C'mon, y'all! Won't you PLEASE help me identify the plants I brought home with me?!?!
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Central TX RU 4/23 "afterglow"
I am sorry I missed it. For those who wanted something on my list please contact me so I can get them to you.
George in San Antonio
George,
I sent your plant home with Firebug, I mean Kipper, Sunday afternoon.
I owe Hazel a ponytail palm. If you would like I'd be happy to bring you a Philo then, too, as well anything else I have to offer. Just LMK.
Hoping all is going well in your world,
Donna
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Hazel was so sweet as to send me a detailed email identifying a whole slew of CTRU plants http://davesgarden.com/journal/d/m/dstartz/ that made it to my house. But their are still a few that remain nameless.
If not for me, would you do it for them.... (How do you puppy dog eyes on this thing?!?!?)
This message was edited Apr 28, 2005 5:33 PM
Dave and his friend Jorge came by my house today and took a lot of the plants from the Roundup and a lot of plants that I had. He and Jorge brought me some. Thank goodness he brought his truck. They left with 3 large boxes of plants. We had a great time. Before meeting him, I knew he was a nice guy; but he is even nicer than nice. Jorge is too. It was as though we had known each other forever ... just like at the Roundup when we all got together.
Dave delivered my Dave's Garden t-shirts so I didn't have to pay the shipping which was so considerate of him. If you haven't ordered one, better hurry because they are going fast. They are great and I'm wearing one right now.
Donna, I hope that whomever brought the plants that you need identified lets you know their ID because I am stumped.
I don't think you took any of the ones that I brought except the ones you said you wanted.
I have a question though. I got something in the mail today from the American Horticultural Society selling memberships. A year for $35. There's a bunch of freebees like a subscription to their magazine, free entry to garden shows and arboreta etc. I just wonder if anybody out there knows anything about this organization.
Donna, I got my air rooting thingies from Charlies' Greenhouse and I was wondering if you might want a cutting off one of my roses? Or would anybody else want one? It's kind of a cup with a hinge on one edge and hole at each end for the stem. I have four of these. Eventually I will try rooting my hibiscus (don't know what kind it is but the flowers are sort of a mauve color). I had to cut it back so far that right now there's not a stem I can use. I think I could use on the roses now though.
HTOP, do you have spicy jatropha planted in that Gardeville rose dirt or can I plant it in alkaline soil?
The American Horticultural Society is a worthwhile organization, IMO. I've been a member for several years. The development of the heat zone map to complement USDA's hardiness zone map is one notable accomplishment. The research is quite scholarly but the magazine is easy to read and very useful. Also opportunities to obtain rare seeds.
Oh, OK. That's great to know. I'll probably grab this chance then. It did sound like a really good deal. It sounded like it might be a good source of organic advice. Hopefully they aim atleast some of their articles at Texas gardeners.
Mary Lee, I'm anxious to hear how well those work for you! And I would love a cutting from your rose bush. Thank you! I love one from your hibiscus, too (when you have surplus stem to work with). Thanks!
Speaking of cuttings I would love it if everyone thinking about going to the mext CTRU would peruse my journal and diary over the next few months and see what you would like from my garden come Nov. That way if it's something of which I wouldn't normally have a rooted cutting or division, I can root some up for you before the RU.
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BTW The American Horticultural Society http://www.ahs.org/ sounds like something I would like to support. Thanks for the heads up!
One of the plants at the round up looked like this http://davesgarden.com/forums/fp.php?pid=1434771
How close do y'all think I've come to indentifying it with this?
Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema sikokianum)
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/49518/index.html
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/39361/
http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/39054/
Wow! You are really good! That looks like the right plant all right, the leaves' scalloped edges are pretty distinctive.
Snow Poppy,Chinese Bloodroot (Eomecon chionantha)!!!
http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/54222/index.html//
Donna, which plant was it that you gave me from George??? Having adopted sooo many I can't remember which one that was......
Also, since I'm taking off from work (for some much needed braindrain time) this Saturday thru Thursday, I'll be posting some images of the adoptees that lost their names. I will be needing to look up their family tree on PlantFiles to learn about their personalities.
Again, even tho short, I had a GREAT time at the RU. fire and all
silverfluter, I have the spicy jatropha planted in a container and have brought it inside for the past couple of years. I kept it in the greenhouse this winter, but will be planting it in the ground later on because it is so latge now. It may freeze to the ground during a really hard freeze and then come back from the roots here in my Zone 8b and if well mulched in the winter, it should do the same in your zone.
I looked it up and the description says that it prospers in slightly acidic to neutral to slightly alkaline soil. So, it appears that it is not too picky and should do okay in alkaline soil. It is tolerant of a wide variety of soils (does best in loamy, sandy soil) so long as it is well drained and will even do okay in amended clay soil. I would grow it in a container with potting soil until it has a larger stem and gets to be about 3 feet tall before putting it in the ground so it will be able to withstand freezes better. It should grow very quickly. If the leaves turn a light green, it needs fertilized.
The sap in the stems and branches may irritate your skin. The seeds are poisonous.
I hope this helps. If you want to know any more about it let me know.
A few shots of Dave and Jorge during their plant swap visit ...
Dave and Jorge choosing plants from the CTRU and ones that I had to offer. What a great time we had! The shelving is going into my greenhouse, but I haven't had time to move everything out and level the ground so I can put it in. My stepson delivered this to me as a surprise on Sunday morning right before I left to go back to Kerrville.
Dave and Jorge watching the huge bees on the larkspur in my corner flowerbed ...
Dave and with Jorge who is smelling the larkspur blooms ...
Dave making plant selections ...
Digging, digging, digging, Sorry I have taken so long to post. The RU was a blast. Thank you so much Donna and Ernest. You both "out-done" yourselves. The whole group was a gathering of first quality people. The outdoor setting was perfect, down to the moon cut-out, decorated out house. What a clever idea Donna. I hope there are pictures, especially of the watching girl!! The many plants offered for trade ( I should say for give away) was amazing. I got so many things that I have wanted to try, and thank each of you for your efforts at potting and growing all of them.
Thank you all for your kind comments. I wish I could have stayed longer. It looks like I may have to start working business hours, and no longer have the luxury of being off all week to dig. :(.
Donna It looks like some or your orphans were mine. The 6 pack is verbena bonairensis, the purple flower vine is thumbergia grandiflora, and the all by myself plant might be a rooted cutting of red Turks Cap. Hope that helps.
Time to go out again to loudly dig. Thank you again, to all the participants. Til next time, SEEYA, Margie aka Queen of Dirtland
Is it my imagination, or is Dave getting younger? The first pic I saw of him was with the gourd on his head. Then he was riding a trike and looked a little younger. Now these pics, and he looks even younger still! If this continues, he'll be a toddler before long!
Margie, so glad to hear from you, we missed you digging loudly! lol
But seriously... I never did hear where "Lou" and "digger" came from...
HTOP thanks for the info and your patience. It's really overwhelming to get all these plants at one time. And many of them I've never even heard of before. Trying to learn their personalities and needs all at once so I can get them in the ground in the right place or in the right pot before they croak is like a very complicated puzzle. But then I've always been a sucker for puzzles. It's exciting to learn all this stuff and try and get it right and then let nature do it's thing!
Donna, if you have a jack-in-the-pulpit and could get it to live in Alice that would be really somthing. That bloodroot thing looks really interesting though too. BTW which rose do you want a cutting of. All of my pink shrub roses get pretty light in the heat. I have one climber that stays a really strong pink. And then I have some that are red. I will try and compose a list of what I have.
Hazel, did I get the two Versa Peach Cups from you?? I remember that someone told me that one of them "looked a little weapy since they had to pull it up from the roots". Donna , was it you???
What I'm needing to know is sun or shade??? Can't find it in the plant files.
What I pulled up was a one of the 2 'Silky Gold' butterfly weed http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/53105/index.html .
They take full sun or shade.
Kip, you didn't get them from me ... looks like you got them from Donna. I had wanted a 'Silky Gold' butterfly weed from Donna and I think it might be one I have that is not labelled.
Mary Lee, you are quite welcome. I am glad that I can be of help. I know how you feel. I am trying to make sure that I find the right spot for everything.
Maggiemoo (I just love your DG name), believe it or not, Dave looks even younger in person. Maybe he has found an herb that not only stops the aging process, but reverses it. If so, I need that for sure if he will share his secret.
Queenie, aka Margie, thanks for the great plants you brought. Many are at their new home with me. They said to tell you , "Hi" and thanks for nurturing them so lovingly.
This message was edited Apr 30, 2005 11:35 AM
That's right, Donna. I remember now. Little case of CRS.
"I think it might be one I have that is not labelled"
Lesson learned. Sorry, folks. I promise, all future trades will have a label. : - }
"Donna, which plant was it that you gave me from George??? "
The Mostera http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/1204/index.html ...
Donna, I should have stuck a label in them if they diidn't have one, but I thought I could remember them. I should have known that my memory just aint what it used to be. :o)
Donna, That Turks cap is yours. I brought a couple of cuttings back home with me.,
Info on my DG name. My middle name is Lou. And I do you know what!!
Hazel, I think the pink trumpet vine is from you and is now planted in the middle of a 150 ft long fence. Grow, baby, grow!!
Margie, I wondered if you had "Lou" in your name somewhere. My Austin sister's middle name is Lou, also.
Donna, thanks for the email on the 26th. I just read it. Sorry, but I'm trying to digest all this new info and forgot to read my mail.
I'm slowly whitlin' away at my group of babies. I had to go to Lowes to get more pots and then I had to get more Gardenville Rose dirt for some of them. Hazel I'm glad you said what you did about the Coral salvia needing a dark background for contrast so you can see the flowers better. Where I was going to put them they would have had a light background. Now I'm going to put them in front of a trellis that has a rose with dark leaves. I've been looking for the perfect thing to put there.
Donna, we finished the trellis we needed those juniper branches for. Hope to take a picture of it tomorrow. It turned out just like I wanted.
I'm wondering now what to use in the air root things for the roots to grow in. One book I have says to use sphagnum moss, but it seems to me that if you use that, the roots will get all tangled in the moss. Then how do you get the roots free so you can plant the cutting?.....................Well, I just went out and read the directions (wow, what an idea!). It says use moss or dirt. It seems like the dirt would just go right through the hole. I will try one tomorrow and see.
OK I give up. I got curious about the diary thing Maggiemoo was talking about. I clicked on Journals, My Journal, and Other Journals and found no helpful info. Maybe it's just too late and my brain has just unplugged itself, but I don't see any directions for doing this. I'm also pretty computor illiterate. I'm tard and I'm goin' t' bed. Mary Lee
Margie, the pink trumpet vine was not from me. Was it from Maggie or Kathleen?
Mary Lee, I think that you found the perfect spot for the coral salvia. The blooms will show up very nicely. Good luck with the air root thingies. Let us know if they work. You will be the tester outer for us.
Good morning everybody! I'm so glad it rained-even if it wasn't alot. Everything looks so clean.
I have a question about one of my adoptees. Somebody brought an iris and I am hoping to find out what kind it is. Atleast whether it grows in water or dirt, how tall it gets and what color it is. Thanks, Mary Lee
Finally getting around to separating the adoptees into sun groupes. I came apon two unnamed kids who are wanting to be placed but they can not talk yet. I know I talk to the plants but I have yet to understand them unless they are yelling "I'm DYING".
Does anyone at the RU remember bringing these?
PS: Thank Goodness for PF !!!!!!
This message was edited May 1, 2005 11:32 AM
Mary Lee, We still haven't had any rain in my part of San Antonio, but it has rained in other areas here. I have one small adpotee that looks like an iris and don't know what it is. If it is a larger one about a foot and a half tall and has some browning on the leaves, it is a crocosmia. I'll try to post a photo of the crocosmia later.
Donna, I haven't heard from Kathleen ...
Kip, I think those might be some type of Senna (Cassia).
I have Privet Cassia that looks the same.
Htop and Trois, ya'll are the bees knees. That is what it is.
Take heed, Donna.