RE: pics for you

Yes I did notice the hanging baskets....guess I forgot to mention
it...Sounds like you are branching out to other tropicals- Getting bored
with the hibiscus?

SO are those really purple in color? (she asks again!)

Are you planning on exhibiting at the flower shows again this year?

Donna



> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of David Franzman
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 12:50 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics for you
> 
> Hi Donna
> 
> Training them to be tree form.  Did you notice that some are in hanging
> baskets?  Some varieties are very upright and make a nice tree form and
> others are just as floppy as can be and make a nice basket.  For many that
> are floppy the flowers hang down and are difficult to see if you in a
> conventional pot.  These varieties, regardless of the color, would be lost
> if some way was not found to display them.  I believe that I was, if not
> the
> first, then the second to make baskets using Hibiscus.
> 
> By this summer I will have baskets of other species of Hibiscus,
> Bougainvillea and possibly Abutilons as well.  Hanging baskets are a great
> way to maximize space in a greenhouse as they don't take tablespace.  By
> the
> way, we are also starting to grow four different varieties of Passifloras
> and three varieties of Mandevillas.  Later on this summer we'll also have
> several varieties of Colocassias.
> 
> Since this is the first year of the tree form I don't have many of them
> and
> some nursery in New Jersey just placed an order for about a third of what
> I
> have.
> 
> Geography lesson:  I just blew it.  I thought this was someplace else.  I
> just an order from Brunei.  Where is Brunei?.
> 
> David
> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Donna" <gossiper@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 4:01 AM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics for you
> 
> 
> >I always knew you could do it David :)
> >
> > Man... appears they loved the storm, as they are
> > blooming their fool heads off there...
> >
> > Glad I don'thave to choose just one, it would REALLY
> > be tough! Are those really purple in color? Love #6
> > too....Dumb question- Are you training them to be tree
> > form or is that just a different variety?
> >
> > Donna
> >
> > --- David Franzman <dfranzma@pacbell.net> wrote:
> >
> >> Hi folks
> >>
> >> I mentioned that I would try and get my act together
> >> on these pictures.  So,
> >> here are a few.  I hope you enjoy them.
> >>
> >>  http://dfranzman.photosite.com/Album7/  See Donna,
> >> I can do this.
> >>
> >> David
> >> http://www.atouchofthetropics.net
> >>
> >>
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> >> To sign-off this list, send email to
> >> majordomo@hort.net with the
> >> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> >
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> > To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> > message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
> 
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------
> To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
> message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT

---------------------------------------------------------------------
To sign-off this list, send email to majordomo@hort.net with the
message text UNSUBSCRIBE GARDENCHAT
Other Mailing lists | Author Index | Date Index | Subject Index | Thread Index