RE: pics for you

Very nice Jim.... 

I tried a bougainvillea once.. didn't like spending the winter in my home,
so....

Donna

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> From: owner-gardenchat@hort.net [o*@hort.net] On
> Behalf Of james singer
> Sent: Saturday, January 07, 2006 1:34 PM
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] pics for you
> 
> Bougainvillea hanging baskets is a good choice, David. Like hibiscus,
> bougainvilleas bloom most in the Drab Season. Ms. Fatma recently bought
> one [link below to two pictures of it in our zone 10 gallery] to hang
> in our front patio this year. Bracts are white, brushed with pink.
> Quite nice.
> 
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> 
> On Jan 7, 2006, at 1:49 PM, David Franzman wrote:
> 
> > 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
> >>>
> >>>
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