Happy Birthday Emma Grace

Almost missed your birthday Emma. Hope
you've had a great day.

Hi Jackie,

Thanks so much for the birthday wishes. Yes, had a great day busy with Master Gardener's.

Thanks again,
Emma

Hey, Emma - HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

Happy Birthday, Emma!!

Happy Birthday, Emma - wishing you spectacular crosses in the year to come.

Karen

Kay, Joseph, and Karen . . .
Thanks so much for the BD wishes.
I appreciate that.

Emma

Happy Birthday,Emma !

Happy Belated Birthday, Emma! Glad you had a great day. My grand daughters was on the 1st but celebrating here in LA today, and 2 more b-days still for this month.

Thank you Dany and Helena for the BD Wishes.

Wow, Dany, Love your MG. Is that one you grew?

Emma

The answer to the question is YES !
But in fact it is Star of India that I watered with a solution of 18 % P2O5 (phosphorus).
I will experiment again this year to see if I got the same results.

Emma, congratulation for that ! http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e99346192

Dany,
Your MG is a winner. Good luck with your experiment.
and Thank you re my HIGE Peppermint Twist

Emma

Happy Belated Birthday, Emma... I know it was a good day, right?

HI Debra,

Thank you for the BD Greeting, and Yes, I had a super great day.

Emma

Happy belated birthday, Emma :-)

Sarah

Thank you Sarah,
I appreciate the BD Wishes

Emma

Oh Happy Belated Birthday Emma!! (I don't get here to often anymore) Hoping to see lots of your beauties this year!

Rut roh...I missed it. Hope it was a great day for you Emma!!!

~ Cat

Thanks so much Ronnie and Cat for the BD wishes.
Yes, I'm in the middle of getting my usual too many MGs growing for the year.

Emma

Beautiful color Emma. Love the Peppermint Twist too.

Thanks Jackie . . .
and Thank You for the compliment on my ‘Peppermint Twist’

I am glad to see that folks in Japan are still enjoying my Morning Glories.
They even like my name ‘Peppermint Twist’ AND they like my photos as well - as you can see with my watermark, which doesn't bother me at all.
http://page5.auctions.yahoo.co.jp/jp/auction/e99346192

Maybe this will further confirm that some folks disbelieved that many of my MG seeds were being sold in Japan prior to my ‘Peppermint Twist’.

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fr.php?pid=7015265

http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fr.php?pid=7015419

Emma

Emma...I recall emailing you about seeing morning glories being sold using your photos - gosh that was several years ago if I remember correctly. I recognized them as yours because they were the exact same photos you'd sent me! You'd think they'd at least hand over a cut or trade seeds with you.

~ Cat

ps...did you ever try to create a cross the yellow ipomoea ochracea?

Hi Cat . . .

Yes, you did let me know about those photos, and Thank You again.
I did do a trade with someone in Japan 3 or so years ago and sent LOTS of my seeds, including many in large quantities that were immediately listed and sold on Yahoo Japan. I didn't mind that this person used my photos, BUT, my MG names were changed and my wm was removed and replaced with the sellers Yahoo Japan name. So, because of this we now have some 'confusion' as to those specific seeds and their origination. Even ‘Jamie Lynn’ name was changed to something else and is today still being sold on Yahoo Japan. So, it is a real fact that some of my seeds have made their way back to the US.
Too much fun, getting seeds From Japan that actually came From Texas!

No, I haven't done anything with crossing the I. ochracea, and don't suppose I ever will. That one will be a challenge. I'll just leave that for Kyushu and others with more knowledge. BTW: your recent photos to the PlantFiles of I. ochracea are unbelievable and absolutely gorgeous
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/277099/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/277098/
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/277097/

Emma

Cat, Unbelieveable photo's of your ochracea.

That Yellow MG kind of reminds you of Little Shop of Horrors....feed me Seymourrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!!

The leaves got zapped when we had a freak freeze earlier this year and when I had some yard guys come in to prune the trees and plants back I neglected to tell them to just cut the vines back - they ended up pulling them out of the ground! EEEK!!! I have seedlings from fallen seeds doing well so they should be up and going again by the fall season.

I think it's pretty funny to have your seeds sold in Japan then end up having them sold or traded back into Texas. Glad I haven't had that problem with the Yellow MG.

Even funnier to see that Emma is from Jacksonville, TX and Patootie is from Jacksonville, AR!!!

Any other Jacksonvillers on here?!

Emma...is Jacksonville on the way to Houston from down here south Texas? I usually travel to Houston once to thrice a month. Could've sworn I saw a sign for Jacksonville but usually am so busy on getting from point A to point B that I never take the scenic route. I haven't used google maps to find out either.

~ Cat

Cat -

No, Jacksonville on the map is straight north of Houston. Drive time 3 hours. We are 25-miles south of Tyler.

You probably go through Victoria and saw a sign for 'Lake Jackson', which is straight south of Houston and not far from the coast.

Emma

YAH! Googled it and I mistook it for Lake Jackson :o) Thank Heavens for GPS!!! ROFL!!!

I hope you all are not floating away! I saw where the rain is horrible down there.

Hi Debra,

We have had threats of rain and so far just a few drops, but nothing serious. We need rain bad too!

Maybe Cat is having better luck further south.

Emma

No luck here yet...dark clouds and some thunder but no rain. We can sure use it. It's been in the high 90's most days and the humidity level saps all your energy.

Mom called a few minutes ago and said they got .25 inches of rain - they are 55 miles northwest from me - she thought it was more because it was really coming down. Oh well, every little bit helps.