I did get my box today ! Missing of my "200" 100 pots but thats ok I emailed them I'm sure they'll send them next week. I only ordered 200 of the 2.50 and their pots are shorted I like this. But I need to go to my favorite place and order big order of pots I buy the 2" by 500's :))
I ordered Chirita's Eburnes and Chastity and got Chirita Stardust FREE Yeah ! was the next one on my wish list !
I got Feather, Sonna Granma Rose, Blackberry Jam, Mac's Circus Clown, Pakmonak ( great vintage), Tomboy Blue,Mini Papa, Gift's of Rob's Mad Cat and Buckeye Country Lilaces, I bought another Space Cadet, Pat Champagne, and Hyla's Little Lira, as I have several babies of each growing I just love them,( and wanted more leaves to put down it's a better value to buy a plant for putting down leaves than buy a leaf) great mini's how they grow and bloom :))
I ordered these all back in middle December but it was too cold so I am Happy to get them ! Now I am off to put down leaves from Laurie, leaves from each of these plants, and re-pot ( some are too wet, some dry) into my light soil and wick them !
I did get my box from Bluebird today !
wow allison...great but sounds like lots of work...and i know how much you love it....
Yea!!! Have fun. Sounds like you got a lot.
Yes their soil is heavy they don't wick so I take most of it off and wick and everyone gets new pots ! I put leaves down of all of them too. The minis really small some I had to cut all roots off and just put the crown down and start over but they should come back find.
II love playing with my plants :))
allison...i get excited just reading your descriptions....love it!!....
You will be a busy lady for a while, but that's good, it will keep you off the streets and out of trouble.
Yes and it's good fun !
roflmbbo
Thought I'd post a few other photos of the new gals from Bluebirds.
Here's a 'Cutie Pie' lineup.
(from left to right)
Pixie Pink, Wonderous Girl, Ellie Gardner, a itty bitty Celery pup that I removed from the mom, and Chirita LxL
here's Pixie Pink, is that not the cutest little bloom ever, smaller than a dime!
I'm thinking I'll cross it with woodland sprite which has the same size petals. Hmmmm. Keyring what do I do????
I'm still a bit baffled by the red tones on the girl leaves of Wonderous Girl. none of the photos I looked at before buying looked red at all, Ali what about yours?
And Ellie Gardner, a purchase because my dog is named Ellie. This one is a real cutie pie
This is of course the 'real' Ellie (aka Ellie Mae Waddlebottom, pronounced with a French accent, Wa Dell Buh Tehm)
And here's woodland sprite I want to cross with.
And here's Celery, not sure why it has red reverse, none of the research I did showed it that color, but rather all green, anybody have ideas?
Here's the reverse.
What ever the cause of the bustle foliage, causes the weirdest shaped stems too, not round like a normal stem (cross section) but more square. It's kind of neat!
I drool every time I see your pots...... I just love those! What was the name of the style? They remind me of my grandmother.... she must have had a bunch!
Sanna
most in these photos are Shawnee
in the shot of Cutie Pies above, the two on the end are not, the end is a US Pottery co and the other is modern, NorCal.
I do have some Bauer, McCoy etc.
laurie..did you ever answer my question about the francoma pottery...ie if you were familiar with it?
I am somewhat familiar, but dont have any. If I recall, most of their planter were figural like ducks and wagon wheels?
I'm really a Bauer fan, but it's expensive. I also like Pacific Pottery. I don't have any Hull or some of the more expensive brands. Stengl?
Your plants are Wonderful . Pixi Pink does have the most precious blooms. And I just love Eliie Gardners
double deep rose pink flowers so striking :))
Ellie Mae Waddlebottom is the greatest ! Ellie likes to garden help her Mom so what better than Ellie Gardner for a plant for her :))
I really like woodland sprite blossoms two and with Pxie Pink WOW the Shky is the limit ! Go for it all :))
I just go crazy about all Wasp plants Celergy always beging one of my favorites :)) Dates sure Hybridized a bunch of great wasp plants ! You'd think celery would have green flowers instead of blue but maybe he named it after the foliage.
I notice my Wonderous girl has red back, some of the markings on the foliage I have like yours maybe birth marks. Mine looks very simular to yours and always blooming true . Well I got my from Bluebirds too ! I love her :)) FC does say her foliage is variegated.
It also says semidouble light blue. And mine are a deep dark blue almost purple ??But looks just like the other Wonderous Girls I've seen ?
Enviromant has a lot to do with it.
Laurie I love looking at your plants :)) Thanks for sharing ! Allison
did I send you woodland sprite Ali? I cant remember.
Look at Bluebird's photo of Celery, and then read the rather lacking description.
http://www.bluebirdgreenhouse.com/html/fimages/20040401-1556-05_6819.jpg
description
http://www.bluebirdgreenhouse.com/html/std04.htm
Metrogarden just has a description
http://www.metro-garden.com/african-violets/plants/Celery.html
( I need to remember to put that site on our sticky!!)
http://www.metro-garden.com/african-violets/african-violets.html
I have
Celery by Dates Dark blue wasp blossoms .
Ruffled bustled longfolia foliage.
sorry I can't remember all the leaves lol.
This message was edited Jan 14, 2006 9:38 PM
Yeah I think I posted this Wasp link back when people were asking about wasp.
I also like the part they have;
How to Buy African Violets
http://www.metro-garden.com/articles/buy-african-violets.html
I love woodland sprite- that is wonderful and I love pixie pink! Have you taken out a second mortgage?
LOL
Well, it wasn't a big mortgage, Woodland sprite was only a dollar! (big spender) lol from dp bargains.
A few of my Bluebird babies are-a-bloomin' here's some photos.
This one is Country Cider (a freebie included in my order) oh so pretty!!!
Here's Cajun Popcorn, loaded with blooms/buds
Oh Wow...That is Quite a freebie! Simply stunning Laurie!
Bristol's 'Hug Me' (have 'Kiss Me' from D & P bargains)
And one that was from D&P bargains. this is 'Dumplin'
A noid I couldn't resist.
Oh their both gorgous :)) I just have fallen in love with
Country Cider sense I saw yours ! I can't beleive I never ordered one. Thanks for sharing these beauties !
Allison
Here's another noid that jumped in my basket at our itty bitty town grocery store, I was amazed they even had one!
here's the shot that shows the whole plant.
They are all Beautiful !
i think some of the noids are pretty...can't we name them..etc...i think i'll name mine...lol