This is the bloom from the wavy one... not too technical here ~ sorry!
This message was edited Sep 18, 2007 8:50 PM
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Awsome crinum Podster! I've never seen that color.
Thanks ~ it was a passalong from an older friend. But my camera doesn't do red very well. That may not be an accurate red. I think it is Ellen Bosanquet perhaps a different color cultivar or maybe affected by soil? This photo is not quite as intense ~ or maybe it is.
THANKS podster!!!!!!!!!!!
I figured they were flowers of some sort but with them not blooming I have no idea.
I missed it as they haven't done anything since we moved in but be green lol
Are crinum part of the lily family? the blooms on your remind me of lilies
Can you tell me about when I should be watching for blooms on both of these?
There is quite a bit of the Liriope in the corner of the terrace I am guessing they do well in shaded areas since this area is shaded and doesn't get alot of sun under the trees there or do I need to trim the trees so the sun gets through more?
I use mondo grass/monkey grass/lariope as either an edging (and it gets away really fast) or mostly under the trees where it is too dense or the roots are too close to the top for anything else to grow. Almost impossible to get rid of it. Used in the right ways, it can be a God send.
ok then where mine is is okay as it is in the terrace under trees and there isn't much of anything else there other then the 2 I posted above. so not alot of places for it to spread to.
Once a year in the spring I run the mower over it. It can get out of hand but I keep the area near grass edged. The other area I have it growing is contained by a brick walkway. Even then I will find volunteers between the bricks and the roots are tenacious!
The bloom on the red Crinum bloomed in late June on into July. It can be a different color tho.
This is another type of vintage Crinum given to me and called a milk 'n wine lily. This one blooms in the second half of July.
This is the most peculiar Crinum I have. Another gimme ~ lol Blooms in July also.
You will have fun watching to see what all your different plants turn out to be.
That's so true. First home we owned as newlyweds was 13 years old. I was sooo excited in the spring as the flowerbed and shrubs came to life. Blooms, blooms everywhere.
those are all so pretty
I wish it was the beginning of spring already so I can start seeing just what all is really here.
I can't decide if I want to take the terrace area and make it all flowers or if I should make it more veggies.
Either way I know I have work to do for soil as it is pretty much all sand with some landscaping cloth under it and of course I will have to watch the bamboo and get the starts broke off as soo as I see them if I don't get all the roots I can find pulled and cut out by next spring.
Phyllis, need to talk to someone in your area....many, many commercial nurseries are close to you. I expect you have really, really good soil. Talk to some of the locals.....possibly they know more about how to contain the bamboo......could even turn out to be a cash crop for you.....wouldn't that be grand? I just know that Tyler and close to it are famous for their commercial nurseries.........a new career?.......sometimes good things happen that we least expect...
I found a site called bamboocrafts.com and I found out what kind mine is and how to contain it ..we just have to get a trench digger to make the trench and the plastic to put in it then figure out a way to take the disk we brought with us (hubby used it back home for a deer food plot where we hunted) and run it around to get the rest of the roots not contained dug up and cut up. I have some cut and drying now to make wind chimes with and some larger ones cut drying to make a park type bench for sitting out side. We know the type we have is good for crafts, plant stakes and can be used for other things you just need to keep it off the ground as it decays faster then others when stuck in the ground and not growing.
As for the local nurseries I'm gonna have to do some phone book looking I guess and calling to find out who to go to.
lol as for new career..mmm true ya never know...I could add something else to my list of things I can do...cook, bus driver, bartender, secretary, mother, wife, aunt, stained glass, sewing, macramé, ceramics, gardening, making web pages, drywall, painting, plumbing, working with hand tools, some mechanics....hehehe... jack of all trades master of some
Have you been on the crafts forum? You have a lot to offer there as well......just don't leave us. Seems some people have an over abundance of talent and energy. So glad that you are one of them.
I popped over there when I was looking at making baskets wtih wisteria and bamboo but no one every replied to my post
and with the move I have to wait to get supplies for some stuff ...like stained glass to get scrap glass, soder, lead or foil for sun cathers.
I'm not leaving don't worry I am in Texas and that is where my interests are now *S* besides I have to get to know others in Texas and meet them someday too
Wuvie posts all the time in the Trash to Treasure. She does lots of stained glass. In fact, her energy level is above the line also. I don't go there that often so I can't remember the names.....lots of friendly people. They even talk to me. hahahaha
Podster I have a crinum that's supposed tobe Ellen Bousenquet, but it's only bloomed once, so I guess I forgot what it looked like.:) I need to fertilize it more. Maybe it would bloom more. My milk and wine blooms whenever the weather is like spring. And I have another from the last RU, but it's unnamed and hasn't bloomed.
Mibus, you remind me of myself when we bought this house. My DH's grandparents had this house built in 1951 and lived here for about 25 years before they went into a nursing home. We bought it from DH's Dad. The first spring that I had time to even be aware of what was in the yard I noticed these spikey dark green leaves coming up in a row beside the driveway. I had no experience with outside plants and had no idea what they were. Finally they bloomed and I took the flowers to a nursery and they told me they were old fashioned jonquils. Then I discovered rain lilies nearby. Then I discovered a rose his GM had planted 40 years before near what was then a small oak tree. Well it's not small anymore so the rose never bloomed much and was also covered with some crummy grapevine that didn't bloom either. We finally cut down the grapevine so the rose could breath and fertilized it and low and behold it made beautiful red roses.:) His GM was a vege gardener par excellence. Most of the back yard was vege garden, so when are back there working in the yard, he'll sometimes tell me "yea, this was Omas watermelon patch or green bean row or something". I didn't know his grandparents very well, but I feel a close connection with them because of my gardening interests.
Beautiful.....same reason I keep trying to grow my mother's flowers I guess.
Well from what we have learned form a neighbor that back part has never had anything done to it unless it was done years ago over 13 yrs ago.
I know the feeling of grandparents having gardens my grandma Tredennick was a big flower gardener and veggies ..I remember going out with her and gathering the seeds in the fall from flowers that she would save for the next year, plus she grew and sold African violtes and she always had rhubarb and gooseberries and apple trees which I guess I am out of luck in growing here since it doesn't get cold enough ...I am told they don't grow here...so I know I go tr my gardening desires from my g-ma along with a book she kept of different things pertaining to plants and soil.
There are 4 rose bushes along the drive that I have cleaned around and are growing but 2 of them are "side" shoots so I am going to have to trim them back I guess to get them to bush out more next year.
I can hardly wait to see what all you uncover. Know that will be fun even though it is back=breaking work. Sounds like there is trememdous potential and you've got stuff to get it done.
We're with ya.
I love hearing stories of folks and their family heirlooms - plants that is!
There might be some apples you can grow. There are a couple of varieties we can grow in 9a, so there should be some you can grow - try the fruit tree forum. Yum - gooseberries. I used to eat those off my aunt's bush as a kid. I know for sure I can't grow those down here.
I don't know about apples for sure but I think some people grow them around here. Ido know there is a blueberry called Sunshine blueberry that was bred to grow in the south. It does like acid soil, but that shouldn't be a problem for you. I have one in a pot that we planted withrose dirt from Gardenville (because it's more acidic supposedly than other brands). We added lots of compost and some sulfer to buffer the ph. It's doing very well and the berries are good.
Lou we do know the first thing that HAS TO GO is the poison ivy/oak ..pay day i am going shopping and I know chemicals are not the greatest but dang I can't go out and do any work in the back half with hubby until we get it killed off.
I don't mind at all being able to plant flower bulbs but gee I enjoy getting in and dirty too.. so am going to find what I can use to kill it off so I can go out there too and work.
Book I am over at the fruit tree forum now too looking through it *smile* and I may have to just go to some online growers and see what can grow in my area I miss going to the apple orchard back in Illinois and getting Jonathon's and apple cider
Mibus - start a thread and ask - someone will help you. They helped me bunches when my fig tree looked like it was dying. It turns out, they were right - it didn't like all the rain we got for 3 months! It looks much better now that it's dried out here. I also am growing meyer lemons and satsumas, so that is a good forum for me, too. You could also call your county extension agent - or go to the A & M website.
Phyllis, I still say with your being so close to Tyler that there must be lots of information. Originally Tyler meant oil....maybe still does....but I do know that plant nurserys of every kind are all around you. County Extension Agent is most likely your best bet. Might even get him/her to come out to visit.
Now that would be cool, LouC - have an expert come look at what is there and give advice!
I'm thrilled for Phyllis and her DH.....think they may have discovered more treasure than they orginally thought.....Sure hope so.
Will be praying for the very best.
I emailed the guy once asking about that and gave the link to the page I made with pictures of some of th estuff and all he did was reply with an answer to some of the plants....but I suppose I could try again
I did surf around today looking at what nurseries are around here thinking maybe I would call one or two tomorrow and see what they had to say.
Heck I'm even willing to let them have some of the stuff (keeping what I need for the swap in oct) if they want any.