In the ground, II
Previous discussion about this had quite a few comments, and was from 2012:
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1494068/in-the-ground?n=96
But I still have most of the plants, have continued to do a lot of this the past few summers, and some new characters to play with. By play, I mean putting them in the ground for a temporary summer vacation. This fall, when frost threatens, I'll take cuttings &/or dig up roots to save inside for winter.
Begonia, Dracaena 'Rikki,' various Tradescantias, Coleus.
A bit farther back. Some stuff has been there for over a month, some cuttings only a few days:
Philodendrons, Tradescantias, Begonias, Coleus, Aglaonema...
Kalanchoe cuttings:
Sansevierias:
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoIDK if anybody is interested in this, but here's the latest thing. Snipped these 2 piles of cuttings & dug up more grass to put them in the sun, in the ground, to grow as fast as possible while the weather is amenable. Various Kalanchoes mostly, some Crassulas, Sedeveria.
A pineapple top that must have taken root by now, PIG about a month ago.
Variegated Callisia fragrans (basket plant.) Put a small piece here 6-7 weeks ago that has grown several side shoots already.
Ficus elastica (rubber plant,) Crassula ovata (Jade,) some Kalanchoes, in ground for temporary summer vacation around where I dug up grass to plant basil. All other "house plants" that will be dug up later are just in the ground, naked, but I lined the hole for rubber plant with window screen. I don't want it to have a bunch of big, deep roots in the fall. Not that I'm sure it would without doing that, IDK, so went with a precaution. Sorry about the messy surroundings. This is my potting bench/work area, behind the house, where I'm also smothering some grass. Ugly, but so much easier than more digging.
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8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoThis is a spot where I put a whole root ball of a combo pot that has purple waffle plant (Hemigraphis,) Dracaena 'Rikki,' false Aralia (Dizygotheca/Plerandra,) polka dot plant (Hypoestes,) and a cane Begonia that's only a stump when I took this pic. I keep trimming off pieces of that as it grows to start new ones elsewhere.
Here's where most of the succulent cuttings are, from the massacre pics about a week ago.
These are the best-looking specimens of these 2 kinds of cane Begonia.
This Callisia fragrans is growing about a dozen runners.
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http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/2146706/roamin-rhizomes-in-the-ground?n=39
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoOverall pic of where most of this stuff is. There was nothing here this spring except the bananas & some grass:
From right to left:
Going to move the Crinum soon, this area is a lot more shady than I thought. Also taking out the Lantana as soon as I get cuttings established elsewhere. This spot is way too small & shady.
Plumeria, Kalanchoes.
Rhamel (aka teengardener1888)
8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL thanked Rhamel (aka teengardener1888)Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoAglaonema commutatum blooming (Chinese evergreen.) With wax Begonias.
This pic is the same spot as in my first pic of this post.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoTYVM! You could trim the Sedum, or move the spider plant babies.
This doesn't look like much yet, but this whole area under the tree is full of diff kinds of Tradescantia & Callisia.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoYesterday I decided the creeping plants were creeping right over the other plants in this area too much.
Pulled up a big bowl of Callisia repens & Tradescantias zebrina, fluminensis & pallida. The last one I just broke the stems off & left the stumps/roots to regrow. The others came up easily in big mats, with their roots.
After:
This is really awful dirt, but I knew that going into it, just reclaimed from grass. Growth of everything here has been glacially slow (except the creepers I pulled of course.) I've started adding compost tea, and it should be better next year after being under a pile of leaves all this next winter. Now that the ground covers are gone, I'll try to find some kind of organic matter/mulch as soon as possible too.
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8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoGood question! I've been pulling up the grass under this tree to make a Commelinaceae-fest. This pic is from a few days ago, before adding the stuff pictured in the bowl, and another load about the same size from another area.
Also forgot to say above, all of this material grew from the few puny pieces that were in pots over winter. It's too tedious to try to "plant" each piece, so I just scrape the dirt a bit, lay the piece, brush a little dirt over some part of the stem. (It's impossible to dig much under a big tree like this anyway.)
If one only has 3-4 months of warmth, it's still worth putting these plants in (well, technically ON) the ground temporarily. They will be infinitely bigger than an identical potted specimen over the same time. Pulls up extremely easily, with its' roots.
The pic doesn't show the plants clearly, but there's Tradescantias zebrina, pallida, cerinthoides, and fluminensis, and Callisias fragrans, repens, cordifolia. There are also a few spiderwort-type Trads that I didn't pull out.
It should look amazing in a month or so, a patchwork of purple and lime. Will add an update pic soon. All but the C. fragrans are hardy here. T. cerinthoides is yet untried, and will be an experiment, haven't left any of that in the ground for winter before.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
Plants gone wild! Swedish ivy/creeping Charlie (Plectranthus verticillatus,)Callisia repens, Tradescantia zebrina (WJ,) Begonia 'Castaway.'
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoI put these cuttings of lavender scallops (Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi) and purple heart (Tradescantia pallida) here about 2 months ago. Surrounded by Portulaca amilis (Paraguayan purslane) that I found in the lawn & moved a bunch of them to be ground cover here.
Plumeria looks happy & is making huge leaves, but no signs of flower buds yet.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoUpdate of spot showed 5/14/15, some things added, a few moved elsewhere:
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8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoDoing well I think, compared to how it was going for winter. Will be in a diff spot this time!
I got going like gangbusters on shady spots this spring, and dug up grass for a small bed out front in the sun, but those activities are on hold again until it cools off. Have the A/C cranking in this room & still sweating like crazy, it's managing to lower the temp to 86 today. What? Sorry, I passed out for a sec...
Yes, that's all I want, paths where people need to walk & some stepping stones so I can reach the weeds to pull 'em. No grass except in the fenced, dog area. I still miss this (the last garden I had in OH.) It was grass when I moved in. I don't even want grass for the paths, which would still have to be mowed.
I still have those EE's though! They're at Mom's from when we moved last year. She said she's ready for me to move them over here. Planning to do in April.
asleep_in_the_garden
8 years agoThe one leaf wonder! lol
The second pic doesn't do a great job of showing off the new growth at all,but DOES show a white powdery kinda thing going on. I believe a repotting is in order.
Much as I'd like to have put it in-ground,something tells me that the rabbits would have done a number on it. I wanted to believe that as an aroid,complete with microcrystaline needles in it's tissues for defense,it would be safe...but that's what I thought about the anthurium too and I saw with my own eyes what the naughty bunny was doing. Caught him in the very act! lol
Much as I wish my ag was doing better I am pleased as punch to see how well yours is chugging along. Glad I sent it. Also glad to see the african mask is doing so well too. They always seem to dwindle on me over time,so even if it was a tearful goodbye,I knew it was going to a better place. Thank you for saving it. :)
When I had a safe piece of ground to put plants in at the last place I was living across town,they grew so well there. I'm not sure what the future holds around here for me so I'm not too sure what measures to take in terms of securing a bed for plants next year(too late in the season to think about it now). I may not even be here.
Those EEs at your mom's are just bangin'. They will look great in your yard next year.
...and I love the way the old garden looked. It's a goal that I have faith you will reach once again and sooner than you think. You're a busy little bee Purp.
I'm assuming that that's your foot in the foreground there,huh? :)
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL thanked asleep_in_the_gardenTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoTY! Yes, that's my foot. SO glad I have pics of that garden. It's my fav so far, but working on getting where I am now to that status. At this point, I'm glad I didn't start anything else yet. It's been tricky pulling up all of the grass & other stuff that's been sprouting in beds already. The 1st year is always the worst for that, I was expecting it.
I agree, it's late to start putting something in the ground temporarily as far north as you are. And with the bunny issue, I'd be hesitant at all.
I would predict new stems if you're able to repot that Ag. That's what they do every time I repot them. Trimming the stump ever so slightly into the live material right above where the current branch comes from the main stem could also send that message to plant.
Over the weekend, I decided the container holding these plants needed to be repotted. But instead of putting right back in the pot, put the plants in ground. They'll have 8-12 weeks for vacation, before a frost comes. Senecio crassissimus and Euphorbia tirucalli (pencil plant.)
From another angle.
That'll be it for the year. Will put update pics of everything I've done just before pulling them back up to go into pots to come inside for winter...
asleep_in_the_garden
8 years agoasleep_in_the_garden
8 years agoBack from taking those pics.
Using my fingers,I managed to pinch off the nub -
In this next pic,you can see where what I thought was going to be the new growth is now going yellow on me at the same time something new and green is beginning to make an appearance -
Just for kicks,and I know you have a thread that would be more appropriate for this little guy,..when I was moving sansevieria leaves out of the way to get the pic above,he dropped out of them -
I think I may have interrupted his nap.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoTiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoOK, I didn't think I'd be getting any more plants, but couldn't pass these up the other day. Have gotten them before, but it didn't go well. They never outgrew the store-soil root ball after being repotted. (Trying to remove the store-soil has about a 90% death rate, so I quit doing that.) I'm hoping that (about) 2 months in the ground, before being potted for winter, will help get them past that transition that so many succulent plants never seem to successfully make. If not, I'm never buying another tiny succulent again, will stick to trading for those.
Kalanchoe millotii:
K. longiflora:
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoThere's a pic of this plant above, from 5/19/15. This pic is from today, recovering well from its' unhappiness about being inside last winter. Brown spiderwort (Siderasis.)
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8 years agoSome pics from this morning. Will put numbers in case anybody has any questions.
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9, lavender scallops (Kalanchoe fedtschenkoi,) K. blossfeldiana, and a tiny K. marnieriana.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoStill no frost in 10-day forecast...
After "playing" with making baby plants all summer, it was time to pot
them up. Leaves keep falling on them, I don't want to forget/lose
anything. Got these little baskets for .50 at a dollar store, (they even have holes in the bottom!) There's also a mesh of fairly big holes
on the sides, so I lined the sides with landscape fabric. I can pull
it out once roots establish & stick cuttings through the side holes later if I get too bored this winter.Other side
Begonia & Aglaonema cuttings propagated in ground over summer, put in pots a couple days ago. And a few more cuttings I stuck in there right before taking the pic. The thought of any stems going to mush in a frost is so sad!
Huernia zebrina is making a flower bud, to the right near the soil.
Aloe bellatula is blooming.
Noticed this bud stalk forming on a snake plant (Sansevieria.)
I've sent boxes of these babies to others, but there's still so many! Kalanchoe x houghtonii.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoKalanchoe blossfeldiana looks like it's starting to get ready to bloom.
Same with Kalanchoe x houghtonii.
Purple waffle plant is blooming, left edge. With Dracaena 'Rikki, false Aralia, Perilla 'Magilla,' polka dot plant (Hypoestes.)
Plumeria has buds!
Coleus-a-palooza.
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years agoJade plants, around which a solid coating of TONS of Kalanchoe babies has grown.
Excavated plants put into a pot yesterday.
Kleinia petrea pieces have done well, about tripling in size.
Kalanchoe, Swedish ivy (Plectranthus verticillatus) and Syngonium (arrowhead vine.)
Tons of new stems forming on Begonia 'Sophie Cecile.'
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
8 years ago
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