any more photos for you because they are so well-done! (lol) And beautiful gesneriads, too. Very inspiring! I'm looking forward to my first shipment from Linda at Bloomin' Jungle -- I've got 10 strep starters coming -- it's like waiting for Christmas!

Sharon

The alsobia cygnet looks great. I have an older specimen and it has become 'woody'. That plant looks best when young, with fresh growth (like humans!).
Lynn- Maybe I'll try listing my standards in Marketplace. Do you think anyone would want them when not in bloom or should I wait? I mostly keep AV's disbudded until show time.

Thanks! That is true about the Alsobia I usually end up starting new and throwing away the old. Most of my violets are going out of bloom now; don't like my 80 degree house, but the other gesneriads are really all coming into bloom.
Ann

I love the Chrysothemis and I admire your seemingly steady watering routine. I have a dormant tuber and a sulking Chrysothemis friedrichsthaliana. If Achimenes can be finnicky about drying out, Chrysothemis surely are...

BTW: Not to be nitpicky or anything but your Streptocarpella should be Streptocarpus subgenus Streptocarpella 'Concord Blue'... LOL I love this plant! It's one of those totally reliable ones. You don't happen to have a cutting? Please?

Ann,
I love your pictures! I can never get my Chrysothemis to get any taller than 8 inches or so or to bloom.Maybe I will try putting it outside this year.

Jamie,
I don't think anyone would care if they are in bloom or not.

Lynn

Well, just got done putting the mobile together for the club show this weekend! Who knew "arts and crafts" could be so fun?

Nichole- give us a picture of your mobile. This one is 'Cotton Gin'.

That's cute, Jamie! I'll take a picture of it in the am, after I get it set up. That one is all ready to go . . . it's the underwater I still need to work on tonite!

we are happily moving to here and want lots of chit chat and pictures http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1176721/

Sorry she is a bit old. fast grower beautiful flower/leaf combo. any sucker wanted I guess: 5-10 not sure. One definitey has to learn to plant many suckers continuously (here inf FL) outside and would get beautiful hanging plants. - the seem to Need new soil all the time.
Lillypad's "Geneviewe"

That's the downside when growing Episcias: They never look their best for a long time. On the other hand, they make it particularly easy to start over and have a good looking plant in no time... :)

Anyhow: This is a beautiful variety! And however she looks, she's blooming her little heart out!

Olaf

Well -- the epsicia's growth habit is nature's was of ensuring survival -- putting energy into making as many stolons as possible, sending out the babies to root and having the babies make more babies quickly instead of giving a lot of enegry to the original mama to keep it good-looking. In nature, the bald center of the whole deal would be overun by rooting babies. With stoloniferous plants in the wild, it's interesting to track their expansion and "walk" across a landscape!

here in Sarasota "Selby Garden" in the Orchid display room, that is exactly what they use the Ep's for walking across the rooms underneath the Orchids. just beautiful, of course you want to snip one or two - but you don't take a chance......

Exactly! The "problem" only arises when not being allowed to "wander" i.e. when you grow Episcias in pots. There are plenty of pictures on the web showing Episcias as groundcovers in tropical gardens. In Chicago, however, I'll have to keep repotting and rerooting... :)

Sorry to take so long but on the Streptocarpella I just redid the entire plant last fall and it is really doing good. The extras that I put down I sold at our club sale in February. If you lived in Phoenix I would love to give you a couple of clippings but I don't want to get involved with trying to ship; especially since it is pushing 100 here.

Absolutely no problem! That would definitely wind up being Streptocarpella-stew...

LOL stew!!!!

aka. steamed vegetables in a bag. :)