Re: Spray & Tides

Re > Kitty, What were you doing on the roof?
Andrea, I was cleaning maple samaras out of the gutters.  Mick helped; he
can jump there from the arbor.  I used a ladder.

I have 2 Cordylines now.  One is C. bauerii, a spikey, deep purple plant.
The other is a screamer from Home Depot.  Wide deep purple leaves splashed
with hot pink.  3 big plants in a 3gal pot, only $6.99, labeled only
Cordyline species.  I haven't tried Nasturtiums in years, but these are
looking to be sturdy, plants.

I have 2 kinds of Filipendula. One is the regular Queen of the Prairie, I
think F. venusta.  Then I have 2 F. kahome, a dwarf variety less than a foot
tall.  All are planted in full sun. They do wilt and crisp if they don't get
the water they want, so you are definitely providing the necessities.

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "A A HODGES" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Monday, June 06, 2005 12:32 AM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides


> Kitty, What were you doing on the roof?
>
> The bed sounds fantastic, not like a mish-mash, or either a very pretty
> mish-mash. ALL of my beds are like that. I love Cordyline. I have two
green
> ones that have turned into small shrubs, and bought a purple/red one from
> Plant Delights last summer. I thought it had croaked over the winter but
> it's coming back nicely.
>
> Wish I could grow Nasturtiums like you can. I love those, but they poop
out
> by now for us. Question, where do you have your Filipendula? I bought one
> this year from Spring Hill, just to try and it was cheap, since I'm
> concerned it might not like it here. It's in the sun, but in a very soggy
> bed. So far so good. It even bloomed! It's planted between two Pretoria
> Canna lilies and looks really good. I've always wanted one but was afraid
> it's too hot here or too something. It's one of those zones 3-8 plants
that
> are sometimes iffy here in the summer. Guess we'll see!
>
> Donna, sounds like you had a rather productive day to me. Just dealing
with
> my mom wears me out! YAY on the new furniture. Sounds like a great thing.
I
> love getting new stuff like that. Always make everything look between,
then
> of course if you're like me you have to rearrange the plants to suit the
> new stuff. :-D
> A
>
> Andrea H
> Beaufort, SC
>
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Date: 6/5/2005 9:53:04 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides
> >
> > Hot was right, Andrea.  I started at 7am with the roof, then coffee,
> cereal
> > about 8am.  Then I started working on my tenders bed, finished picking
out
> > samaras and then planted some Cordylines, Acalyphas, Osteospermum,
> Plumbago,
> > Muhlenbergia, and Penisetum.  It eventually got too hot - this bed is in
> sun
> > and we hit 90 degrees, so I stopped around 1:30, had lunch, ran some
> > errands.  I noticed that some plants like Filipendula, Oakleaf
Hydrangea,
> > and others were wilting, so emergency watered. About 4;30 I figured I
> could
> > handle some heat and went back to work on the tenders bed.  Then the
rain
> > rolled in.  Got a nice soaker that lasted a couple of hours.  I didn't
get
> > the bed mulched, but it still needs some plants that aren't quite ready
> yet.
> > I started them late.  I have 18 Nasturtium 'Empress of India' - 2.5 in
> > scarlet blooms against deep purplish green foliage.  I'm hoping they'll
> > spread out as sort of a ground cover among the other plants.  I also
have
> > several 4 foot burgundy sunflowers and some 4:00s.  I'm sure it sounds
> like
> > a mish mash, but I like it.  The connecting color is purple/red from the
> > fountain grass to the Cordylines to the Nasturtium leaves. With
Acalyphas
> > and Osteos for contrast.
> >
> > Kitty
> > neIN, Z5
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "A A HODGES" <hodgesaa@earthlink.net>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 12:58 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides
> >
> >
> > > Yep Kitty, back to the garden. Took the dogs to the beach this
morning,
> > > gave them a bath when we got back, then out to mow. Had to come in to
> get
> > > some water. It is HOT HOT HOT out there. Thought I was going to pass
out
> > > for a minute. Guess I'll be mowing in increments. I've GOT to get it
all
> > > done though before we get more rain. It's hard to mow now it's so tall
> and
> > > the mower is set up high as well. So, guess I'll mow and work on my
tan.
> > > YES Donna, I have on my 30 sun block. 45 in case I start to burn. ;-)
> > > A
> > >
> > >
> > > Andrea H
> > > Beaufort, SC
> > >
> > >
> > > > [Original Message]
> > > > From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > Date: 6/5/2005 10:44:01 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides
> > > >
> > > > > Just got back from the beach with two bags of shells for the walk.
> > > >
> > > > I just got off the roof with 4 bags of maple samaras from the
gutters.
> > > >
> > > > > I guess it's back to the garden today.
> > > >
> > > > We are stardust, we are golden
> > > > And we got to get ourselves back to the gaaaaardennnnnnnnnnnnn.
> > > >
> > > > Kitty
> > > > neIN, Z5
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > > From: "james singer" <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > > > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2005 7:32 AM
> > > > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Spray & Tides
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > Just got back from the beach with two bags of shells for the walk.
A
> > > > > look at the Gulf satellite seems to show that the storm stream out
> of
> > > > > the western Caribbean has shifted to the south and is now headed
for
> > > > > the Keys and Miami, so maybe it'll go out to sea rather than up
the
> > > > > coast. And local radar shows no rain for 100 miles headed our
way...
> > so
> > > > > I guess it's back to the garden today. Maybe I'll get the fig
trees
> > > > > planted after all.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Jun 5, 2005, at 8:08 AM, A A HODGES wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Jim, did you make it to the beach? I did, for the first time
this
> > > year.
> > > > > > Spent a couple hours lounging and working on my tan. It was the
> > first
> > > > > > day
> > > > > > we had seen much sun in over a week. Now this morning it's
> > completely
> > > > > > cloudy again. My yard looks like a jungle.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > DID get the tomato seeds! THANK YOU! I'll plant them today.
> > Hopefully
> > > > > > they
> > > > > > won't drown before they can sprout......
> > > > > > A
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Andrea H
> > > > > > Beaufort, SC
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >> [Original Message]
> > > > > >> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> > > > > >> To: Garden Chat <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > > > > >> Date: 6/4/2005 3:17:10 PM
> > > > > >> Subject: [CHAT] Spray & Tides
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Mixed up a batch of volck horticultural oil spray and sprayed
the
> > > > > >> medjool date palms. They have scale. As soon as I finished
> > spraying,
> > > > > >> however, it started to rain again. Oh well... spray them again
if
> > the
> > > > > >> rain ever stops. In the last 5 days we have had more rain than
we
> > > > > >> normally get during the whole month of June. And it's still
> coming.
> > > > > >> It's kind of scary [not to mention tedious] to look at the Gulf
> of
> > > > > >> Mexico satellite--big storms streaming out of the western
> > Caribbean,
> > > > > >> across the Caymans and Cuba, and aiming right at us.
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Also thinking about going to the beach in the morning, weather
> > > > > >> permitting. We wanted to be sure we went as at close to low
tide
> as
> > > we
> > > > > >> could, so I had to find a site that posted tide time tables.
> Google
> > > > > >> found this University of South Carolina site that is really
> > > > > >> cool--http://tinyurl.com/asodd
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >>
> > > > > >> Island Jim
> > > > > >> Southwest Florida
> > > > > >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > > > > >> Hardiness Zone 10
> > > > > >> Heat Zone 10
> > > > > >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > > > > >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> > > > > >>
> > > > >
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> > > > > Island Jim
> > > > > Southwest Florida
> > > > > 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> > > > > Hardiness Zone 10
> > > > > Heat Zone 10
> > > > > Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> > > > > Maximum 100 F [38 C]
> > > > >
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