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This message was edited Jun 6, 2007 10:33 PM
July 21st West Houston Meet
Boy I'm in trouble. I like spending money on gardening AND clothes. Good thing I don't have a husband. Maybe that's why. hmmmm lol
Anne
The rain just pounded all my cuttings. I might have to start again. Sigh.....
LOL Anne!
I thought we were going to get hit too. I rushed home and sprinkled epson salt on nearly everything but the back lawn. It's been an hour...I'm sure it will hit right when I least expect it.
This message was edited Jun 6, 2007 8:48 PM
Ok here is a partial list of seeds that I have. I can start some for any who would like. Or just bring the seeds let me know what you would like for me to get started for you.
Spreading Petunia - serie Tidal Wave purpura
Spreading Petunia - serie Tidal Wave silver (my favorite)
Dianthus - Arctic Fire, clinic pink, and another pink (I'll edit later)
Four O'Clocks - Limelight, yellow, and yellow/white
Amaranthus - love-lies-bleeding (now there's a lovely name ; - )
Delphinium - fantasia mix
Cardinal climber
Daisy Fleabane
Blazing Star Liatris
I will edit as soon as I pick up my seed packets from the floor where the cat just knocked them because.....well he's a cat and because he can!!
ok I got them all picked up.
I have in seed form and can pot them up for any who want:
Sedum - Autumn Joy
Eggs and Butter toadflax
Amaranthus Red
Yellow Butterfly Bush
Amaranthus Intense Purple
Gold Moss Sedum
Kamschatca Stonecrop (sedum kamtschaticum)
German Catchfly - Lychnis viscaria
Giant Purple Amaranth
Cassia Alata (candelabra tree)
Roseroot Rhodiola rosea
Black Dragon Coleus
Amaranthus Aurora
Amaranthus Perfecta
Hardy Geranium, Pratense Mix
Dianthus Deltoides - Maiden Pinks, White
Sitka Rose (rosa Rugosa)
Need to speak quickly, I'll have someone to help me next week, after that they might be more "seed" than seed "ling"
Anne
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Would anyone like some hideous orange daylilies? I just have to get those things out of my front yard around the little oak that is growing there. They don't have a long blooming life and I don't want to waste my bloom time on something that blooms for only a couple of weeks and then has to be cut off. I would rather plant something else there as it is squarely in the middle of the front yard that isn't all that big to begin with. They are going whether any of you want them or not (if I can get in good enough shape to dig them) or I'll kill them some way. I really don't care for day lilies at all but these are just not pretty. The scapes came up so long. I'm ready to get the hoe or a blow torch after them.
BTW, I'll be bringing some food to the meet - don't know what yet. I'm an old fashion cook and don't do quick foods - unless it comes from a good bakery, etc.
Ann
This message was edited Jun 8, 2007 9:00 AM
Manic, I've got you down for some of the LA Iris and the Thai Basil seeds. Can you root me a cutting of your clerodendrum, please?
Way to sell those orange daylilies, Ann! That made me laugh!
I have some grotesque elphant ears and some morbid mexican petunias. Any takers?
Aunt Anne - may I have some fleabane and delphinium?
I'm in the market for a BLACK EE, if anyone has a tiny cutting.
Gymgirl, I don't have a black one, but I've got green ones that I've tried everything short of nuclear attack to get rid of. They just keep sprouting and I've been pulling them up ever since I moved in 4 years ago! You want green ones???
EEs are also on my list of undesirables. Once you have them, you have them forever. I have an area that the previous owners put EEs in and there's no way they are going away. They thrive on neglect and flooding. Any takers?
Ann
Okay, call me slow, but what is an "EE"?
Elephant Ear didi.
Ahh..... thank you.
Sure thing kn i'll pot them up tonight.
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I found Ann's selling mechanism funny also - its along the lines of when people say, " Try this! It's disgusting!" Nonetheless, I'm sure someone will take them if you dig them up. :)
Are the mexican petunias the long kind or the dwarf ones? I like the dwarf that grow in clumps. If it is those I would take any that Manic doesn't need.
This message was edited Jun 6, 2007 8:49 PM
I edited my post back up aways if any want to re visit. BTW this is the mischief maker who knocked over the seed box.
Oh Boy! Someone wants Katie Ruella? I'll start digging today. They are the small ones but I also have the tall ones. Both are the purple. Easy to grow and definitely a "share" plant. W/the amt I have I should be able to furnish all of Harris Cty w/a good quantity.
Ann
Uhhhhh, no thanks on the green EEs. I have a HUGE philodendron growing in a whiskey barrel on the patio. DH propped it up with a lift, but it's gorgeous, and the focal point of the patio corner. It's contained in the barrel, but actually needs a larger container. I'm hoping to do the same with a Black EE in a large container in the shade...I have the teeniest, tiniest cutting of one that I am desperately trying to keep alive. It keeps trying, but then something happens. Too much sun and it fries. I forget to water it and it wilts...
Knolan,
Could I get a yellow esperanza, too?
I'll certainly try a cutting for you. the esperanzas I took last week got a beating from that storm the other day a I don't think they'll make it. Do over!
Does anyone have altheas (Rose of Sharon)? If so, I would like some large cuttings 8-12" long to start. They can be singles or doubles - whatever.
Ann
Ann, I don't have any altheas, but I do have a Confederate Rose, another member of the mallow family, that I'd be happy to get a cutting of for you. It's a double pink. Here's a pic of the bloom.
I dug up all my altheas and burned them. I was so tired of fighting the bugs and beetles that always kept the blooms from opening. I've never had problems with them at any other location, but I had two different types here and they just weren't happy.
Ann,
I don't have an althea but my neighbor does. She and I trade all the time and I'm sure she wouldn't mind me getting a cutting for you. It's pink.
I have a white althea, but I don't know how to do cuttings. If you tell me how, I'll do my best for you. :-)
I'm up too late.
Marylyn, you can try this (try on at least three cuttings and pray one will take):
Take about an 8" - 10" cutting on softwood at a node (right under a forming bud), cut it at an angle, dip the bottom 2" in a root hormone powder and put it in a 4" pot of good soil/potting mix with perlite. Keep it in partial shade and keep it moist for about two weeks (I water every day). You'll know in a few weeks what took and what did not.
I've just never had the trouble w/altheas that y'all describe. I love them and find them trouble free. I'll take all the cuttings I can get - no matter what color or whether single or double. And I would love a cutting from the confederate rose. I find all mallows are easy to grow from cuttings. Now just watch - after I've said all that I'll probably have all kinds of troubles. "Never say never". Thanks so much for the responses. Chocolate all around for all of you!
Ann
edited to say I would love a loquat baby.
This message was edited Jun 7, 2007 2:35 PM
mmm chocolate
is it too late to change my 'food' ... all this talk of chocolate, Iv'e been wanting to take the mint leaves and wash them...then dip them in chocolate and fridge them... mint/choc mmmm
or lemon balm dipped in chocolate? that sounds kind of good too?
or maybe we just talk about chocolate too much.
My friend, Karolyn, will be joining me. She doesn't have a computer but here's her trade list so far:
Loquats
Red crocosmia
Various gingers (I just don't know the varieties)
Spineless prickly pear
pink & yellow lantana
Purple lantana
Pink 4 o'clocks
Cannas (don't know varieties):
tall yellow
tall red
short red with purple foliage
Asparagus fern
Quick question....for those of you with porterweed....any success on the cuttings? My cuttings aren't taking.
This message was edited Jun 6, 2007 5:35 PM
In the dirt they shall go.
Edited June 25 after being out of pocket for a couple of weeks:
(Still checking to make sure I got everyone!)
Dr. Seuss Brugmansia - they root easily and I'll bring as many as wanted - for knolan and manicreality
Cuphea - david verity (red cigar plant) - Aunt Anne
Basil seedlings
milkweed (either yellow or the orange/yellow variety - can't tell which yet) - I will bring lots of seedlings for all who asked
milkweed - tropical
Daylily - Happy Returns, Miss Amelia, Barbara Mitchell (limited) and some really great bright yellow misc. varieties such as Brutus, Alec Allen, and an unknown. Unique Treasures
Tomatoes from cuttings: Cherokee purple, black cherry and health kick - Gymgirl and knolan - Black Cherry
Strawberries - Chandler
Cestrum - rooting now and hoping they will take hold! knolan, smockette, shortstuff, unique treasures
Seeds:
varieties of milkweed from the Monarch Watch seed kit - Unique Treasures
cilantro
basil - Italian Cameo Unique Treasures
Dill - (Vulgare Dill Anethum Graveolens)
Tomato - Eva Purple Ball
Okra - clemson spineless
added 6/07 - butterfly vine (doesn't attract bf's but the seed pods look like 3D butterflies!) Unique Treasures
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Bookworm28, can I get a black cherry tomato cutting? Thanks
I'd like to come (thank you GymGirl for the Dmail heads up!).
I live in New Braunfels - so I'll get a map from mapquest (unless someone wants to come pick me up..... hahaha).
Is there going to be enough room? Looks like there are so many already.
Not sure what I have to trade. If my garlic is ready by then, I'll bring some of that. I only grow veggies right now (though I put in pomagranites and blackberries this winter). I have a Texas Everbearing fig tree I could have cuttings ready from by that time (if anyone is interested dmail me). I saved Daikon seeds this year - so I'll bring some of those if anyone wants some.
I didn't see anyone saying they'd bring fruit, so I'll bring that, okay?
The furthest I've been since I moved to Texas is Plantersville (to the Renaissance Festival), so this will be a fun adventure in driving (last time I had navigators - this time I'll be alone).
(edited because I can't spell...)
This message was edited Jun 6, 2007 11:13 AM
Got you on the list Veggiehappy!