Re: Re: Rayna's new house & euonymus

Ya know...I've been wanting a cold frame too...gonna have to look into
that. Just one more thing on my never-ending list of gardening things I
want...LOL.

 


james singer <jsinger@igc.org> wrote:
If they root, I think I'd cheat a little--pot them up and over-winter 
them in a cold frame. If you don't have a cold frame, you might want to 
build one or three. USDA used to have a Farmers' Bulletin called "Hot 
Beds and Cold Frames" [I'm not making this up] that included some very 
good plans.


On Wednesday, August 4, 2004, at 04:50 PM, Kitty wrote:

> Jesse,
> I'm sure you'll have no trouble getting some to root, but I suppose if 
> you'd
> started them 4 weeks earlier they'd have more roots going into winter. 
> I'd
> say that if you take cuttings now and they root well, but they don't 
> make it
> through winter, your only problem would have been that they weren't far
> enough along.
>
> I've been thinking about box cuttings too, but I'd like to try the box 
> that
> I moved in June. It seems to be settling in ok and if it survives 
> into next
> year, I might try cuttings from it next year.
>
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jesse Bell" 
> To: 
> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 3:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Rayna's new house & euonymus
>
>
>> YES..that is exactly the boxwood I have too. It's perfect. And I am in
>> zone 6. It said to take the cuttings in July...but I may go ahead and
>> try a few and see how they do (for outdoor rooting). If it 
>> works...next
>> year I'm gonna go NUTS and have more hedges than I know what to do 
>> with!
>> Between my tiller and my new weed-eater....I am NEVER in the
>> house...last night I was out till dark...sweat dripping off my nose 
>> from
>> the humidity. My kids look at me like I'm smoking crack...they can't
>> understand why ANYbody would want to be out there working in that
>> weather. I'm out there making my Native American Medicine Wheel
>> Garden...and my husband looks at my drawings and says, "why...?" 
>> *sigh*
>>
>>
>>
>> Kitty wrote:
>> Jesse,
>> I found it, scanned it. The first picture looks strange because I had 
>> to
>> change the color depth in order to rotate it. But it is just a hand,
>> holding the cutting with rooting hormone on it - and yes, the cutting 
>> they
>> show does have fingers. It's not a big article, actually just sort of 
>> a
>> sidebar on an article about the boxwoods at Mount Vernon. "The
> Presidential
>> Box: Growing It from Cuttings" discusses Buxus sempervirens 
>> 'Suffruticosa'
>> and says it can be rooted outdoors as far north as Zone 6. You may 
>> have to
>> make some adjustments if you are colder and / or if you're doing a
> different
>> species.
>>
>> I'm sending you the jpg privately. If anyone else wants it, let me 
>> know.
>>
>> Kitty
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Jesse Bell"
>> To:
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 1:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Re: Rayna's new house & euonymus
>>
>>
>>> That would be excellent. I watched a gardening show and I spoke with 
>>> a
>>> nursery owner and they both said to cut a branch that has "fingers" 
>>> on
>>> the end, dip it in rooting compound and then place it in loose soil 
>>> with
>>> lots of peatmoss etc. (which is exactly how I did the euonymus)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Kitty wrote:
>>> Oh! I have an article that deals with boxwood cuttings specifically.
> Maybe
>>> I can find it.
>>> Kitty
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Jesse Bell"
>>> To:
>>> Sent: Wednesday, August 04, 2004 9:52 AM
>>> Subject: [CHAT] Re: Rayna's new house & euonymus
>>>
>>>
>>>> They are in the Euonymus family...."golden euonymus" and I lost the
> tag
>>>> on the other one but it's just the variegated green one. Fairly 
>>>> common
>>>> shrubs around here. Next on my list - BOXWOODS.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kitty wrote:
>>>> Jesse,
>>>> What kinds of shrubs? I'm not very successful at it, but I have
> managed
>> a
>>>> few Viburnums and Deutzia.
>>>>
>>>> Kitty
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Jesse Bell"
>>>> To:
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 9:31 PM
>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Re: Rayna's new house...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> ooh, ooh...me too, me too. I'm so proud of myself...I propagated a
>> BUNCH
>>>>> of shrubs this year and they are all sitting there...waiting to be
>>>>> planted. Just wanted to prove to myself that I could do it. I know
> all
>>>>> of ya'll are master gardeners and advanced master gardeners...and
>>>>> gardeners extraordinare....but me...well, I'm still learning..and I
>> get
>>>>> so tickled with myself when I do well.
> AND...ohmygoshI'msoexcited...I
>>>>> started a whole BUNCH of sedum too...if she wants some, just say 
>>>>> the
>>>>> word. I've got seeds, plants, shrubs...you name it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Jess
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>> Me too Bonnie - anything I can send for her yard - just say the
> word!
>>>>>
>>>>> Pam Evans
>>>>> Kemp, TX
>>>>> zone 8A
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: Donna
>>>>> Sent: 8/3/2004 12:24:11 PM
>>>>> To: gardenchat@hort.net
>>>>> Subject: Re: RE: [CHAT] last night's experience;Grandma's
>>>> &Seibenthalers;and Rayna's new house...
>>>>>
>>>>>> Great news for Rayna.... she must be happy and you I am sure are
>>> proud!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> If there is something I can send to help with the garden... let me
>>> know.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Donna
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> BTW, to the group in general, daughter Rayna moved into her
> first
>>>> house
>>>>>>> (bought on her own without anyone's help) and is excited!
>>>>>>
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