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Comments (2)What happened is called sporting. A sport is a violet that, because of a genetic mutation, looks quite different from its parent. The tendency for violets to do this is one of the reasons we have thousands of different appearing plants/blooms. About one in every 100 leaves will produce a sport according to Dr. Optimara, a helpful web site by a well-known African Violet breeder/grower. I put a link to Dr. O.'s glossary below (see mutation). If you start babies from the white and purple blooming plant, they'll probably look like their mom (unless you get another one in one hundred that sports into yet another new look). Here is a link that might be useful: Optimara Violet Glossary...See MoreThe mother of all 'What do I plant?' posts
Comments (2)Jackie - I do already have the book. Its where most (maybe all) of my 'interested in' list came from. Highly recommend it to rose gardeners in the midwest. I'm pretty sure all on my list are fine for my area, I'm really interested in growth habit, opinions on blooms, etc. My biggest difficulty is not so much the flowers themselves, but picturing and then fitting together the size and shape of the grown shrubs....See MoreHas anyone grown Mother of Pearl?
Comments (7)I grow Mother of Pearl in the Seattle area, no spray since June. No blackspot on this rose even though most of my other roses are covered with BS, so i think this is a pretty good test for BS resistance. This is its second year and so far its stayed about 2 1/2 feet tall but it gets 3 feet wide. The flowers are OK--pretty but "just another pink rose". It doesn't make long cutting stems. I haven't been too impressed until this last month. I think it finally got established and it really pumped out the flowers in its last flush. It was in full bloom when most other roses were between flushes so it really stood out in the garden So all in all I would recommend it for a no spray garden. Its not the most spectacular rose but its no diva--its a good reliable trouble free rose....See MoreWhich hydrangea do I have and can it be grown indoors where I live?
Comments (8)It s a bigleaf hydrangea, Hydrangea macrophylla and appears to have modified lacecap flower. But which specific cultivar it may be will be very difficult to ascertain with any certainty. Greenhouse grown plants forced into bloom out of season - as this one has - generally do not display the same characteristics as those grown in the ground in a suitable climate. And there are literally hundreds to choose from. The 'suitable climate' poses issues for you :-) Understandably this is not a plant that will tolerate your climate out of doors. But that does not necessarily make it a good choice for a houseplant, either. Most 'houseplants' are tropical or semitropical plants that cannot tolerate colder seasonal conditions of the more temperate areas of the globe and do not require a period of dormancy triggered by day length and colder temperatures. And most are evergreen as well. The hydrangea doesn't fit any of these qualities. It is deciduous, requires a dormancy and vernalization period to thrive and produce flowers and is native to mountainous areas of Japan, so neither tropical or even semitropical :-) And so is not very happy indoors for any extended length of time - too warm (too even a temperature), too dry (low humidity) and while it will tolerate lower light levels, needs some sunlight to produce blooms. The best I can suggest is too keep it in the coolest location indoors with bright but indirect light and keep the soil mix evenly moist but not wet. But don't plan on having it for "years to come". Lack of a dormant period and proper vernalization will eventually kill it. Even in my significantly cooler and more distinctly seasonal climate, indoor flowering hydrangeas last at best a few months unless transitioned to the outdoors....See MoreMark Furtak SoCal Sunset 10/USDA 8b
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