Re: hibiscus- YO Dave!

Amen to that Auralie.  You are needed and appreciated here lady.

On 9/10/08, Donna <gossiper@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Wish I was closer so I could help get that family plant in for the winter.
> Mine probably in similar shape but much smaller.  Looks terrible.
>
> I just think it might be best to mine out of it's misery.  Although
> propagation is probably illegal or something, I bought one plant and am
> trying
> to retain just one plant, so I will fight the plant police if necessary.
> LOL!
>
> And Auralie, about that last comment... don't even think about it- we need
> you
> here to give those comments of wisdom and reality.
>
> Donna
>
>
>
>
> --- On Tue, 9/9/08, Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com> wrote:
>
> From: Aplfgcnys@aol.com <Aplfgcnys@aol.com>
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] hibiscus- YO Dave!
> To: gardenchat@hort.net
> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 8:50 PM
>
> Not one of David's fancy ones, but one that the tree crashed down
> upon last summer. It was a very old plant, and the crash split it
> down the middle. I was about to throw it out, but it seemed to have
> life.  I repotted it and brought it in for the winter. This spring, it had
> a bit of new growth but not much. I took the pot outside and planted
> caladium bulbs in it but left the pitiful-looking stub of the old plant in
> the pot.  By the end of the summer it has a bunch of shoots about
> a foot high, but has not sent up anything like the previous plant.  I
> just can't discard a plant that is trying so hard to live - after all, this
> plant had been part of the family for some fifteen or more years - but
> I don't know if it's worth hauling in again.  I know I will if I can
> get
> someone to do it - we're getting too old and feeble to move the big
> pots in and out each year - but somehow I don't think this one is
> going to make another winter - nor may I.
> Auralie
>
> In a message dated 9/9/2008 9:08:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
> gossiper@sbcglobal.net writes:
>
> Yo David!... or anyone.
>
> I have one of Davids fancy hibiscus that has been put thru the storm ringer
> of
> life.  Poles crashed on it in storms and various incidents throughout the
> last
> couple of years.  Although it is alive, it looks terrible in form and has
> many
> areas that could easily be attacked by insects etc. I don't see an easy way
> to
> prune it to make it look like a plant again.
>
> So... I was thinking of attempting to start another plant and let nature
> takes
> it course with the original plant.
>
> So.... how do I do that with the best results?  Do I have to wait till next
> spring?
>
>
>
>
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
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