I think I must have that seasonal affective disorder (LOL)
When I lived in zone 6 I had gro lights in every room of the house and under every counter.........it was all that kept me sane.
I had kids who loved to snow ski.......... learned to bundle up in layers.........
March III Blooms
Gail if you cant find Victorian Brocade, I have several good starts of it. No bugs!
Leyla bloomed for me today. Thought i'd lost it!
this beauty is Northwoods Purple Lightning
Not sure of this one but it is a dainty beauty.
Chigusa??
I found it but it only had 2 leaves, so I am sticking one........I got it from a lady on ebay who sends the tiniest plants in the world........not doing that anymore. Thanks Kivit.........
Kivit.......Chigusa is a hot pink..........hot hot of a pink is she?
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Havent a clue on this one! Any guesses?
why don't you have names, Kivit...........I try real hard to keep names, but still mess up often.......
then it is not Chigusa. It is the pink in the picture.
I have lost many labels becuase I have spent the fall & winter getting bug free.
I have used BA which burned a lot of my plants because I didnt dilute it enough. I have used an orgnic spray from Gardens' Alive. The bugs ignored it. I have put Marathon in every pot which got rid of everything except the mealies.
Then I triedseveral sprays specifically for mealies but they werent effective. So I finally came to Enstar II which I used as a dip-twice 7 days apart. Looking good!
Through all of this, I lost almost all of my plants. I have three adult plants left from about 45!! Several people were kind enough to send me leaves, plus I stuck leaves from everything i could before it died. so now I have lots of trays of starts. with all of htis dipping & sticking, many labels were misplaced or lost.
I know how hard it is to keep up with names...........I get surprises every day.........
I go to Walmart and buy a mini blind for 3.00 and cut them in half and then cut in lengths for markers...........very inexpensive way to keep up with names.
Here is a new Give Me A Dime (thanks Jim or Marion)
I am finding that if I leave them in solo cups long enough I can take cuttings of leaves to stick.
Here she is in her solo pot.
Oh Kivit.I'm so sorry about what happened to your plants.It must have been heartbreaking! The ones you have now are lovely though.
Give Me A Dime is cute,too,Gail.
Very good idea Gail on the miniblind-I like it!
JUst sit there at night watching "American Idol" (LOL) and cut away on mini blinds.............they make great markers and I even snip them in an arrow shape to put them in the plants........
Gail and Brenda!! I got my Optimara today, can you believe it?? I ordered it Monday afternoon and it was at my door today!! Wish me luck, if they don't get better I may have to just pass them on!!
Good for you..............it really helped mine to start blooming..........or spring did.......one of the two.......
This is so exciting when I look and see my blooming Flowers
Dimmer
Kim, your blooms look great!!!! Congrats to you!!!
Things are going so good I am on a roll and I may be buying a house by myself I will no more for sure if I got it so far so good and my plants are doing great
Hugs
Kim
Kim,
Your plants look terrific! Getting a new house is so exciting.Be sure to let us know.
Lynn
Kim! A house! You go girl!!
Glad Lynn and Kivit got excited about the possibility of a house...............that is waaaaay too exciting!! Your plants look great.........
Jim!! I couldn't read your writing.....................someone just told me that what I called Give me a Dime is really called Dime a Dance ^_^
Glad I got corrected.............that is how I get the wrong names........I should have researched it myself...........
heres a new one i got,its not named buts its a mini
cool jim, kim, thats great your getting a house, more room for plants lol
^_^
bonnie
Thanks Bonnie I am so excited This is the very first and biggest thing that I have done So I have No idea what I am doing its a Short Sale and if all works out I will close on April !0th so I am scared and excited but I have all you guy and My Plants
This Red one that is coming out is Cherry Pie and the other is No Name
Hugs
Dimmer
hahaha! No Name! Yep! I've got lots of that one!
take pictures of them when they bloom,im sure some of us can find a name to stick on it
LOL
JIM
Oh Jim
I have taken picture of all that have bloom but I will take them when they open I just wanted a picture up LOL
Kim
PS I love the one that I named Jim but it was named Ruby Sorry
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Congratulations, Kim, on your buying a house! A great opportunity now. Your plants have never looked better. I am so happy for you.
Congrats Kim.Getting a house is exciting!
Your plants look great.Who needs names when they look that pretty!
Thank all I hope that when I move it will be in the 60 so I don't loos any but look I got the plants in Feb and they are still doing good
Kivit your strep at 8:06, the pretty delicate pink one is Emily. I just love her. I don't recognize your next one though. Bummer about all you've been through with the plant issues!
Dimmer, awesome on the house deal!!
GoldLeaf the sinningia that is so big was grown from seed called Hummingbird Mix. The leaves are beautiful and velvety but they drop off as it continues to grow so I have a long naked stem with pretty leaves at the top, no blooms right now. It has been stingy with blooms all along really.
I had DH snap a quick picture of me with it, as you can see my plant room is also my grandkids play room!
~Brenda
Karen your Alsobia bloom is to die for! I love those blooms and it is the one branch of the gessies that I can not grow to save my life! Others don't like me much but I have never even squeezed as much as one bloom out of an alsobia. ^_^ I haven't forgotten you for a Helter Skelter leaf when it warms up!
Gail I just can not believe the size of your Whirlpool begonia! Even dumped on the ground it dwarfs my mother plant! LOL Obviously TX agrees with her! It is two below zero here this morning and has been colder than that this week so I imagine that is the difference.
B Blue Water is coming into her own right now, love these small blooms.
~Brenda
Blue Water is so dainty looking!
Jim that mini is really nice.There aren't too many minis around,are there?
Lynn
oooo! thanks Brenda! I did have Emily so that she is. I adore her-so delicately colored.
Well, here's another no name!
Blue water is blooming so well. Save me a leaf, please.
Here's Frosty diamonds-first bloom
This is one I bought recently. The tag says Midnight satin
First bloom on a leaf from Jim Franken Strawberry fondont! Beautiful!
i think the one thats blue might be marna but i thought that was darker blue
and that midnight satin doesnt look like it,im not sure what it is
JIM
Oh Dear! So midnight is another noid!
Well, thanks for looking , jim.
sorry,ill try to find a name for you,but theres no telling,was this one you got from me
by any chance
JIM