OT--Your White Whales
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Comments (14)It is one of the many hostas introduced by Mildred Seaver. She was known as the Queen of Hostas. Her introductions: Allan P. McConnell Allen C. Haskell Aventurine Blue Plate Special Bold and Brassy Christmas Gold Christmas Tree Crayons Daughter of Ledi Lantis Diane Gray Dalton Diane's Fancy Doctor Bill-Bob Don Juan Don Quixote Don Stevens Dragon Lady El Dorado Golden Rule Green Whiskers High Noon Hold the Phone Hugs and Kisses Humpbacked Whale Imperial Moth Ivory Pixie Kamona Komodo Dragon Lucy Vitols Mabel-Maria Herweg Marvelous Millie Muriel Seaver Brown Pike's Peak Queen of the Seas Red Salamander Reflected Glory Richard Taylor Richmond Richmond streaked Sea Angel Sea Angel Wings Sea Aquarius Sea Beacon Sea Biscuit Sea Blue Sea Blue Leather Sea Blue Monster Sea Bubbles Sea Bunny Sea Current Sea Dragon Sea Dream Sea Drift Sea Ebony Sea Fire Sea Foam Sea Frolic Sea Gentian Sea Gold Sea Gold Dust Sea Gold Star Sea Grotto Sea Gulf Stream1999 Sea Gull Sea Hero Sea High Noon Sea Lightning Sea Lotus Leaf Sea Mermaid Sea Mist Sea Monster Sea Nautilus Sea Nymph Sea Octopus Sea Peridot Sea Prize Sea Sapphire Sea Slate II Sea Sprite Sea Sunrise Sea Thunder Sea Tornado Sea Waves Sea White Gold Sea Wiggles Sea Yellow Sunrise Spilt Milk Spinning Wheel Split Personality Streaked Regal Sun Disk...See MoreSemi-OT: Your Favorite non-Hoya (& It's Hoya Equivalent)
Comments (22)Kelly/Pug: The E.millii in the pic is a hand me down from my mom. I received it about 3 years ago. It was getting too big for her to move it around and too tall for most of her sunny spots in her house. She gave me a cutting which I have grown to about 18 inches and also coaxed it into branching. It is also known as Crown of Thorns or Christ Rose. Some believe this is what could of been used as the "Crown of thorns". This plant is native to Madagascar as was imported to the Middle East a very long time ago. They thrive in Thailand and many hybrids have been developed there. Some of the hybrids have more flower than leaves. The flowers are truly cyanthia and are a little tacky/sticky(I do not know what purpose in nature, maybe help in pollination). I have 19 varieties at this time. The first one is a group photo. Hard to see the details. The other 3 are my newest COT additions. One of the actually has reddish green leaves. And E.millii siegfriedii which is one of my older cot that has leaves which are completely red on the bottom and green on the top of the leave. My large one is most likely a E.millii splendens. Denise from Omaha grows a lot of these as well and I am pretty sure has a blog setup where she mentions these plants. Out of Africa is a good place to find some of the cot varieties. I am currently on the look out for a variegated COT. There is a cultivar named 'Fireworks' which is currently for sale on ebay that I may pick up. I think I will start a mini lemon tree too. When i go south for vacation the end of next month I will be sure to pick up something that I do not see around here often. All this talk is making me want to visit a nursery. Also one of my favorite plants Dorstenia Lavrani. Their is a male and a female form. The female form with age looks similar to a mini grove of palms. This plant is super easy to grow and care for. The flowers look like mini stars that explode to eject their seeds. -David...See MoreHumpback Whale
Comments (21)You're probably thinking of Made in the Shade. Now Q&Z is gone, they're one of the biggest TC nurseries. TC can be a good thing, BTW. Done right, the plants are checked so they're disease free before culturing - no chance of spreading HVX or anything else. I put in a tiny Humpback Whale last year and it is already the size of a mature medium hosta. It's in a new and heavily amended bed, but still, that's impressive growth. If life ever calms down, I'll get a photo of it posted....See MoreOT: Your opinion on best vac for hard floors?
Comments (30)Well, since I've had experience with all of the vacuums you are considering, I'll through my 2 cents worth in. I've had a Dyson Animal, and although it did a good job of picking up pet hair that thing was a beast to push around the house. It gave me tendinitis in my shoulder that took forever to go away. The Dyson broke after 2 1/2 years, and I replaced it with an Electrolux Oxygen canister vac. The Electrolux works fine, although I was disappointed that it didn't seem to be as well constructed as the Electrolux that my mother was so proud of when I was a child. I have only had the Electrolux for about six months, but so far it's working fine. My daughter bought a refurbished Electrolux recently, and it seems to be working fine and it was a great deal. I haven't been 100% happy with my Electrolux because it just doesn't feel like a quality, heavy duty machine. I recently decided to move that vac upstairs and buy a new vac for the downstairs, and today I bought a Miele for that purpose. I just unpacked the Miele and gave it a trial run, and I have to say that this is the vacuum I have been looking for. It just feels like a well made machine and the suction and cleaning are amazing. In my opinion, the Dyson and Electrolux machines are not in the same league at the Miele. If you want a vacuum that is well constructed and that will last a long time, go for the Miele. They have a 7 year warranty on their motors, you won't find that on a Dyson or an Electrolux....See Moreforever_a_newbie_VA8
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