As soon as I can slow down a bit--I'll put who wants what up there. =)
Texas Statewide Roundup April 28, 2007-TRADES
Oh wow, does anybody else want pecan trees? We have them things coming up all over the place.
As usual, if you have any left over, I would appreciate one of your pecan trees.
Ann
Sure can, Kim..... I have added the butterfly iris to your list...
Trishann
Thanks so much!
Ann, it may take them awhile to make any shade for you, because they are pretty small, but I'll try to dig some up for you.
Ann and Mary Lee, I have two small potted Pecans on my list,
and it would save Mary Lee from having to dig hers up, it it is all the same to you Ann.
Josephine.
Beggar, here. Any unwanted pecan saplings are welcomed to come live on my 2 acres. :~)
frostweed....please see my post above (3332222)....could I please have a pecan and a mexican plum?
Kim
O.K. Smockette, you will have one or two depending on what Ann and Mary Lee decide.
Kim, I am sorry I missed your post, You have the Mexican plum for sure, and we will figure out about the Pecans.
Thanks! As for the pecan....I think Mary Lee said she had some as well. Perhaps I could take one of hers so the others could have yours?
:) Kim
If I don't get a pecan, that's ok. I don't have anything to trade so it would be much fairer to all if those who do should get the goodies. I'll just take what no one else wants. I really can't afford to be picky. Thanks, anyway. :>))
Ann
Why don't we go back to the original idea, Ann gets the one from Mary Lee, and I give one to Kim, and to Smockette, and all is good, no one left out.
Josephine.
I have pecan volunteers all over the place, too, thanks to the squirrels. So if someone wants more, just let me know and I'll quit pulling them up and tossing them in the compost. LOL
That's funny - everyone wants a pecan (well, 3 do) and here's Marilyn in Houston, pulling up volunteers for the compost pile but going all the way to CS to give one to Ann in Houston. Anything wrong w/this picture? I appreciate anything I can get from whomever has some, Thanks!!
Ann
Come on over and pull as many as you want, Ann!! LOLOL!
Hey, Josephine, the Brazos Penstemon you gave me last year is blooming beautifully right now. Thank you again!!! :-)
Marylyn !!! that is really beautiful, thank you for showing me, aren't they sweet?
Mine are too! I didn't realize how tall they got though, and put them in the front of the bed. Is it possible to move these, and when would be the best time? Also, what sun exposure would be best for them? They are pretty though!
:) Kim
Yes, you can move them after they are through blooming, unless you want to save the seed, then probably the fall would be the best time, they can take full sun to partial shade, and they are almost evergreen here, they are short lived perennials, so scattering some seed is a good idea.
Does anyone happen to have seeds for Esperanza, any variety? I have a large area - about 8-10' - at my backfence that needs something eyecatching. The house behind us does not have a wood or brick enclosure around it and if you can remember anything about the toonerville trolley- type pictures, this metal pipe that sticks up looks like that - really an eyesore. Also looks like something from a Dr. Seuss drawing where everything is gollywampus. Any seeds from evergreen bushes would be appreciated, particularly those that are about 8' tall and that flower preferably most of the year and are yellow. I would do vines, but those people would probably whack it off and then where would I be? Had an oleander -not particularly fond of those- and it must have known I'm not in love w/it because after the awful winter we had that knocked my hibiscus to the ground and the oleander, really have nothing to block that "pipe" from our view. Also, any tree or whatever that would shield it from our line of sight. At least the grass looks good.............
Ann
Ann, I have several esperanza seedlings, (as well as some seed.) I'll be happy to bring some for you.
silverflutter or Marylyn - I'd love to take a pecan seedling either of you care to bring. : )
Thank you, DarwinTX. I would like at least a few seeds and a couple of seedlings. There is a lot of space to cover here now that we don't have the hibiscus. So naked.
Ann
Ann, don't you want something evergreen? Esperanza is deciduous. Atleast here it is. I don't have any to bring to the RU, but probably some sort of holly would be a good choice.
And I will bring as many pecan seedlings as I can pot up. They will be free to the lowest bidder.:) I'd like to bring the squirrels that planted them too, but that might be too much trouble.lol BTW I don't put mine in the compost pile because I don't want them to take root.
I don't look out when the weather is cold. I don't GO out when the weather is cold. When you see me you will understand: I don't have any fat under this skin - just skin and bone now. In the winter we are not outsidel. DDH is not an outside type person. More an inside do the computer bit. When I do go out in the back it's when it is hot and hopefully the esperanza will invite me to go out and see it. Have a holly. Not impressed. Don't like bushes that don't do much. They have to bloom to get my attention. That's why I said that I had thought about doing vines - love vines.
Ann
Do you want roses?
Roses are great but cannot get rid of the blasted black spot on the 3 I currently have in the back. Just bought a Cecile Brunner Climber that I have in a pot. An old childhood favorite. I don't remember that getting black spot. In the summer here, anyway, the roses go dormant - kinda. In July we do a slight pruning to get them ready for the fall bloom (not the CBCl.)
Ann
C. Brunner is one I was thinking of. It grows very fast. Another very good one for me atleast in New Dawn. Are the ones that get black spot also antiques? My antiques have a slight problem with black spot if it's hot a dry and I don't water enough, but I would think that would be less of a problem in Houston.
About the white flowers blooming, I've always heard them called flags. Now if there a type of lily or iris I don't know.
Houston is VERY humid. I always envied people in, say, Tyler, TX where they can grow roses. The roses I have I here are a red and a apricotish pink. The other in the back is not blooming now but is black spotted. All have lots of tenacious thorns. Those thorns are not from rootstock, I know, but they are heavily thorned altho the roses are quite beautiful and fragrant so I am assuming that they are old, if not antique roses. For the longest time they bred most if not all the thorns and the scents out of roses. These roses were here when we moved in and the owner must have spent all her time on them. I gave away another rose - a yellow tree form - to my daughter and SIL as they have more patience than I and could deal w/the black spot but even they can't get rid of the BS. Later I may have to put Cecile in the back but that's not now. That's why I was so thrilled when we moved here that the one long fence was bordered by all the huge hibiscus - tropical ones.
Ann
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Well I am not sure which antiques are the most resistant to black spot. The Antique Rose Emporium could help you with that. But if you want cuttings of any of mine, let me know. I think I listed them further up in the thread.
I have Esperanza seeds, and lots of others too. Would anyone like me to list them? (I tried just a bit ago, but lost the post and I don't want to type it again if no one is interested!)
Silverfluter - Our problem is humidity. Blackspot thrives in humidity. Even the antiques get blackspot - it just doesn't kill them. If you have modern hybrids, you have to spray.
Frostweed - My Brazos penstemon is looking great too! So I got the speedwell AND the penstemon from you. Thanks! They are both blooming like crazy.
Would anyone like any Dietes vegeta? The one with the white and purple flower. http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/40608/
I can also pot up some Spiraea x bumalda 'Lime Mound'. http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/139495/index.html
And I am quite willing to share what I believe is the triple variety of Kwanza daylily. I love this daylily, but it IS healthy. http://davesgarden.com/pf/showimage/50513/
This message was edited Mar 30, 2007 8:09 PM
Thanks, Silver. You have been a big help. I have always grown tropicals - hibiscus and the like plus blue plumbago, cigar plants, sagos, Bird of Paradise, Desert Willow, Mexican Olive, Pride of Barbados, giant philodendrons, Coral Vine, Confederate Jasmine, Swt. Autumn Clematis, Loquat, Azaleas, camelias, potato vines (chartreuse and eggplant colored), and Butterfly vine and never had any trouble but now - I just don't know what to do since this last winter came and took everything down. If it grows it grows is the way I feel and if it dies it dies but it is really looking desolate (if neat).
Ann
I might be interested in your seeds, CJ.
Ann
Ann, sorry I had to laugh at your description of your yard being "neat". I have a jasmine I might want to give away. I bought it at Lowes for $1 because it had freeze damage really bad. It came back though and looks really good, but I don't have a fence for it to climb and I don't know what kind it is, so it might not even survive our zone. I'll try to get a picture of it tomorrow.
And I have plenty of all of these left too:
http://davesgarden.com/forums/p.php?pid=3173387
Gosh, Ann. I didn't have the devastation here that you did. I live in this nice little micro climate, and I think the only things that I lost were the Mussaenda luteola ‘White Wings’, and the Angelonia. But to be expected if we had a normal winter. All of my other tropicals and subtropicals made it fine. I'm sorry. I would hate that.
cj.....I'd love to try your Spiraea x bumalda 'Lime Mound' and kwanza daylily. Geez....I just seem to keep asking for things...lol. I've still got stuff left if people want it!
Just a note on the zinnia seedlings....I have quite a few already trying to bloom although they are small. The blooms are small and not very exciting. I am hoping this is due to the fact that they are very small yet, but if anyone decides against them I won't be insulted. I collected the seeds from my plants last year, so perhaps they didn't cross or self well. The violet queen and green envy seedlings are from another seed source, and have not yet bloomed for me. I hope they do better.
:) Kim
Hey back up the thread, you say that Four o clocks work with pests? Why didn't someone tell me that when I was dealing with the ex?????
P.S. My moon vine seedlings are coming up. And have about 3 different colors of kalanchoes if anyone is interested.
Dave
Can I get some of the Rosemary? Am keeping my fingers crossed for the Butterfly Blue Pea vine seedlings to come up, only 3 of original 8 have come up.