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« Reply #240 on: November 25, 2011, 08:18:53 AM » |
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David, your report on the Vietnamese thanksgiving has my visiting mother howling with laughter. Thanks for the nice description!
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« Reply #241 on: November 25, 2011, 08:28:32 AM » |
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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.
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« Reply #242 on: November 25, 2011, 12:00:07 PM » |
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Great shots everyone!! John you have some amazing color going on there...
David that Thanksgiving bush shot is just perfect. Can't beat quads!
Louis that 2nd bloom you showed is a winner...I would be looking to buy that one if for sale.
Belated Happy Thanksgiving - man I'm tired from it but worth it. Now for the Xmas lights...
Yea! Finally got my first Bridal Path bloom of the season...
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« Reply #243 on: November 25, 2011, 12:02:16 PM » |
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Confection Perfection Day 4
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« Reply #244 on: November 25, 2011, 01:43:44 PM » |
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Darren when you showed Bonni Lass the other day I thought its ok, but wow!! forget ok with today's, it looks lovely.
Your Bridal Path is different than mine, in fact when I looked I thought that's not BP, for sure it probably is and like your Hot Pepper can look so much different under different conditions, very nice mind all the same.
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« Reply #245 on: November 25, 2011, 01:46:01 PM » |
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Your Confection Perfection is stunning, is that in a pot or in the ground.
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« Reply #246 on: November 25, 2011, 03:44:13 PM » |
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Not even winter can slow your plants down Darren! Man those are looking really great, I should hopefully have some blooms to share tomorrow  |
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« Reply #247 on: November 25, 2011, 10:23:33 PM » |
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David, thank you so much for the compliment. I wish I were taking photos of my blooms right now in fact! However, they are all taking a break.... all of them! No blooms for a while.
Your Thanksgiving story is awesome! So funny!! And your Thanksgiving blooms are a great site.
Lou, I love your first and third seedling blooms the best. That is not to say congrats on the second. Great job on all of them. Cant wait to see the rest. I have one seedling of my own that is just showing a few buds right now.
Everyone has some beautiful blooms to show!
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« Reply #248 on: November 26, 2011, 09:40:54 AM » |
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Cold and windy weather is coming later today.
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« Reply #249 on: November 26, 2011, 04:59:26 PM » |
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David glad you liked Bonnie Lass and Confection Perfection. BL can have quite a few different looks and there is usually at least one bloom a day if not more. The camera doesn't do it justice and this CV really can likes it hot and drier so a good fit for you I bet. CP is one of those that looks better days 2 and 3. The one I posted yesterday is day 4 (cooler weather and in shade all day). It still looks great today (day 5). My Bridal Path is like CP, gets much better day 2 as it opens a lot more (see today's pic). Right now many of my blooms are doing this due to the cold weather though today it got up to 80 finally. Exuberance is pretty much in all shade due to sun angle and it has issues opening up all the way (see photo). Again I have another stellar Palm Springs bloom. The reactions here seem somewhat muted for this CV but in cooler weather it looks just beautiful and don't forget it has a gorgeous bush too. Great growth habit and is becoming rather floriferous as it gets bigger and stronger. Chris I love your enthusiasm, it totally pumps me up!!  Farmer D |
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« Reply #250 on: November 26, 2011, 05:04:39 PM » |
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Oh yeah CP is in the ground. The only CV I have potted now is Caribbean Beauty which is fine now but when it gets really hot there will be issues but I now have a 60-70% shade cloth I will put up before that happens.  Farmer D |
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« Reply #251 on: November 26, 2011, 07:56:48 PM » |
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Lovely pictures Darren, it must be nice to have 2 and 3 day blooms, I have never had a 3 day bloom and only 2 or 3 of my cv's will stay open for a second day, and even then its a struggle. It cant just be the temperature, its nearly winter now and low eighties and last night it got down to 78f, so I think the very high humidity plays a big part in it. Of course I am not an expert so not sure but it may be that same constant high humidity that allows me to grow them here when it is very hot, cos for sure it suprises me.
I mentioned your Bridal Path looks much different than mine, here they are together with Charlies as well, you can see now why I looked twice.
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« Reply #252 on: November 26, 2011, 08:15:07 PM » |
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Lovely pictures Darren, it must be nice to have 2 and 3 day blooms, I have never had a 3 day bloom and only 2 or 3 of my cv's will stay open for a second day, and even then its a struggle. It cant just be the temperature, its nearly winter now and low eighties and last night it got down to 78f, so I think the very high humidity plays a big part in it. Of course I am not an expert so not sure but it may be that same constant high humidity that allows me to grow them here when it is very hot, cos for sure it suprises me.
I mentioned your Bridal Path looks much different than mine, here they are together with Charlies as well, you can see now why I looked twice.
David that is so helpful to see the pictures in a row like that. Really puts it in perspective for me. My current BP pics are just pretty much like the ones I posted in January when I had other BP cold weather blooms. Take a look at the cultivar thread for BP to see what mine look like in both summer and winter of this past season. Really shows what temps can do to the blooms - I wish they were blooming in summer cause that is when this one looks so amazing. The heat shows on yours with some hot spots of yellow. Reminds me of my The Path blooms as they do the same in the heat of summer here (parent's genes there). Anyways I love all the BP blooms as it is still one of my favorites. Lately my BP bush has started branching like crazy so I think it is heading towards turning into a monster bush too. Can you imagine that in summer bloom? Oh-yeah!! Farmer D |
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« Reply #253 on: November 26, 2011, 09:25:38 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!
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« Reply #254 on: November 27, 2011, 02:33:28 PM » |
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