Mountain Magic Boomed

I went outside to check on my Mountain Magic Cutting and she has bloomed.She is the only one of all my cuttings that has bloomed,and she a beauty.

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What a beauty-- Happy Mother's Day! By the photos I can tell this is your baby. LOL Liz

Thanks Liz,Happy Mother's Day to you too.


Cody

Congratulations!!!
Shes very pretty!

Karen

Thanks Karen.

Mountain Magic is a favorite! Congratulations!

Thanks mpabbott1.

Always one of my favourites :-)))
Nice photos, too !!!

Thanks Abutilon.

That really is a beautiful bloom.. bet she smells wonderful. Must be the year for mountain magic... mine has 5 buds.. so early in the year!

Thanks for sharing the photos. I am now on a 'mission", I MUST have a Magic Mountain of my very own! LOL Now my problem is where can i find one? My fingers hurt from searching web sites with no luck on purchasing one. Please give me a heads up on where to try next. Thanks, Liz

Thanks Tammie,yea she smells great.

Liz,you are very welcome.I wish you luck on trying to find one.

Cody

I sure wish mine would grow big enough to offer cuttings.. this poor thing is ... I am embarassed to say... this is my 3rd year with her... and she is still not big enough to cut! I have finally gotten her in something larger than a 1 gallon pot so maybe she will grow bigger this year. We have been in such a drought the past 2 years and with the terrible dry heat, all my plants growth has been stunted. Last year I almost lost my mountain magic to a horrible infestation of spider mites but she gave me my first brug bloom flush ever.... 7 flowers at once in spite of the mites... she was only about 2 ft tall at that time and barely had any leaves left! ... all were mottled from the mites... but the blooms were beautiful.

I am already fighting spider mites again this year .. lucky only on one brug so far and one EE.. trying to keep it to just those two plants... I just discovered EE's do NOT like neem oil!

Tammie,have you had her in a 1 gallon pot for three years?If so that is why she is not getting big

I have Spider mites too.How can you keep them off?They make the leaves look so ugly.

I wash with water.. individually rubbing the underside of each and every leaf .. hard stream of water and then spray with soap solution. I mist several times per day also. I do this routine at least two or three times per week. If I don't keep after it they stay around.. that is why I can't get rid of them .. I get busy and don't stay on the routine and they are able to reproduce. It is maddening.. I have kept after it and so far they have not spread... I think the misting the underside of every plant frequently is helping keep them from spreading. I am also very careful to clean my hands or anything else after handling the infected plants.

Ok,because that is what i use is soap water.

Im so glad she has bloomed for you! Definitely one of my favs!

What a beautiful Bloom, I am so glad to see what MM looks like, I have a small one, it's nice too look forward to, thank you for posting your Bloom

Elizabeth

Thanks Caren,if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have her.So thanks again.

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Elizabeth,you are very welcome.

It's absolutely stunning!

Thanks Teresa.

Looks like she may get a seed pod on her.I pollinated her with the Pink Noid.

http://davesgarden.com/community/trading/search.php?search_text=PFPID:59769

There are several here that have them for trade.

Cody, that is a beautiful bloom! You must have that magic touch, to make them bloom so early like that!
Nice job.

LK

Thanks LK,i already have one that is going the bloom for the second time so for.

She has another bud on her.

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Here is the bud and seed pod on her.

Way to go!

My Mountain Magic opened up today,for the second time so far.

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She has a second bud on her along with the seed pod.