You are still welcome to lurk, and be your ornery self! LOL I usually don't use the smiley with the tongue, that is our Miss Robbi! :p I think it is?
"what-can-I-grow-in-my-zone"
It's a capital P Miss Tammy. Lauri taught me how to use it for mark one day. LOL Hi mamajack. Keep Miss Tammy in line!
Thanks for clearing that up Miss Cathy! :P
Does anybody know if nelumbo lutea water lotsu seeds are supposed to float? I thought bad seeds float, but they keep floating one by one.
I don't think that's a problem. When I started seeds, after sanding the coats, the seeds would stay at the bottom of the container for a few days, then float for a day or two, and then sink down and begin germinating. Maybe they float until the water can get in? Seeds are generally something like 2% water, and Nelumbo coats are wickedly thick, so maybe they'll float until you sand or nick the coat.
Oh, I've sanded the coating. It's good to know that what they are doing is normal then. I won't toss them in the trash then. How about this one. Does a poinsettia "poison" the soil it has been in? I have been told maybe not. I transplanted some catmint seedlings in the same potting soil as the poinsettia was in and they are dying off quite fast. They were happy in a seedling cluster before. I thinned them thinking that might sold it, but nope. You are right plantaholic, the seeds did stay at the bottom of the jar for a couple of days. When they germinate, are they black to begin with? I think I see a bump where they were sanded on some and it is the same color as the seed.
Black? Do you mean the seed coat? I went through three batches of seeds before I could get them to sprout, and that was after I sanded deeply enough that I could see a clearly defined white 'spot'. Once they start germination, you should see the seed coat start to crack, like in my pic below. The shoot coming out won't be black, though. I posted this pic in a different thread. Note how big and deep my sanding was. I had no luck if I sanded on the side of the seed, only at the end. Good luck!
Thanks. I guess I will have to try again.
misty and joegee thankyou so much for all of the listings. This is so strange because I was just talking with another member and saying I wish I knew what tropicals I could grow, and here it is.
Misty thanks so much for the thread.
bwilliams thanks so much for getting all of this started. I haven't looked up all of your listings yet , but I will.
Thanks to everyone who has listed a plantfile tropical. For us that are new to it, and have no idea even what to look up, this is wonderful.
More pics and plantfile references please please.
Debbie
Does anyone know where I can source a Cordyline tri color?
Debbie
Debbie, glad to be able to do this for all of us! I just wish everyone would come back out of hibernation and start posting again!!!
Back from my wonderful trip to SC. They look to already be starting spring there. I got to visit a 750 acre nursery and walk around charleston.
WOW Brian! You have pics, right? :) I am sure all our mouths would water over pics from a 750 acre nursery!!!!
The nursery was huge and the owners were extremely generous. Here is a pic inside one of the many greenhouses. While I was their I found them a Yellow variegated basjoo hidden among the others growing. They were extremely happy that I found it.
WOW How could you find anything hidden in amongst all of that!?! I bet they were happy, I know I woulda been, for sure!!! :)
bwilliams, yes, we do start spring alittle earlier than yall here.... usually by valentines day you can see hints of red on the maples and the redbuds' buds getting considerably fatter.... and yet we still complain about winter!
Brian- where is this enormous nursery? I'm going down to Charleston next weekend, and would love to sniff around places that have plants I can't get yet.
Hey Brian, I would greatly appreciate it if you would go here and give me your opinion on this!
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/820392/
Where did everyone run to? We were going so strong there for a while and now it is just dead! :(
Lurking around and trying to decide what new and exciting plants we want to try this year!
Hey Tammy!! I am going to the show :) I will be sure to take lots of pics.
Still here. Maybe everyone who started with you here has just already given their input for what we can grow in our zones and we need to capture some new blood :-)
I am contemplating making a PVC "cage" over part of my back deck next year as temporary winter protection instead of wintering plants inside. Has anyone had any experience doing this? How well did it work? Also, would it be more effective to use greenhouse plastic or frost cloth?
Thanks,
Karen
What would be great and sooo helpful to those of us who are so new to tropical is this.
A picture so we can see at a glance if it will work for us
A plantfile link to it
A description of your experience in your zone with the plant
I have read soo much on so many threads. Looked up whenever a name is given. Tried to do research. But it all gets really confusing. If you guys and girls would bless us with these suggestions, this would be a saveable, printable reference for all of us. If you have already posted on this thread in words, please post again with the pic,link,and your experience.
Thank ya'll so much for sharing all this wonderful knowledge
Debbie
Ok I'll start.
Canary Island Date Palm http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/738922/
I planted it in the middle of my new rose garden. LOL Little did I know that it will get about 40 ft tall and 4 ft around the trunk. Oh well, I love it and if it gets too big, I'll just move the roses. Plant files say zone 9a (which I just found out with the new zoning we are 9a) to 20 degrees. I also checked with LSU AG center which says the Canary Island Date Palm can take up to 15 degrees in our area.
I saw your pic over on the rose forum I think it was and I was wondering what that palm was, It's so cool looking. I would not be able to take a forty foot palm into the house darn it. Maybe I can keep it short and make a dwarf out of it.
Yucca Cane elephantipes http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/734/
And these two little short Yucca cuties will grow to about 20 ft. Well, they are cute.LOL
Thanks Robyn
Hi all! Glad to see ya back!!!!
Karen, my green house is built on our back deck and it is working out great. We are going to extend it to be on the whole thing so it will be good sized then. We just used 2x2's and the heavy plastic from Wally World as you can't find any good plastic at Lowe's for some reason here. For the roof we used 1x2's and covered with plastic. But I am planning to use some of that blue styro board insulation on the inside of the roof to help retain heat. It gets almost all day sun, so it shouldn't interfere too much with the light that comes in. I can't wait to get it extended cause now I have pots sitting all around the floor and no room to walk anymore! :oP
Forgot to add that we used the blue styro board on the floor, too.
May Princess Kathy have a great day!
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You're welcome. They are all going to be vying for the same attention. Very pretty garden.
Tammy this thread is getting toooooooo loooonnnnnggggg!
Ok, per Robin's request, here is our new thread! :oP
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/822024/