Re: I thought

Yes, I harvest the seed pods and grow new ones to give to people or fill up
the occasional hole in the beds.

On 10/11/09, Jesse Bell <justjess01@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Bringing my plants indoors today.  It is COLD.  36 degrees this
> morning.  GROSS.  My jade tree has produced so MANY offspring, and I
> have 4-5 large pots of them, and two pots of young startings.  Gotta
> find homes for them all.  My hib from David and another hib that I
> bought are being brought in.  My starfish cactus that Jim gave me
> (that bloomed four times this summer) is being brought in.  My pencil
> cactus and chicks and hens are coming in too.  I know you can leave
> the chicks and hens out there, but I put them in a shallow terra cotta
> pot and I'm not sure they could take the winter here.  I think we are
> going to have a bad one.
> Pam, that Texas Star Hibiscus that you gave me looks like it has seed
> pods on them?  Is that right?  This is the first year they have
> bloomed, and they are beautiful.  I'm gathering my datura seeds and
> marigold seeds, as well as my moon flower.  Gonna TRY to get out there
> and gather some zinnia seeds if time permits.
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 11, 2009 at 10:30 AM, BONNIE_HOLMES
> <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
> > Oh, I hadn't thought about our legacy plants...we have two from my
> > husband's mother, another started the first year we were married, a tree
> > grown from a plant my father & mom had in their GA home. We just redid
> > our wills and never thought about the plants.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com
> > To: gardenchat@hort.net
> > Sent: Saturday, October 10, 2009 9:56:15 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern
> > Subject: Re: [CHAT] I thought
> >
> > Frost possible here tonight, but I think we'll miss it tonight.
> > Trees are turning - dogwoods have been turning for a month,
> > but others are bright now. I've found new homes for most of
> > my large potted plants - we just can't handle them any longer.
> > I had a camellia that I grew from seed my father sent me before
> > he died in 1980. He had a large collection of camellias in Alabama.
> > He said this might be something special - I never got to discuss it
> > with him, but it seems to have a drooping habit - branches curve
> > down and the plant is compact. Anyway, I gave it to a friend who
> > has a conservatory. I gave my large jade plant that was given to
> > me by a late District Director in 1988 when she moved to Calif. to
> > the mansion house at Lasdon Park & Arboretum. They have taken
> > a couple of my large plants before. Since that is the office of the
> > FGCNYS District, it seemed appropriate to give it to them. I have
> > offered a large Sprengerei (sp.?) that I grew from seed a number of
> > years ago to a neighbor. She hasn't picked it up yet, but that's more
> > nearly hardy to a light frost than other things. I hate to see my
> > container plantings go, but that's what happens this time of year.
> > At least I found good homes for some of them.
> > Auralie
> >
> >
> > In a message dated 10/10/2009 8:00:41 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> > gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:
> >
> > Had our first frost last night and another expected tonight. Sigh, winter
> > is
> > coming! The trees just started to turn in the last 48 hours. Crazy
> > weather.
> >
> > Planned on putting away all the summer things but due to the rain all
> week,
> > it
> > is just too wet. Maybe tomorrow. So instead I slept all day, no
> > motivation.
> > DH has a bad cold so I am hoping I am not coming down with it.
> >
> > Donna
> >
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 10/10/09, james singer <inlandjim1@q.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > my email was broken, it's been so quiet. But it's not I guess. Supposed
> to
> > get
> > down to 28 tonight. Brrr. Had to put the lemon and lime in their little
> > greenhouse and crank up the humidifier--we use the humidifier to heat the
> > greenhouse. It seems to work... at least it did last year through
> > subfreezing
> > temps and light snow storms. Trees, maples anyway, are starting turn;
> > dogwood's been red for a month or so--first breezy day and it'll likely
> be a
> > hatrack. Interesting thing about the maples: one across the circle died
> not
> > too long after it leafed out in spring; now the neighbors have one that
> > looks
> > like tapiola.
> >
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> Jesse R. Bell
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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