Anybody have Horsetail (Equisetum hyemale) and/or Horsetail Restio (Elegia capensis)??? Also in need of some mini Cattails-the last ones I got were so tiny (though rooted) they did not survive. Thanks!!
Bonnie
Horsetail
Those dwarf cattails weren't from me, were they?
Nope--BogweedBuck--from a friend at another site!! You would NEVER dream of sending tiny cuttings!! hehehe Neither woudl MollyMc--she is the one who just sent me the Sensitive Vine--HUGE pieces rooted and already very at home in my tub!! Beautiful!! I believe you sent me Water Hyacinth (which have 2 stalks sticking up with 4 blossoms unfurling apiece right now!! WOW!!)!! Thanks!! Bonnie
Darn, I was wondering what happened to the ones that were supposed to bloom ... they went to South Carolina!
(j/k, I have about a half dozen of them blooming like crazy right now)
By the way, how are those Lizard Tail cuttings coming along? Hopefully well, as I kept half of the cuttings and sent you the other half... mine are, from what I can tell, plotting a hostile takeover of the pond!
Bonnie,
I have the Equisetum hyemale horsetail and would love to share with you. I will send you a Dmail.
Sheila
I have mini cattails - I can stick a piece in with your seeds I am going to send out to ya. It spreads fast! I just got it and already it has taken over a 4x4 foot area.
Daves mail me if interested. Mitch
BogweedBuck--the Water Hyacinth bloomed yesterday and look to be closed and dying today (the flowers)!! Very pretty but short lived??! The Lizard Tail rooted pretty quickly and are doing well so far. Have to of course grow back to what they were before shipping but thriving!! Thanks!!
75154--Yes, Mitch!! I would love it!! Thanks!! Bonnie
sorry the cattails died Bonnie i said i could send you more if you wanted....
annac213--sorry!! Forgot who I got them from. I trade a LOT heavier than I probably ought to!! hehehe I do need some more--larger pieces. I bet the root quickly and easily too, huh? Thanks! Bonnie
i have some graceful cattails at the nursery they are thinner then the standard or i can send the dwarf LMK
annac213--Either/or/both; you decide so long as they are tall enough to survive?? How deep do they need to be?? That would help a LOT too I imagine. I know floaters won't survive being submerged so I assume other plants are also very specific on depth, etc. Thanks!! I appreciate it whatever you decide!! Bonnie
I don't know the difference between the graceful and the dwarf--maybe the graceful will be better?? I have a tub pond--a couple feet deep. Will be getting a longer, shallower container as soon as I 1) have the money and 2) find one I like!! hehehe Hope I land a job soon--and don't get laid off again. Then I can save up and buy a pond liner, etc.---SMALL but better than tub ponds?? hehehe
Bonnie
Yeah, the water hyacinth is a bloom that dies back far too quickly. Sure are nice while they're there and perky, tho, huh?
Okay, unless something bizarre happens, you need not think of the Lizard Tail in terms of "so far" anymore. :o) Now that they have fresh roots and shooting up new growth, there will be no stopping them. So long as you don't ignore them the whole summer, they're easy to manage. (I cut mine back after the blooming has finished and root the tops --- when the while tail-like flower structure begins to brown and die back) which automatically almost doubles my population. I also divide and re-pot them every spring as well, which in effect almost doubles what I have at that point as well ... lol.
They'll shoot up new plants from stray roots, so you do want to pull up the pot and pluck renegade roots every month or so. Plan on using the cheapest plastic pots you can find as the roots find their way out of any opening and I usually have to cut away the pots that they are in when re-potting.
Ok--BogweedBuck!! Forewarned is forearmed????? hehehe Thanks soooo much!! For your plants, your advice and tips, for your generosity and kindness!! God Bless You!!
Bonnie
Oh .... and if you want a larger area of Lizard Tail in a short period of time, pull up a stalk and re-plant it laying on its side about 1/2 inch under the surface of whatever soil mix you're using. Each leaf node will put up a new "stalk." The bunches I am sending out for trades this week were all rooted on their side (unintentional, tho ... this was an overlooked "benefit" of that massive pond melt-down a couple 3 weeks ago) So, instead of having a couple nice clums of tall lizard tails, I have a whole bunch of "strings" of little Lizard Tail plants! lol
hehehe Thanks again for wonderful tips!! Bonnie
have all the horsetail you might want...now? or springtime?
jackieshar--Don't think I have gotten any yet. Whenever--will be bringing my tub pond in onto the back porch for winter. Are you offering?? I have a number of trades going on and can only do two at a time so won't be finished with currently arranged ones until mid-late October. Thanks!!
I've gotten horsetail now from hsfrank2005!! Thanks Sheila!! Bonnie
Beware of letting E. hyemale run loose.
It is a very curious plant and will "wander" great lengths to see what is going on *all* over your yard! And it just laughs at "Round-up".
raydio.
raydio--It is potted up so I bet it will be ok. Anyway, if it tries to jump out of my tub pond into my yard it won't survive--almost nothing does in this soil! hehehe It is 1) very dry and 2) I think it is highly acidic for some reason?? Don't know--only renting here this year. Bonnie
You're about as safe as one can be, Bon. 1) Dryness seriously slows down its spread. 2) It's not much of a "jumper" anyhow, and 3) it;s not your property to worry about anyhow! lol
Enjoy! Your E. hyemale is a tough, overly winter hardy plant that is, at times, deceiving. Much like bamboo (and many other plants such as "Chameleon plant") it spends the first year or so rummaging about underground. Once it gets underway, though, it creates a really beautiful effect. I have some that is allowed to "do its own thing" over by my River Birch, and the rest of it I keep potted and in/around the pond proper. Pots keep it rather confined (I have 4 different species in pots and they all seem rather happy)
Wish I had an actual pond on my own land--what a dream!! I wouldn't mind it spreading--and so many other pond plants that I hear some complaining about taking over the pond! hehehe But then my perspective might be considerably different if my dreams were reality?!! hehehe Often that is the case, eh? Bonnie