alive in 2016

10 years ago

Hi everyone! I am still alive and have budgeted a bit more time this year for gardening. The prospects look better this year with a 8yr old and 2yr old than they did last year with a 7yr old and < 1 yr old :)

For now here is a picture of the big pink monster which is probably a Miami Rose.

I'm starting to operate on a quality vs. quantity philosophy. I've given away a few already that weren't working out for me, including a big Singapore Obtusa that almost never bloomed since it got black tip every winter.

I've got quite a few cuttings rooting as well- most of which I'll pass along to others when the time comes. I hate to toss cuttings out and I enjoy rooting them- plus, I'm sure many folks would rather get a rooted plant vs. a cutting anyway :)

Looking forward to seeing everyone's photos this season!

Brian

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jandey1

10 years ago

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Hey, it's a reunion! Nice to see you all again! Brian, your Miami Rose is wonderful.

Yes, thinning is good, and plants sometimes just do better at another location than at my house.

This one is so great--and small!-- that I have two of them:

Hope to see everyone's blooms this summer!

Jen

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chrisar
10 years ago
Looks great!
mksmth zone 7a Tulsa Oklahoma
10 years ago
Brian

I am trending more toward quality to. I have a handful of Hawaiian varieties that just wont bloom for me here. with the exception of a few If they dont bloom this year they may not get to hang around. All my JJ's thailand varieties bloom yearly.
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irun5k
Original Author
10 years ago
I agree. If they aren't spectacular they can step aside for those that are! lol.

In may ways even after several years I am still trying to understand these plants. There are many things I can't explain, e.g. I have given my mom in central FL some of the same varieties that I have, and hers continually seem do better and get started earlier to spite that fact that the winters are significantly warmer over here in St. Pete. While I am ordering fertilizer and making my own soil and she just does "whatever." haha.

The one thing I know for sure. My in ground plumeria are more predictable, consistent, and better performers than those in pots.
Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A
10 years ago
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That is an amazing Miami Rose! They do get talll and gangly don't they? Imagine them in a pot.
jedobaTX9b
10 years ago
Our winter sometimes include a freeze, yet often do not. I started in pots, but gave in and planted in-ground late last summer. I'll never go back.
Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
10 years ago
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Hi Brian!

It is so nice to see you!!

I think I'm doing the same as you in my collection.. I'm leaning towards quality verses quantity but it's taking me a while to separate the ones that are on the list.

The Post man and the Fed Ex man have completely forgotten about me!! ;-). In other words, I have been good this season and focusing on what I have and seeing them mature and bloom!! No new purchases as of yet....

Always nice to see you!!!

Laura
irun5k
Original Author
10 years ago
Hi Jen, Laura, and Dave- nice to see you guys are still around!

Jen, you are right, sometimes a given plant can do better just across the yard or in the front vs. the back, etc. One advantage to container growing- easy to move them :)

Laura, I know what you mean about deciding who stays and who goes. Whenever I have one that doesn't do as well as the others I question whether I've done something wrong or I just got a bad plant, or if it needs more time, etc.

Last month for the last day of school my oldest took his teacher a bunch of flowers that we picked that morning. Waiting to see now which plants are going to push out more inflos. In general any that I have will push out inflos as they're waking up in March but I 'm really fond of the ones that can push out fresh inflos mid to late summer because that means blooms into the fall.
Denise Hall
10 years ago
These are so beautiful - love seeing the huge tree in the ground. Being a retired teacher - I think that present from your child is priceless - I truly hope she/he appreciated it!