Greenhouse: Time To Haul The Plants, 1 by Gitagal
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Gitagal wrote: Butch--- I don't know what those things are on my white azaleas--but when I shake them-- what looks like white flies go flying all over. The Hibiscus sat just 4-5 feet away. I bet they just hiked over...It was yellowing and losing leaves kike crazy! I have also seen my Azaleas have what I would call "soft white scale'... mostly all over the bare stems in the fall...when I shake them, some white stuff goes flying... Perhaps the two are connected....somehow? I never treat the Azaleas--they are old and large and bloom so wonderfully... They are called something...."Lake"? . Every 3 years, I cut it all back to the nubs and by spring it grows all over again as if nothing happened. I would have passed on the fancy-scmancy Hibiscus at Lowes as well. There's just too much color going on. I also have 3 hardy Hibiscus. The Koper King--A Tall, red Perennial one--and a tall white "Luna" one. Both the KK and the Luna have those dinner-plate sized blooms. The red one is smaller and, sort of, clustered. The KK one is So big--it has now colonized the small, round bed it has been in for years. I know it must be a Hybrid--as it never sets any seeds....BUT--this past summer, it actually made about 6 or 7 pods of seeds, which I collected. Not sure what they would grow out to be..???? NOT another KK!--If it did, I would be ecstatic!!! I have NEVER had any luck propagating the KK. Tried roots...cuttings...nothing! Unfortunately--ALL the seeds from these Hibiscus have the weevils inside the seeds... I hate it! So many seeds are worthless with those holes in the ends...I hate to share. Tee--heee----Butch! I also have an Acalypha! A bunch of us in the MA tried to nurse them through last winter after I got a whole tray-full at the nursery--FREE! He was trying to get rid of stuff...only mine made it. I had it heavily mulched with leaves inside a small, plastic fence around it. Will do the same this winter. The roots should be even better than last year. It's in a small bed at the front of my house. Hets some AM sun. Just now--before I sat down--I cut off the 3 tops of branches from the Acaalypha and stuck them in a pot to see if they will root. Did not work last winter....Trying again. Here's the Hibiscus--- 1--Kopper King 2--The tall, red one 3--Takk, white Hib.--:Luna'. |