If I may, the Scutellaria longifolia is easy to root in damp sand. I received my start from a Florida DGr. A tree branch broke some pieces of this one off last summer and I popped them back in the pot and they rooted too.
What kind of problem did you have with it?
CSRU plant questions
I've not ever tried to root scutellaria - I'm glad Podster is able to advise
past experience! We'll both learn :)
Podster, I was using potting soil from Lady Bug and it looked good for awhile but it didn't grow and then it started to get moldy or something. I'm glad you mentioned the wet sand. I'll definitely try that. Thanks.:) Hopefully I'll have some better ones for the next RU.
I did a Google search on Astrantia Major and came up with "Ruby Cloud". It's supposed to be 2 - 3' tall and like pt shade and med to wet soil and be hardy to zone 7 I think. But I don't know if it's Ruby Cloud that I have. Can't remember who gave this to me. Willis maybe?
Mary Lee - The Mexican sedum was mine. I grow it in the ground and have no experience overwintering it in a pot. Sorry I can't answer your question.
I LOVE all the new plants I got at the RU. It was so much fun getting to meet everyone too! I tried to carefully write down the names of everything I got and what that plant likes, but my list disappeared when I got home. Most things had tags or looked familiar, but I can't figure out what this plant is. I think I got it from Jim???
Mary Lee, the duncecap is hardy for me in 8a; it's even evergreen. The larger one, though, Morning Light, I have not overwintered outside. The tag said is was only hardy in zone 9. I grew mine in the kitchen window over the winter.
Ok, Cj. It's alright if it's not. I'm just trying to figure out what goes in the gh and what doesn't.
I have written down info on most everything now. Except the blue scullcap and the Honey bee blue agastache.
Thanks Pbtx. I'll put the morning light in the gh and maybe the duncecap. Don't want to take a chance on losing it.
I did a Google search on the agastache and got some good info on it. But all I got on the blue scullcap was info for taking it as a supplement. Not exactly what I was looking for right now. Although it was interesting.:)
Which blue scullcap (skullcap)?
Let me add... last year I went a little crazy on Scutellaria. If you have time and want to read some of the info I put together, this is a link to the journal. If you find the blue and have a question, please ask. http://davesgarden.com/community/journals/vbc/podster/47003/
That was a great link Podster. I thought the Bluebird scullcap might be it, but when I went to look for mine to compare it with, I couldn't find it. I don't think I imagined that plant, but I sure don't see it now.
Well I just Googled Buffalo. I think it's further than CS for me. But for others it's probably great. I'll just watch for pictures.:)
Ceejay... are we talking about the same plant? I didn't make it home with any daylilies. Isn't this your white-flowering Philippine lily? http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/183648/
How many years did it take for yours to get that big? It's gorgeous!
Yes, that's mine. It gets that big the first year. It dies back to a rosette in the winter. It reseeds freely and then you have a lot of them the very next year. I suggest you cut off the seed heads before they open, and scatter the seed only where you want it.
Never mind about the daylily. I got confused - and not for the first time. :-D
Good to know. I may have to collect seeds anyway, since it's apparently not cold-hardy here.
Someone here on TX Gardening grows another bright blue Scute, I can't recall who or what its' name was. Probably who gave you yours...
Their care is pretty generic. The alpinas or trailing need less fertile soil and less moisture. The uprights will let you know if they need water. You will notice the leaves wilt but they are also very forgiving. The S. resinosa is a xeric scullcap. I placed all of mine where they received relief from the evening sun.
You won't have a problem with yours and when it starts blooming, I guarantee you will have an ID. Plant it where it will live. It is perennial and will come back from the roots better in the 2nd year.
Thanks Podster.:)
Mary Lee, I gave you a rooted cutting from my blue skullcap--is that what you are asking about?
Mary Lee, I just wanted to let you know that my Sedum Mexicanum overwintered in a strawberry pot up here north of Dallas. The pot was out by the curb away from the house, not the least bit protected and without any ill effects.
The Honey Bee Blue Agastach were grown from seed given to me by fellow DGer, Jeff Ausmus (hello85)...a very friendly and generous fellow. I will contact him and ask about what info he can give us about the HBBA. I'll get back with some info. Lee
Pbtx, yes that's one that I have questions about. It's really beautiful and I don't what to put it in the ground if it's not hardy in the winter up here.
Sweezel, thanks for telling me about your sedum Mexicanum. I like to leave as many things outside as possible.
Thanks for collecting info for me. I'm really looking forward to those blue flowers on the agastache. Blue is one of my favorite colors and mint is my favorite flavor.
No, it's not hardy, although it's supposed to be. I have not yet had one in the ground that returned the following year. I potted up the parent last fall, and it spent the winter in my kitchen with your cutting.
Oh Ok. Well I'm glad it had a friend for the winter.:) I'll just keep it in a pot. I'll never remember to pot it up in the fall. Way too much going on then. Have you ever tried collecting seeds and propagating? I'm lousy at growing from seeds, but if they're easy to do, I might try.
No, pod asked me that last fall, but I'm not much good at seeds. Never remember to collect them, and if I do, don't remember to plant them.
I'm not sure if that is the same as the Bluebird Scutellaria I had but I did save seeds and shared with a DGr in MS. She said the seeds never sprouted. I am still not seeing my plant either so guess it was a hybrid that was not winter hardy.
Do you give it full sun and how much water?
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Mine isn't Bluebird. I lost the tag, but let me see if I can find that thread. I had the name at that time.
Last year I put mine in the ground in my perennial bed, which gets sun from about 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. It just got normal water along with all the other perennials. This year I'm just going to leave it in the pot.
Edited: here's a photo of the tag. http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=4008723
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madrid2000- Tabitha, what you have there are some bromeliads that I gave you. They are Billbergia Nutans (AKA Queen's Tears or Friendship Plant). They need filtered sunlight and regular watering (mainly try to keep the well full - that is the center cluster of leaves that will hold water for the plant). You can plant them in soil or they will be just as happy with their base wrapped in a ball of orchid moss and tied to a piece of driftwood. We have some in a pot with soil, and some tied to the end of a mesquite wood log and they both bloom about the same. They generally bloom around Christmas time, but this year it was just about a month ago ( go figger ) Anyway, you can get more info if you go to the plant files. Billbergia is the genus & Nutans is the species. Welcome to the DG family. Jim
Silver - The plant Jim just described is the plant you rescued at the RU. I have mine in a pot with good draining potting soil -
Thank you very much! Now I know where to plant the Billbergia Nutans. I love all my new plants and have almost all of them planted. Going to the RU was like Christmas or being a kid in a candy store!!!
Tabitha
I just spent the day in SA today helping a friend shop for appliances and I took my list of RU "gifts in case I found some pots on sale. She looked at the list and said "Is that your list of plants? OMG!" If I were to make up a wish list, I would not have come up with anything like this. Every time I go to a RU I come home with plants I've never even heard of and would not otherwise even know to look for.
Thanks Pbtx, Karlae and Cj for the info. I will definitely put mine Queen's Tears in a pot. I don't want to take a chance on this freaky weather. I might lose it in the winter. Should it be a hanging pot? Judging from the pictures I've seen it seems to hang down quite a bit.
Madrid/Tabitha - that's what all the RU's are like! I love going home with so many plants I never knew I'd love so much! Glad you joined us - and your beautiful daughter as well! Oh - by the way, she'll love plants as much as you do when she grows up :)
No sivler, the Queen's tears stands upright in a pot. The flowers dangle a little, but not like hanging pot dangling. Definitely not a hanging pot plant.
I've got all of my loot planted. Now let's see if I chose the right places. :-D Thanks to everybody!! You all are right - it is so much fun to come home with plants you don't have and some that you know nothing about. Surprises. Very much like Christmas.
Silver - I didn't think to reference our Plantfiles....but Honey Bee Blue Agastache is listed. Someone asked me how tall the floweriing cone
would grow....and I think I answered that I had only seen one a couple of inches on my young plants (perennial) Little did I realize what this beauty can become. I can't wait until I see a mature plant(s) up close & personal.
You can also Google the above descript and review some more info.
My apologies to Jeff for even asking about it :( Guess I've been movin' too fast
Here's hopin' that everyone else who attended the RU has been enjoying their NEW members of their garden.....as much as I've been enjoyin' mine....or even half as much....or even a quarter.... :~)
Lee (PS: look at this beautiful flower that popped out of 1 of my Lace Cacti)
Willis, thanks for that link. I don't know why that didn't come up when I was looking for it. Could be I spelled something wrong. I'm going to plant it next to the steps that go to our small pond. That way I can brush against it every time I go back there. There are so many places I could put this plant. I have a feeling I'll be looking for more of those.:)
As far as enjoying my RU plants. I haven't thought about much of anything else. I have about a third of them planted. It usually takes me awhile to figure out where to plant stuff, but that's part of the fun.
Gemma already loves plants and gardening. She almost always has dirt under her nails.This picture is from two weeks ago when she figured out how to use the spray bottle to help water. In the front of the picture are some St. Brigid Anemone that my mother gave me last fall. I don't know if they will come back next year from bulbs or the seeds they set, but I have enjoyed them this year. They are one of Gemma's favorite flowers to pick.
Her latest trick this week was to take my little shovel and stick it in the ground. Unfortunatly she was trying to dig a few inches away from the bee balm you gave me, so I had to take it away. She started to cry like a true gardener would. :)
Tabitha
Everyone who is interested in coming to a June 8th RU please check this out:
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/815723/
It is just off I-45 halfway between Dallas and Houston.
I would love for everyone to come. It will be in an air conditioned building with tons of space for friends, plants, and food.
That would be a great opportunity to bring cuttings to root. For myself June seems to be one of the best months to start from cuttings.
Charlene
Aww, Gemma is so cute, Tabitha!!!
Scutellaria javanica Veranda is one of my plants from the FWRU in October. I didn't know the name of it until now. It overwintered here for me just fine and is blooming now with beartiful flowers. I would call them purple though instead of blue.
Does anyone who labeled plants with blinds cut into strips know what aabechee is? I have terrible eyes, but that is what it appears to me to read. It is up and so far looks like a miniature iris coming up. I would love to know what it is.
Charlene
lol Charlene. Sounds really interesting though.
I have a question about Persicaria red dragon. Mostly where do I plant it. I thought I knew what this plant is, but I'm thinking now maybe I don't. I like the looks of it and want to be sure I get it in the right place. Is this the beaf steak plant?
Also I have a question about Astrantia Major. Would it be a good idea to plant this at the base of a clematis to shade the roots? Last year I used salvia leucantha, but I'd like to use the Astrantia if it would work. It'll get morning sun only.
The Scill scilloides I would like to plant next to a climbing rose. Would that work?
Charlene did your scutellaria reseed for you?