Re: Re: Big Weekend

Glad the lemon balm hung in there, it was certainly big enough. Its mate
that I dug up has darn near taken over the corner of the yard by the
back compost pile. But that's ok, it hides it some. Keep studying woman
- I know you'll do great!


Pam Evans
Kemp, TX
zone 8A
----- Original Message -----
From: Andrea H
Sent: 4/25/2004 6:31:31 PM
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Big Weekend

> Sounds like a great time. I spent the day in the yard. I finally got most
> all of my plants from the greenhouse into the ground. I planted 5
> Brugmansia, some ginger, 2 hibiscus, repotted my big leaf Tibouchina into a
> 15 gallon pot (that was fun) mowed the yard (push mower I might add) planted
> the lemon balm Pam sent me a month ago, it's still gorgeous Pam. potted some
> geraniums that I bought for a customer, watered, planted 2 salvia from the
> greenhouse, weeded a couple of places, watered some more, pruned the
> Climbing Joseph's Coat rose,and truthfully I forget what else. I'm beat, but
> the yard looks good. Now I'm studying word problems that I should remember
> from 5th grade. distance equals rate X time........ d=r . t ...........d=
> r.t...........
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Sunday, April 25, 2004 6:30 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Big Weekend
> 
> 
> > Today was one of those beautiful subtropical days. Mid to low 80s, not
> > humid, gentle breeze.
> >
> > We've been propagating, growing, and training a white-flowered oleander
> > standard for a couple of years now, and today planted it in the ground.
> > It's past due for a moderate-to-severe pruning, but we decided to wait
> > until it's had a few weeks in its new home. So far, I'm rather pleased
> > with it.
> >
> > We planted it across the yard from the Florida room [that sounds kinda
> > funny--they're all Florida rooms here, right?], so the short one can
> > keep an easy eye on it.
> >
> > We also cleaned out the cutting beds to make room for Petrea cuttings
> > in late summer. We want to try to root a few of these to sell when they
> > are blooming next spring. I got the bull's horn acacia planted and
> > together we got the 24" pot with desert rose moved from the middle of
> > the back lawn to the back patio [no easy task].
> >
> > Yesterday, we drove to Naples to visit that city's new botanical
> > garden. They have 160 dedicated acres, of which they have improved 1.5
> > acres--1 percent. We were very impressed by what they've done so far.
> > For example, they've used arbors to shade many of the walkways and
> > vines, such as stephanotis, to cover most of the arbors. And everything
> > is either tagged or labeled or both.
> >
> > Of special interest to me was a small stand of Timor black bamboo
> > [Bambusa lako]. Truly fantastic. The canes are jet black and, if one
> > rubs the blush off, they glisten like Japan lacquer. If I can figure
> > out where to put one--and where to get one--I will.
> >
> > On the way down, public radio touted a native plant sale at the Naples
> > Conservancy, so we sought directions from the botanical garden folks,
> > and sought it out. It was really a fun time, although the only plant
> > sellers were native plant types and their wares were, well, not
> > attractive. But the rest of the extravaganza was a lot of fun.
> >
> >
> > Island Jim
> > Southwest Florida
> > Zone 10
> >
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