Re: Spray & Tides

Wilt is not always a sign of thirst. Sometimes it is simply heat fatigue. Once the sun goes down and/or the temps drop, they are back to looking normal.


On Jun 6, 2005, at 11:43 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing Center wrote:

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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