hi Critter, the Salvia artemis and the Korean clematis are hardened off, go ahead and put them back out :)
Everything we had on our table was hardened off. They got kicked out early when the weather was so warm and because I didn't want the cats to get any more curious then they already were about them. They ate 4 purple majesty millet seedlings. I guess it was like eating grass to them. Luckily I salvaged one, which was all I really wanted, but they left me no extra to bring to the swap!
Your sweet torenias are asking for their fur coats! I have them out right now getting used to the great outdoors. I'll bring them back in tonight though. I can't believe how cold it got. I'm glad it wasn't this cold for the swap.
Holly and Rics Swap Followup Plant Questions- "what is...?"
I swear my mind is like a sieve! I just planted that great fuzzy umbrella plant. I remember the whole conservation about the plant but "NOT" who gave me the plant! How can I remember a conservation but not who I had it with. LOL Kubileya???
Stormy--
Planting out many things today...Hope the weather warms up!
What color is the Bellflower you gave me? I looked in PF, but they are all called "Peach-Leaf'....????? White" Blue"?
I see it is a perennial and pretty tall....
Thanks! Gita
Gita, It's white., In full sun it can get almost 4 feet tall. In part shade and shade it stays 2 to under 3 feet.
Holly, if it's a "Shredded Umbrella" plant, it came from Miatablu. :-)
Yes, the Torenia may look sturdy, but they're completely unused to outside conditions... bet they're shivering! LOL
Thank you Critter for reminding me.
Miatablu, Hanging head in shame, for not remembering. :{ Love the plant. :}
Folks, some nice person gave me a primula. I don't remember who. What color is it and is it one with blooms close to the ground or one with blooms on stems? Thanks!
One wish:
I wouldn't worry about 'the environment.' As far as I remember the white pine blister doesn't kill the tree, it just makes it not grow straight. The law is meant to protect the lumber industry -- at the expense of the homeowner who wants to grow small fruits.
I didn't look it up, but I think it will grow in some shade, though it may fruit better with more sun?
Stormy, I gave you the primula because you wanted blue. It has a stem, the blue is a bright royal blue but the flower head is dusted with silver. Quite pretty.
primula capitata salviana
Wind, I was looking up your Korean Beauty Clematis... you weren't sure if it was hardy, but according to this links it's hardy to zone 5. :-) http://www.about-garden.com/a/en/2464-clematis-chiisanensis-korean-beauty-clematis/
Chantell, I'm sorry but I've completely forgotten the names of the two Hoyas you so generously gifted me with. ?
LadyG, in re-reading the threads I found you were looking for snake plant... I've got one that's cream & green rather than the more usual gold & green... sorry I didn't see your request sooner! Becky probably set you up. But if you're still looking for one, I can probably pry a pup loose and mail it to you. :-)
Hi Critter, that's great news! I don't know why I was thinking it was an annual. I'll have to check out my journal and the seed pkt again too. Thanks!
Jill, I'm fine on the snake plant, Becky and Sally gave me some both are different though. When I unpacked them I got the Idea to plant them together in a oblong planter, they will look so nice together. Thanks Bec & Sally ♥♥
The buffalo current doesn't have thorns and the berry is not eatable, Stormy, sorry I did not know you were interested in the cuttings, I gave them all to Chantell. Next time I trim the bush (maybe next spring) I send you the cuttings.
As far as the King Edward Current I have mine in water to rehydrate and plan to scrape off some "bark" dip in rooting hormone and put in damp potting mix and pop into plastic bag. I'm off work this Wed and Thurs. and no Dr.appts (jumping up and down clapping hands) I plan to play in the dirt for 2 days. Life is good!!
Midrashist thanks for the info
Midrashist, The post menopausal brain syndrome strikes again! Now I remember. Blue will do quite nicely!! How tall will it be when in bloom?
Wind & Miata, Does this look like a Monkshood from either of you? If not, then I have no clue.
Hi stormyla, I'm not sure what pot the one I gave you was in because it came from my neighbor, but it was a good size, full clump, bigger than that one. I may have forgotten to tag it. That pot looks familiar though, was the plant in your photo thinned out and divided already?
No, Wind this is the size when received. Thanks
Stormy, it may be from me. I marked it on the pot somewhere in silver sharpie.
Holly, the shredded umbrella plant was from me like Critter said. I would have answered you yesterday, but I was banned from the internet because I hadn't watched the Survivor finale yet and didn't want to accidently find out who won. I planted it in 2004 and it was a smaller single stalk than the one I gave you that I bought from Wayside Gardens. Here are some pictures from my journal from 2007 on. http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/viewentry.php?rid=129161 I will take a picture and show you what mine looks like now as soon as I get a chance.
Stormy, you were also asking when my monkshood bloomed. In my journal from 2007 it started budding around mid September and was in full bloom by first week in October. I'm afraid I didn't update all the way through last year. http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/viewentry.php?rid=128578
MRS MAXWELL BIG ITALIAN- what kind of tomato?
Kubileya- whatss in the pot for Happy with wilting leaves and some seedheads- snowdrops? and the other pot that looks like foxgloves. ? so I can provide care till I get them to her, sink the pot
I don't think I was the one who gave you that for Happy, Sally. I'm racking my brain and can't remember doing so. And the clove basil-- it probably looks teensy-tiny now, but make sure to give it some room in the garden. They get about 4 feet tall for me and really bushy. They're supposed to be good for repelling mosquitoes. I have some baby columbines that I winter-sowed from your seeds (I think) that I transplanted out front last week. I ended up with a bunch of them!
I got this from the prize table and need a name for it! Gita, I think it may have been from you?
Not mine!
My plant on the gift table was the pot with a nice-sized Beefsteak Begonia in it...
Gita
That pot of cuttings wasn't from me, but I recognize the plant! (Maybe the mother plant came from cuttings from me?) It's a Gesneriad (AV cousin) that I picked up at Dutch Plant Farm a couple winters ago and subsequently ID'd as Aeschynanthus longicaulis ("Lipstick Plant") 'Tiger Stripe'.
Hey SALLY!
You asked me about those sedum seeds, and I drew a blank on where I'd found them. They came from Park seeds! http://www.parkseed.com/gardening/PD/1875/
Better yet, the packs are on sale now for about a buck. If you order, please order an extra for me! :-)
Anybody who got sweet violets from Becky (or anybody who likes a good story), be sure to catch Sharon's article today: http://davesgarden.com/guides/articles/view/1999/
hey JILL!
The sedum seeds made tiny babies last year but they all lived and are going gangbusters. I don't need to order more but anybody considering those seeds, rest assured they should do well. Or wait till next year's Swap and get some sprouts from me !
Holly, Mike & Critter, This was that clump of Arum before dividing. 4 years ago, I planted three of the bulbs here. It grew to a clump of about 24" wide. Each year the leaves get bigger. That big leaf is about a foot long. Love to see these leaves popping through the snow! Last year the voles got the berries before the birds.
OK, Sally! I didn't know if you were looking for the source for your records or because you were planning to sow more seeds. :-) I'm looking forward to seeing what all you got from that mix. My tiny seedlings were looking really cute, but didn't survive my many absences last summer.
Stormy, that's such a cool photo! I'm debating a bit on the placement of my Arum from you... I want to show it off, but I think you said it was a spreader (?), so I'll give it a prominent spot on the far side of my garden path. :-)
Critter, I think it spreads more in sandier soils. I've never had it pop up anywhere else. The clump just gets bigger. It expanded from 6" to 2' in 4 years. Remember, it is a shade plant.
Thanks... the shade thing limits my placement also... I think it'll go near the back (near the fence row of trees), shaded by the pyracantha. I like the idea of putting those two red-orange berried plants together, and both have winter interest. It'll be fun to spot something green back there when everything else is dormant.
DG Admin. got the Korean Beauty clematis listed today :) here is the link: http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/185457/ Maybe one of us will be the first to get a bloom photo posted, along with any comments ^_^
Holly, I took this picture late yesterday evening of my shredded umbrellas. Not a very good one though. So hard to get good ones in shade gardens. I'll try to get a better one. The tall stalks in the middle are going to be the flowers. I got these for the first time last year. The patch really multiplied this year for me :)
Oopss...just saw this thread - yes, Sally if you got my ziplocks (w/holes punched in them) they are in deed Bromeliads. Plant in orchid (mulch-type) soil and water from top - very easy (even when neglected). I went through my phase of collecting those but simply don't have time, room or patience any longer with all the fragrant tropicals that need taken care of. I kept one special one - if you like them and she throws a pup, I'll make sure you get the baby. Thank you SO much for the Pigs Ear...I love her to death!!!
Yes, Kubileya that plant was from Critter's cuttings. Very easy baby does wonderfully in bright indirect light - weekly waterings. Only gave her up for the same reason as some of the others - ROOM....trying to down size and take better care of those I have. You'll enjoy her!!
Stormy - if I remember, I can send you some of the cuttings - Chris was VERY generous. Dmail me your addy, please.
Chantelle---
Do you know that a Bromiliad only blooms ONCE in it's life??? The Mama plant will still have all the pretty foliage, but it will never bloom again.
If you are digging up the "pups" and giving them away--there goes your chance to ever see it bloom again. Allow the pups to grow to almost adult size. Then dig down to where it is attached to Mama's root-stem (it should have some roots of it's own by then) and you can then dig it away making sure you get some roots with the new plant.
There are 2 options with propagating a Bromiliad.....as far as posterity goes.
1--Separating and potting up the pups in their own pots when they are of a good size...or
2--Allowing them to grow all around mama--and when she starts withering and gets yukky looking--cutting mama off at the base and allowing the progeny to grow in a cluster of their own. Wouldn't THAT look great when they all bloomed again!!!
NOW---here is the tricky part.......
Bromiliads like it hot and humid and filtered light as in a Rain Forrest...so getting them to bloom again is not all that easy in the average home environment--BUT, you can "trick" them into blooming......
When you feel they have attained adult growth (sort of the size you bought one at--might take a few years!)--put the whole plant in a clear, plastic bag with one or two ripe apples....Close the bag up and let it be in normal light for about 3-4 days.
Ripe fruit releases Ethylene gas which is an 'aging/ripening" agent in plants and in time--will induce blooming....I think that is what they do to ripen bananas and also tomatoes--which are picked green....
So--after the 3-4 days, remove the Bromiliad from the bag and care for it in a normal way....Don't know the time frame--but you should see a bud coming up in time....and--so the whole process repeats itself.......
And--you DO know that you need to always keep a bit of fresh water in the "cup" of a bromiliad??? Dump it out when it gets yukky--and refill it....
Good luck--And keep some of the pups for yourself!!!!!
...this ends today's "lesson'......:o)
Gita
Hah... yah... somebody at DPF told me about that ethelyene gas trick for bromiliads. I had the poor thing in a terrarium for 6 weeks with ripening fruit to keep it company... nary a bloom, although I did get a couple of pups. LOL I'll probably try again, since they're hard to resist in bloom, and the blooms (which I think are actually vegetative structrues rather than actual flowers, but I digress) last a long time.
Just adding... I'm sure Gita's method works, it just didn't work on the one I had! I'll have to look up her lesson the next time I a brom jumps into my cart. :-)
Miatablu, That is the neatest plant. I planted mine yesterday out in the wall bed and put in a plant suport to hold it up nice and tall. Didn't you tell me that it will die back like the may apples? When will that start?
Very interesting, Gita...I thought I'd heard something like that with regard to fruit - good for you to remind me!!
Holly, I don't know if it's a type of mayapple or just resembles one. The proper name is "Syneilesis aconitifolia"
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/70268/
It doesn't die back like the mayapple, but may look a little ratty or may break over due to weather so you are right about staking it. Some of mine in the picture are staked, but I've noticed what must be the older ones are starting to get thicker stalks and are more able to stand straight on their own.