Fall Swap at Sallys- DISCUSSION about your haves and wants

Terp, what a fabulous set of directions -- detailed and still concise -- thank you!!

Gita, I sure do remember that day, back when we first met... what fun we had getting to know each other!

Jill--

Here are your sweet Banana peppers----full of them! Can't say I am crazy about them.
The skin is rather thick...I pick the ripe ones--and they all just sit in a bowl....

Also--Here is how sprawly the Endless Summer hydrangea gets in this little corner bed.
This is why I have to take cuttings,,,,,,Can't walk unto the patio because of all this growth.
May do that today. gita

Gotcha both down Terp and Gita
Gita - rooting is not on my list of conquered abilities - haven't tried to root either so I'm not much help. Daphnes are notoriously finicky - out of 4-5 different ones this is the only that not only lived but has thrived where I put it. Course this one from Debbie's was 1 gal size v. the babies from bluestone. The late winter scent is to die for - that much I can attest to. ^_^

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Great Chantell thank you. I have heard the same about them. I have spoke with numerous dgers that said rooting is challenging. Hopefully we have some success and there will be some little daphnes for the spring.

Thanks for the compliment Jill. I'm pretty green but I have about two dozen varieties of rhodos from this summer.


Daphne Odora - http://www.ippswr.org/home/ippsna/2007/Presentations/Simnitt.pdf
Their results are via a misting system..but at least the cuttings are viable this time year according to this study. If good for nothing else, they listed their rooting hormone.





This message was edited Aug 6, 2012 12:54 PM

Picture one is of my cuttings from this year.

The second picture is pots I need to get rid of. They are pretty small. Anybody interested?

Terp--

Since you are also getting a Daphne cutting---tell me how you plan to root it--assuming Chantelle will not have done so yet.

I truly have no space for another shrub. Would it grow in a large pot? I will need to collect some info on this plant--
starting with the link above.

Gita

Gita-

I'm just going to try the method I use for Rhodos but maybe use the rooting compound mentioned in the article.

Hopefully Chantelle can spare more than one cutting, with the rhodo's we put 3 - 12 cuttings depending on the size of the shrub (large leaf rhodo, lepidote, azalea). With multiple cuttings you increase your odds (I assume), I guess some things you have no control over.

I'm going to see if the internet can produce more information but that's my general plan.

-Paul

This message was edited Aug 6, 2012 1:45 PM

Paul---

I do not have this Rooting Compound you mention. All I have is some of the regular rooting powder-
-and most of it is quite old.

Maybe you could bring be a smidgen of it? Gita

I don't have it either! Yes of course If I can find a reasonable amount I will buy it. I can't pay $35 for 10oz of powder. Otherwise I'll just use what I have old fashioned root tone.

OK! Thanks anyway......G.

Gita, I love those 'Sweet Pickles' peppers... most of them don't make it into the house when they're red; we eat them right out in the garden! I've never noticed their being especially thick-skinned, but they may seem that way due to their small size, or depending on what you're using for comparison (they aren't banana peppers, which do usually have thinner skins and thinner flesh also). You could always mince them up (food processor) and add them to salsa, spaghetti sauce, etc... then you'd get all their flavor without needing to bite through their skin.

The Sweet Pickles are very prolific here too. Tasty snack. I think I'll go have some right now..
Paul, please bring at least one little crock, for me. I'd like to see if I can paint them. COuld be nice pot in whcih to place a cheap plastic pot for a small houseplant.

Will do

Thanks! And as long as you 'need to get rid of them...''... I like the shape. I like the color too but have to admit that I already have plenty of brown in my life.
My DD found instructions that these can be painted with enamel paint. Takes a few coats.

easier than enamel paint... "Porcelaine" brand ceramic paints. They "fire" in your oven and are then dishwasher safe (without needing to be sealed).

Yay @ Paul and Jill!!!

Ha.

Does anybody have bee-balm (Monarda), I love the firework type bloom and read they are a great companion plant for veggies. It's a pretty prolific grower so I wouldn't need more than a few roots. I'd take any kind! short, tall, fat, pink, white, black, red, orange...

Paul

Goodness me.....I am busy and don't read for a while and then visit and have to read for a great while. This is all so fun and sure does get me excited when reading it. Yes indeed, going to be yet another great day in the neighborhood. These swaps are so much fun. The child in each of us gets to come out and play. We are currently working on our list of haves and I will be posting in due time. As of now, I see only two wants and will make them known now.

Ssgardener, if you still have any of the cactus soil left, I would love to try it. If you are running low, no problem. Did you mix this yourself or buy it some where that I may also try purchasing it?

Paul, I am always looking for small pots and after others make their requests known, I will take what is left over please. They are really cute crocks. I too have been known to buy inventory of floral shops which are closing.

Anyway.....off to try and catch up with the other swap chats. You folks are the very, very best.....you know. Oh yeah, a question for Jill. You mentioned powdery mildew. Is there a treatment for it? My beautiful Bloody Dock that I got from Ric and Holly has developed it and is making the plant look very poorly currently. I haven't dealt with it in the past and know nothing about how to possibly prevent it or treat it once it has set in. Thanks doll.

Ruby

Ruby,

I'll bring all I have.

Thanks Paul, I am back again.......just wanted to add here that the boss and I have plans to dig up most everything in a large front bed we have......spray for sedge grass and weeds and then replant the bed that has become totally over run with weeds this year. This means that next spring we will have a lot of the plants that I see folks mentioning as wanting here. I know that we will be having a lot of Hosta, Hellebores and Hardy Geraniums to share, they just won't be available for this swap. Put this tidbit in the back of your brains and know that if your wishes are not granted at this swap, they will be granted next spring. Any takers will be doing us a great favor.

Ruby

Sounds great Ruby, can't wait for spring. I'll have some little azaleas and rhodos hopefully for you, if you want.

Bless your fuzzy heart, Ruby, I will surely make a note for myself, "Should I find myself with fewer Hostas than I would like come Spring, ask Ruby". Ya see, I have this Hosta plan... to dominate the WORLD... starting with my back yard in the shady table area.
< =)

This message was edited Aug 7, 2012 11:31 AM

Will get as many cuttings as I can re the Daphne

Speedie---

Do hostas make seeds? Can Hosta be grown from seeds?
I have let the bloom stalks be--thinking there may be seeds in those pods. Yes? No?
I only have one big, variegated-leaf Hosta. The leaves are bid too....It is growing in a lg, square pot against
the front of my shed. Seems to be getting a bit pot-bound.....Ugh! Dividing Hostas is a chore!

I cut a lot of the sprawling branches off my Endless Summer Hydrangea and put about 14 of them to root in pots.
I had pretty good luck in the last couple of years.

I also potted up about 10 4" pots of David's Cpanula Elizabeth. I know they will have plenty to bring--so,
if anyone wants more--i will have some.....
Learned one thing in doing this! This Campanula multiplies bu spreading from the roots--NOT from seed.
AHA! Something I did not know--but then this is my first go with this plant also.

Was going to actually make a list of what i have--but I was sooooo tired and grubby after hours of working outside.
Will do that soon. As usual--I may have more than I think I have...NO surprise!

Sally---You gonna do a food Thread soon????

Can I sign up early to bring MMM-Meatballs? Have some made in my freezer already. Yeah! A small space freed up!
And--my pickles too--if you like. From my home grown cukes yet!

Gita

This is my Big-leaved Hosta. Only one I have.....besides the August Lily Hosta.
Do not have enough of that one to share--as I did all that last fall. Mine are now starting all over...

NO on Hosta. At least what I have read is, no good from seed.
Yes I better do a food thread...getting to only a month away!!!!!!!!!!!!

FOOD thread
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1274506/

This message was edited Aug 7, 2012 7:14 PM

FOOD thread
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1274506/

Additional "Haves"

Absinthe Wormwood – Artemisia absinthium – Perennial Artemisia, historical source of absinthe.

Aquilegia ‘Winky Purple And Yellow’- This year’s seedlings. Sorry, no photo

Aster/ Symphyotrichum cordifolium – Blue Wood Aster – Perennial native blooms pale blue in late summer/fall. Light to full shade. Sorry, no photo.

Aster/ Symphyotrichum turbinellum – Turbinate Aster – Perennial native, lavender to blue-violet flowers with yellow centers in mid to late fall. Prefers partial shade. Sorry, no photo

Browallia speciosa – American Bush Violet – Tender perennial with blue flowers. Take inside for winter. Ours have bloomed continuously for over 2 years. Adds nice indoor color in winter. Seedlings.

And some more additions:

Hieracium venosum – Rattlesnake Weed – Perennial native wildflower with interesting foliage. Blooms yellow in the spring/early summer. Potted plants that bloomed this year.

Mentha pulegium – English/European Pennyroyal – Low growing, manageable mint used as an insect repellant, other herbal history. Blooms pale lavender in summer.

Physostegia virginiana – Obedient Plant – Perennial native wildflower. Spikes of lavender/violet blooms late summer to fall.

I would love some winky columbine and obedient plant. I think a friend gave me an obedient plant around mothers day. Do they grow pretty tall and need steaking?

This message was edited Aug 8, 2012 1:37 PM

Ruby, usually by the time I notice powdery mildew out in the garden, the plant is already looking pretty tatty with it, so I don't try to do much. Spraying with a solution of hydrogen peroxide or milk may help... google, and I'm sure you'll find lots of recipes.

Terp, I should be able to get 2 or 3 types of Monarda for you, pretty sure I can manage 'Raspberry Wine' and 'Marshall's Delight', possibly also a little start of 'Petite Delight' (new plant, but you know I took a cutting already LOL)... and I know somebody mentioned that red one at the spring swap, so maybe you'll be able to get it ('Jacob Kline' I think) from someone also.

I've got some "Jacobs Cline" bee balm seeds, TERP, if you'd be interested in those, I'd be GLAD to bring them for you. Just collected them off a plant at work (I do love "deadheading with a purpose"!) a couple weeks ago.

Gita, I've heard and learned the same thing about Hostas' flowers/seeds, "no", no propagating from seed. =( Shame, 'cause I'd been thinking about collecting some from the few blooms that one of my plants put up, but then researched and found that it just doesn't 'work'.

Jill that would be great!!! Thanks.

Speedie that is very nice of you thanks. I can try my hand at sowing. I'll be honest though I have not much luck or patience for it.

Gita- hostas do seed I have had OP little hostas pop up in beds and odd spots around the beds. Give it a shot.

I have a few bushel baskets if anybody is feeling crafty. They aren't in the best condition but they have been protected from the weather.

a bushel basket that's not in the best condition would be *ideal* for making a big hypertufa pot... you wouldn't feel too guilty if you ended up having to cut the basket-form to remove it.

Terp, if I haven't mentioned it, I'd love a rhodie baby... I'm finally able to plant shrubs back in my tree line, having (mostly) beaten back the poison ivy after 10 years LOL. (I'll still have to wear protective gear & wash up any time I dig in the dirt though, as the oil can persist for years.)

What is a hypertufa?

Great. I should have quite a few rooted come spring time. There are lepidote rhodos that are smaller, I have a few that won't grow any bigger than 2 foot by 2.

I love those mini rhodis!

We'll have to do another hypertufa workshop... it's a lightweight version of concrete, made by using peat moss & perlite/vermiculite rather than sand & gravel with the cement. Article in the works.. :-)

OK I'll bring them then so you can have them for the workshop. The fall is pretty busy for me and I get a few every winter.

Terp - if I have some stowaways aka Obediant plant remaining...they're yours.

K.