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« Reply #255 on: November 27, 2011, 03:30:16 PM » |
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Darren- Prosperity just never quits, does it!? And your Valentine's Day pictures have been making that one inch it's way up on my want list!! High Voltage is such a fun one. It has so many different looks, and they are all pretty!
Yeah Prosperity is just an amazing CV. The bush is incredible in every way. The blooms are very strong and long lasting as well as beautiful. If you get this one put it in a stand out spot because it will for sure be a star. VD is also an amazing CV. Not only is it very floriferous but it really grows as wide as it does tall, maybe even more so by width. The blooms are very sensitive to temperature changes so they always look different any given day. Winter is when they really look magical with so many deep and rich colors. Easy to grow plant with tons of vigor. I got two so what else can I say? Farmer D |
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« Reply #256 on: November 27, 2011, 03:41:34 PM » |
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Chris your Baby Mia looks great!!!
Here are today's blooms...
Living Legend twins, another very dark Black Dream and Acapulco Gold is going white like it did last winter. Really pretty soft colors but the blooms are still big.
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« Reply #257 on: November 27, 2011, 03:43:21 PM » |
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« Reply #258 on: November 27, 2011, 03:50:50 PM » |
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David your comparison pics of Bridal Path gave me an interesting idea. I saw on the BP thread a pic of my north planter from late April. Here is that pic with one from today so we can all see what 7 months of growth looks like for this group of now almost 2 yr old CVs. I am amazed at how much growth there is and underestimated what these plants can do. Sensational job Charlie on creating such vigorous & pretty plants. April 23, 2011  Nov 27, 2011  Rt to Lft: Scarlet Beauty, Rainbow Sherbet, Bonnie Lass, Chariots of Fire, Flickering Flame, Bridal Path and Sea of Tranquility deep within the shadows. Farmer D |
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« Reply #259 on: November 27, 2011, 05:54:36 PM » |
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Very nice, Lou. I still like the first one you showed a couple of weeks ago with the very large dark eye but the third is also quite appealing.
Charlie
hi charlie, thanks, its exciting to see something new. i have many more crosses that should bloom within the new few months. i have a cross between wild grape and purple magic that should bloom in a week or so. i have a lot of the same crosses and they all have really nice compact bushes like cosmic gold and wild grape. louis |
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« Reply #260 on: November 28, 2011, 11:15:15 AM » |
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Darren, that is such a great comparison shot. Real easy to understand your garden more. And it is soooo awesome to see the growth you got this summer! GREAT JOB!
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« Reply #261 on: November 28, 2011, 06:07:02 PM » |
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Thanks Kristen for the compliment. I guess you don't see the progress sometimes as much as it really is when you are doing it daily. Nice to step back and see it from two far apart time points.
Also for a reference point the tallest bush (COF) is 5 feet tall exactly.
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« Reply #262 on: November 28, 2011, 06:16:15 PM » |
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Alright, today some more really nice blooms... Bridal Path #2 along with the 4 day old bloom. Miss Congeniality's first bloom in 2 months (mini) and after a big time pruning. Acapulco Gold is just amazing, 7 blooms open currently and the amount of new branching going on is beyond what I was hoping for. Chris I know you wanted me to prune it but man it is branching now as if I had. Again it really responds to the Supernova spraying which I still do almost daily on all CVs. Super pretty Rise and Shine...same orangy brown highlights like Bon Temps  AG gaining in the width dept  Farmer D |
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« Reply #263 on: November 28, 2011, 06:20:26 PM » |
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« Reply #264 on: November 28, 2011, 06:23:16 PM » |
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« Reply #265 on: November 28, 2011, 07:35:46 PM » |
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Darren, great photos of your many blooms as usual but the before and after of your bushes is absolutely incredible. Tremendous growth in just a few months time. How much Supernova do you mix in your sprayer?
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« Reply #266 on: November 28, 2011, 08:01:51 PM » |
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Yeah Prosperity is just an amazing CV. The bush is incredible in every way. The blooms are very strong and long lasting as well as beautiful. If you get this one put it in a stand out spot because it will for sure be a star.
VD is also an amazing CV. Not only is it very floriferous but it really grows as wide as it does tall, maybe even more so by width. The blooms are very sensitive to temperature changes so they always look different any given day. Winter is when they really look magical with so many deep and rich colors. Easy to grow plant with tons of vigor. I got two so what else can I say?
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« Reply #267 on: November 29, 2011, 04:42:12 PM » |
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Darren, great photos of your many blooms as usual but the before and after of your bushes is absolutely incredible. Tremendous growth in just a few months time. How much Supernova do you mix in your sprayer?
Erny
Erny I do it the hard way. I use just a 32 oz hand pump sprayer mixed with one capful of Supernova. The reason I don't use a hose attached sprayer is I am really careful about getting the ground too wet here with my super wet clay soil. Especially now in winter I have two planters that never dry out and to add any additional water aside from rainfall is asking for fungus and overwatering issues for me. Also I can take my time and try to get the underside of leaves to get rid of spider mites too. I just adjust the spray to more of a stream. I really drench the plants, trunk, branches, stems, leaves - everything but open blooms. I spray them till the are dripping which is kind of like a light watering in winter. One big downside with 70+ plants is that I go through a sprayer in less than a week as they wear out fast (cheap things of plastic only cost about $4 each). I tried the expensive ones that say they last but ended being just as bad. Getting close to 2 hours for each spray session and I have to wait for the morning dew to evaporate before spraying. I try to do it on dry days when the temps are at least 65F or higher. Can't do it too late in the day or some leaves stay wet overnight and then those lovely black fungus spots appear on the leaves. Hope it helps - as you've seen the results are pretty good so far. Farmer D |
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« Reply #268 on: November 29, 2011, 04:52:40 PM » |
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Wow today is a parade of blooms...I don't know how long this will last as they are now predicting our first Santa Ana wind event on Thursday and it is supposed to be a really bad one. At least it isn't a cold wind event, but the dry wind is not good obviously. I'll be staking some plants today especially Acapulco Gold. A couple of stunners today that haven't yet bloomed too much... Also Black Dream opened 12 blooms today - all super dark and waxy looking. Raging Bull - an amazing deep burgundy with the white eye - very nice!  Sunrise Dance - Lynette had such a colorful one a week or two ago too  Farmer D |
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« Reply #269 on: November 29, 2011, 04:56:17 PM » |
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