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07-20-2008, 02:50 PM | #441 (permalink) |
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Gorgeous pond and plantings!
Yest I planted a Mona Lisa on our lakeside in full SE Texas sun. Put Pisang Ceylon in a huge pot for now. Bought them at Maas Nursery in Seabrook. The owner had given me a list of fruiting varieties that he carries and said that his fruiting varieties grow only up to 7' tall for better fruit yield. He wasn't there the day that I shopped. What I've read about the Pisang is that they get very tall. I have a call into him to verify size. Does anyone know if these varieties come in dwarf/semi dwarf??
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Pisang Ceylon's typical height is 15', but reportedly 9' to 12' in some subtropical areas. Pisang Klutek's typical height is 9.5'. Height is usually measured from base to top of pseudostem, not the top of leafs. A shorter variety does not mean that it bears more fruit, although many short varieties do bear a lot of fruit.
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07-20-2008, 06:15 PM | #443 (permalink) |
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Thanks Richard. I am in zone 9a, on the edge of tropical which I love because 2 of my Orinocos are bearing fruit right now.
I was told that smaller plants were better assured of producing fruit. Fruit is what I want. I've potted the Pisang while I scout out a protected area. From what I've read the stem is more slender and more given to wind damage.
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07-20-2008, 07:32 PM | #444 (permalink) |
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Took out a lot of the wild ferns growing in semi-shade and just left the maidenhair, and took the machete to the passiflora. In their places I planted a huge number of impatiens seedlings and angel-wing begonias. Saved some impatiens for my Russian neighbour Tatiana who gets tired of shades of green and wants flowers. I never get tired of shades of green and contrasting leaf shapes! Now I have to find a place for the asparagus fern (sprengerii) - one of my favourites!
Got the best sort of friends - Charlie came by with 5 huge bags of concentrated matured cow manure, and Jerry came by with 2 even bigger bags of stable bedding and horse manure. Just had time to drag them under cover before the rain!! The children will dine well and there is plenty for everyone. haha! Cassie |
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07-20-2008, 10:00 PM | #445 (permalink) |
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Planted out a seedling of a longan (Euphoria longana) and a cutting I've struck of a peanut butter tree (Bunchosia argentea)
I don't know if these count, but I potted up for my step-daughter who has just moved into a new town house - mother in laws tongue, diffenbachia, several varieties of fern (boston, king, unknown), basil, chives, oregano and mondo grass. The mother in laws tongue, diffenbachia and some of the ferns were wild weeds in a little creek near home. So I was helping the environment as I got some free gifts for my step daughter.
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07-20-2008, 10:15 PM | #446 (permalink) |
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That's amazing that there weeds where you live. Here people pay good money for them.
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07-20-2008, 10:42 PM | #447 (permalink) |
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I understand that on the opposite coast in Perth, Kangaroo Paws are considered a weed but western U.S. Sage varieties are sold at a premium. Here in San Diego, the opposite is true!
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07-20-2008, 10:55 PM | #448 (permalink) |
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It's pretty amazing what in one part of the world is a weed in others is a rariety. I remember going to the tropics and seeing house plants growing as huge trees, plants, etc..
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07-25-2008, 01:07 PM | #449 (permalink) |
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double blooming peach brug, mystique brug( it was in a pot now its in the ground) and the coveted royal queen! all came from kylie!!! thanks you kylie! its funny now everytime i go into the garden dept at walley world the guy ask me how many bags of dirt do you need? i just giggle at him. this morning it was 2 bags of potting mix and a bag of organic compost and cow poop. he was suprised. usually i get 20 bags of both and in my little car yod be suprised how much dirt you can fit in it.
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Potted up "Avalanche", a white/light blue tropical water lily. Can't wait for the blooming to begin!
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Way to go you all. I usually try to stock pile soil and manure if possible.
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It's gorgeous!
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07-29-2008, 10:04 AM | #453 (permalink) |
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12 foxtail palm seeds. and finally got my castor bean plants in the ground before it started raining.
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i do the same. the reason if i get a hankering to plant something and its in the middle of december....nobody has dirt(well the kind that any serious gardner would want) so i try to keep a "bunch" at hand. the end of august ill be loading up on it and will be getting (hopefully) 2 truckloads of mulch.
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Put in another Chinese Windmill Palm just rec'd from Collectorpalms.com. Hope there's enough time for it to stabilize before the cold weather.
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Tony (sunfish) and Mason came by the other morning and left cuttings from 1 unknown fig and two unknown passifloras -- one of which bears orange-skinned fruits with cherry red filling around the seeds. This evening I potted them up as semi-hardwood cuttings, using Dyna-Gro Root Gel and some peat pots filled with wet Jiffy Seed Starting Mix. They are now sitting in my herbarium waiting to take off!
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Planted a Butia eriospatha...keep your fingers crossed for me this winter! Randy- you made me do it
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Howard, that's a nice one. Mine are still only one-gallon sized.
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