Cass,
What a lovely photo!!! Is the tahitian gardenia less tempermental then the "normal" ones? It just seems to be one plant regardless of what I do that ends up in trash heaven. It's so sad...generally my plants thrive...not because of any skill on my part believe me...it's called luck. LOL Are any of the others you mentioned (michelia alba, ylang ylang tree and a ylang ylang vine) hardy to zone 7. I have to be careful...if you could see the inside of my house. My kids, simply grimace when they see me heading toward the garden centers...LOL. Matter a fact I picked up a mystery plant tonight at Walmart that I'm getting ready to post pics over in the house plant forum for ID purposes. Love to find these cheapo treasures...but hate it when I have to guess how to take care of them. :)
Clare,
Doin' ok today? You've been in my thoughts...
Chantell
Garden Tour...Plumies and things
Chantell, I have a gardenia scented vine on my property that I have assaulted for the last 12 years.
I garauntee (best George Foreman) You cannot kill it once its established.
If your interested mail me privately and gimme yo addy, Id love to send you a piece. :)
YA!! plumies are edible!!!
They taste like corn on the cob... but filled with gooooey latex NYUK NYUK NYUK!!
DO NOT EAT PLUMIES!!!
Hey!!
Did I post this here yet?
Me N the MRS. 8D
Michael,
Now are they best with butter and salt? UGH!!! I'd stick w/the Steak -n- cheese...one track mind I have. I so need to visit the relatives in NJ!!! LOL!! As for eating the Plumies (know you were kidding) everyone (read: The Dawgs) has been warned...you toucha da Plumies...I breaka you jaw. Simple enuf! I revert to my PA roots every now and then in between "ya'lls."
Something that smells like Gardenias but doesn't die when I breath in it's general direction AND is cold hardy....hmmmmm....that has my interest....you have mail. :)
Chantell
Clare,
I thought that I had a lot of plants, I think you got me beat. They sure are nice to look at you have a beautiful yard I know it takes a lot of work to keep it that way.
Roger
LOL, Roger! I do have a lot of plants. It's true. I try to plant as much as I can in the ground. Since I am a renter, I will have to take cuttings or seeds of those when I go, and I may have to dig up a ginger rhizome or two, but that is about it. All my plumerias are in containers and are coming with me when I eventually have to move -- all 200+ of them -- and then there are about another 100 plants in containers: epi's, wisterias, michelias, adeniums, fragrants, etc., which will move with me too. That will be a nightmare because my next move is probably out of state. Do you still think that you will move someday? I remember when you were preparing to move, and I envisioned that that would be a lot of work for you too. It is a lot of work to keep a garden for sure, but I guess it is a labor of love or something like that -- at least that is what I keep telling myself!
I have one heck of a move coming up myself.
When I move to Galveston Island from PA.
Im bringing ALL of my plumies!
Ill need a 27' u-haul by then LOL!!!
Clare,
We are staying here till our Daughter moves away she's 12 could be 6 or 7 years or could be 20 years we don't know. I had started digging plants up and storing them at friends house I just finished moving plumies back to my house yesterday. Michael I didn't know you were moving or were you just wishing.
Roger
All this talk of moving....I don't have nearly the amount of plants you all have...yet a few years back when I moved 2 miles down the road, the last trip with the truck was literally all plants. Oh the comments I had to endure...LOL
Malestrom are you eally moving to Galveston?
Yeas I am eally moving to Galveston! ;)
It is more than just a desire to leave the cold NE USA
It is a matter of my health.
I need to be in the ocean breeze, and away from the cold
My ENT says Ill die if I stay here
I told him we all gotta die sometime, and we cant pick how or when..
BUT GALVESTON ISLAND SOUNDS LIKE A GOOD IDEA ANYWAY LOL!!
SO... my dream of living somewhere that I can put mah babies into the ground will soon be a reality.
and 'soon' is a relative term LOL!
I want to finish up college = 1 year and I have to get some surgery taken care of as well.
The surgery has been moved from summers end to April, I cant wait till the end of summer.
Ill go nuts if I have to deal with the constant respitory distress that I have now.
Ive been off and on... n/m lol too much!
Anyway, Its a light at the end of the tunnel and im very excited.
The hard part is keeping my lovely wife excited.
Shes all for it but all of her family is right here and shes very close to them.
I love my family much also but I appreciate the distance we have between us too LOL!!
I figure a 5 hr flight to NH from TX is better than an 8 hr drive from PA anyway heh...
Roger when I get set up ill let you store some trees on my plot too. ;)
Michael,
Gosh, Clare wasn't kidding about the asthma thing. I'm so sorry to hear about the health issues. Will definately keep you in our prayers!!!
Chantell
Michael,
I am orginally from South Jersey and I moved here almost 7 years ago with my children. The rest of my family is still there. It was a big change for me also. I have come to love Texas. I live in South Houston near Nasa. I just love growing plants here. I can leave my plants outside pretty much all year long. If you get here and need a good ENT I can recommend here. My allergies aren't as bad as they once were when I lived up north.
There are many things I love living up north. There is nothing more beautiful than the changing of the seasons up there. I also miss the Mummers parade. They don't televise it here. The following year my sister taped it me for. It's funny how little things in life become so important. I tried to described the Mummers parade and its history to my husband a native of Houston. I told him you just have to watch it to appreciate it. I laughed and I cried like a baby watching it.
I hope I get to meet you and your wife.
Take care.
Patti
Thanks Chantell,
I always appreciate prayers.
I take great comfort in knowing whos hands my future rests in. ;)
Patti, Ill be taking you up on the ENT and I also love the Mummers.
I have a family member who played the glokenschpiel for the Aqua (or Aqua Marine?)
Band. I will be ok missing them from a distance. ;)
Ill also miss Philadelphia cheesesteaks and Hoagies.
Ill be making them myself lol!!
The change of seasons is something to behold as you gaze over the multi colored mountains.
I will miss the fall, but not for too long!!
Redfish and not having to move all my plants in and out every year will sweeten the sting.
I am so excited!
I WONT MISS THIS!!
VVVVV
Michael, good luck with your move. I'm sure the new climate will do your respiratory system some good. I might have mentioned this before, but my parents moved from Brooklyn, New York to Santa Barbara, California in 1967 because of my mother's terrible asthma. The move did wonders for her, and she is much better today.
Roger, I'm sorry that move didn't work out for you, but maybe you will get a bigger piece of land by waiting.
Here are some pictures of what's blooming now. Here is an unnamed rainbow with freesia:
Here is Gulf Stream:
Here is Duke starting to bloom:
Here is Hurricane starting to bloom also:
Here is Noble Concubine -- sorry the picture is a bit blurry:
My NC is finnaly waking up!
Im realy hoping to get blooms from her soon.
I bought her for my wife and she was dissapointed to not see any blooms last year.
Im sure well be seeing some this year.
Clare,
Pleeezzz tell me there is some scent to your Duke this time?
ALL: you'll be happy to know, I took everyone's advice re scent and I'm now the proud owner of a Celedine (21", 3 tips, rooted) - should I send out birth announcements? LOL
Re: rooting...anything to look for on the cuttings prior to leaves? I check them each night...for signs of something...resisiting the urge, of course, to pull them up and check for roots....LOL
Chantell
MIchael,
Thought you'd feel better seeing these pics...here's one...but pull up the link and scroll down...OMG.....brrrr!!!
Chantell
http://www.markdaviesmedia.com/cold
Michael,
I don't miss the bad snow storm your get up there.
I think you will really like it here. The fishing is great. I have done some wade fishing at Galveston. Make sure to shuffle your feet to avoid string rays. LOL .
Patti
Ps: I do miss the Phillies steaks , and the pizza back home. I also miss the Jersey tomatoes too.
This message was edited Mar 3, 2006 12:00 PM
Chantell,
I have the PP presentation of that.
That is spectacular!
Thanks for sharing it again.
I still dont feel better about the cold here LOL!!!
Rose, be assured, I will be growing Jersey tomatoes and youll be welcome to have some.
Peppers and Tomatoes are my favorites!
I have so little ground here that I ussually trade fresh caught fish for my nieghbors tomatoes and peppers.
I do grow some in buckets too.
But man they are so demanding for water!!
This is one of my favorite Irises, Apricot Germanica she is huge and yummy!
I almost ate her one day for looking so good!
Last years photo mind you lol!! no where near ready yet!
This message was edited Mar 3, 2006 1:32 PM
OMG...Jersey tomatoes...man, does life get any better then those?!! I am officially starved...IT'S LUNCH TIME!!!
Thanks for the pic and the link, Chantell. Gosh, I get hungry too every time you guys mention philly cheesteak, tomatoes, and pizza. Congrats on your Celadine, Chantell! You won't be disappointed. I did stick my nose in Duke yesterday and did detect a nice spicy fragrance, but it is still opening so I will check on it again today and report back to you.
By the way, in answer to your question, Celadines are almost foolproof to root so just plant it and give it plenty of bottom heat and don't worry! When rooting cuttings, you definitely do not want to pull them up to check for roots. Any roots that might have started can break easily, and then you have to start all over. Things to look for include a change in color from green to brown, soft spots, black spots, heavy wrinkling, and/or shrinking at the base. You can, however, gently squeeze the base just below the soil from time to time to make sure that it still feels firm. Sometimes, if you can catch the rot which usually travels up from the bottom, you can cut it off until you see clean, white wood and try rooting it again. You don't have to worry about Celadine though because that is one of the easiest to root.
Chantell, Duke still strikes me as a very mild fragrance and slightly peachy, but it is a beautiful red so I'd say it is a keeper. I'll take another picture of it as soon as a couple more flowers open.
Michael,
Your Iris is gorgoeus. I will take you up on them tomatoes .
Patti
You got it Patti ;)
Clare,
Ive heard Duke is extremely tempermental with cool temps.
What do you know of this?
This is my Lovely wife with her Birthday (today 3-3) Earrings.and...
Her New Years Necklace.
18kt White Gold, Diamond inset in the necklace
The earrings will get diamonds on another date ;)
Here is another,
O.K. O.K. O.K.
Im a sucker for this gorgeous Lady and just want to put her pretty face up on the screen heheheheheeee
Happy Birthday Michael beautiful wife. Pretty jewerly too.
This message was edited Mar 4, 2006 12:05 AM
Who says romance is dead? Gives me hope yet... :) Great job Michael...on the jewlary, flower and wife...you done good!
If romance is dead I am a Zombie.....
I live for romance.. most of the time ;)
Hi Michael, That is lovely jewelry! Happy Birthday to Mrs. Malestrom! Duke has not been temperatmental for me:-) My Duke tree stayed out all winter last winter and was blooming in November and December. This winter, it started to develop an inflo in December so I put it in the greenhouse, and it is starting to bloom now.
Here is another picture of Duke:
Here is another Duke:
Here is Hurricane:
Noble Concubine:
Here is my unknown Rainbow again:
