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Comments (33)I got 3 more of the Big Bluestem 'Red October' because I'm so happy with the one I bought last fall, its stiff with upright leaves. Its already showing color and has deep musky purple stems and turkey feet forming. I figure to really see the color I need more than one plant in the spot. SRG had them marked down but they are back to full price now, I barely got the order in on time. I'm re-doing an area with these planted along with several very tall Little Bluestem I started from seeds I collected here. The bluestem is as tall as the turkey foot this year but I'm expecting the turkey foot to get to its full size when the plants are more mature. There are several new cultivars of Big Bluestem coming out, some nice blue ones but its the dark green that give the red/maroon fall coloring. I like the idea of it contrasting with the light blue Little Bluestem. I also bought Euphorbia 'Ascot Rainbow' to bring the total order up to enough to get the 35% off discount. Andropogon gerardii 'Red October' Close by the Bluestem is an area I'm taking out a large lantana and replacing with these three I have ordered from High Country Gardens. I also ordered a Pawnee Buttes Sand Cherry and a Curly Cue Artemisia. The whole place has gone grass landscape with massed areas I'm working on for definition. Its taking me a while to get this grass landscaping thing down but I'm getting there. Indian Grass 'Thin Man'...See MoreHot, hot and dry
Comments (19)Here in No Cal no one is complaining about the heat, even though it has been in the 90s and 100s F, and humidity mostly 15-20%. What folks are complaining about is the smoke & fires. Our "fire season" usually is in Oct, but this year it started in July. Hundreds of thousands of acres burning, dozens of serious fires, just in the Northern half of the state. Firefighters are here from all over the US. We were just at our cabin up in the mountains West of Redding, and there are so many large fires (total acreage is over 150,000 and counting) in just that one remote county (Trinity county) that they have stopped calling them by name, and are calling them by 4 different "complexes". They usually give each fire a name, but the fires have been merging, so no longer using the names. 3,000+ fire fighters, who are just trying to get lines around the fires - do not have the ability to put them out, but trying to keep them away from the little towns. Over 4 dozen houses burned so far. When a successful fire break is 100% all around a fire, they call it "contained". In one of the larger complex of fires, the "estimated containment date" is Oct 1! And that is just in one county. Nearer the SF Bay Area there are numerous small fires, and two big ones which have been burning for 3-4 weeks, and have also burned over 45 houses and 130,000 acres. The smoke travels 100s of miles in the mountains - our cabin is way far away from the big fires, but none the less when we left yesterday, you could hardly see the trees right across the creek from our cabin - I was glad we were going home. The Red Cross has set up "clean air" shelters, in schools and senior centers, etc, with HEPA filters on the buildings, to filter out the smoke. Very scary. Nik, I know this sort of thing has happened in Greece before, so you know what I am talking about - when Mediterranean climates get winter droughts on top of our normal hot & dry summers, the native vegetation (which is drought tolerant because full of natural resins ) just explodes. So, we all are sincerely hoping that we will get an actual winter this year, for the first time in 3 years. Of course, that will cause floods and mud slides on the denuded hills, but the fires will go out. Jackie...See MoreThe hot days of August
Comments (5)Hi Papa Jim! I am glad to know that your banana is productive and getting a persimmon tree is always a good idea. I finally got a picture of a National hummingbird while I was away. Back at home, Cheryl went to Tarpon Springs and got me some sponges and a lot of air plants, I put them mostly by the avocado tree and they are doing well. Today I had to keep up with the harvest, my 3 eggplants are producing heavily, almost every day pickings. Did you start your tomato seedlings? Mine were started at the same time and they all look different in size.:) Silvia...See MoreGood bye, August! Too hot and smokey.
Comments (16)Thank you all for your kind remarks. I do find these Tea roses fascinating. Alana, with us both in z 8a, I do not understand why mine have made it this far. I remember being worried it would be too rough for them here. We also have the Spring freeze thaw problem and it did kill Jesse Hildreth # 1 & 2, but #3 is doing fine. Arcadia Louisiana Tea band #1 died with wet Spring weather in a pot, but I got a second one a week ago and I am really hopeful. I bet if you just got them past that annoying baby phase, they would do well. John, your GG is such an inspiration! Mine is surprising me already with how interesting it looks. It sat there last year, but this year has really taken hold. Comtesse Festectics Hamilton, OTOH is a lot slower as is Comtesse Emmeline de Guigne. Emmeline is bred from Papa Gontier (a fast grower) and Festectics (slower), so I guess she didn't take after Papa. I pinched buds on Emmeline this Summer but she is still short. Lisa, you'd love BHdS. The Tea ladies say the bush is a beast, but I think it looks really attractive so far. Maybe it looks rougher older. Well, don't we all? My SdlM is so different from Ingrid's but the blooms are gorgeous. Maybe in time it can take hold. It might be a bit too cold here. Ingrid, yes you deserve all the blame, and it has given me so much joy. These Teas are so mysterious. They look different every day. They sit there, then they shoot up. I have more that eventually can warrant a photo if they do something. We'll see, Ingrid, how La France feels with the Teas over time size wise. Knowing me, I'll just leave it there if it seems happy even if the sizes are disparate. It is a treasure. I wish Jeri would say why she she got rid of Emmeline, and I wish Carol would report on Comtesse de Leusse. Again, happy Fall....See More
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