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Post by avax on Jan 22, 2007 14:23:59 GMT -5
Kadude, They're gorgeous. Though if you check back here in time, a little tidbit - you can tell her to gently pluck the anthers of stamens off in the middle of the flower (the small, brown kidney-shaped parts). The flowers last longer. thanks, but they're dead. i spent my time gently plucking something else...HEY-O!!!!!!!!!!!!! yeah...not really. Damn you - twisting my words around. There's always next time.
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Post by ladystacey on Jan 22, 2007 15:46:29 GMT -5
My bleeding hearts before they killed over, I'm going to try again with them this Spring maybe. A pic of azalea(SP?) flower from my bush, they grow so easily in my yard, I think because the soil is so acidic. I have a large white one and pink one in the front of my house and a mini pink one in the back yard that I will transplant to the ground in spring. These are just about dead now but they smelled wonderful when in bloom, I have some orchids in their place now. And this is my very sad cherry blossom tree, it's so confused the weather last week was in the 70's now it's snowing. It has already begun to bud
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Post by avax on Jan 23, 2007 15:35:59 GMT -5
Oooh gorgeous bleeding hearts. Mine died over the winter also. Somehow I managed to keep the heliotrope.. which (random fact) happens to appear in Oscar Wilde's Teleny as the white species. I have the purple and it smells heavenly.
I tried to propagate azaleas last summer and I failed. They are beautiful.
And hang in there with the cherry blossom tree. Trees have their own threads of wisdom humans can never unravel. As long as it has enough light and water and goes through its seasonal cycles/temperature, it will be fine. Though maybe hold on the hacking. ..Hope it gets better.
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Post by ladystacey on Jan 25, 2007 16:15:19 GMT -5
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Post by avax on Jan 26, 2007 14:04:08 GMT -5
Aww they're cute. Thanks.
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Post by rob on Feb 11, 2007 9:14:37 GMT -5
This is about as close as i get to a garden Floral Arrangement at Fancy Shmancy DinnerAs I mentioned before, I basically take half the floral arrangement home with me by stuffing the flowers individually in my pockets. I took 8 of these roses home with me at this particular dinner.
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Post by avax on Feb 11, 2007 14:08:53 GMT -5
This is about as close as i get to a garden Floral Arrangement at Fancy Shmancy DinnerAs I mentioned before, I basically take half the floral arrangement home with me by stuffing the flowers individually in my pockets. I took 8 of these roses home with me at this particular dinner. Do you smuggle them as inconspicuously as possible one by one or do you take the whole platter, usher yourself into a bathroom stall and then commence with the dirty deed? Really - just wondering how you manage to stuff your pockets with no one looking. They're pretty.
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Post by rob on Feb 12, 2007 10:27:23 GMT -5
As I mentioned before, I basically take half the floral arrangement home with me by stuffing the flowers individually in my pockets. I took 8 of these roses home with me at this particular dinner. Do you smuggle them as inconspicuously as possible one by one or do you take the whole platter, usher yourself into a bathroom stall and then commence with the dirty deed? Really - just wondering how you manage to stuff your pockets with no one looking. They're pretty. Thanks What i like most is the texture of the petals . To answer your question, I have a side pocket in my windbreaker that's quite long so I basically stuff them inside in full view of others. No one seems to mind. And i have no qualms either as it's the botanical equivalent of eating cup-o-noodles. Hopefully one day though when I'm not a transient, I can have a garden like you have. Big fan of tropical flora so if you have any recommendations, i'm all ears!!
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Post by avax on Feb 12, 2007 11:01:21 GMT -5
As I mentioned before, I basically take half the floral arrangement home with me by stuffing the flowers individually in my pockets. I took 8 of these roses home with me at this particular dinner. Do you smuggle them as inconspicuously as possible one by one or do you take the whole platter, usher yourself into a bathroom stall and then commence with the dirty deed? Really - just wondering how you manage to stuff your pockets with no one looking. They're pretty. Thanks What i like most is the texture of the petals . To answer your question, I have a side pocket in my windbreaker that's quite long so I basically stuff them inside in full view of others. No one seems to mind. And i have no qualms either as it's the botanical equivalent of eating cup-o-noodles. Hopefully one day though when I'm not a transient, I can have a garden like you have. Big fan of tropical flora so if you have any recommendations, i'm all ears!! Very cool. That made me smile. Though if I tried to do that I might accidentally sit on the pocket of flowers. Speaking of cup o noodles, have you eaten rose petals? My mother used to work for a company that goldplated orchids. Up to this day, I still don't know how to react to this. No no, I don't have a garden! Sorry for any confusion. I have a jungle of potted plants of various sizes because I have been moving a lot... transient as you say. 'gardeners' was just a term for people who like to play in the dirt or enjoy plants. Mmmm dirty fingernails. Here is another tropical plant I like.
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Post by rob on Feb 13, 2007 1:49:18 GMT -5
^nice bird of paradise!
that thing about gold orchids doesnt surprise me given the level of excess some indulge in. guess in your mom's case tho, that would be like biting the hand that feeds eh.
not sure if you've been following it but there's been a massive destruction of bee colonies this year. it's literally the equivalent of the bubonic plague and they're dropping dead by the millions for no unexplained reasons. most of them are dropping dead outside of the hive and the ones inside the hive aren't taking care of the young. baffling. sad. and potentially destructive on a far greater scale.
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Post by avax on Feb 13, 2007 20:03:24 GMT -5
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Post by avax on May 14, 2007 8:48:50 GMT -5
So I recovered what I could of the plants after the winter spell. I think the miniature roses have died and because of the fickle weather here, hot and cold and hot and cold, the lake rose which I propogated from a park in another city may have died too after putting out new spring leaves. How odd.
I may start new roses, collect them in a couple of weeks, or not have roses this year. If everything goes well, I'll have christmas cacti by this week cut from gorgeous mother plants and sent from across the continent. Fingers crossed. I've been holding my breath for nearly two weeks.
Anyone bought any spring flowers or plants?
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Post by avax on May 15, 2007 13:40:21 GMT -5
I got my christmas cacti in the mail. I'm so happy. They're plump, green and beautiful. I'm guessing no one else keeps plants. It's probably the more responsible thing to do.
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Post by ladystacey on May 16, 2007 9:13:03 GMT -5
My garden has been recovering from the winter. I have planted a purple lilac bush and they smell so yummy I could sniff them all day, I LOVE lilac. I also planted a Ipomoea acuminata "Blue Dawn Flower" along my fence it just started to bud. My rose bush started to bud to. I would like to plant a gardenia bush but I might wait till it warms up more. I also planted a small lavender bush in hopes it will keep the bugs away I heard bugs hate lavender. These are some random garden pics I took a few weeks ago. My front door: Small Pansy's, they are so cute: My dwarf pine, I painted the ceramic pots to make it more colorful: More Pansy's in my back patio: I had 2 of these over 2 winters they started to crack and the paint chipped off it was a gray color before so I painted it purple ;D My white and pink Azalea bush in front of my house, I also have a small pink one in my backyard to: I recently made my own mini fountain on my deck over the weekend. The last owners of our house left this giant ceramic bowl and I never knew what I could with it because it's so large and heavy so I wanted a fountain but decided to make my own, it was a lot cheaper and not hard. Bought a small fountain pump and rocks. I also got some water Hyacinth. I also planted a bleeding hearts bush by my cherry blossom tree, it has tripled in size compared to the pic I took before: Spring bulbs: There's a lot more I planted but I can't recall their names, I will have to take better pics of my garden next time, these pics are a month old.
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Post by avax on May 16, 2007 10:31:51 GMT -5
Beautiful pictures, I'malady. I especially love what you've done with the pots. How do you clean the new fountain? And keep us updated with the lilies, Groink. I'm now making bouquets for part of a belated mother's day gift for my mother, aunt and grandmother, all of whom I'll be seeing today.
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