i have many diff rh aND AZ. i can make cuttings if you let me
know now put your name here on a list to keep me organized.
i figure around $8 for the shipping.
will have cuttings in late spring for dg members
D Calderon
1301 S San Ignacio Ave
San Antonio, Tx. 78237
please put me on the list...............10 Q
you got it!
I was looking today at the rh before i burlap them all for the winter.
I will have 4' ers, and then my 10' ers. Hope all the cuttings make
it. we will see.
sheri
I would like a cutting please.
Robin Beffa
231 Keepsake Rd.
Stoutland, MO 65567
Thanks
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never had one but would love one please
Kathy Jordan
97McCalla Rd.
Bessemer, Al 35022
thanks
great! keep those cards and letters coming!
I posted on Trades some of the var I have.
I don't know which ones will be sufficiently strong enough after
the winter here, but the ones that show the best vigor, those
will be the propagated ones.
I have everything from zone 4 to zone 7
If you are zone 8 or above, then perhaps mine
won't do ya so good. You might be looking at
someone else who has Viyera rhodos instead.
going to do cuttings, some layering and some stem staking,
see which ones do the best for us.
hope everyone likes pink tones.
sheri
i would like one please, and yes i love pink!!!
beckie haugh
3423 humboldt street
norfolk,va 23513
thankyou
I would like to put my name in for any that Rhods and Az's that will handle zone 5 weather.
Thanks, Debbie
beckie and debbie got ya!
will let you know come later in the spring.
sheri
Is it too late to through my hat in the ring?I have propagated every ornimental I have here, and am working on the natural(shaded) area.Can d-mail the particuars.Thank you Mike
Count me in too, please. THANKS!
jo
mquiq
and jo....i have you on my list.
thanks for believing in rhododendrons. they are awesome!
sheri
Sheri - I have had rotten luck rooting these "semi-hardwoods", altho i do just fine with lots of things. So please keep us posted on what works. I keep trying to root some winter daphne but only rarely succeed. Which reminds me... If I succeed with this, would you like one?
jo
I love Daphne!
I am sending cuttings, hopefully with some roots LOL
Its constant misting and cool even temps that are
needed with bright indirect but sunlit lighting. and,
controlled lighting too might be necessary where you
live. although ga has good sun and moist conditions.
I also cut after a winters hardened them and made them
healthier. I like to prune early anyway, and cut off the
early growth to force the plants to root harder and therefore
the top growth will be friskier and more vigorous. for the
first few years I am not concerned about the flowers as
I am about getting good roots. If the plant doesn't make
it over the first winter, if it struggles, I give it one more
year, then after that, its pretty much kaput anyhow. Not good
for anyone around here.
We deal with hard clay/loam/sand/slight acid, no limestone
or sulphers needed to balance the soil. therefore, i plant
with just a little bit of compost and peat to lighten the soil
and mix it with our soil to encourage feeder roots.
If you are stem pinning, that works great on Daphne.
I used to make cuts in Daphne, stuff in some moist sphagnum
moss about a 1/2 cups worth, and wrap with plastic wrap like
saran wrap. I would get really great plants that could be rooted
in the ground the next year practically, I prefer to pot them on
and grow them hard for a year with adverse conditions and not
too much fertilizer, makes em work for a living it does. just
like kids, you gotta get them enthusiastic and hungry to make
a living. LOL
regards,
sheri and wish me luck, i have a lot of dg members who are
crossing their fingers for their 10' rhodos from me.
stem pinning? Is that just bending stems down into the dirt and "pinning" them with wire or something? I never tried that. As to your other trick, making cuts and covering with sphagnum moss and saran wrap - when would you do that? Now with buds forming (will be open in 6 weeks or so)? Or in the spring? Or fall?
Jo, down here the daphnes need to flower(usually in Feb.), and root in april for best results.
Sheri, 10' rhodos?? I don't think they get that high in the Mts. in Ga.I have been looking at rhodos, and wishing from the catalogs.I have never tried rooting them before, but know it can be done.I know a "strange" ex professor who says that rhodos have to be planted in the mulch, in order to grow properly.He does have some beauties.Mike
No problem getting daphnes to flower, Mike... It's just the rooting that I find problematic!
http://davesgarden.com/tools/journal/showimage.php?eid=106130
btw, this pix was from a few years ago. This year, despite the drought and horrible August heat, this plant is still doing great and is loaded with buds. It has been opening earlier each year and staying in bloom longer. The bush is so huge now that we get daphne blooms (and aromas) from mid-January through late March! Won't be long now.. ummmmm
Thanks for the suggestion to root in April. I'll try for several from both my huge one and a smaller variagated one.
That's a very beautiful bush. I wish I could smell it right now. I'm tired of smelling snow.
snow smells? I thought it was the smell of the fresh air.
and the woodsmoke drifting along. and the scents of
balsam fir wreaths when you go through a doorway.
In fact, air layering should be done later in the spring.
slice at an angle into the soft wood, and put in a tiny
piece of toothpick. sprinkle some rooting hormone
in if you have any. pack sphagnum around it and
seal up with saran . By fall you will have good plants.
You can pot them up at that time, or grown them
on in perlite hydroponically, with continued
misting or plastic covers and fan etc. keep em cool.
some of my rhodos will grow over 10 feet high. in
England, they are loved much more and they are
like 25' bushes smothered in floral displays to
nearly knock you over. I have never seen them
in person, only in pictures though. I can imagine
standing in front of these gorgeous and old bushes
and just feeling the awe inspiring strength and beauty
and majesty of them. I love their branches too.
I stll need to get some fragrant Rho. will try this year.
regards
sheri
Yep snow smells. It is clean, too clean, and I have wood smoke coming out of the chimney. I also have a pine right outside my front door. I love winter for about 1 week then I'm ready for spring, cabin fever sets in quick with me. I would rather smell the field starting to bloom with the Dogwood and the Redbud and all the spring flowers. Someone cutting their grass for the first time of the spring after the rains have been coming down for a couple of weeks. See all the little critters popping their heads out of their burrows, watch the eagles start flying north and all the others return from the south.
Can you tell I want spring.
I hope I'm not too late for a few cuttings-love all of them, but am particualr to purple (MY FAVE COLOR). My end goal is to hedge my lawn with them on both sides in various colors!! PLMK if there is any chance of me getting some in the spring and when they are ready, I will send you whatever you want for shipping costs!!
All the propagation info was so helpful-THANKS!!
Stacey
PS WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DAPHNE-it looks bigger than I am:)
Well, the daphne is not quite so tall as I (probably just under 5' tall), but she sure is big around!
Now that I know to try rootings in April (thanks, Mike), I'll try to get a lot. Would be thrilled to share.
jo
Its never too late for ANYTHING.
If I don't have cuttings this year, then I will make more next year.
I have waited 2 years to get small liners from a professional grower!
I am looking at the snow now, and the barometer says goin' to be
sunny tomorrow. thats when you have to wear dark glasses here
in Michigan, otherwise you risk getting UV burns to your eyes.
Your eyes actually water and tear and burn from the brilliance of
the sun. That has happened to me once, in March about 12 years
ago. ugh!
There are fragrant Rhoadies also! I don't have any yet, but will soon,
and then after one year I can take some cuttings.
I am trying this year to propagate Azaleas too., but I am not offering
them yet, as I am not sure how well they will take, and if they need
a longer stay in the infant hospital nursery here at WigglyPaw farm.
Sheri-
You are right about the snow-when I was a kid (I grew up just about 45 mins. from Grand Rapids & now live just above Toledo), I used to get Pink Eye all the time & the Dr. told me it was from the refelction off the snow!! You have to be careful-it can be blinding. While I know that a lot of people are already sick of the snow, this is our 1st year back in MI and are thrilled to have a white Xmas!!:) I didn't want it a few weeks ago when I was still trying to get the last of my daff & tulip bulbs in the ground while digging in the 1st light snow fall:) Everyone thought I was crazy-but you will go extended lengths for your passion.
Jo-
If the daphne is just under 5' then I guess I have it beat by a couple inches-I am 5'1-I guess it's a little sad when you are the oompa loompa that is just barely taller than a bush-LOL!!
The little gardener,
Stacey
Does anyone know where I can buy bare root azaleas hardy to zone 5a? I found a wholesale nursery in TN but their minimum order is $1000. A little pricey for a bed & breakfast. Their prices were really cheap...like a $1.10 for 1 to 2 foot plants. http://www.tnnursery.net/pg_prodcats_5003.html. Look at us at http://www.1aj.org
You have a fantastic B&B, I loved it, sure wish that was my house. I wish I could help you out here, but I am new to these plants.
I bet Wigglypaw could tell you. You might try and dmail her, although I think all of us would like to know the answer to your question.
Georgia Jo
do it now. make a small slice upwards into the semihardwood stem, and insert
a small end piece of toothpick (to keep it open).. push in some rooting hormone,
some messenger if you have any, and damp spaghnum moss. make a less than
baseball size around, and wrap in saran and you can masking tape it to stem
above and below. You can do this on a flowering stem or a vegetative stem.
Don't do all of them! do about half of them, and next year the other half. You will
get great plants from this method.
sheri
Heritage!
You MUST go to Van Veen nurseries online. They have a nice link through DG.
They have seedlings and liners and even some grown on big azaleas for
about $4.00 Incredible roots on them. They're happy to grow your own cuttings
on for yourself too. so you can take cuttings from your growing azaleas and
send them to them and they will make big bushes for you out of them.
Kathy is the owners daughter and she is very knowledgable . I usually order
around $300 worth from them of named varieties.
You must try an azalea named Corsage. OMG.
I will visit your bb link. thank you for asking a great question i love to talk.
sheri
Stacey I have you on my list.
Now, we are waiting for the sun to shine for more than
3 hours a day here, and please, if you don't mind Mr. Sun,
get up higher than the trees please!
When I see a girl or a guy all tanned now, it looks rediculous
to me. We all look like the "Morlocks" from the time machine,
all white and google eyed from trying to drive a car without
hitting a deer, going off the road on the ice, or trying to
see through a snow storm. ugh.
sheri
Mqiq
Yes, my rhodos grow to about 15 feet high. any of the
catawbienses will, and should.
In England, they grow twice that due to moist and
mild. In NEw York, they grow about 20 feet on
Long Island, zone 7, but surrounded by water
and moist breezes and tons of acid soil and sandy
soil too.
sher
Stem Pinning
I works well with rhoadies and also with roasies too.
bend those pliable green skinny stems down an pin them
into the ground with a landscape pin. Mound some dirt
over the pin, just "set it and forget it"!!!!!!!!!! LOL
I usually leave them till the next year and cut the umbilical
cord in the spring. You can do this to all the stems of
the plant if you want. doesn't hurt them in the least.
They may LOOK funny, like their skirt has fallen down
around their legs...but when you can stop laughing at
them and make them feel good about themselves....
sheri
The only thing more beautiful than a rhodo in bloom, is a large rhodo in bloom.15 feet! wow, thats wonderful.Mike
If you go to the site for the national trust gardens in the uk,
you can view some of the gardens paths as they
wend their way through the towering mountainous rhodo's.
Its the only way I will ever go to see the National Garden trusts...
oh well.
sheri
I love the fragrant rhodies too.
Its hard to find, and there are not too many of the really tall
kind. Lee's, roseums, zemblas, albas, they all zoom right up there.
Thanks for the suggestions re rooting my daphne, sheri. I finally got around to buying some sphagnum moss, so I'll take some cuttings later this week, and maybe a few more in the spring (just to see which does better). Meanwhile, am eagerly anticipating that glorious aroma -- only a couple of weeks away!
jo
WigglyPaw, how are they looking? would love to see a pic of the rhodies in bloom.Mike
wigglypaw, I would be very interested in some cuttings. How difficult are they to start from a cutting?
Jan
We have lost over 200 rhoadies this winter due to ice and dry wind blizzards.
Sorry to all for the promise of cuttings.
I
I will try again next year. Gardening. Hrmph!
sheri
I really am sorry to hear that.You just never know what the weather will do, and gardening is as risky as stocks.Thanks , Mike
Sorry for your losses, sheri. Don't worry about us.
So sorry about all those lovely rhodies, we all understand how things like that happen. Good luck for next year.