Doesn't look that tall from the picture I bet it is 24" sorry :) What are you going in for it the coral cause you could do the pineapple sage for red, it's a little taller.
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It's not a sage, it's a Stachys -- same family as Lamb's ear. The sages aren't always hardy and are picky about winter drainage.
What is the Latin name for pineapple sage, and why do they call it that? Does it smell like Pineapple?
Suzy
There is a sweet faint pinapple smell, I really liked it I grew it for the first time last year for the hummers and they just went crazy over it so I'll be growing it again, I had no idea it had red blooms or I probably would have grown it a long time ago and the leaves are a lighter green a very nice plant!
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Lea..Bug, For the geranium bohemicum 'Orchid Blue', all I did was put them barely under the soil in one of those Jiffy thingys, and put the lid on. Here they are. Aren't they cute? : )
Yes, they're darling!! -- did they have a heat mat? What was the air temperature? I'm thinking mine are too cold.
Ooops Mr. Clean is home and dunner isn't even strated -- Lea, I'll look at your link right after dinner.
Nice job Lucy :) You are going to be a great mother I just know you will lol I'm hoping to get mine planted this week, think I better start on my maters first, I didn't realize it was getting so late on my frost date and not even really sure when it is think it's around the 15th of April but have had some other things going on, darn life anyway lol, so I better get to planting LOL Thanks for the instructions!
Suzy, They have been in my house, which is probably around 72 or so degrees. I have a couple of times at night put them on a heating pad for a few minutes, but the heating pad cuts off every hour. Darn thang.
Today they were in the sunshine outside, for alittle while, and it was probably 60-65 out there. I think they would do pretty good on a heat mat, tho.
The Pineapple Sage is Salvia elegans. The humemrs not only love it, but it one of the few salvias that you can eat too on yoru salads and yep it does smell like pineapple.
The ones in the back are the Pineapple salvia babies growing.
star, did you cover the seed, I WS mine last year and I'm thinking of growing it in the house this year but I lost all of my files for germination when I had a virus :)
I covered the seed with just a very tiny light coat of vermiculite. Most of my seed unles s it specifically says don't cover, I take a small handful of the vermiculite and kinds scatter it sideways acros s the trays like as if ya dusting with flour. Just enough so that it wil help hold the seed in place, then I put mine under lights 2.7 til germination.
Suzy I love the chinook, good luck with it. I would love to try it some day.
LeBug, you're lucky your pineapple sage blooms in time for the hummers. It is such a late bloomer, our hummers are always gone by the time ours blooms. I love it so much though, I always get at least one plant. I've always purchased it, since it is an annual ~ last year I harvested a couple seeds.
It is really hard to collect seeds I've found; as they ripen they fall out of the pod so fast, and they ripen at diff. times along the stem. I've never just cut the stems to put them in a baggie to collect the seeds for that reason. Maybe I could, maybe the green seeds would ripen after the stem is cut. Not sure
my nolana seeds are sprouting :)
also, I resorted to using nail clippers on the canna indica!!!...soaked for 48 hrs 1st, that seemed to make the seed coat not quite as hard so I could get to the endosperm. I hope they germinate.
That's another thing I was going to do while I was outside was put some rocks in a can and shake my canna canna to nick it, shake your booty, shake your booty LOL I was just going to get the can and bring it in the house I'm still not going to start this one seed of Indica for a couple more weeks, I don't really care if it blooms this year or not I have a few coming from that coop oh I forgot I was going to give that one to my neighbor if it germinates :)
Thanks Star! It's just one of those plants you gotta have lol
Wind, the way I collected seeds on the pineapple seeds, I just put the stems in a paper bag one at a time on the plant and shook them and eventually got enoug seeds to trade but it took a while you are right they are hard to collect!
Sorry... busy day... trying to catch up.
I start peppers (all types) 10 to 12 weeks before planting out. They get planted out here around Memorial Day, when the soil warms up (2-3 weeks after you'd plant out tomatoes). 10 weeks lets them fill a 2 inch pot with roots and get nice and sturdy/full before setting out. See this post for more info on how I start peppers: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/editpost.php?pid=2520811
For tomatoes, I follow Carolyn's advice (see link in resource sticky thread at top of tomato forum), starting them 8 weeks before setting out. They get 2 inch pots also, so they're a little rootbound when they get planted, but I bury a good bit of stem (plant at an angle in a shallow trench, and you can bury 12 inches if need be), and they do great.
I knew Critter did vegies :)
You had good info on them, too!
Here's the right link for the post I mentioned above: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/p.php?pid=2520811
(I think I clicked "edit" rather than the post number before, so I'm not sure where that link in the other post will take you...)
Hi! Germinators! You've really been busy sowing seed since I last looked here!
I wanted to post this seed starters' handbook that I found on another thread. I like the compact list of plant and their respective germination info. I don't necessarily agree on her instruction on how to make planting mix, though...
http://www.green-seeds.com/pdf/seed_starters.pdf
Does anyone think this thread is getting a bit long? (-:
Gosh t, it's only 255 posts, what do you want? LOL and now it's 256 LOL
You know Critter, I've always filled my seed trays up to plant seeds for downstairs I think I'll start doing the inch soil from now on, do you think it helps the roots more? Or maybe makes the plants grow a little faster? I'm curious enough to see if there is any difference this year never really thought about it before except when Suzy mentioned it one time, I think that was for a certain plant though. I did my petunias that way hoping they would grow a little faster so I could transplant them sooner.
Got my potato. Got my fly paper. Come on big boys bring it on. This is war and I'm ready for you!
OK, my updates: I've got one canna coming up that I started 10 days ago. Zip on the lantana @ 11 days.
Speaking of tap roots, yowza on that bupleurum! You might recall that it was all tall and grassy looking (gee, I sure hope that's what it is) and I swear there's 4" between the bottom of the root and the first (and only) set of leaves. I transplanted them early because they were mixed with those other fallen babies, and I'm glad I did. This way I was able to plant them a bit deeper for more stability.
Fastest germinator = Suzy's Corncockle @ 2 days! And not just a few of them either....I have a an acre of them coming up. LOL
OMG! You will love those Agrostemmas! I will start a new thread. I have that nancy bubel book here...I ought to pull it out.
Here ya go! New thread!
LeBug, I like that Pineapple Sage...I had always head of it but never knew what it was...is Lady in Red one? Never mind -- I can look it up. :)
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I have been researching information on Campanula and came across this blog. I noticed a couple of you mentioned Campanula.
Critter & Artemis and anyone else:
I'm trying to grow Campanula carpatica "Blue and White Clips" Do you have any pointers for germination and growing this cute little plant?
Also, I am trying to germinate Campanula persicisfolia 'Telham Beauty' It's a peach leaf bellflower. Any pointers?.
I'm in zone 6 with hot and humid summers. I don't even know if they will make it in this climate.
Any advise would be appreciated.