Re: Weekend plants and stuff

Yeah, I remember most of it.  But I fear the day that Donna's mother brings
her friend's grandkids to visit.  I'm pretty sure I could find everything,
but you don't know until you have to.  And I don't know if I could
differentiate between Heuchera Crown Jewels and H. Silver Scrolls. As to the
items I no longer have, I think I can remember most.  Sort of fun though to
see the list grow, that is, when I remember to put the plants on the list!

Kitty

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:47 PM
Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff


> Bet it is. I kept written track for a number of years... sorta lost
> interest. Have to rely on my memory [HA HA HA] about some stuff, but
> mostly--even at my advanced age--I remember what worked, what didn't,
> and what, while working, turned out to be a pain in the butt.
>
>
> On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 06:55 PM, Kitty wrote:
>
> > Well, that's double what I have and since you do containers and
> > epiphytes,
> > it's way more than I could have.  Since I started 15 yrs ago I've kept
> > a
> > running list of almost everything I've tried.  Of course I don't still
> > have
> > half of them, it's interesting to brouse the list of what I've tried.
> >
> > Kitty
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> > To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> > Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 5:17 PM
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff
> >
> >
> >> Well, Kitty... the plantation is really just 120 feet by 120 feet. But
> >> it is jam-packed, except for some areas that we can't decide about. As
> >> I've said before, our interest is specimen, not garden. So it's
> >> something of a hodge-podge. But if you want to see subtropical stuff,
> >> this may be a place to start.
> >>
> >> On Sunday, May 23, 2004, at 06:08 PM, Kitty wrote:
> >>
> >>> And I'm sure I've forgotten something
> >>> Jim, your place, as large as it is, must be simply jam-packed.  I
> >>> don't know
> >>> how you keep track of it all.  Do you keep a plant list?
> >>>
> >>> Kitty
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>> Sent: Sunday, May 23, 2004 4:27 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Hi, Andrea. I have a fantastic rex escargot in a hanging basket on
> >>>> the
> >>>> veranda. Needs to be re-potted. I don't know the maple-leaf one.
> >>>> Got a
> >>>> picture? I also have a non-rex that is curled like an escargot; it's
> >>>> called a "pig's ear." I don't know why.
> >>>>
> >>>> The last plant sale we went to at University of South Florida, we
> >>>> had
> >>>> a
> >>>> nice chat with their begonia curator and ended up buying a B.
> >>>> aconitifolia that had been damaged [knocked off the table]. It's a
> >>>> large cane angelwing. Well, when we got it home we stashed it on the
> >>>> front patio and forgot about it. Ms. Fatma found it again yesterday.
> >>>> It
> >>>> has completely recovered from its misfortune and looks great. So we
> >>>> re-potted it. Also re-potted some dracaenas and a clump of bamboo
> >>>> palms
> >>>> that we raised from seeds; we planted the seeds 3 year ago and the
> >>>> palms are now 6 to 7 feet tall.
> >>>>
> >>>> All the begonias here at the plantation--and there are lots and lots
> >>>> of
> >>>> them--are blooming now, although some, such as the five or six
> >>>> dragon
> >>>> wings, bloom all year. And the caladiums are risen. It is really
> >>>> satisfying to see a large pink leaf poke its way up through a fern
> >>>> bed
> >>>> and unfurl.
> >>>>
> >>>> Lots of other stuff blooming--jatrophas [four species],
> >>>> bougainvilleas
> >>>> [three or four varieties], gerberas, gardenias, orange jasmine,
> >>>> confederate jasmine, allamandas, rubber vines, hibiscus, turks caps,
> >>>> Mexican petunias, non-Mexican petunias, crossandra, orchids and
> >>>> ground
> >>>> orchids, oleanders, crowns of thorns in all colors, desert roses in
> >>>> a
> >>>> bunch of colors, roses [we have two--a sorry red tea and a yellow
> >>>> miniature]. And I'm sure I've forgotten something.
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> On Saturday, May 22, 2004, at 10:37 PM, Andrea H wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> Jim, do you have the Escargot and Maple Leaf begonias?  If not, I
> >>>>> must
> >>>>> send
> >>>>> you some cuttings.
> >>>>> A
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Andrea H
> >>>>> Beaufort, SC
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> ----- Original Message -----
> >>>>> From: "james singer" <jsinger@igc.org>
> >>>>> To: "Chat" <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >>>>> Sent: Saturday, May 22, 2004 2:00 PM
> >>>>> Subject: [CHAT] Weekend plants and stuff
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>> I found one pod on my Hong Kong orchid tree a few weeks ago that
> >>>>>> seemed
> >>>>>> to have viable seeds in it. All the flowers--and there are
> >>>>>> hundreds
> >>>>>> of
> >>>>>> them every year--set pods but usually the pods are empty. Anyway,
> >>>>>> I
> >>>>>> dried this pod and I noticed yesterday that it had split open
> >>>>>> [they
> >>>>>> twist as they split open, like a wisteria pod--probably to
> >>>>>> dislodge
> >>>>>> the
> >>>>>> seeds].
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> It had seven seeds, which I planted in a Jiffy pack today with a
> >>>>>> single
> >>>>>> miracle fruit seed. Don't know if the miracle fruit seed will
> >>>>>> hatch;
> >>>>>> it's been sitting on my desk for a week and I think they're
> >>>>>> supposed
> >>>>>> to
> >>>>>> be planted fresh.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Then I planted another Jiffy pack with custard apple [Annona
> >>>>>> reticulata] seeds. A woman who works with Ms. Fatma has given us
> >>>>>> several custard apples, also called bullock's heart and Jamaican
> >>>>>> apple,
> >>>>>> from her tree. This last time I save a dozen segments and this
> >>>>>> morning
> >>>>>> I plucked the seeds from the saved segments. They are also
> >>>>>> supposed
> >>>>>> to
> >>>>>> be planted fresh.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> They are a very interesting fruit. They are about the size of a
> >>>>>> bullock's heart and filled with many clearly defined, easily
> >>>>>> separated
> >>>>>> segments, each about the size of a clementine segment, with a
> >>>>>> single
> >>>>>> small torpedo-shaped seed in the center. I should add that the
> >>>>>> membrane
> >>>>>> the encloses each segment is not at all noticeable the way they
> >>>>>> membrane that encloses a clementine segment is.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Then I potted up some rooted cuttings of Mexican petunias [Ruellia
> >>>>>> brittoniana] and re-potted two golden barrel cactuses. Very
> >>>>>> carefully,
> >>>>>> I might add.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> I refreshed the cutting box where the Mexican petunias had been
> >>>>>> and
> >>>>>> started a whole bunch of new cuttings--three kinds of begonias
> >>>>>> [including one small angelwing that Ceres sent to me a year or two
> >>>>>> ago]
> >>>>>> and several cuttings of rubber vine [Cryptostegia grandiflora].
> >>>>>> It's
> >>>>>> called rubber vine because it has a sticky, latex-like sap.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> Island Jim
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