Dear Susan51:
I am writing this just to point out a connection......
If you click on Buttoneer's name to look at her DG profile, her picture says she is holding....
a passion flower!
NisiNJ
Mid-Atlantic Roll Call
How cool is that... Thanks
Susan
That was taken at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens in 1995. I believe it was Passiflora "Jeannette." I have P. incarnata that is hardy here in PA, also P. caerulea in the greenhouse. ;-)
I have about 10 named ones 3 are blooming in the house. I am repotting seeds as this is a break ..LOL I don't have the one in the picture but I do have several of the other one that I grew from seeds this winter to keep the crazies away LOL
Hugs,
susan
LOOK at you Susan...so the passi's have done well? I'm proud to say the ONLY one I over wintered (a wonderful blessing from a FL DGer) is a red one...I think it was the 5th one...I managed to kill the other red ones sent to me - how ungrateful was that? UGH!! Truth be known this one was sent in a 3 gal pot...God bless her. I felt an obligation to keep this baby alive...I mean HOW generous is that to send me one THAT size???? Here's another incarnata shot...can't find my pics of incense....grrr
You ladies sure grow some beauties.
Ruby
Chantell,
I had 3 diffrent ones bloom in the house for me this week... I will send pictures.... They are just beautiful... I have a red in there somewhere... LOL My favorite is this orange one I am sending a picture of...
Hugs,
Susan
next one...
next one. I do have names for these but to early for me and I still have to dry my hair...LOL
Sue
This one has never really opened all the way in the house but hey it's a bloom...
Sue
Such beautiful passis!! I am a newbie to passis, and have only a pic of my caerulea 'waterloo blue' to offer. Can't wait to see what comes up this year!
I've only tried a couple of passies... sad to report that I killed the pretty cuttings that somebody (Chantell?) gave me last spring, and my one attempt to grow from seed totally failed (no germination; next time I will not believe the person who told me they will not germinate unless you soak them in fermenting citrus juice, ROFL).
I do have one in a pot that hasn't bloomed but seems to be doing OK. It's putting on new growth now, and I think it's time for a bigger pot. At one time, I knew its name, so I'm hoping it'll bloom so I can ID it! I'm pretty sure it's a tender variety, because it's in a "pretty" pot, meaning I knew when I potted it that it would be coming into the morning room for the winter. :-)
Jill - prayfully I'll have more cuttings or even babies to share if you like (they may be coming up all over the back yard from when the trellis fell over and the fruit went every where)!! No worries!! Also have seeds btw.
Susan - any of those from cuttings you were going to root? You know we all hear horror stories of trying to root the precious things..LOL
kudrick - your's is pretty is that one hardy to 7?
Chantell, yours was coming along but didn't make it through multiple rounds (!) of spider mite attacks. Poor baby, there were only so many times it could make a comeback and regrow new leaves! I've had that happen with brugs, and it's quite disheartening. If you entrust me with another one, I may have to dose it with a systemic...
Name: Thistle5, aka Linda
Location: Alexandria, VA, just a bit south of Mt. Vernon-our 1st house,suburban lot, .4 acres, mature trees in the back
Family: married, 1 son-12, 1 daughter-8, only 1 cat, Cece (my older 3 cats & dog left me this past year)
Employment: I'm a librarian, but for the last 3 years, I've worked p/t at a local garden center-Holly, Woods, & Vines (home of the plastic palm trees & giant watering can)-it works because I can work school hours (for the kids) & I love being around plants & people who are into plants
Gardening level: adv. beginner?-just enough to be dangerous, I'm more familiar w/ the things I grow than the things I don't
Gardening Focus: All over the place, obsessions w/ orchids, J. maples, hellebores, palms, edibles-always ready to latch on to something...I've been on DG for about a year & have picked up so much....
Thistle, so nice to make your acquaintance. My cousin, Susan Manola, lives in Alexandria. She lives on Fort Hunt Road in a lovely wooded area. Such a beautiful place. welcome to the group.
Hi,
All I did was cut them from the mother and they were soft cuttings.. Others told me to try water rooting and then some started to die so I took the others and put them in perlite and vermiclite and they needed a heat mat so that is how I got the cuttings to grow.. Oh I also had lights on for 12 hours... When warmer weather comes and if they grow like I think they are going to I would be more then willing to share cuttings ... Hey you know me I am easy :-) The orange one is not hardy for us but I can keep alive in house to put back outside next year LOL
I really like them and most of what I have grow fruit... I think that is so cool... I also planted seeds and had very good luck with that... I also was told and I bought this book on passion flowers that said they like heat to grow.. I just soaked them over night and planted in solo cups... I have all diffrent sizes as they all sprouted at diffrent times... I still have 4 little cups that nothing has grown in yet but hey I just give them a stir when I am putting the others in bigger pots and wait....
Ok ladies I am off to bed ... Yack at you tomorrow after work...
Hugs,
Susan
Beautiful, beautiful flowers...I love them, although I have never grown one before. They are just gorgeous!
I note for Cottonpicker...this year for the fun of it, I bought some cotton seeds on Ebay...I just wanted to see it grow! They were soaked, and then planted and currently on a germination mat...I know who to ask for help now!!!
Welcome, everyone. What a great bunch we have in our group.
Welcome Linda!!!
Jill - or if i can remember I spritz any cutting with Neem...that oughta do it as well...
I have a bottle of Neem and never used it... I am afraid to use it that I may kill my plants... Silly huh?
Susan
Chantell, those babies got Neem, they got Safer insecticidal soap, they got pyrethrum... about the only thing I didn't do was break out my bottle of Avid miticide. From what you're saying, maybe that cutting just wasn't doing well and that's why it was so ultra succeptable to spider mites... I've noticed they're usually less of a problem on thriving plants.
Jill - I'm SO sorry...truly I tried to get nice green fresh cuttings...thinking (in my mind) that they'd root easier...ugh
Chantell, it's totally not your fault that they didn't make it! They rooted beautifully, and they looked so good at first... They just didn't do well inside over the winter (and I didn't think they looked sturdy enough to leave out). I just feel bad that I killed a plant that you gave me!
Good golly Miss Molly if you could have seen THAT ("Semor") vine....no worries. How about if I get something out sooner in the season this time so you can get it IN the ground. I didn't start any of mine until mid June so I'm sure this year when it (prayfully) comes up by itself...I can get you something at a better time.
Hah! I'll have my very own "Audrey II" -- hooray!
I've given you plant food
I've given you rain
All you ever give me
is heartache and pain!
... humming... (because I forgot the lyrics!)
... won't you please
BLOOOOOM FOR ME ! ! !
WOW! Lots of activity since I last checked in. I started a new job and have been pretty busy. Welcome to all you new posters and hello to everyone else. Only 5 days until spring ... YIPEEE! Looking forward to talking with all you garden experts ... planning 3 new garden this year. I had all winter to think about them, can't wait to get them started. Need lots of space for all the seeds I winter sowed.
CHANTELL: "what's up with the cheese whiz though?" It's like melted "velveeta", never eat the stuff -- we save that for the tourists .. :).
Happy SPRING everyone!
I'm late to this, I kept forgetting to come in here! Better late than never.
Name: Micha (Pronounced: Mee-sha)
Location: Brookeville, MD
Family: Ugh. I live at home with two brothers, mom and dad.
Employment: Bum/Student
Gardening Level: I'd LIKE to say that I'm a pro but I doubt that I am. Been gardening for like 6 years now
Gardening Focus: A little bit of everything. I especially like natives for restoration and wildlife value, tropicals... More.
I have big plans for my gardens but things never get done. I always seem to throw things in, rather than plan out and I always have to reach over huge butterfly bushes to get to coneflowers, for example.
IF I ever stop being so lazy and actually able to focus on anything for more than a few secs to get something done, my gardens will look amazing.
Hi Meesha! Are you majoring in horticulture or is gardening just a hobby
at this point?
Love "seein'" the new faces!!!
Jill - that is great!!
Michael - all I gotta say is "yous guys" never put cheez whiz on the steak in cheese back in the day. I just stood there with my jaw dropped...said ummm...no cheese whiz....was thinking along the lines of provolone or mozzarella - mercy!!! ROTFLOL
Hi all,
I thought I'd get in on the gardening action since it's starting to get occasionally warm here in Rockville and I'm getting a serious case of gardening fever!
Name: lcsera
Location: Aspen Hill, MD
Family: I'm married with 2 dogs and 2 cats. I basically inherited my interest and (modest) ability in gardening from my mother-in-law, who has the greenest thumbs I've ever seen.
Employment: I've worked at a vet clinic for the last five years, and I love it so much I'm still there part time even though I'm in my second year of pharmacy school in Baltimore which takes up nearly all my time.
Gardening Level: I still consider myself a beginning gardener. Last year was really the first year I ventured into the land of mail order gardening (with pleasing results, happily) - and I have really enjoyed learning from my mistakes and growing to look forward to things like digging and raking and mowing (well, maybe not so much mowing).
Gardening Focus: I love the look of cottage gardens with masses of color and texture, but currently my garden is mainly "experimental" and I'm ecstatic when things grow and, better yet, bloom.
I look forward to reading about all of your gardening endeavors this season!
Welcome Icsera. Oh you will be hearing plenty from people as things begin to grow. I was able to walk around my yard today and I have a surprising number of beautiful blooms. I have crocus coming up in places that I do not remember planting them in. I have white, purple and yellow ones. There was a few daffodils that weren't there the last time that I looked. My hyacinths are in different stages of growth and a few are already in ful bloom. I have several different variety of sedum who are also poking through the earth.
I have been really bad about labeling my plants over the past three years, so I have things just beginning to peak through that I have no idea what they are. I need to label them when I figure out what they are.
Thanks for giving me the opportunity to share.
Ruby
Icsera,
We used to almost be neighbors, I lived in Twinbrook for 21 years before moving to the eastern shore 5 years ago. Welcome!!!! Pam
Icsera,
Being of another Country--I am curious where you are from--based on your name.
My name is Gita--and I am from Latvia--a small Country in Northern Europe not too many people have heard of. It is one of the 3 small, Baltic Countries.
I would love to "guess" where you are from--only from your name--but I have NO idea! Hmmmmm.....Thinking you are from one of the Mid-Eastern Lands????? NOT China--NOT Japan--maybe Thailand? Trinidad? Turkey?
I really have lost track of all the countries in that part of the World since all the names got changed--with all the political boundaries and all....
DO tell?????.....WHERE??????????????????
Or--maybe your MOM just had a great sense of the World and named you after something or other???? I could tell you an interesting story here............
ANYWAY!!!! Welcome to the Mid Atlantic Forum----the root of all kinds of socializing and "insanity"......This is a great bunch of people!
Gita
Bumping so that newbies can check in, and the resistant have a chance to change their minds and tell us more than we know from their wisdom!
It's spring!
Celebrating the gardeners of the Med Atlantic!
Elf
Great idea Elf. I enjoyed meeting everyone.
Ruby
Thought I'd post something because it's been two days since rubyw's entry** and I don't want the thread to feel lonely..
Lilac bush is budding, robins are flitting around, raspberry is leafing, packages labeled "live plants; plant immediately" are arriving, tomato seedlings are getting leggy under lights...
.....it's April!
Are you people still planning a trip to Longwood Gardens? DH and I went on a bus trip a couple of weeks ago and that was one of the stops. They had a blue daisy-like flower that was officially associated with Longwood Gardens. I asked if any were for sale and the Gift Shop cashier said they usually have them a little later in the year. It was beautiful. She said to check back later by phone.
NisiNJ
**Edited to say that I was mistaken on the date; I thought it was April 9 when I posted.
This message was edited Apr 13, 2008 10:18 AM
I always wondered if it were possible to get some of it.
WOW!!! Just gorgeous!!!
Wow that is a really blue daisy, I hope they have it for sale when we go! The Longwood trip is still on for May 17.
Do I need to add anymore names to the list?
Hi all,
Sorry to be so tardy for Roll Call. I'm a DG newbie and still finding/reading my way through this huge site!
Name: Bev
Location: moved to southwestern VA from southern WV 15 yrs ago
Family: married 20 yrs; 2 grown sons, and Miss Peanut, our dog (the real boss)
Employment: semi-retired; I've been a design drafter for 35+ yrs, working with engineers, architects, surveyors and in the construction field
Gardening Level: forever a newbie, always learning. I started an organic garden after my 1st son was born (30 yrs ago). I wanted him to have the freshest, no chemicals added, veggies on earth.
Garden Focus: Mostly edibles! I'm renovating a small vegetable garden I started a few years ago and couldn't keep up with. I have more time now, our eating habits have changed, and have become upset with the quality, selection, and price of fruits and vegetables available in stores. I am, also, very interested in herbs for cooking and remedies.
I have a very small yard with deep shade in the front where I've not had much success with ornamentals...still experimenting. I have limited sun in the backyard where the vegetable garden is located. I like flowers if I can eat them, they grow in shade, or are "plant 'em & forget 'em" varieties.
I absolutely love the DG site. I’ve been treated so well, received seeds I had been looking for, and have learned so much in the last month of wading through articles and forums. I’m so happy and excited to be a DG member! I wish everyone good luck with their garden projects this year!
Thanks,
Bev (Sundownr)