Must have list for 2017
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Comments (13)Altadena, thanks for the thumbs up on the mag. coco -- what michelia are you growing, by the way? Here's my take on wrightia -- to the best of my knowlege, it has a long history of cultivation in gardens and containers in Southeast Asia, and a shorter history as a tropical bonsai species, but was pretty unknown in North America until about 4-5 years ago. Somebody imported it because it's fragrant, pretty, compact, takes pruning well (but see Supannee's post above!), and blooms in flushes on new growth, and suddenly it became "the legendary wrightia religiosa" -- gotta love a botanical name like that anyway -- and so I naturally took the bait and ordered one. Here's the catch: I ordered a three foot high specimen from a company, Bloomin' Good, that no longer does mail order! Some nurseries sell small starters, and I suspect they're harder to grow because they don't have extensive root systems -- it's really a tree, not a woody vine like most true jasmines. Mine has been very tough within limits, it takes full sun and loves the heat, has survived night temps down to the low 50s with only some leaf dieback (I wouldn't leave it out in anything under 50 degrees), and has survived spider mite attacks in winter. The flowers look like single fuschia flowers, and all hang on roughly the same horizonal plane in a cluster, so several clusters open at once look very elegant. The scent is not, I'd say, quite as wonderful as a sambac jasmine; it's not as heavy, and slightly less rich, but it's very nice, again particularly when you've got a lot of flowers. I don't seem to have a picture of it right now; if I get more blooms soon I'll post 'em! Elaine, I'm pretty sure "Cottage pinks" is just a name for a group of carnation cultivars, not one particular variety. Check some seed catalogs and Flower Scent Gardens online to see if you can find some good ones! Jim...See MoreNewbie needs a 'must have' list :)
Comments (50)That's a problem of language and terminology, as we aren't "thick" all together, or alternatively - are we? LOL I guess it's the fault of people who want to force bifurcation (black-white thinking) in the dualistic world of ours. A world that wants things to either be good or evil. Hence chemicals also have to either be good or evil, - and as some are believed to be dubious substances, harmful, hazardous or even poisonous, we must think of them as being- and call them bad/evil by default. It's a general problem in many discussions, because most people aren't actually educated or used (or even radically refuse) to differentiate, as in adding (different) concepts to the original concepts. ;-) PS: don't you believe that nutrients are "minerals", - because what is used to compose standard nutrients can absolutely be defined as chemicals. They are in fact extracted from minerals in most cases, but yet undergo chemical processes with the extraction. Many are in fact products or byproducts, some even waste products of the chemical industry. Even some so called "organic nutrients" are in fact the result of chemical procedures, as in cooked in acid. Example: If you dissolve magnesium, by 'cooking' magnesium carbonate in citric acid, as it is actually done with some "organic ingredients" for nutrients, would you call those chemical or organic?! If there is even synthetic citric acid used instead of natural citric acid (which is way to expensive), how would you call the component that is obtained through this process?! We get played and fooled every single day - and even before the end of the day, not even waiting the exam at the end of the course - we already start to naively tell it around and try to convince others of the very same fallacies. That makes it possible for any lunatic to play the whole world by only telling their cock-and-bull story a single time ;-)...See MoreThe Hosta at the Top of Your Want/Must-have lists for 2014?
Comments (55)Bkay, I sincerely hope you have a better year in terms of your health and your hostas. Glad to hear you are retiring! From what I remember reading here on the forum, you have continued to run a business far beyond your normal retirement...if I am recalling correctly. You are definitely due some R and R ... and entering this 2017 growing season with nothing but healthy hostas is a terrific start! Wish you much joy in your garden and am looking forward to seeing pictures of your remaining healthy, beautiful hostas again....and no doubt some new additions? ;-)...See MoreAnyone have their grow lists for 2017 yet?
Comments (9)One more now on this year's grow list. A bean variety I have been searching for a long time arrived in the mail yesterday. "Bob and Mary" a pole bean grown in British Columbia at the beginning of the 20th century. The only source I knew for this one 'The Heritage Seed Library'. With the help of Russ Crow he knew someone who had these in the UK and was willing to share a few with me. After some inquiring I found the bean seed had been mailed before Christmas so thought they must have been lost in the mail. Mailed November 26th. 2016, they arrived yesterday March 21st. just a few days short of 4 months, this puts a new meaning to snail mail. Thank you, Galina, you really made my day yesterday :). It is said the pods of this endangered heirloom can be eaten juicy and young, or tender and mature, hopefully I'll have a few seeds to share in the fall, help in a small way get this one back in circulation. I have a lead on the other one I was looking for "Sarah's Old Fashioned Black" grown on Vancouver Island, hopefully I'll have a few of these in the fall. I'm a great believer in paying it forward and it looks like I'm not the only one :). Still haven't finalized my list yet, probably not until they're all in the ground, someone needs to light a fire under me LOL. Annette...See More
stephanie_h12
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steve duggins(Z6a) - Central Ohio
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zkathy z7a NC
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mybrownthumbz6
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popmama (Colorado, USDA z5)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoI just made a new hosta bed in my very small backyard. At this point, before I even add the dirt, I've probably over-filled it several times over. I have some still in pots from the Summer that need to go there, including Don's Guacamole. I have a few on my list: Touch of class, Pocket Full of Sunshine, Fortunei Albopicta. I also want some more minis. I just now nearly placed an order for Mighty Mouse, Rainbow's End, and Touch of Class before I stopped myself. I've got to plant what I have before I get more!
Here's my new bed. I'm in the "placement" phase now.
Left to right back row: Luna Moth, June, NOID I bought at a garage sale, far right is Don's Guacamole. In the front, left to right: Cheatin' Heart, Harpoon, Blonde Elf. I will probably move another mini Baby Bunting from another garden to the front of this one as well.
mybrownthumbz6
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smorz
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josephines167 z5 ON Canada
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7 years agoThats what I hear Jo!!... Jeff at LOTG said he will have Viking Ship in next year's line up, so I am pretty excited about adding it finally... Understandably so, it was unavailable everywhere I looked this year.
Fame Game is bred out of WI and is touted to be fairly stable (as streakers go)... from Northern Grown Perennials.
I am so lucky to be in prime hosta real estate and have such awesome growers around me. It broke my heart that Foxfire closed years back.
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