My first ever :) Mine all came from tiG. This is a pink Eric cross. My whiskers is budding too! I thought I wasn't watering/fertilizing enough watching all y'alls blooms!
proud mama
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Good for you Angie!
Are yours in pots or in the ground?
Wooo Hoooo Angie! Another addict...............LOL
Way to go!
Both are in pots. This one is in a 10 or 12" pot on the front porch. It was rooted just below the Y. So, pretty much it's one big Y. But it had to Y again to bud out. *shrug*
The whiskers is in a big pot (like 15 gallon?) with purple petunias round the base. tiG said hers got 10 feet tall before it Y'd but mine is only about 4 foot tall in the pot. Perfect height. :)
Wow, now that's beautiful!
Petunias for me next year :D
you'll love Whiskers, it's one of the best.
The petunias make a great pot cover. I love it.
I love the petunias too. Great combination.
You have done a very good job with your plants. I hope you get many blooms soon.
Thank you guys! :) *beaming*
Congrats, really nice looking plants, so green and not bug eaten.
Larry
Don't jinks me! lol
My Whiskers is getting pretty tall this year. One I sent to my friend is 7 ft. and just making a Y. Last year my whiskers plant only got a total of about 5 ft. tall. I was very surprised to see mine get this big and not have shide shoots. Your plants look great Angie.
Way to go Angie, I am so impressed - the petunias were a great idea! Brenda
Those leaves are so healthy! Beautiful!
They all look great . . nice and healthy! Good job!
Looks great. It is exciting isn't it?
You have done a wonderful job, girl! It looks very nice.
Wow, thanks y'all! I'm blushing. :) The petunias did wonderfully. Must be that miracle grow potting soil. They were supposed to be a double bloom 'Priscilla'. Some are double, but most aren't anymore. My DH says I'm touched with the green thumb. I keep telling him I've killed plenty of plants too.
Update on Whiskers
p.s. question too...My eric's pink has dropped one bud and some of the others are crimping in the middle. What is wrong?
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Great looking plant, looks like it won't be much longer.
angie, check for caterpillars in the newest growth, small, large, brown and green. they're everywhere right now. and the heat will cause them to lose buds too, we had so much rain and now nothing.
Thanks tiG. I think it's the heat. I've got this one on the front porch, so I've moved it a little to get it out of the sun. It's being watered plenty, just too hot. No evidence of cat holes. Whiskers is coming along though! How long from emergence of flower(yesterday when I got home from work) till full fledged flower?
Update on the flower on whiskers...it's OPEN!
from underneath...they smell like lemon cookies! :)
Here's the crimped buds. They have a little line of brown right in the crimp. Like dead tissue or a scar.
Congrats!!!! You'll really love whiskers. once she starts blooming she doesn't quit.
Found some chew-holes on eric's pink. Grrrrrrr. I sprayed with insecticidal soap. I don't know if that will do it or not. I have some of that chrysanthemum based stuff too. We'll see.
Whiskers is a beauty. I can't wait for the pink (I have ONE bud that is flowering). :)