Personally, I like dandelions. A field of them in bloom is a pleasing sight in my eyes.

Beautiful collection!

Looking good Rina! Feels good to get them all outside for summer, doesn't it? I am still in the process with mine.

Rina, large collection there, hope they fare well outside for you. Our weather is way too inconsistent here, day temps again now struggling to get into double digits C after being in mid 20's last week....plants are really confused!

Paul, sorry to strongly disagree about the dreaded dandelions! I live in the countryside and am surrounded by fields for miles, the perishing dandelions are the bane of my garden, the seeds float everywhere and result in new plants springing up in every nook and cranny. I spend far too much time and money on herbicides getting rid of them. If I planted seeds of desirable plants in between the thousands of block paviours I own they wouldn't grow.....but the dandelions manage it quite happily! Grrrrr!

Gill UK

You could skip the herbicides Gill, and eat them instead. :-D

Thank you all...they need a much better set up, but there is just too much work. Wanted to get them outdoors while we have few overcast days. Do not want to bring them in at all! - you are right Crenda, hope to do it only 2x/year, outside in Spring, inside in late fall.

The 'sea of yellow' is nice to look at for a few hours...but once the flowers start changing into seedheads, it is scary. I try to cut them down as soon as I can, have a feeling previous ppl planted them too!

They are looking happy outthere Rina. Maybe (in the future) a plantshed is a solution?

Harry

Harry

That would be perfect...your garden is a great inspiration.

A weed is merely a wildflower in the wrong place, and many wild flowers are strikingly beautiful........but that still makes me hate dandelions!

Gill UK

It's the perfect plant bench, though Rina. It's long, elevated and--voila---holds the plants up! I like that thing that looks like a cast iron lamp, on the lower left.

Pagan

(dandelions are edible! who knew.)

Pagan

Thank you. That is old, rusty lantern that has a space for a candle. I have a fish like that somewhere, have to find it yet.

Argh. I absolutely love it, Rina. Up and down and sideways.

Looks like you got yourself a few jades there, hoping the rains that are predicted for you don't fall sideways.

Dandiloins are one of those takes time to aquire a taste & may takes a few tries in smaller doses to enjoy them, how to from wiki for Danelion

I like the collection! You move them in and out, right? Meaning every winter you move them in, then out in the spring. How long does it take to move them all???

nomen

No, the rain we had wasn't as much as I hoped for - but it was very good for my plants - I hope! Time will tell:) They really needed good shower, dusty after living thru renovations.

palmsandsnow

Yes, they go outside in Spring and stay until it starts getting cold, with little luck until October or so. This took few hours since I bring them out in trays. There are still some indoors.

Off the subject - I know some of you grow hoya (I know there is hoya forum but if I get reading it, I'll start getting more!!! - and there really isn't room...). While moving succulents, hoya was moved and I found these very dark pink/red leaves on the window side. They look quite nice, I wasn't aware that they could be so red? Is it same coloring in the sun as we get with many succulents?

On new growth for certain types of Hoya ( & most variegates) yes but the red pink hues tend to fade away as it grows and develop into it's green and white markings.

A quick story to share: A friend of mine would think something was wrong with pink red coloring. When asked the response they gave was( as the green markings/ color established on theirs on new leaf they though it had (or is having) a leaf rot problem and would cut away the new leaf as it/they grew thinking they where solving some odd leaf rot problem

IMO: You are providing ideal sun light and watering for that one already and they burn so easy FWIW I'd move it out a little slower than you may have in mind. The markings are very nice, the whiter ( pure white leaves) are to envy. Good job as is, it's one very nice looking H. carnosa variegate.

Most Hoya umbrel ( flowering) usually take and last a while from open to the end of flowing cycle plenty of time to enjoy the evening fragrance when in flower. ( LOL) As I think of my friend in the story, if you happen to see a worm looking thing poking out somewhere along the vine it's also very normal please don't cut it away.

Hoya forum LOL that's one sad excuse seeming as I don't habit the Hoya forum either at one time I had 10 times more Hoya than zone hardy fruit trees finding room in the orchid to hang them for the summer. I agree it's always safer than not to mention that Hoya can become very very addicting.

nomen

Thank you. I knew about pink on new leaves but just a 'blush', didn't expect such vivid red color (even more than in photo). And the white leaves are so completely white too:) My mom had hoya and I always loved the flowers and their perfume. My plant didn't bloom yet, I got it as a small plant with 5 leaves almost 4years ago; it has been sitting in same spot by the west window for about 7mo - maybe it should go back there:)

I run AC inside for the summer as it gets really warm here (hitting 107 F a few times every year in June and July 2: 30 - 6:00 PM) when sun is in the west. Considering zone differences sounds good. After four, five years in the same spot and not moving it sounds good.

So far no casualties :) Succulents are surviving transition from the basement to outside. Most noticeable is change in color of leaves on jades. This one is really dark red:

...and off the subject again - just noticed that my hoya is going to bloom for the first time. Finally!

I love! I just started with Hoyas this year , from what I understand it may take a long time to bloom

I have this plant since March 2012, so it has been a long time. But I didn't fertilize it, just let it grow. I don't know if it would have bloomed earlier if fertilized - I am quite happy that it is going to now :)

It may have flowered sooner if you fed it. However ( at least what I've been told) some plants that are variegated may loose some parts of the variegation or not be as nice as yours is. Worse case is some species of plants have been known to revert back to it's normal solid coloring when feeding is involved

If you do choose to feed it then you could but do so very lightly and not very often. Personally I'd rather you not ever feed it just keep doing what your doing. It's clean it looks healthy it grows it flowers.

They can be tricked into flowering for certain times of the year to be in flower with timed feeding. I hold back on ( the same one as yours)) having mine in flower for show reasons ( Mid Sep ) FWIW Your variegation is very nice with it's almost pure white (albino) foliage a very easy win for 1st place in my book even if there was one next to yours in flower.