davidwood
David In Nha Trang Vietnam
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« Reply #15 on: February 04, 2013, 02:20:36 AM » |
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You wont go far wrong with Cranberry Muffin Darren, its a great cv. Like you Cosmic Gold is probably my most consistent bloomer, the only problem I have with it is it attracts this horrible greedy beetle, it will sometimes attack Samba Dancer which has a similar gold color but leaves everything else alone.
Peppermint Drop puts out a lot of blooms for a month or so and then rests for that amount of time, great when its blooming though.
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farmer d
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« Reply #16 on: February 04, 2013, 07:09:42 PM » |
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Nice blooms there David - I must say I have been surprised with my High Voltage plant. For having it now for almost 3 years it has not grown nearly as robustly as the other original hibiscus I got at the same time. It was a super tiny 4" when I got it but the growth rate is not nearly that of Charlie's creations. Maybe with the new soil regime here it will do better going forward. Either way it's blooms are just fabulous as shown in your photo David.
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farmer d
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« Reply #17 on: February 04, 2013, 07:14:49 PM » |
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So many of my blooms look the same - winter dulling all the colors.
This is what happens when you move a plant 6" in an effort to give it's neighbor room to grow. Now it's a waiting game to see if and when she'll come back (late May is my guess).
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davidwood
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« Reply #18 on: February 04, 2013, 08:12:05 PM » |
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Darren HV is by far the smallest of all my cv's, maybe thats just how it is.
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« Reply #19 on: February 04, 2013, 08:27:04 PM » |
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Darren, I know what you mean about those winter colors. My Palm Springs looks just like yours and nothing like its spring or summer colors. So many seem to revert to a plainer type in winter. I guess in math or statistics we would call it reversion to the mean. I wonder if some of this is due to our plants being outdoors in the cooler weather. I would be interested to know if those with indoor or greenhouse plants have the same experience.
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« Reply #20 on: February 04, 2013, 08:29:41 PM » |
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A few more from today: Pepper Spray, Cindy's Heart, and Cherry Glow.
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farmer d
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« Reply #21 on: February 05, 2013, 08:44:09 PM » |
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Darren, I know what you mean about those winter colors. My Palm Springs looks just like yours and nothing like its spring or summer colors. So many seem to revert to a plainer type in winter. I guess in math or statistics we would call it reversion to the mean. I wonder if some of this is due to our plants being outdoors in the cooler weather. I would be interested to know if those with indoor or greenhouse plants have the same experience.
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From what I've seen from the HVH online store pics many times there is a cool weather look pic along with warm weather pics which to me means that the temps and/or amount of sunlight fluctuates enough in the greenhouse through out the year to produce the color changes. Of course it is much more pronounced outdoors. In my mind we are at the northern most latitudes that one can grow hibiscus outdoors and just by a hair too. You and I are fortunate to live close enough to the ocean where the night time winter temps rarely get below freezing. Go into those interior valleys just on the other side of one set of small mountains (barely 5 miles) and it is a real challenge in winter. One thing that really surprised me this past fall was how my bloom colors started to change before the weather turned cold. I kind of thought the amount of sun light is not as much of a factor since the hibiscus seem to prefer dappled sunlight. Maybe they still need more hours of indirect sunlight and if not enough that starts to also aid in the changing of coloration too? Farmer D |
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« Reply #22 on: February 06, 2013, 03:36:50 PM » |
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Darren, some good observations and questions on winter colors. I have a vague memory from biology class many years ago that certain plant hormone secretions are directly related to the number of hours of daylight. I would be interested to hear from Chris or Charlie or anyone else more botanical knowledge than I have what factors affect coloration.
Some of today's blooms: Titian Venus, Silver Dragon, Acapulco Gold, Love Story, and Velvet Illusion.
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« Reply #23 on: February 06, 2013, 03:40:04 PM » |
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A few more
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« Reply #24 on: February 07, 2013, 11:05:23 AM » |
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Darren, I hope your CH makes a fast recovery.
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I wasn't born in Texas, but I got here as fast as I could.
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farmer d
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« Reply #25 on: February 07, 2013, 06:41:40 PM » |
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Thanks John - I'm hoping for a surprise bounce back but probably against the odds...
I saw this wonderful display off of facebook today - go Ukraine!
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« Reply #26 on: February 07, 2013, 06:45:38 PM » |
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Had quads today on Valentines Day...
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« Reply #27 on: February 08, 2013, 02:53:48 AM » |
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I saw this wonderful display off of facebook today - go Ukraine!
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Darren, I'm not sure that this one is from Ukraine... |
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« Reply #28 on: February 08, 2013, 05:31:07 AM » |
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Good catch Aleksandr - I didn't see this was a repost of one of Jordan's pic actually. Either way very nice!
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« Reply #29 on: February 08, 2013, 06:30:57 AM » |
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Yes, bush is very very nice!!! Don't be disappointed that this bush is not from Ukraine, I will try to make good shots this summer to promote my country (Ukraine)  |
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