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« Reply #135 on: September 28, 2011, 08:49:16 PM » |
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Thank you all for the warm welcome! Farmer D- The Valentine's Day shots are stunning! And I love the ladybugs shot. My daughters would go crazy for that!  I had a Simple Pleasures bloom today. Never ceases to amaze me how big, bright and colorful the blooms are. I have to turn my pot so that I can see it from my kitchen window throughout the day |
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« Reply #136 on: September 29, 2011, 02:52:17 AM » |
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Denise, welcome to the forum and thanks for the contributions! Simple Pleasures is always a pleasure to see.
Jordan, that's the most unusual Creme de la Creme flower I've seen! Pretty in its own way.
Farmer D, a great bunch of photos. I really like seeing your bushes as they grow. The Vin Beaujolais is a rare one I've never seen growing in the ground - it sure looks robust under your care. Your comment about Scarlet Beauty was interesting. I wondered if it was your camera or the flower because the ones I see in the shade paint covered greenhouse are always super glossy and bright. The direct sun does take a toll on the flowers but they still look pretty good. Love that Acapulco Gold pic with the multiple blooms!
David, your Pocahontas bush is fantastic. Even with no blooms some of these varieties can make very handsome plants.
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« Reply #137 on: September 29, 2011, 04:35:16 AM » |
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Charlie interesting what you say about Vin Beaujolais, mine is a sort of red wine color but its beauty and what I like is in the way it shines, the camera cant capture that and it looks like a piece of silk, I will post a photo next time it blooms.
Others that look better than the camera captures are Crinkle in Time and Dark of Night, D of N is a near daily bloom for me and each one is different.
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« Reply #138 on: September 29, 2011, 07:56:23 AM » |
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Darren, those ladybugs are awesome.
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« Reply #139 on: September 29, 2011, 12:33:30 PM » |
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Thank you all for the warm welcome! Farmer D- The Valentine's Day shots are stunning! And I love the ladybugs shot. My daughters would go crazy for that! I had a Simple Pleasures bloom today. Never ceases to amaze me how big, bright and colorful the blooms are. I have to turn my pot so that I can see it from my kitchen window throughout the day Very nice Simple Pleasures, great shape bush as well. Can I ask is it in a pot that sits in that pot? [2 pots] or is it growing in the pot we see. |
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« Reply #140 on: September 29, 2011, 02:26:42 PM » |
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Hi David! The Simple Pleasures is planted in the single pot. I can't remember the pot size for sure, but I think it's 20 inch. It arrived as a 6 inch plant this past Spring and I planted it directly in that pot. It has done well. It suffered some sunburn at first, but has totally recovered from that. Hooray! |
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« Reply #141 on: September 29, 2011, 09:28:17 PM » |
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A large Bridal Path for me today and P's Purple is now so big its growing up into the Palm thats supposed to be giving it shade.
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« Reply #142 on: September 30, 2011, 06:24:41 PM » |
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I am so pleased with this Saffron, its just a great bush now, I have posted a picture of it from a few months ago when drastic measures where taken. Its amazing just what you can do with the help of Supernova.
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« Reply #143 on: September 30, 2011, 07:17:53 PM » |
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John your Voodoo Queen is a nice one, good to see that one blooming...
David your blooms are off the charts! I really appreciate your comparison pics of Saffron. I agree with your Supernova comment. Every time I spray it the plants always look better not to mention the additional branching it helps promote. My Bridal Path is my latest focus CV to get a lot more branching and it is going very well so far.
You know I was thinking and wonder what anyone thinks about this idea. When I spray w/ SN I really soak the daylights out of the plant...branches, trunk, and as best I can both top and bottom of leaves which now takes about 2 hours for all my CVs each time (on a pump hand sprayer too).
Anyways, in regards to spider mites I have come to the conclusion that this heavy spraying also works to reduce their population as it is a mini version of a bug blaster and it cleans off the leaves as well as promotes a wetter environment, all are things that apparently work against them. So in my mind just another reason why Supernova spraying and feeding is a good way to go if you can.
Today pics - sorry for the lower quality but taken with old iPhone but it was sunset so some nice coloration to boot...
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« Reply #144 on: September 30, 2011, 07:22:54 PM » |
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more...Heavy Metal was a stunner today. I know this was used to produce Flickering Flame and wonder if HVH is still using it for hybridizing?
I can't say enough about Rainbow Sherbet, just check out that plant. It is like a volcanic mountain of green leaves and buds. Right now my prettiest bush out of all 70+ and with those bright and vividly colored blooms against that dark green canopy of leaves it is an eye catcher from anywhere.
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« Reply #145 on: September 30, 2011, 07:28:41 PM » |
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and more, The Path was another stunner today too. Such happy colors. Enjoy!
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« Reply #146 on: September 30, 2011, 09:47:02 PM » |
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Farmer D..... I am in love with your collection! How many different ones do you have? Do you have room for or plan to get more? Are they all in the ground? Here are a couple of shots from yesterday... I held up a tape measure to them so I could let my Facebook friends see just how huge these things are |
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« Reply #147 on: October 01, 2011, 03:14:16 AM » |
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Wonderful Denise, I cant begin to imagine what a 9 inch bloom would be like, I once had a 7 and half inch Valentines Day and my heart skipped a beat when I first saw it. All my blooms are smaller than most but I do get beautiful strong colors on most of them.
A good example is Transcendent below, a 5 inch[ Charlie says this can get to be as big as 9inch] and about an 8th inch thick with really strong coloring, the bush is now very lush and my tallest at 5 feet, I have only had it a few months so its going to very big, also luckily for me here in the tropics it really likes the sun.
Darren for sure you are right about spraying, my friend Kim Anh has now started her own Hibiscus garden all from my cuttings, she cant afford to buy any chemicals or nothing, but she sprays every night with just water and is bug free.
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