What should I Call this?
kaboehm (zone 9a, TX USA)
7 years ago
This is my own creation, H. Exotica x H. Red Pearl. I rather like it! I think it's a lovely dark coral color with dark throat. Prominent veining....and do I see a white Picotee edge? Hmmm, I am pleased....
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dondeldux z6b South Shore Massachusetts
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Seeking Help on Creating Private Backyard Space
Comments (7)Brent, Yes, I see what you're getting at, that's a good point. However, it's going to be a personal space: I just want complete privacy. I don't do a lot of entertaining: I'll really just use it for relaxing, and to create a completely private enclosure. I won't be doing anything wierd in there, BTW :) I just want seclusion. I am going to consider your point for awhile... Hadn't really thought about that. I'll post a picture, as you suggest. Thanks for your help. BTW, I'm considering 10' long, 4X4 Cedar posts on 4' centers, buried 3, with a single gate and latticework in between the postss. That's just my initial thought: I think that it would be relatively cheap and easy. I'll use that concept as a starting point as a way to think about the space. I may stick with it, I may not....See MoreAnother ID please
Comments (8)The shrub to the right is Pittosporum tobira , Purple. I agree that the poor Camellia is being constricted and contorted by being sheared into a blob on bare legs. They are beautiful when left to their natural selves. Plus it would produce far more bloom. If it's moveable I'd move it. If not I'd take one stem back to the ground to enable it to fill in at the bottom. Then take each stem down in successive years to bring the whole thing lower. Then prune with secateurs rather than hedge cutters taking shoots back to a bud whenever it needs it. It could be kept attractive and smaller but it would involve some thought and effort....See MoreWhat contractor should I call to do this?
Comments (3)The best contractor for this project is you yourself! Seriously, laying a new paver or flagstone walkway is a very doable DIY project and you will save a ton of $$ by doing it yourself. The hardest part of the project will be removing the old concrete path. But although that will take some serious elbow grease to accomplish, it can be done relatively easily by you and maybe a couple of good friends (promise liquid refreshments when the job is complete :-)) My brother and I helped a friend of mine break up and remove a 30' long, 60 y.o. concrete driveway a few years back and I'm a grandmother! She wanted the drive gone for extra planting areas and I needed the recycled concrete for a design project I was working on. It took a couple of weekends, a strong pry bar and a sledge, but we recovered 3, 3/4 ton pick-up loads of concrete chunks and my friend doubled her planting space in her rather tiny urban garden. If you need to, rent a masonry saw to cut the concrete away from any steps. You can also use the saw to cut the old concrete path into manageable sizes but I prefer the look of naturally broken concrete chunks for recycling purposes.......you'd be surprised how many uses you will find for them! As to designing and laying a new pathway, that is pretty simple. There are all manner of home landscaping books that outline the process, you can find instructions online or most stone suppliers will provide instructions as well. The most important thing is preparing a proper, level, compacted base. You can choose naturally shaped flagstones and fit them together like a jigsaw puzzle or select cut stones for a more formal look. The cut stones also allow for closer placement - naturally shaped flags allow for interplanting with grass or groundcovers if that is a look you prefer. Or, if your climate requires it, you can mortar in between the joints and remove the potential for any movement or weeds growing in the joints. And remember to be generous with your sizing. Most builder pathways are uncomfortably narrow. A primary entry access should be no less than 5' wide to allow two people to walk side by side easily - 6' is even better. This will provide a wide, welcoming entry to your home and garden and the hardscaping is an attractive accent to planting beds or lawns. And I'd recommend using rigid edging to contain the pathway. This is typically sold at the same places one would obtain the stone and is easily installed when the base material is constructed. The December/January issue of Fine Gardening has a great example of a new front entry garden with a stunning limestone paver walkway you could peruse for inspiration. Or just let your natural creativity flow! Here is a link that might be useful: only one of many online instructions............See MoreMy x Dickcohnia 'Conrad Morton' set seed!
Comments (7)That is a surprise, Stephania! Bigenerics are usually sterile, but good old Mother Nature doesn't always recognize the taxonomic categories we put things in, particularly when we keep moving them around, lumping and splitting. Maybe in this case she's a lumper, but you'd better wait and see if there's actually any viable seed in those pods before you notify the media. ;-) For this reason I think that some trigenerics may be possible, though rare. Did you give your pollinating ants specific instructions to go between the Dyckia and the xDeucohnia? One way you can give them the message is to place the two plants so that the inflorescences, or at least the stalks, are touching each other, and the ants naturally travel from one to the other. In that case you might have a chance for a rare xDeucohkia, but if they were far apart, probably not. I think D. estevesii and marnier-lapostollei would make a great cross! Unfortunately some of the shorter Dyckia spikes only have open flowers for a few days, but if you think you might miss the timing you can collect the pollen of the earlier one and store it in the refrigerator until the second one opens. I put pollen in a small container (like a film can or small pill bottle) and cover it with a paper towel, you don't want it to be air-tight. If you have longer than a few weeks to wait, you can put pollen in little aluminum foil packets and freeze it, but you have to make sure it doesn't thaw out until you are ready to use it. I've successfully pollinated Billbergias with freezer pollen, but I've never tried it on anything else. Good luck!...See More
Fred Biasella
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Elena75
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7 years agoFred Biasella
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7 years agoSame bloom a week later. Holding up well. Thinking of dabbing some H. Papilio pollen on it. In today's early morning light...
Fred Biasella
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