Re: great photos
> but no photos. What search engines do you recommend for plant photos?
[to the list -- sorry about the personal tone of the response, but I
thought others might be interested in certain aspects]
I usually use Google and just type the full plant name in quotes, i.e.
"Syringa laciniata"
If it's a cultivar, I find it's best to AND the cultivar name, such as
"Campanula punctata" AND "Cherry Bells"
Most of the traffic to the hort.net image gallery comes from Google instead
of other search engines, so I suppose most people are finding Google to be
more successful.
> Also, I love your own photos; the campanula takesima was
> breathtaking.
Thank you! If they keep growing like that, I may have to offload some
onto Urbana residents next year... Know anyone who might be interested?
:)
> I find I cannot, however, use the "save" to put them in a file
> for enjoying on my Mac desktop later--is this part of your copyright
> protection (if so, I respect that)?
There are still ways to do it, but I've tried to protect myself against
casual use of the images. All of them have digital watermarks, but I
block most people's attempts to save on their desktops or to "inline"
the images into their own Web pages (yup, people have tried that).
If you still want one for your desktop, let me know and I'll send you
one. :) By the way, I'm also creating backgrounds for desktops.
They'll be available on hort.net soon.
> You got some great perennials. In my experience, that hardy begonia
> will spread in a moist shady spot, not invasive, just nicely reseeding over
> the years.
I bought two from Gene Bush this spring and gave one to my Mom. Now that
they're finally coming into their own I realize that we could both use
some more. They're really nice plants, though! I'm glad to hear about
the reseeding, too. :)
> Isn't the abutilon non-hardy? I have one in a container and I
> assumed that it was annual in our zone...
Yes, they're really tender perennials. I plan on storing it in my mud
room over the winter -- it doesn't get below 55 degrees in there. I
really fell in love with those blooms when I saw them at the MD greenhouses
a couple of years ago.
> I see also you got a new Schizophragma; did you ever have any luck
> with the ones that you and I and Frank mail ordered together a few years
> ago? Mine is growing, slowly for sure, but still there, yet no signs of
> blooms. I guess that, like the climbing hydrangea, it is slow to establish
> enough to bloom.
Mine keeps trying to grow along the ground into the neighbor's lawn. :)
I did lose one of the plants, but the other is still alive and happy.
I did note that about 2' of it is now firmly attached to the oak tree
at the bottom of my driveway, so hopefully it'll keep growing up now.
The 'Brookside Little Leaf' has *REALLY* small leaves, about the size of
a dime. It's really pretty cute. I only hope that the flowers are
diminuitive two, or else those 8" wide flowerheads are going to look
pretty darned ridiculous. :)
Chris
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