Patterns, Reds, and Some Odds and Ends
shive
3 years ago
The patterns in the side bed had some lovely duos and groups today. There was heavy, heavy dew overnight, so many with edges were not opening correctly or were horrible splotchy. It's 94 degrees and humid here today.
Stenciled Infusion is starting to have multiples
Core Values had seven blooms today, but three were on the other side of the clump and facing in a different direction.
Venetian Pools with a duo
Victorian Garden Heaven's Applause showed some arrows today and lighter, cleaner petal color.
Mystical Intuition had its prettiest bloom so far. Too bad it faded by 1 o'clock.
Here are a couple of photos of Fighting Fire, which is one of my favorite reds. It still has some color at the end of a hot day. Three scapes are short this year, and one is about the registered height.
Woman in Red, another of my new Ladybug acquisitions. The storm the other day broke the scape, so I stuck it in a pot with another daylily.
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Comments (6)Jean, it's very nice to see you here. I hope your arbor is still going strong. It's one of the all time greats. Anita, likewise and thank you! As you already know, the photos were a "test." I'm just happy they turned out at all! I'll see you weekend after next, wouldn't miss it for the world. BTW, the photo of Champion of the World appears to have turned out well. I'll scan and post it at some point soon. Pam, thank you, I'll be there. Sorry that you won't be at Sacramento but I understand fully. MichaelAT...See MoreRoyal Poinciana and other odds-n-ends
Comments (20)Hi Nick, Yep! At Baker's...mine was a just $20 pipsqueak, but with all this continuing warm weather, he's already grown quite a lot and is continuing to sprout new leaves! And he's a gorgeous deep green, even without the flowers! I think he's very happy in his very sunny, warm spot in my southern exposure backyard. As for my location, I'm in the Coronado Historic District, not far from Good Sam hospital. Having been to Encanto Palmcroft for the annual home tours (i.e. I know where it is!), I feel it's safe to say you'd have as good a chance as I would for success! Perhaps it's the heat-island effect, the lack of elevation, proximity to the airport, but whatever the cause, it's generally warmer here during frosts than elsewhere in the valley. Still, I'm going to baby it each winter for a while...covering it during frosts, or even putting some old-style christmas lights around its base if needed. I think an important thing to consider is where in your yard you should plant it. You can't really take advantage of garnering tons of radiant heat by planting it right next to the house, because it's a very lateral-oriented tree, and will need room to spread. I opted for roughly the middle of my backyard because it gets full sun in the winter (south exposure), and I've got rocks back there that reflect the heat pretty well. Of course there's mulching, too. Hope that helps...keep us posted! Assuming yours is only $20 like mine, I think it's definitely worth a try! PS. Not sure if now is the best time to plant it; or whether it's best to wait till spring at this point(keeping it in a container in the meantime so you can bring indoors if it gets frosty?). My concern with planting it right now is that if we get a sudden cold snap right after transplanting- that may cause some issues? I invite others to chime in if I'm wrong, but it might be better to actually plant it in spring? Hmmmmm......See MoreOdds and Ends
Comments (13)Thanks Gesila. Karen looking around my garden I see that I have more Painter's Palette than I realized. It just kind of fills in the background. You might not want to let it flower if you don't want any extra plants, just a thought. Marquest, lol! We want to see pix of your garden too, I know it must be lovely, and you have a lot of hercs as I remember. Heucheras are rapidly becoming my second favorite perennial. Hostas better watch out cause slugs don't eat heucheras in my garden, the heucheras are evergreen and they come in colors. I'd love to visit Pa someday, til then I'll visit you on the other garden site:-)...See MorePlease Help: Discoloration and odd 'pattern' on leaves.
Comments (3)Hi. Tobacco varieties that are grown for commercial use are resistant to Tobacco Mosaic Virus. There may be pockets of TMV in some greenhouses that are growing heirloom varieties for their own use (or for decorative plants), but the smoker who uses commercial cigarettes/cigars will not transmit the virus. No problems there. I see some black specks on the leaves in the photo that's 3rd from the bottom. Could there be some pest activity going on there? Your plants look generally healthy. I think most of the problem is attributable to the need for fertilizer. It looks like you are doing a good job with watering too - not too little and not too much. Good on ya. The last photo, of the fruit, looks like blossom end rot. Most of what I've seen indicates that you need to fertilize the plants. With container plants, you need to fertilize regularly with a fast-acting fertilizer that has nutrients that are immediately available to the plant. Most potting soils do not contain nutrients and they don't hold nutrients because they wash out from watering. Get some inexpensive, water soluble, fast-acting fertilizer, such as Peter's or Miracle-Gro or one of the others. Dilute according to package directions for INDOOR plants. This is important. If you make it too strong, like for outdoor plants that are in the ground, it will damage the plants. Feed every 2 or 3 weeks or as suggested by the directions. Slow-acting fertilizers will not be useful to potted tomato plants so don't bother with things like Tomato Tone or bone meal or other amendments that take a long time to break down. They will be washed out before they get a chance to be useful. This should vastly improve the health of the fruit and leaves. Your fruits, with regular fertilizer and watering evenly, will stop getting blossom end rot. It should also help with the leaf issues. I don't see any disease. Maybe a little pest activity but that's easy to resolve with your favorite garden insecticide. Fertilizing is your most important issue. It will make a big difference. Enjoy!...See More
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3 years agoDebra, here is my Stenciled Infusion-and not Stenciled Impression-purchased from Schreiners and this is second year of blooms-last year I wrote off to settling in-
Technically I guess it has all the components but they are all mashed together and nothing stands out for me in the flower. What do you think?
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