Miniatures and dwarfs...

Does anyone grow dwarf or miniature plants?

What tiny plants do you grow?

What got you started on miniatures?

Why?

I grow a few dwarf or miniatures. I like my shorter dahlias- don't have to stake. My dwarf Mexican Petunias do real well. I love my shorter canna Tropical Pink. The shorter Profussion Zinnias are also a favorite of mine.

Let's hear it for the 'shorties'. ;)

Well, I wish I had a camera that would take better photos of little plants/blooms. I have a "shorter" yellow canna. It was given to me and I don't know a name or even have a photo...

My Mom gave me some of her dwarf Iris too. They bloom later than the standard Iris but weather is so odd I am not sure I will see them bloom this spring. They are delicate and a pretty purple.

I traded with BigRed and got this tiny Scutellaria with miniscule flowers. This plant is in a four inch pot. It takes stronger glasses than I have but it is definitely a skullcap.

But, I have to admit this one is the plant that made me wonder if anyone else likes small plants.

A few years ago I was given seeds for a "dwarf cleome". This cleome only gets 6-8 inches tall. I keep it in a pot so it doesn't get lost. Its' blooms have a sharp smell like peas. The blooms are a delicate pink/white and will turn to little pea pods. It delights me every year. It has already offered up the first bloom (upper left hand corner). I love it and wonder what other miniatures or dwarfs or shorties are out there.

DanceyTx ~ I meant to ask which one is the dwarf Mexican petunia?

i grow a couple of
mini roses
short daylilies with small blooms
micro mini fire bush
most of my cannas are the short ones
petit pink oleander
glamini (mini glads)
dwarf plumeria Singapore Pink
mini african violets

I have other things but can't think of them right now. Very good garden talk topic.





This message was edited May 23, 2007 3:00 PM

Thanks Vossner ~ I thought there would be more of us that like the little guys.

I like them in pots so I don't have to get on my knees to see and smell them. I was given a miniature rose but it didn't live to tell it. I have an aversion to all things thorny. It must have sensed the subliminal messages... : /

i have a small orange tree smiles

Now that would be neat! A friend gave me some kumquats. I loved them and wonder how small the tree would be...

I think CJ in the woodlands grows dwarf crape myrtles.

Dwarf Crape Myrtles? How small would they be?

lookie here http://www.crapemyrtles.com/

I don't have 1st hand experience w/ this company, but I've definitely been tempted.

How cool are they! Sized from 8 inches to 36 inches. It is hard to imagine the magnificent crape that tiny. Those could be kept in pot and moved around to suit whereever you needed a splash of color. Neat!

not what I'd call glowing reviews in the watchdog. But if I could find a place in my garden to showcase a mini (which I don't) I wouldn't hesitate to try them out.

http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/2807/

not what I'd call glowing reviews in the watchdog. But if I could find a place to showcase a min (which I don't) I wouldn't hesitate to try them out.

http://davesgarden.com/gwd/c/2807/

Whew! I think I would have to pass on that one but surely they aren't the only grower/seller... Maybe?

Here's one little guy:

Another:

Here, too:

One more:

Oh boy! Miniature succulents ~ now that could be a passion! Nice collection Tapla. Where on earth have you tracked those down?

that mini succ. collection is pretty amazing

Podster my dwarf Crepe Myrtles are about 2 1/2 to 3 ft. tall. They bloom real well.

About the Mex. Petunias, I don't know the botanical name for the dwarf ones. I sure like mine. I have had the taller ones too but the wind whips them around too much. The tall ones don't seem to bloom all that well for me either.

Dancey ~ are the dwarf Ruellias Katie? http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/38186/index.html If so, I have these also and have a few of these that bloom in white also.

Yes it is Podster. I have seeds for white and pink. I just haven't been able to get them planted yet.

I've had a real setback this spring. Broken bone in my leg with surgery and all that stuff so I'm just now able to do some things.