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« Reply #15 on: August 02, 2010, 08:02:46 PM » |
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Great pics Ian! How do you overwinter your plants? Green house or do you make your house into a jungle  |
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« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2010, 03:17:40 AM » |
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Great pics Ian! How do you overwinter your plants? Green house or do you make your house into a jungle Our house becomes a jungle! LOL And we also have a large collection of cacti and the wife has started collecting Oleanders! It becomes a sort of tropical refuge indoors in contrast to the miserable winters we have outdoors. We are considering a greenhouse but even if we had one it would just be a season extender, not year round, as it would be too expensive to heat in our coldest months. Ian |
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« Reply #17 on: August 03, 2010, 07:18:44 AM » |
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LOL yes! Do you have overcast winters Ian? How much do your plants still bloom in the winter? In colorado this last year we had pretty sunny winters, so blooming was good. I am curious as to how places with more overcast days fare.
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Pachrian
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« Reply #18 on: August 03, 2010, 08:51:58 AM » |
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I was really interested in Uli's P's Purple. Looks way more pink than mine. Both my P's Purple and Soft Spot look a grey color and very similar.
Ian
Ian, the pics you see above were shot right at opening. P's Purple changes its color to a more soft, silvery lavender soon after. Does it not open like this for you? I took 2 pics of the same blooms this morning...is that more like what you get? |
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« Reply #19 on: August 03, 2010, 11:39:31 AM » |
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Pachrian I wanted to answer your Wild dream question PS Sorry I have been MIA
Charlie I need to send you some seeds so they wont go bad
anyways Pachrian if you do search in the forum of Wild dream you should be able to see pictures of my plant. I have gotten a range of colors and blooms. Some being not as speckled and almost all magentia color. I also gotten a bloom that was pale. That last pic was the best bloom I have seen IMO. I have another bloom coming out tomorrow. The 2 blooms I just had last for 3 days.
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« Reply #20 on: August 03, 2010, 12:04:56 PM » |
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Kerry, these other pics just confirming it for me...another one for the wish list. Gorgeous shots! Thanks  |
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« Reply #21 on: August 03, 2010, 04:00:02 PM » |
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BEAUTIFULL PHOTOS EVERYBODY...I REALLY LOVE MAGIC CARPET RIDE..HERE ARE SOME OF MY BLOOMS...  ..LYNETTE |
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« Reply #22 on: August 03, 2010, 04:02:03 PM » |
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AND A COUPLE MORE..  |
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« Reply #23 on: August 03, 2010, 06:32:41 PM » |
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LOL yes! Do you have overcast winters Ian? How much do your plants still bloom in the winter? In colorado this last year we had pretty sunny winters, so blooming was good. I am curious as to how places with more overcast days fare.
Yes, definitely overcast winters here! If I keep plants in a good sunny window blooming slows to a crawl around Christmas when the days are the shortest but picks up again in a month or two. Last year we ran out of windows for all the plants so there was very little blooming. This year we will experiment with artificial lighting. Ian |
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« Reply #24 on: August 03, 2010, 06:36:21 PM » |
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BEAUTIFULL PHOTOS EVERYBODY...I REALLY LOVE MAGIC CARPET RIDE..HERE ARE SOME OF MY BLOOMS... ..LYNETTE I really like your Flash Dancer!. Can't wait for mine to bloom too!!! Ian |
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« Reply #25 on: August 03, 2010, 06:40:54 PM » |
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Simple Pleasures
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« Reply #26 on: August 03, 2010, 06:53:36 PM » |
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I LOVE YOUR ERIN RACHEL!....I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE ONE , BUT I DONT THINK CHARLIE HAS HER ANYMORE...DO YOU CHARLIE???/ ...LYNETTE |
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« Reply #27 on: August 03, 2010, 09:53:59 PM » |
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Great pics by everyone. I shouldn't look at this forum any more since I usually end up adding more to my wish list. My first bloom on Cindy's Heart in June before the spider mites hit is the first pic.
Then a few from yesterday: High Voltage, Surf City, Erin Rachael, and Torch Song.
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« Reply #28 on: August 03, 2010, 10:18:07 PM » |
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A few more from earlier this summer. I never got around to posting these. Rockets Red Glare also now battling spider mites, Mystery mislabeled plant from last year, Fantasy Charm, Voodoo Magic, and the first bloom on a then new Strawberry Cream.
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« Reply #29 on: August 04, 2010, 05:42:49 AM » |
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Lynette, I do still grow Erin Rachel. Cindy loves the flower color but unfortunately the older bushes do not provide much wood for propagation. If I find good wood this summer I will grow more plants of it. Simple Pleasures is more my kind of plant - fast growing, lots of branches and buds on all, and very reliable. Thanks to DavidZ for photos of both. I love the photo of Confection Perfection - looks good enough to eat....
Dave, that's the most different Cindy's Heart bloom I've seen. It's showing far more white than usual, makes me wonder why. I suppose it's the high desert heat and dryness. How much shade is it in? It's still very pretty but I'm just used to seeing it with more bright pink. The Strawberry Cream looks big in this photo. Did you feel the texture of the flower? It's much like Byron Metts, very substantial. Larger plants of Strawberry Cream make absolutely huge flowers, should rival Fantasy Charm for biggest bloom in the house!
Ian, P's Purple is always more lavender around here. Local conditions affect hibiscus a lot as you know but I cannot account for the difference in color. Possibly it's a light thing in this case. I look forward to seeing how your experiments with indoor lights go this winter.
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