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Comments (32)My neighbor gave me an amaryllis in a pot with no drainage hole, and it has bloomed for 3 years in a row. I don't get it. I just water when it gets dry, but I don't let it out in rain to get soaked. I keep it under a covered porch or carport in summer. And bring it in for winter. I had several plants survive for about a year after my mom died, sent in a nice hole-less pot but I repotted them after a couple years---pothos, coffee, dracaena, prayer plant. I wish I could use all those pots without getting out a drill, but they are too shallow. But I do tend to root plants in water and they seem happy for a year or so at least. So maybe those--anything but succulents--won't mind these kinds of pots? I have all kinds of plants rooting and growing in water....See MoreAnyone with pics of their Wallflowers?? Have questions!!
Comments (6)OK, I grow wallflowers with spring bulbs, especially tulips (which I plant deeply and leave in my sandy soil from one year to the next so they are fairly reliable at returning. In the UK, they are in bloom around May, so I also partner mine with early hardy geraniums (I really like primrose wallflowers with the common cranesbill, Geranium pratensis and G.sylvaticum). I have a few clumps of them growing with common primroses too. The other plants I mentioned are not wallflowers but are flowering in mid spring with similar 4-petalled flowers and will make good companions. I could easily imagine growing them with little clumps of violas, forget-me-nots, short campanulas, and, my favourite, overwintered love-in-the-mist. Yes, they do have a tendency to flop about a bit - you can cut them back hard after the first flowering - it looks quite improbable because the stems are silvery and bare.....but leafage will follow, along with a later flush of flowers (some autumns). If they do well for you, you could try growing single colours from seeds sown in May. The little plants will grow over the summer, ready to be planted in autumn, where they will overwinter and burst into fragrant growth the following spring. A lovely clove scent, warm and very welcoming. You could plant your packs about 8 inches apart - they will spread out but not much - they continue to grow from a woody base clump, branching higher up the stem - I never bother to stake mine as they rarely get taller than 16inches or so and even if they flop, the flowers will still stretch upright to the light. Wallflowers have always been a traditional cottage garden favourite and, as such, they will look well with scrambling, rambling aubretias, arabis, nemophila, limnanthes and annual flax - not a tidy or formal plant....See MoreDesign question, Emser Eclipse Tile -- anyone use it? Reviews?
Comments (8)Your room also sounds like it will be beautiful. What kind of bulbs will you be using? I'm sure you know that the bulb choice can drastically affect how the lighting comes across. For instance: even though the fixtures aren't specifically intended for fluorescents, we decided to use CFLs in our master bath. We have both bright-white and daylight (daylight in the downlights, bright white in the sconces closer to our faces) and they have *very* different effects on all the colors in the room, including our skin. I'm guessing that if you like the Alabama White in the large-window room, you want something with a higher CRI (and consider the kelvin factor if you choose cfls) than the bulbs you have tried the Alabama White with so far. Maybe you want to get some samples of colors on posterboard or watercolor paper, and look at them with different kinds of light bulbs in the fixtures to see what works best. We went through this with the light over our dining table recently. Comparison of the micromini/mini-twister bulbs from Lowes: Daylight (6500K) was *too* blue for dining ease, but when I put them in my office lamp they're wonderful; they make me feel like there's a window in my dark little corner :). Bright white was just right (3500K), and 'soft white' (2700K) was so *red* it gave me a headache and made my eyes play tricks on me. The higher Kelvin number was better for us. (HD had only the soft white, not the others.) I love that painting, btw -- so dynamic! I love somewhat expressionistic takes on landscapes. (I also love non-representational art, but there's always a soft spot in my heart for the landscape) The sky is fascinating. Do you know the artist? (btw, I just have to wonder to whom BM was marketing that paint color -- having just seen a documentary on the Freedom Riders, the name 'Alabama White' doesn't seem any too complimentary to me...maybe you can rename it something less 'incendiary'?)...See MorePiatra Gray Quartz & Viatera Minuet? Gooster & Anyone else?
Comments (17)@designsaavy, I love my marble, but to be honest, I am pretty careful with it - probably more so than I have to be! My main concern is etching; if you have a really good sealer and pick up spills fairly quickly, staining shouldn't be a huge issue. My daughter sits and eats at our island sometimes, and we haven't had any issues. We do have a few etch spots, but I can't even see them unless I lean down and look from a particular angle. I would definitely recommend getting honed marble over polished, which helps hide any "patina." :)...See MoreUser
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