Catching up - Testing

11 years ago

A friend suggested I try to load photos to My Ideabooks here on houzz and it worked. Then she suggested I try selecting them and inserting into a post here on the forum and then try to select photos from my pc using the Houzz photo and now that works too.

GRAPEADE - beautiful bloom but ugly foliage when it first starts to really start leafing out. Looks as if it had been sprayed by a dog or clorox. I cut all the foliage back and now it is perfect. I'm not the only person to have the foliage issue and it is a known problem with this cultivar but the blooms are gorgeous.

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CITRON ENCHANTER - moved it last fall so it is settling in okay.

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PRISMATIC- good increaser, multiple blooms and still blooming here.

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KIWI MAGIC - small bloom but so pretty. Got to move this one.

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WESTMINTER LACE - dependable and a bit lighter in color this year.

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UP MILL CREEK - fast increaser, blooms always open perfectly.

CONCORDE NELSON - short scapes this year. I plan to move it as it is up against the bee balm.

BACK TO THE FUCHSIA - dependable, tall, well scaped that do not lean.

LAURA HARWOOD - this is the last clump of this one that I have. I'm not happy with it as the blooms tend to be splotchy, curls on the petals/sepals. Not a good emo.

That is the end of my 10. I'll try to post more in a few days. We are still painting and now working on the front porch which is the biggest to get done. Very little time to get any gardening work done.

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Comments (10)

Julia WV (7a)
Original Author
11 years ago
I can see now that the photos I inserted from My Ideabooks, has a link to my Ideabook but the ones from my PC don't. Next till I'll just try to upload from my pc only and see what happens.:)
mantis__oh
11 years ago
The "Houzz Photo" upload is the only one I use after I had trouble (not initially) with the "Photo" option. Great to see you posting again. Prismatic and Westminster Lace most caught my attention. Some Salters are indeed very dependable; other, definitely not.
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
11 years ago
Glad to see you posting again! My favorite is Up Mill Creek, looks like a unique color combination, so pretty. Sorry you are not happy with LH. I added Laura Harwood last fall and mine had some splotchy blooms, I was hoping it was just from the crazy weather here. The blooms are nice now. I hope splotchy isn't a continuous problem here, I really love this one!

sherry
shive
11 years ago
It's wonderful to see your photos again! I'm glad the Ideabook link works for you. My favorites of these are Prismatic and Back to the Fuchsia. Up Mill Creek and Kiwi Magic both look like nice ones.

Debra
nancykvb
11 years ago
Nice, my favorites are Prismatic and Back to the Fushia. I like the ones that stand up tall, very pretty.
Brad KY 6b
11 years ago
Nice Julia! Up Mill Creek is my favorite of these. I used to have Grapeade and it didn't consistently do well. After seeing yours, I didn't really have Grapeade but an imposter.

Brad
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
11 years ago
I like that Up Mill Creek. Primsmatic is a nice one too. Glad to see you posting again. You are certainly not a person who gives up easily when meeting a bump in the road.............Maryl
jean_ar
11 years ago
glad you found a way to post your pictures. LAURA HARWOOD is a beauty, I would like to have that one, too. beautiful.
Nancy
11 years ago
I have wanted Laura Harwood too, guess I don't need it if it is not that good. Love Up Mill Creek, that is such an unusual color!
Julia WV (7a)
Original Author
11 years ago
Nancy: here in my garden, most of Laura Harwood blooms tend to be less than stellar. I kept one clump to see if possibly it would improve. It increases great, lots of scapes and buds. It could be better in other gardens.

Brad: if you dislike ugly foliage, then don't get Grapeade. Here is a pic of how ugly the foliage was early on. I dug the plant up to check the roots and all looked good. I had posted on the AHS Robin about the issue and several members had replied that theirs also tends to look like this. The foliage starts out fine, green and lush and then goes downhill. I cut all the foliage back (I have two plantings of this one) and after cutting the foliage back, it grew new foliage fine and bloomed perfectly.