Quick fire and pinky winky moving and flies
Jody Cooper
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Pinky WInky not a bud in sight
Comments (12)I discovered a 2 gallon Pinky Winky grown in NJ at our local Garden Center and sent DH back for it 3 days later after I checked to see if $25 was out of line to spend. Fell in love with the picture of it on the Proven Winners Web Site! It's now covered in tiny buds, and grew almost 6 inches since we planted it the first week in June. It must like all the rain and crappy weather we've had and I'm hoping it lives up to the pictures. Anyone have tips on making sure it survives the winter? We're just a few hundred feet uphill from the Hudson River and rarely get a 'killing frost' but all the cold temps last winter did in my Don Juan Rose. My fault for not covering the union bud! I want to make sure Pinky survives!...See MoreQuick Fire or Pinky Winky
Comments (2)If they only get 2 hours sun, they won't bloom well. Paniculata is a really a full sun shrub. I have Tarvida in 4 hours sun and the blooms are looking weak. I'd rate Paniculata with a 9 in the Milwaukee area....See MorePinky Winky vs. Quick Fire
Comments (5)Ditas, my PW is starting to have buds, but the growth is a bit irregular now, due to the "pruning" by dear Bambi earlier... whereas my QF is growing in a beautifully symmetrical shape, the PW is a little irregular in shape. Anyway, we shall see what happens next, when the PW starts to bloom. I suggest that hokierustywilliamsbu should do a search on this topic, as we have had a lot of discussion here before between these two plants. Overall, my personal opinion is that QF is a better plant for me, as it has more unusual flowers (more lacecap type), and it blooms earlier. Also, it seems to be less of a bambi magnet than PW... just some of my preliminary observations over the last couple of seasons....See MoreWhen do Pinky Winky & Vanilla Strawberry turn pink?
Comments (30)Hi everyone--I have returned with a couple photos of my Pinky Winky and Vanilla Strawberry. I just don't know--what do you think? I should warn you that my camera slightly exaggerates the pinkish colors, yet standing right in front of the plants, I can see a slight pinkish hue, at least on Pinky Winky, less so on Vanilla Strawberry. On the other hand, none of my blooms look even remotely like maydena's and lois's photos (those are so lovely), so I still don't know if I actually have a real Pinky Winky plant and a real Vanilla Strawberry plant. What do you think? Notice the burnt edges on the leaves and the brownish sunburn on VS in particular. That is what several months of over 100 temps does to paniculatas--unfortunately. Pinky Winky (maybe) Vanilla Strawberry (maybe) To me, it's possible that my Pinky Winky is the real thing and that like Brian in NE Kansas says, it can't be counted on in our heat to perform that well. But I really question whether the second picture really is Vanilla Strawberry. To me, it looks more like the old paniculata that was growing there when I bought this property nearly 30 years ago. That old paniculata got blooms very much like this one--slightly cone shaped but much fuller and rounded in the wide middle section, then in the fall turning a faintly colored copperish pink. Whatever that old paniculata was, it certainly was not a Vanilla Strawberry--although a gorgeous white--just like my current one was a gorgeous white before it got all sunburned. Here's one of the few flowers in my yard without traces of too much sun: I know--not a hydrangea. Just thought it was pretty and that you might enjoy it. : ) Kate...See MoreJody Cooper
8 years ago
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