Wow… I believe they have small white flowers with dark pink tiny pen stripes. I’ll look it up again. I haven’t gotten a bloom yet. I bought it in mid summer at the farmers market. If it blooms it should this year. It’s been in front of a window all winter.
It looks like it could get a little unruly so I’m happy knowing it’ll clone easy. I may start more and try and sell them at the market when it opens. Or put them all around the house to help with the mid summer mosquitos.
Ha, summer mosquitos… that’s funny. It’s a white wasteland out there now. We got another 4-5 inches of snow last night. It didn’t develop into more here, like they said it would. We were looking at 10". So. I’ll take 4 and it’s over until tomorrow when it snows more. So far It’s still above 20º.
This was 6 mornings ago at sunrise… -12º. It turned into a beautiful sunny day and warmed up some though. I think it was 73º two days before.
I’ve read that geraniums like a simple balanced fert and yeah, they need a big pot. lol. Your snow is starting to bum me out. Crossing my fingers for you that you get an early spring
I dug up whole sections and transplanted them as if they were sod. Other than that it’s all new to me.
For me it would be a surprise the first year and the next awaiting arrival. Bulbs are awesome too. The tiger lilies come from nothing to 6 ft tall in a month then flower! Crazy!
@cannabissequoia Got your Mom’s windchimes hung up on the front porch. Listening to them now. The one with the hummingbird on it, we couldn’t exactly figure out which metal part was the top and which one hung on the bottom, so we winged it. Either way, they look great next to my others. They match perfectly. For some reason, I just think your Mom is happy knowing they are being enjoyed. Still haven’t figured out where I want the hummingbird feeder though. I just want the perfect spot.
Because I’m psychotic and an addict I ended up with all of these plants after a home depot run for some organic fertilizer. It’s just that old mj planter is so empty! lol. Okay, I’m full of crap. Most of these are gonna combine into container plants. lol
First up, another bitchen Nemesia. They just do so well here and this one is gorgeous
Now, candytuft. This perennial is gonna be a kick ass filler in my established planters. It will bloom with the spring bulbs and make the beds less naked
For some reason, I really “needed” a container with sedum and succulents. Not sure what my recent succulent trip is about. Also ,lots more stock for the annual bed cuz it smells divine and a few to make new container mixes. I plan to give container plants as gifts this year, but mostly the combos I will start from seed and 2 new English primrose for the shade as the other ones are doing well back there
I’m sure your mom will be digging it too. It’s always cool to know you were able to provide someone with an ongoing pleasure that they like.
Hey @Meesh, I put my lone feeder in front of a picture window. They get used to you but I wouldn’t hang it in a heavy traffic area. We have a lot. I have a sort of rare California hummer that is supposed to only be on certain areas of the west coast. It’s a red or Rufous type. It was here the last two summers from mid summer on. They were very aggressive to the birds already here both years. Beautiful to watch though. They’re actually sociable too. I’ve had them fly right up to my face and hover and look at me. They will really spook you if you wear a red t-shirt. trust me.
I’ve seen that one pass through & possibly Broad-tailed or Allen’s Hummingbird too, but the most prevalent is the purple-throated Anna’s, which make a mini “sonic boom”(chirp) when they dive.
I think I am afflicted with an even more diabolical disorder.
Because whenever I buy a flat of plants, I always feel a twinge of guilt because I did not start them from seeds myself.
After I plant and nurture them, I am nagged by the thought that I have cheated or cut corners.
I must be grievously ill.
I’ll try and find the pics I got. The ones we normally have are green, white and black with the red throat patch.
They do the climb and dive thing on occasion. I’m still a little baffled as to why. It’s like they are showing off (to females maybe) or just showing how badd ass they are (to males maybe)… They’ll climb to about 40 feet and then dive straight down as fast as they can and doing the hard turn to climb straight back up again… over and over sometimes. It looks like they’re going 200mph in the dive!
No, it’s pressed coco plugs. You add water and they swell up sort of. I used RR for the forst time for cloning recently and now I know why they cost so much. They clone plants very fast. I ran some next to a DIY bubble cloner I made and the rooters were twice as fast.
and with that sound an image is forever burned of the sight of a “bird dog” leaving point and headed for the house and under the porch after the first shotgun blast. She had pointed on some quail in a next door corn field. LOL
Hahaha! Same! Even with all my crazy justifications! Exactly why all the plants that I give as gifts have to be the ones I start from seed! As if the recipient even cares.
Whenever I’m showing anyone around my garden, I make sure to point out that I started this one (whatever it may be) from seed too! Even when it’s just Dad.
Some plants, even though I still keep trying from seed, like petunias never seem to match the established nursery starts, I have given myself permission to buy and any plants that i’ve never seen before, but my “permission” nonsense is just that as I will figure a way to justify any plant or seed I buy as at this point I don’t need any. But yes, the cheating guilt of starter plants always exists here too.
