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« on: February 02, 2010, 05:11:14 PM » |
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Saffron today  |
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Charlie
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2010, 08:37:26 PM » |
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Glowing! Its going to give Electric Orange a run for the money if you ever grow that one, too.
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2010, 10:27:45 PM » |
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Yah Charlie, my Saffron blooms are very very bright! I cant imagine EO being brighter!
I remember seeing a CV "Spotted Pony" which was Saffron x Some like it Hot in your newsletter a while back. It looks like that is another bright orange with a white eye that Saffron produced?
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Charlie
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« Reply #3 on: February 04, 2010, 07:35:27 AM » |
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Spotted Pony is also very bright and with the white eye but has the added feature of yellow spots that it got from Some Like It Hot. These are fairly big spots and not too many of them so it does not look the same as some of those that have lots of smaller yellow spots. Spotted Pony is a little behind in production but is coming either later this year or next spring. Photo of a pair of them blooming last summer is below.
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« Reply #4 on: February 04, 2010, 10:28:31 AM » |
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Does spotted pony show its spots all year or is it a summer time thing like many other CVs?
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Jon
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« Reply #5 on: February 04, 2010, 04:30:11 PM » |
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Hibiscus planted 50 years ago
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« Reply #6 on: February 04, 2010, 04:34:39 PM » |
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A pic of the trunk
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« Reply #7 on: February 04, 2010, 04:39:15 PM » |
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The bloom
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« Reply #8 on: February 04, 2010, 08:22:51 PM » |
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Who can name Jon's pink bloom? It's common around San Diego County. I saw one once at a home in Venice that had been trained tree style but after 50 plus years was big enough so you could stand under its lowest branches. I didn't even notice it was a hibiscus at first until I saw flowers up above me.
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« Reply #9 on: February 04, 2010, 08:24:30 PM » |
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Chris, I don't know about Spotted Pony in winter. By then all the plants were cut back for wood and no blooms at all since fall. In an indoor house environment like where you would grow it, and with good sunshine through the window, I would expect it to have spots but we won't know til we try.
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helixturnhelix
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« Reply #10 on: February 04, 2010, 09:12:40 PM » |
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My guess is it is "lipstick" I remember seeing a bunch of those in So Cal  I would like to see if Spotted Pony shows it spots in the house. I really like the bloom, but I tend to like bright colors |
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Jon
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« Reply #11 on: February 05, 2010, 08:15:03 AM » |
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Lipstick would be my guess too Chris.
The owner said that he has never fertilized it and that he only prunes the top off once in a while. He said that it had been planted 56 years ago.
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« Reply #12 on: February 05, 2010, 11:41:52 AM » |
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 I have this same hibiscus...it is lipstick...mine is about 15 years old...my gardener keeps it trimmed into a tree...no blooms right now but in spring it will be covered in pink blooms....and I never feed it
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« Reply #13 on: February 06, 2010, 12:15:59 PM » |
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Lipstick it is! Nice tree you have there!!
Charlie
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« Reply #14 on: February 08, 2010, 01:38:00 PM » |
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:)this city slicker bloom opened today.....
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