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Nievesgirl
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« on: October 05, 2009, 11:38:51 AM » |
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Does any one have experience with this CV?
How fast does this one grow ?
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Charlie
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« Reply #1 on: October 05, 2009, 07:30:15 PM » |
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Medium growth speed in my experience. It's a stout bush, strong and upright, not a wimpy or dainty thing as one might expect from the fancy flower. It will hold up well in a pot or in the ground. I recently sent someone a 6 inch pot with some buds - Chris or was it you, Kerry? I have 4 inch ones now, too, that have been shipping as of late. There aren't many in existence, fewer than 25 I think, but more in the future. I was glad to see that it continued to bloom during the summer heat this year, although smaller than usual.
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« Reply #2 on: October 05, 2009, 07:41:30 PM » |
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Nievesgirl
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« Reply #3 on: October 05, 2009, 08:39:28 PM » |
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Medium growth speed in my experience. It's a stout bush, strong and upright, not a wimpy or dainty thing as one might expect from the fancy flower. It will hold up well in a pot or in the ground. I recently sent someone a 6 inch pot with some buds - Chris or was it you, Kerry? I have 4 inch ones now, too, that have been shipping as of late. There aren't many in existence, fewer than 25 I think, but more in the future. I was glad to see that it continued to bloom during the summer heat this year, although smaller than usual.
Charlie
I missed the 6" but I did order a 4" so I can't wait to get it thanks for the extra info. |
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« Reply #4 on: October 07, 2009, 08:56:27 AM » |
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I told my self I would not buy any more uknown parent hibiscus , But when I was 16 I wanted this cv so badly lol. When i saw it available I was shocked because every time I look for it its never for sale. I hope it does good at ,my apt. ( you should expect some crosses with this one from me  ) This one reminds me of Amethyst heart In some pictures Except it has red eye and not purple. |
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« Reply #5 on: October 09, 2009, 10:57:14 PM » |
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I just got it today, upright bush, and buds. Is this a grafted variety? |
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« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2009, 08:51:41 AM » |
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Chris, your 6" pot of Haute Couture was grafted. This is one that can be done either way and seems to me to grow the same either way. Rooting it takes longer so I graft some instead of waiting the months it takes to actually root.
I wasn't sure which plant to have packed in your order and put both a grafted and an own root one side by side to compare. They were almost identical except that the grafted one had buds that looked like they would survive shipping. I'm glad to hear that they did. I am curious what type of flower will open in your indoor space this winter. I suspect HC will not have the yellow spots since it does not have them in our winter greenhouse but your apartment will stay warmer than the greenhouse at night so the flowers could be different than what I see here in winter.
Charlie
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« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2009, 10:08:25 AM » |
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Thats good to know about HC. The plant you sent is really great so thank you  The buds look like they are ok, but it will probably be a week until we are out of the clear. It came just in time too, I woke up this morning to an inch of snow on the ground, so I am glad it was sent out before the freezing weather. Funny enough next week will be in the mid sixties again, geez this place has werid weather. I currently have a sea of green, but I am hoping that I will be getting some blooms very soon and will post pics |
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« Reply #8 on: October 12, 2009, 03:49:00 AM » |
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Chris, I look forward to seeing your photos of the hibs in bloom. Maybe some with snow in the background! Cindy really misses the snow - her only view of it is on the distant mountain peaks we can see from our driveway. Visiting snow covered mountains is good enough for me but one day in the far future she thinks we might move to the mountains. When she says that I picture a log cabin with a big glass greenhouse attached!
Charlie
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« Reply #9 on: October 12, 2009, 03:04:56 PM » |
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Funny enough charlie, Time for magic was blooming when we had snow and i almost took the bloom outside to take a pic. I hope I can get my DB to bloom when there is snow, it would make a great holiday picture imo |
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« Reply #10 on: October 29, 2009, 04:49:59 PM » |
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Haute Couture is already buding !
I agree Charlie the speed of growth seems to be normal , I was not expecting it to bud this quickly.
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« Reply #11 on: October 30, 2009, 03:14:20 PM » |
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Good job, Kerry! Hopefully the flowers will be as full color as they are in summer. It's a special flower for me.
Charlie
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« Reply #12 on: November 07, 2009, 09:29:43 AM » |
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HAute Couture bloomed today! Very cool flower, I crossed it to Wild dream so well see what happens
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« Reply #13 on: November 07, 2009, 09:36:48 AM » |
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Lots of color in that bloom, Chris! The reds are emphasized as we would expect in winter. I was a little concerned that you might not get good color indoors but this bloom proves that idea wrong. Thanks for posting.
By the way, our next newsletter has an article that Cindy wrote about why flower colors change with the seasons. She uncovered some details that are new to me!
Charlie
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« Reply #14 on: November 07, 2009, 10:36:24 AM » |
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Hi Charlie, The bloom is very bold and vibrant! I didnt expect the colors to work together, but they do. The brown and light purple veins leading to red is something u need to see to truly appreciate. On the other hand my Wild Dream has been blooming in pastel colors flecked with white, also quite pleasing. Whats also interesting to me is I got one bloom off Acapulco Gold yesterday and it was a whopping 9 1/2 inches across. I always thought flowers were supposed to be smaller in the winter/indoors, I guess my Acapulco gold doesnt play by that game, or really behave like it is supposed to. It looks like burnished gold will be blooming any day now, so I will be posting pics of those -Chris |
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« Reply #15 on: November 07, 2009, 05:16:29 PM » |
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A 9.5 inch Acapulco Gold! Our experience has been that it does very well in a sunny window indoors, too. As long as they get enough light the blooms do very well indoors because the temps are high enough. Outdoors in winter they are smaller mostly because the temperatures are too low. However, today was bloom bonanza day here even though the low was 49F last night. The flowers on some like Heartbreak Hotel were smaller and lacked spotting but there sure were a lot of them. Anyway, with Colorado being one of the sunnier winter states you should have great indoor blooms in theory. I can't wait to see the reality! I'm sure Cindy would like to create a "Colorado Indoor Garden" page if you take photos of both blooms and plants (please do).
Charlie
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« Reply #16 on: November 07, 2009, 05:19:04 PM » |
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Yes, please do, Chris! And anyone else too! I need gardens in threes to balance the website, and I just got some pics from Bart (Kentucky), so I need two more! Any and all pics are welcome. Just try to show how you arrange your plants, and try to get whole-plant pics.
Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Cindy
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« Reply #17 on: November 07, 2009, 11:10:57 PM » |
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One of these days (after the move, of course) I will send you guys a San Joaquin valley photo album. One of these days..................
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« Reply #18 on: November 09, 2009, 12:25:23 PM » |
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I love it Chris , I have two buds on mine so I can't wait to see mines !
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« Reply #19 on: December 06, 2010, 05:03:05 PM » |
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Finally a bloom on Haute Couture after taking the summer off. A morning pic in indirect light and the same bloom in late afternoon sun.
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« Reply #20 on: December 07, 2010, 02:18:28 AM » |
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Dave, gorgeous! My HC had not been doing so well, but a pruning and a good dose of Supernova seemed to have helped. It's still tiny, but growing now. I can't wait to see it bloom in person!
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"They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." -Edgar Allan Poe
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« Reply #21 on: December 07, 2010, 03:29:32 PM » |
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Thanks Darkhorse. I have several other hibs that the spider mites kind of made a mess of this summer that I've needed to give a good pruning to get them going again. I have a mix of some in bloom now, some just starting to grow back, and the new ones I'm waiting to see that first bloom. Guess that would kind of decribe a lot of us on this forum.
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« Reply #22 on: July 21, 2013, 01:52:47 PM » |
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It took me a long time to finally want to purchase this cv as I wasn't sure from the online pics. Of course once I get it I am floored by the beauty of the blooms but at the same time it is probably good that I waited as now I hopefully know enough to keep them looking like this. We'll see. Also very floriferous plant too.
Sensational coloration for sure!
Farmer D
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