Plant Propagation the Basics Sept 2017

Pretty flowers Debra! Back to the truck, door seals and new stereo. then its time for a quieter muffler.

Debra nice Flowers !!! Clematis re-bloom when they have a good season ,
Hot Today here .
A few with a #3 saying a look

My clematis went to ground 2 yrs, nothin. This year trying to redig that bed, I have 6 seperately rooted plants with leaves in the ground for 3 more. I will have a new mg bloom on a 4th vine tomorrow, but the other 3 vines give me blooms every day. (Watching for seeds). Tickseeds, ageratums and other natives are blooming if ya look hard. My snapdragons are leafing back out. Has to be the smallest hyacinth bean I have ever grown, but guess it's lucky I stepped off the truck in July and didn't let it die, i know pic is sideways, I didnt trim the shot cuz the cellphone is messing up.

I love the yellow with the bee, Ju, that is a great colorful shot. Your kitty looks serene, and man, is it hot there!
Impressed with your Timex temp gauge, too. :D
I bet you have been working non stop, with the Ponds and bees and now the truck, Gypsy. I was wishing I had a hive for all these dang bees to go to, they are hogging the hummer feeders. Oh well, have not seen one since I've been back.
Kitt, I think I have that same dwarf chinese bean.. LOL... poor thing! Last year it over took the while garden fence, this year I am lucky to see two bloom sprays so far. And so it begins, moving things in , re-arranging a hundred times. This Duranta is so happy it is on it's third flush. Brought in a couple Brugs, and a Hibiscus. *sigh*
I think I am going to have to re think my work station I set up down there for seeds.
Greta saved up all her RX bags for me, and they are so easy to roll up , stick in my hoodie pocket with a marker, and go outside. Gamera wants a banana, but I told her she is getting too fat.

Well, try again since this deleted itself. 2 more MGs in bloom, white with a pink spot, 2 of the folks hanging around the hoja santa (root beer plant). The marigolds are blooming again as well.

I used to have a root beer plant. Trying to keep it away from dogs and children I'd moved it to the property line where my neighbor ran over it with a lawn mower. It did not survive. children all moved away, I could have one now. Is this the one you can really make root beer out of Kitt?

Debra . I still love gamera , Turtles are so cute ,
Hot weather may finally be over with here , Thank you , thank you , thank you ,
Few today
zebrina
Gaillardia
pow wow Coneflower
Tithonia

Debra how do you know Gamera is too fat for a banana? LOL, I'm with JU. What happened to the little one? Do you have the basement all set up for them for the winter/? iT really is coming you know. As much as we hate to see it. Has Gamera outgrown her house? maybe that's it. Oh well, another year. Are you getting all settled in your house after the wrecking crew left?

ttyl, jen

Hi everyone.. been a crazy few days, we finally got some rain! Jen, so glad to see you. Gamera and Lil Bit are both happy as larks down there. They just are getting big. We are setting up the basement as we speak. Alice, I have root beer plant. Please say yes, I have no room... ( well I have too much if you want the truth) .. anyways, yes you can have some.
Ju, it's cool you know what everything is... LOL I don't! My tithonia is doing wonderful. Like Kitt, the marigolds are all crazy here.. and Kitt, that mg is milky way and its pretty!.. and so the basement gardens go forward.. Son brings them in one at a time.. they get de-bugged outside. back room is seed drying area for the moment.. Lil Bit on the last photo.. she only shows her head.. LOL

Debra I love the turtles Both and all ,, pretty flowers all ,, the Tithonia seem popular with the life ,,
I did not grow my Marigolds this year ,
I have not been out early to get pics of the morning glories , but their blooming Yes , I know what most of the plant seedlings are , not all entirely though ,

Hi Jen , Winter will get here , pooper huh ? snow is pretty ,only my goodness all that comes with it ,

Lil Bit and Gamera are cute and that monarch pic is stunning Deb. Have a lot to do today. Ya'll have a good one

Gypsi, Hoja santos means sacred leaf. Proper name Piper auriteum. Wont make root beer. Uses are the big heart shaped leaf used to steam food, but not eaten.
Just came in after banking the fire. That pile was 7' hi 3 times today. Been a long day. Those marigolds were volunteers. I also made mini pecan pies, but ran out of the pie shells, will taste todays and adjust as I cook tomorro- may have too much pecan in them...night everyone.

Goodnight Kitt. thank you for educating me.

My usual chores and games .

The wanted shredder chipper this is a cuts all . I am finishing the set , I have seedlings to plant , Mower to work on , trees to trim and cut down , I am swamped with to do's , and will do as I can , good lessons all ,
Both sides of blades

You might like Painted Lady next to debris pile or bees in the aster , or kitties chilling

wow! you are a very busy man. Talented, but busy! Can someone tell me what this is? Remember when I put a bunch of seeds in the triangle with no tags? Now I don't know what these are, but there are three of them..then there is my coleus.. and the cuttings are nice plants, too.

Wow Ju my eyesight must be going, had a heck of a time finding your painted lady.
Sorry Debra, can't help with your I'D. Closest thing I am familiar with is nicotiana but flower isn't right.

Debra , I don't know what the plant is either , I am guessing an herb one I am not familiar with ,

Keith yes , I long center look on the Tithonia , It was really not that good of a pic , There was another Painted Lady and a Hummingbird that flew through the pic at the time , however did show there either ,

Butterflies showing up here today, Gulf frits, eastern swallowtail, large yellow sulphur, a few solidish black one up in the tree. A good day

Here was yesterday's other of Butterflies Several here until today although I did see two fluttering about outside today ,

I'm so happy for us all! I love Butterflys

Debra, I believe your plant is frostweed. Have a photo of a butterfly on mine, let me see here. the lower leaves look more like yours, and yours is pre flower opening. Oh I think the butterfly is a great purple hairstreak

oh! I hope and pray it is frost weed.

if it isn't I will try to keep only a very few seeds for you. Would take a picture of the smaller plants with leaves like yours but it is dark out and I am working on the website and moving picture files. It sure looks like it to me.

Oh I have lots of native frost flower seeds, Thanks for thinking of me. About that rootbeer plant, can I send it to you>?

Not right now Debra, I'd have to dig a bed to plant it. Too busy

I'll hang on to it till you are ready. I keep mine in a pot.
small pot- big pot-in ground they get huge, so I keep them at bay..

Enjoying watching the thread , a few blooms today
Hello All

And very nice blooms they are! I got a couple of pictures today. Queen Caterpillar on A. Tuberosa, Tomato plants growing on the pond filter, Mexican flame vine.

nice Gypsi
visitor today

Oh it's a monarch. I hear the reason we don't have monarchs is its still hot up north so they aren't heading south yet

Yes several here browsing their way southwest I have seen them as late as November a few seasons past
When they start coming through here in groups of five or more ,you usually are seeing them farther south .
Trying to motivate myself but not getting far with that ..

That was a beauty Ju. I learned a lot about monarchs this summer with the experience my daughter and granddaughters shared with me. I know it takes 4 or 5 generations to make the journey from Mexico to here and back but really not sure how far our crop would travel. Do you have any idea whether they would reach as far as where you live. Tennille gave me a couple of milkweed plants and I have my fingers crossed for next year

Yes the ones you raise there reach here , The last generation we all raise migrate entirely to the south Huge gathering migrates from Canada across Lake Michigan then through the central plains to Texas and Mexico There are smaller permanent population in Florida and Texas

Very interesting. Thanks for that Ju.

Keith I forgot about the western Monarch that inhabits California and over winters there
Not the best photo of an odd looking Pearl Crescent

Have not seen that one before. Similar to painted lady but definitely odd looking as you say. Think we may get close to a killer frost tonight. Have just had 2 light ones so far . Am ready for a killer as the ďeer have been really diligent this fall so may as well finish it. Have all the cuttings for next year going strong in the house and have started bringing in some roots ie. smaller Cannas that were in pots and the bonfire Begonia. Still have larger Cannas, elephant ears and Dahlia to Do but they are still going strong

Keith Nice plants those are as you shared and shown us this summer
You have crescent butterflies , they and that one shown are about 1/4 or 1/5 the size of a Painted Lady
My seedlings are just getting going as the weather cools slowly here Warm for a few weeks yet it will be ,
I am not looking forward to cold weather , Of course nights up north are cold to me all year so I suppose your all use to that ,

Still warm down here in Kansas. The milkweeds are all done except the orange, it is still blooming! My dahlias , morning glorys, gloriosa daiseys are also still blooming. Today I soaped cleaned some plants and brought them in. so many to bring in! Raining here.. watched 4 monarchs and two hummers feeding crazy on the tithonia and zinnias. ( Finally my zinnias!)

Here are visitors today and Forsythia thinking about reblooming