wow that is a BIG rusellia. later today or tomorrow I will post mine.
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April I promise you, I have never seen that plant before ... and its drought tolerant too! Debbie is that Goldenrod back there ?
nope...old, tall yellow daylillies.
Wow, that's a gorgeous specimen!
City Sylvia, it is drought tolerant, loves the heat, can't understand why it is not available there; Dallas must not be so sophisticated as I have heard! LOL. Do you need a cutting?
Dallas? Sophisticated? I dont think so ... more down to earth. well I am anyway. lol
I got a piece from CJ at the RU and it look like its dying one me:( Thank you April , I would love some ...what color is yours? If my garden keep getting more Shade , I am going to start potting up for the next RU. :) might have something to share then . April its so kind of you.
sylvia
Anything is more sophisticated than North hwy 6...lol
Debbie, please! I live in Missouri City where the word sophisticated isn't even known!
I have red and yellow. I do not discriminate!
dmj, the russelia pic you posted here on 5/12 at 6:55 is truly awesome. I know you have posted pics in the PF already, but this one needs to be there.
Being into pair planting, I planted the red and the yellow together. It's pretty cool.
citysilvia, dont give up on russelia. Cuttings always look really ugly, dead-like, but eventually they come around. When I root mine, i put them in partial shade until I see some green coming up, then I move to sunnier location. It may take more than a month, but well worth the wait, IMO.
I have mine planted inground as well as in pots. Here is a pic of the potted one
I love this place. I can come home with 4 days to go, read all this stuff, and still laugh.
April, I think we got the highest per capita contractors per square mile on N hwy 6 than any other part of Houston....its a regular tool time.
April. on that other forum--tropical--you said you had crinadonna's? Or what I call crinadonnas...the pic you posted. Did you say you or your daughter had them? Do you realize we both own a lot of the same plants.
I always thought of myself as a plant collector. Not good at looking at the "big landscape design picture" here....lol
Sorry Vossner--we posted at the same time...thanks for the compliment on the russelia. Its real indestructable for me but I must admit, it was in a pot for a couple of years and I barely could keep it alive. I think it looks good in that shot becase I just happen to, thru dumb luck, put it in a place where it gets "backlit" by the setting sun. I wish I had some gulf coast muhly back there too....it looks really cool under those same sun angles in fall; even better. I guess I'll ask Dave to remove any others I got over there and put this one in. I must admit, I find "wondering around" the PlantFiles to be pretty stress relieving and lets me do some "applied science".
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Vossner- great idea! I have mine planted seprately, but I have a yellow that has a red "branch"- I love it but no one but a plant person could appreciate it. I suspect that it may eventually revert back to red- but I will still love it!
Yes they are my daughters! but I think if I play my cards right I will end up w/ some! Yes we do have many of the same, which only goes to show how brilliant we are! LOL. Did I hear you say you wished for gulf coast muhy? Well I planted 3 in a bed and frankly they were fine until everything else started growing...yes I am sometimes very impatient- also, I believe that I have tons and I mean tons, of what I believe to be little baby muhys. Would be happy to give you one or 2 of the large, or you could have some of the babies and see if I am correct in my identification!!!!
Muhly stays pretty short...had some in a habit area at the school I worked. 2-2.5' max for me. I ain't much into grasses but that's one cool looking grass in the fall.
You want those bulbs from your daughter!
I'm gonna have to got out and kick mine...they are in a "neglected" (to put it mildly) area--the front yard. I haven't even gotten out there this spring. You know, that area you NEVER see pics of....lol
I'm getting to where I hate working out front...feel like the world is sizing me up. But I got some nice plants out there. Got a very small bulb called Wisley blue in front of an oak. Thing used to bloom every January-Feb for me...the thing is blooming its head off now...go figure. As soon as work's out, I'm going out in that neglected semi-woodland setting an see what's going on.
You go girl! I think I have tons of baby muhys. Want some?
another plant we have in common: pink muhly. I have a small one that I got in a local trade. You are right, even my little one looked cool last fall, when the teeny tiny pink tufts swayed in the wind. I like grasses (I like it all) but don't have many in my landscape. just P. muhly, purple fountain grass, and soon a replacement hakone grass.
I love grasses too, just starting to acquire some; most recently 3 very small cultivars of Japanese Forest Grass- I don't mean the grasses are small, only that the plants that I bought on ebay were MUCH smaller than I was led to believe and fiber optic grass! I have some others, but have had them for a while, Ruby Grass, Pink Bunny Grass, the one I can never remember but is ADA Rose fountain grass and of course Muhy grass. Mine got very large, very quick but they are so beautiful. People driving by stopped and asked me about it...like I want to talk to every weirdo in Missouri City, LOL. Plant people will talk to anyone!
Be aware with some of those grasses.....lol
Not any that ya'll have mentioned but I had one that became somewhat a reseeding problem about 5 years ago--I think one of the miscanthus. Sorta turned me off to grasses except for the native pink muhly. I'd have to go get my journal for the variety--I'm surprised I can remember my own name right now.
Sure April...pot me up some babies! They would do well around the edges out front and not require much attention. I have a big baggie of seeds out in the garage...A year old. They might still be good-I'll check into that next week when I'm sane again. Would make a good RU plant for folks down our way...not sure how it does up north.
Debbie
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I know what you mean about beware of the grasses, some just want to take over the world!
Counting down the days are we Debbie? LOL.
April
Yes--if we survive this one--3 to go! You notice what I'm doing right now...lol...gotta go make "happy hour plant sale" again today after work--hey I'm down to only 43 pots on the patio to deal with--gotta keep those numbers up. LOL
Vossner, love what you done with the Russelia. Where did you find that container? It is awsome! I love pots as much as I love plants.lol
I'm thinking a bed of that Russelia would be wonderful out front!
Whats Muhys...got a pic?
Vossner is that the new Japanese forestHakone grass that grows in the shade? If so I love it! I like the way you shorten the name.lol I want to edge my Hosta bed with it. I heard its a really slow grower.
btw Debbie I had my hip procedure this morning, I am almost climbing the steps with both feet. lol
Sylvia
Then you're made of tougher stuff than me Sylvia..lol
Sylvia: about container: I bought two a couple of years ago at Hobby Lobby, end of summer sale, reject section. They are really Gazing Ball stands, which I turned upside down, drilled a drain hole and painted. Then I took tomato cage, cut the top two rings off, painted the cage green and inserted in the pot. The plant wants to flop downwards, but with this support, it becomes more of a "fountain" grass. I am very much into using unconventional items for potting plants. One thing Maggiemoo and I have in common, with you that makes 3! I've been working on this weird thing I found at Ace Hardware, I paid almost nothing for it and plan to use it for displaying sun loving annuals. will post pics when ready.
Hakone grass is not so new, just certain varieties. yes, it is slower than snot. I paid big bucks for one last year and I lost it due to unsufficient watering. Getting again, I have learned my lesson. Will be planted inground, mostly shade. There was a coop recently that had hakone available, but it sold out before I realized it was going on.
I forgot to say I also have a beautiful new zealand iris that I got thru Ilovejesus (Sandy's) coop last year. I would put it in the grasses category. It is slow too, but oh such a show-stopper when it reaches its prime.
Debbie please let me clarify before you start expecting too much of me. LOL! I had what you call a Asperation Injection or something like that. Its just something to prolong the surgery. go figure! Which is cool because I cant afford the time off anyway. lol
We only get two weeks off.
Vossner I hear you about those COOPs, I just missed a big coop of Hostas, some plants I was lusting after selling for two and three dollars. It had me so stressed out! lol Actually I thought Coops were banded ... and now they got COOP Forum! go figure!
OK ... I am not understanding the rings comming from a tomatoe cage .. arent they made of wire? Then again I am not very creative. lol
....now let me go join the coop forum before I miss out on something else. :)
I know Sylvia--just couldn't help myself. But I still think you're made of tougher stuff than me...lol
Debbie you got me on the swaying of the hips! I got to start practicing again! Girl I do feel better, I went outside to take a pic, before I knew it I was moving things around. ...bending down to tie strings to the vines. I was trying to wrap that trumpet vine around the arbor contraption I got going ... but Vertigo set in! its always something! lol
my arbor contraption ... check it out!
this is a better view
No... this is a better view of the contraption, it is 2 10 ft garden trellis I got at the HD. The horizontal one is nailed to the fence and tied to the vertical one. Now I am hoping thru time that the trumpet vine will bind itself to the trellis to make it stonger...as the trumpet vine on the fence to the left as weaved it way in and out of that fence. I dont cut those vines on that fence because I am afraid the planks will fall out! lol
now this is the one on the left i was trying to push the vine around when I got the vertigo. lol My friend and I are going to put another in the middle when I am through paying my Hospital bill! lol
Interesting use of the fence there Syvia....giving me ideas here for more vertical space.
Sylvia, that's a great idea! I don't know why I don't think of these things, but glad those of you who do are willing to share!
Hey guys its called desparation! lol Oh I got to take a pic of my new Shelf for my Mini Hostas. my girlfriend had to come over and put it together for me. The darn thing had me in tears. and Sheila told me it was a cinch! lol
Is that a regular 6' privacy fence or an 8' one Sylvia?
10ft. Here is my new shelving unit for my Mini Hostas. Is it not cool or what? :)
That's a lot of Hostas Sylvia! But they all look healthy and happy together.
Mini hostas? I gave up on Hostas in Houston...Do they do better in Dallas? Would they grow in pots here? Some of them are so beautiful that in the past I tried and tried, currently my house is in the middle of a huge no shade zone...much to my annoyance. My daughter has a large shadey back yard and has attempted a few hostas but they don't seem so happy. Any ideas Sylvia?
April How cold does it get there? Hostas need a good winter and a couple of hard freezes! I am not sure I hear a lot of people in the Houston Area have problems. Where does Patrob live? She grows a lot of hostas. Basically the reason I have mine in pots is because I have a lot slugs and I dont have that much soil in my courtyard. April start a thread in the Texas gardening forum asking who grow Hostas in Texas and what zone are they in .... s/b a good source of information.
Oh well I have gathered, from those folks that Houston is the problem! LOL. I guess in general it's not cold enough. On a personal level I cannot agree more!
I blame it on the humidity doing them in; April--it absolutely couldn't be my cultural practices with hostas.....sarcasm dripping
I live in Goldthwaite, right in the center of Texas. It's zone 7b/8a and much less humid than Houston. I keep my hostas under large oak trees (medium shade), with some early morning sun and dappled shade the rest of the day. They seem happy enough, but they don't look as lush as ones grown in the northern part of the country. I'm moving them from big tubs to a permanent bed this year as time and energy permit, so we'll see how they like the change. One more big bed to weed! lol
.......Pat that sound like a good project .... I wish I was there to help....yeah ... sure. LOL
Pat take pictures when you first get them into the ground, then take pcs annually so you can monitor the growth. well ... you know... you canalways share the info.:)
don't get me started on hostas. Big heart breaker of a plant for me. However, I am able to grow hardy ones such as
Sum & Substance
Guacamole
Night Before Christmas,
Frances Williams
Golden Tiara
and a couple others that I can't remember.
But two years ago I bought a ton in coops, they were struggling along, but last year's horrendous summer pretty much did them in.
ugh, don't get me started on hostas, lol
Vossner you are funny! it was just as hot here, wasnt it? They come back if you have a cold winter.
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