July 21st West Houston Meet

That's a deal! What's good for you? I leave next Friday for a week of river rafting (some white) and camping on the River of No Return in Idaho. Woo hoo! Maybe we should take this to d-mail?

I'm back! Whew, y'all were chatting a lot while I was gone. Here's an updated summary. So the site has been changed to RJs, yes?

Please take a look below, we lost one of our main dishes, so if someone else would bring one that would be great. Let me know if I missed anything!

Summary:

digigirl - banana pudding, chocolate eclairs for plant trades
knolan - chicken pasta salad, stinky cheese, wine
marilyn_tx - potato salad, brownies
smockette (2) - corn casserole
shortstuff430 - cupcakes
bookworm28 - brisket
gymgirl - hamhocks & greens
bubba_mocity (2) - cheese / crackers / cold cuts, wine
plantladyhou (2 - probably)
manicreality - chocolate covered lemon balm and mint
nystyx
AuntAnne - cookies
Flowerette
rjuddharrison (2)
margaretx
Ladyborg
Veggiehappy - fruit
UniQueTreasures - baked ham
Maidentheshade - bolilos
bigbubbles - (1 or 2)

Total to date: 23 to 25

Edited to add items as they occur


This message was edited Jun 19, 2007 11:19 AM

I've been trying to think of something that would travel well.
I'd be happy to bake a ham and bring along my cordless electric knife. That way it could be cut for ham steaks or ham sandwiches.

Looks like we need some breads.

Sounds good UniQueTreasures!

Add cookies of some sort from me.

Ohhh yummy! How 'bout some bollilos for sandwiches ? I can bring those. Anybody growing any tomatoes that might be ready?

I'm in UniQues party of 2 so don't add me digigirl or it'll make it look like theres one extra.

RJ ? I'd love some exotic EE's but I probably don't have anything you haven't already got for a trade. Maybe some donkeys ears? :)

Well, at least if we get hungry along the way, we can stop and have a sandwich! HAHAHAHA

I'd love some exotic EE's also. Surely between us, we have something Randy doesn't have! HAHAHA

my black ee's (taros) are having babies now, smockette got a couple i think...what are mickey mouse ee's?? sounsd like fun

I have some yellow datura seeds in the ground and some pink brug seeds coming. Would anyone like either? I have the name for the brugs and will send name when I get the seeds.

Anne

Yes, please.
:~)

Do ya think I could get the black taros to smother out my invasive ee's? No matter how hard I dig, I can never completely get them up and the bed is completely full again within a month. If the black one's might possibly overtake the other ones, I would definitely be interested.

Aunt Anne, I'd love some yellow datura seeds.

edited for seplling...hahaha

This message was edited Jun 14, 2007 10:37 PM

I have purple double bloom devils trumpet's seeds. Several varieties of shrimp too. Orange with fuzzy grayish leaves, shrimp cocktail and the red. Ornamental millet seeds fixin to happen too.

I'd love some of the double blooming datura. I only have the single. May I have orange, too? Look at my list!

Maid, what color is your Shrimp Cocktail? Ever hear of Lemon Sorbet? Or is that your Shrimp Cocktail?
I'd like some of your dbl Purple, please.

I potted up 4 of the yellow and will pot up the pink as soon as they arrive

TY

I've tried to make sure I mark the requests as they have come in but if I've missed something, for anyone, please speak up. This is the week for me to get the potting finished. If ya'll get a chance, look it over and if I've left something out, just let me know. Unique and MITS - let me know if there's anything you would like.

The cuttings I did last night look great today. I had the sense to move them to the front porch before the rains hit this time. If I get 90% take, I'll be very happy.

I'll start some seeds of the purple so they'll be plants. I had one plant last year have a single every once in a while but nearly all were double blooms.
I just sneaked out to take a picture of the shrimp. This is the one they called shrimp cocktail. It's sprinkling so I had to be quick !

Here's the orange. It' s wet from the rain, so the leaves are not gray like when it's dry. They start real easy. I've already got a couple of each rooted. I can do more.

It was called fruit cocktail. The orange I had never seen but I found out recently there's a blue one too!

Maid, I'd like a start of the Shrimp Cocktail, please. That is really neat!
At the Farm, we grow the standard/orange, the white, the red, & the Lemon Sorbet. Your SC looks like the LS but the little tongues on the LS are pure white.
Kewl! A new color Shrimp. Everytime they come out with a new color Shrimp, I am just blown away. I just love the unusual blooms on Shrimp plants!

Which one is called Fruit Cocktail?
I'd love to see the blue one.

The first picture is the fruit cocktail.

The blue is in plant files http://davesgarden.com/pf/go/216/index.html

There's also a white!

Boy you guys siure have been busy!
I've been very busy at work this week. Thanks Kristi, but I'm covered on the tables.
CJ!!! come down! over!...up? I did originally mak the guys as amozonica too, however the broader leaves were throwing me off. Iove the black princess taro
I'll have an ee for you , and don't worry about having anything. If I plan this correctly there will be more of my plants exiting than entering the garden.

I bought some of the fruit cocktail shrimp also. Here is a closer shot of the bloom.

I'll start some coleus and jade and hooker's orchid cactus, along with anything else I can think of to bring along with me.

I haven't had enough coffee in me yet to make any requests yet this morning. I'll look at the lists and let y'all know. You guys are so organized! HAHAHAHA

Janet

Ya think? Here's how I get my smaller plants. I look around the flower beds, papapays, those stripped ee's, chocolate plants. So I'm running out and digging stuff up. You wouldn't believe what the nursery area looks like ( the back driveway)- Big, bushy ...so everyone bring trucks!
Rj

G'Morning Folks and fellow Texans :-)

I have a big variety of coleus (my newest addiction, thank you very much) that I will be happy to make cuttings of. A sample of them is posted in this photo. I asked for ID's on the coleus forum and got a few more answers, but there was only so much room on the collage I was making.

I have a lot of plants shown in my journal/diary (never can remember which I have). Not necessarily the full names, but there are photos of each section of my yard. You all are welcome to tour the yard and I"ll be happy to make cuttings for any one that would like them. I will bring a variety anyway, hoping they will go to good homes, but if there is anything specific you'd like, just let me know.

I'm going through the lists you all have provided, above this post. It sounds like I'm rather greedy here, I know. Had I seen this earlier and made the requests all along, it wouldn't sound quite so bad. Keeping that in mind....

Knolan Kristi, I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:
Lady Banksia (white) roses
Turks Cap
'Miss Priss' Cuphea
portulacaria afra (a very pretty, heat tolerant jade)
monadenium (unknown also but neat)
Tangerine Esperanza
Passion Vine 'Blue Bouquet'
Culinary Sage
'Pride of Hankins' Hibiscus

Seeds:
Morning glory - Dark Coral
Morning Glory - Sunrise Serenade
Pink Hollyhocks
Coral Vine

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shortstuff430 Becky, I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:
deep purple fuschia
pink and yellow lantana
bleeding heart 'glory bower'

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ceejaytown I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:

Pavonia
Mickey Mouse Taro (limited)
Cardamom ginger
Crinodonna
Nun's orchids

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AuntAnne I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:

4o'clocks Limelight, yellow, and yellow/white
Amaranthus - love-lies-bleeding
Amaranthus Intense Purple
Amaranthus Aurora
Amaranthus Perfecta
Sedum - Autumn Joy
Gold Moss Sedum
Kamschatca Stonecrop
Black Dragon Coleus

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crowellli I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:

Miss Anna brug
cigar plant
coral vine
plumbago (white and blue)
pink cosmos
dark blue Louisiana Iris

I'd love to have some of your Confederate Rose also

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ManicReality I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:

yellow pear tomatoes
papaya babies


Ann asked, 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.

I have a white one that I'll be happy to try some cuttings for you.

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bookworm28 Linda, I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:

Daylily - whatever you have available
Cestrum

Seeds

varieties of milkweed from the Monarch Watch seed kit
basil - Italian Cameo
butterfly vine (doesn't attract bf's but the seed pods look like 3D butterflies!)

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rjuddharrison Randy, I'd love to have some of the following, if they are still available:

Amaranthas Tall Purple bracts
illustris-a colocasia
Clerodendrum Bungei
Clerodendrum speciosum
Clerodendrum Ugandense - Blue Glory Bower (the one you gave me a couple of months ago seems to have disappeared :-( )

And any other EE's that you have (besides those monster green things I already have)

Honestly, I'll be happy just to come meet you folks. :-)

OK I 'd best be sending this before the cybergobblin gets ahold of it.

Janet