Martindales Nursery Part B

Going there on Monday. Nothing like 2 major trips within 4 days, but well, well, worth it.
Of course I will bring camera and take pics of what Matt is selling. He knows you all are the first to know, so before he posts online, I will tell him that you all want dibs second :)
Anyone from Florida want to go, or meet me there?

Have fun Cat. Like a kid in a candy store!!! I'd go but just a little too far for me. LOL

Have a wonderful and (expensive) trip, lol :-) I can hardly wait to see what you're gonna get!!

Yup...I'm from Florida...and nearby...unfortunately, I'm lacking the wheelbarrow full of money so essential...
UNLESS Matt will accept vegetative wampum in trade...
I have oodles of Japanese Iris looking for a good home.

Sigh...... I am heading to SW Jacksonville this morning but will be returning home on Sunday. Anyways, we are finally about to start the looooong awaited remodeling and caring for new plants will not fit the schedule. It is going to be hard enough making sure the contractors do not step on the existing ones. Going to have to transplant many, many of plants too. :-((((

Sorry, can't make it this time. Too much going on right now, any way don' have much more room. Lorine

Cat- I'm curious - did you make it out to Matt's place for your 2nd run? What did you get? Hope you left some for us! :) Finding his site has caused havock in the family - told my sister and she promptly placed an order for 6 plants from him - her hubby is soo distressed that I told her about the site he's treatened to block any incoming calls from me :) I introduced her to exotics this summer & now she's got about 25 hibiscus plants (not adding the ones she just ordered). I'm getting 4 from him myself to add to my 15 - yep DH thinks we need to have enough room to live during the winter months - but I say what's living without Hibiscus?? :)

Went to Matt's today and did some major wallet damage, one again!
However, I snapped whatever future blooms were lurking, but since I did not have my notebook, most of them do not have names. I will number them instead, lol.
Ok, here goes:
Delta Dawn

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Heck, this is too confusing, so I am going to number them according to my camera.
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This one won't be for sale. The name of the plant is too vulgar (no, I won't say it). So, unless the hybridizer changes the name, Matt refuses to sell it, and I don't blame him! I would too.




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Frosted Flake

Irish Spring

Here's a list of what I bought. And, believe it or not, I left some for everyone else, lol. There are a few I can't name yet, but once they bloom, I am allowed to name and post them.

Big Easy
Black Jack
Campfire Girl
City Slicker (again)
Cosmic Dancer (again)
Creole Darlin
Curly Top
D-7 (I know it has a real name, but forgot what it is)
Eva Paoloni (again)
Harvest Moon
Hot Ross
Lady Bug
Midnight Madness
Molten Lava
Mon Cher
Moonstruck
Mystic Glow
Prom Queen
Red Dragonette
Saxon T
Suave
Susan Schlueter
Sweet Pink
Temptress
Tigerama
Wallflower (again)
Zoey

36, 41 and 55 want to come and live with me. :-)))

WOW, you did do some damage to the wallet. The "Palm Bay Hibiscus Demonstration Garden" will be spectacular by next summer. We will all want to come visit.

OMG Cat it is a good thing you live where you do. Because if you had to think about over wintering them in a GH you might be in serious trouble. I bet your wallet weighted a lot less on your way home then it did on your way to Matt's.

All the pictures are gorgeous. I am sick with envy. Would of loved to have joined you at Matt's but couldn't go the travel time.