what have you bought so far? part three

I forget, off the top of my head. But ahem, since I chose my seeds for their eventual beauty in the garden when viewed and not when ingested by any means, it really is of no consequence to me. Unless, of course, you would care to purchase one of my winter sown Salvia divinorum for a mere $75? LOL ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. A plant pusher. No thanks, I'll wait until 6/28 and trade at Kassia's!

Carrie, You are too good. Half full vs half empty. But I am older and more cynical and way whinnier than you. Good luck with the insurance company.

Sounds like someone should fly to Mexico for a pocketful of seeds. Not me, I am loopy enough without drugs. But I am fascinated about shamans and their knowledge of plants. When we have been in tropical places we always try to get to hire a local very knowledgeable in the indigenous plants and have lucked out by having days of poking about learning about plants. DH once became violently ill in a remote part of Ecuador and we asked for a local help. A plantsman (shaman) went and picked a bit of this and that from the jungle and made a strong tea for him. It took his huge fever and the other not so pleasant side effects down within hours. I thought we might have to get him literally carried out to a bigger river and then transported down to the nearest place with a road and then driven to another place where some oil companies fly in works and taken to a town with medical help. He had a down day from being exhausted and dehydrated, but totally recovered. No one seemed surprised but us. We were just thankful. Patti

I have been reading on these buggers. They are tropical and get 8' high ! If you get them to seed "chances" are they are infertile. The best way to get new plants are a layering type of propagation. I am game to grow the buggers in the GH and resell them. Bought one on ebay a couple of hours ago. I am a sucker sometimes but if I can resell - go 4 it. I only spent 30 bucks for a small plant 8-10 "....................

A note on thornless blackberry varieties: These are some of the BB varieties that I have found on the net, or from searching through sites:

Triple Crown
Navaho
Ouachita
Chester
Hull
Apache
Arapaho

Some of the primocanes get HUGE, 10' or more, some are reported to get to 5' and stay, or are held more erect. From the research that I've done, the 5' primocanes tend to not drop, and then reroot themselves, where as the 10' ones will reach the ground if (from drooping/arching over) and have a tendency to reroot themselves...I believe Pirl and Victor may have touched base on the rerooting of primocanes in another thread...once this happens, you are doomed...unless you want a thicket...lol.

http://indianaberry.com/blva.html

That's a great source, IMHO, for any fruit/berries that anyone would like to plant. I have ordered from them in the past and have received nothing but great customer service, and great products.

Hope that helped!

I think Triple Crown might be the one I have. Got it from Edible something!

Patti, can't plant outside yet, but I have a mudroom which is very cool, a seedling greenhouse and a daylight basement that is also cool. I planted them in large pots/5gal buckets until it's nice enough to go outside.
Thom, thanks for that link, I just spent the last 30 minutes browsing. My mouth watered so bad I had to get off to get a drink and eat a few strawberries!

Hemhostaholic, Very helpful, I am now reading about all of the varieties. I will want the shorter, more erect canes. I will follow up with the other threads. Thanks again. I should have known Victor had something to do with my latest wish. Patti

Whew! i was feeling bad that i dug up my salvia last year - but it was just the boring white kind (which smelled) so i guess it doesn't matter.
; )

Another order sent in to Dutch Gardens. They have a $25.00 coupon, online, for any purchase of $50.00 or more and it's automatically deducted at checkout.

I know...I used it!! So what did you get? If you don't mind me asking......

I was looking at that catalog last night.

The 8 Brushmark lilies, Australian Canna (3), and pink Begonias (3). They're in addition to the big order from Dutch Gardens last December of over 30 lilies and many perennials.

What did you get, Pixie?

We need a "Shopping with Pixie" thread!

Or 'Shopping with Pixie and Thom' - keeping the economy going!

You're right!

Pirl I got:

Black Beauty Sambucus
Dwarf Sorbet Lily Mix 10 bulbs
Lemon Queen Helianthus 1 set/=3
Samur Lily 3 Free Gift w/&50.00 purchase

Did you get the 'Samur' too?

Thom, I've ordered from Chamblee's for the first time this year. But I've heard very good things on the rose forum. I think Kassia has ordered from them.

Patti, sounds like you have a pretty busy spring planned, too.

(Fingers in ears, la la la la la ) I am not looking at Rosy Dawn, Plant Delights, Glassworks House or Mischel's.

I think I will have a couple of trees planted this spring, but it's hard to decide what. I know I want a Cornus kousa. maybe a gingko. small trees.

pirl, e-mail and tell them you forgot. I bet they'll add it to your order

I thought of that and they did accommodate me when I forgot something in December. I just feel guilty because it was my own stupidity.

I sunk 54 of these not even 2 days ago, in seed starter. 16 have popped up. In 2 weeks I dread to see the kitchen. So far I have started 250+ seeds ^|^

Sure. They're in the pea family and pop up fast with light and warmth. Just be careful when you move them to their permanent homes since they have not only a tap root but one that's lateral and just under the soil surface. Take care not to injure either of them.

Guess it's preferable to sow outside then?

That's impressive - I am going to start my lupins this weekend.

I have free oriental poppy babies. I have tons of them. They will be either orange or red. Any takers? I bought peat pots to pot them for the RU but there are soooooooooooooooooo many that I could mail them to their new homes as well.

Victor - outside is easiest and safest because there's no chance of injury. Plant intensively.

I am kinda getting freaked out now. The lupins.... If they get 36" tall what size pot should I plant them in, to get them out in MAY!!!!!!!!!! I think I pulled a boner.......

No need to freak out...yet. They don't get to 36" the first year. You'll have nice mounds of pretty leaves this year and flowers next year. They just resent being moved once you plant them outside. They are referred to as "short lived perennials" but some of ours are quite a few years old while others do just disappear over some winters and I'm not one to say it's the winter that killed them or if it was just their time to go.

Ok, I lied...I ordered 2 more plants, and it wasn't until after I reread my garden blog that I remember about it. Last year, in one of the gardening mags I get...I think Fine Gardening...they had a series of "unusual annuals"...one was called the Bed of Nails plant, Solanum quiuense...an admirer of my garden blog (so far there is only one...lol...wrote me a very nice dmail, made my day...so I reread the few blog entries I had and remember this ugly/beauty)...

DG has 3 vendors that have it for sale, 2 were sold out, this place had it:
https://home.frognet.net/~complants/secure/cart/sc-sz.htm

There is a link to it in the plant files section here, I'm going to try and link that next.

This is the link in plant files: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/57815/

When the RU group went to Logees last year, they had some in TC, but they weren't willing to sell me one :-(

I ordered 2...

Now I just need to get my supplies from Neptunes Harvest, and Gardeners Supply, and I'll be able to get the show on the road!!!

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Nice Mother-in Law gift.

or a graduation present...no, not bitter...lol.

Ouch!

I have seeds for a relative plant:
"Ruffled Red" mini pumpkin


http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/56488/


If I get these to grow, does anyone want me to bring some to the RU? Or will they be too big to transport at the end of June?

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Michaela, those are lovely! What nice little decorations they would make for Halloween!!!

Thom, neat annual, but graduation gift?? You need to get out there and dig...release your anger/bitterness.

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Two very neat plants, strange with leaves as weapons but neat. Can you eat the "pumpkin" ones too? I wonder what they taste like? Who's the test case Thom?

According to the DG member that sent me the seeds, you can eat the little pumpkins when they are green - but apparently people grow them in containers with flowers etc.

cool plants...I love it!

I've been shopping again. At Lazy S'S Farm. I ordered the following

Campsis 'Indian Summer' (for the hummers)
Passiflora incarnata (for the b'flies)
Salix hylematica (a groundcover willow)
Carex glauca
Carex elata 'Aurea'
Allium oreophlilum
Allium sikkimensis 'Not'
Bletilla striata 'Variegata'
Calamintha grandiflora 'Variegata' (yep, I love variegated foliage)

I only went there for the trumpet vine (campsis) and passion flower. I didn't get seeds I expected for the campsis, and I haven't been able to germinate the passiflora. So I was looking around and... the rest is his-to-ry. LOL

~ jan (it's a good thing I didn't make it to Logee's with you guys)

I just finished winter-sowing some 'Morello Cherry' lupine today. That and a few other plants; agastache 'Purple Pygmy', polemonium, two kinds of columbine, ruellia, lavender stoechas, bergenia 'Red Start', prairie skullcap, viola 'Bowles Black', and asclepias 'Gay Butterflies'. I'm excited to see how everything does. I found out about wintersowing here on DG and it sounded like fun.

No test case...lol. I would have bought seeds to start, but there is little to no information, for this particular plant (atleast that I searched for, albeit a little search), so I wanted to purchase plants.

The only other plant I want, and not sure where I'm going to get it, because it seems like everyone is out of it is Agave 'Spot' I can't find it anywhere...which stinks, it's a really cool looking Agave.

I have had nothing but luck with lupines, sometimes, to much...totally agree with Pirl, again, that lupines tend to wax and wane. I have had huge swaths of them, and then the next year, all gone. They can, and will, self seed, not like columbines, but pretty close. I think, atleast in my area, they tend to relish the idea of xeriscaping. I have had the best luck growing them in miniberms that consisted of nothing but ProMix and sand...that's it. And once they started to grow, I stopped watering them.

We have a field of Lupines at the end of our road, they self seed and have been there for over 20 years. The owner of the land cuts it all down every fall and thats it. It has a lot blues and purples in different hues and a few white and punk ones scattered about. It is very pretty and I see people stop to snap a picture quite often.

You could have your own Sugar Hill Lupine Festival as they have in New Hampshire.