I can barely wait until the day--not this season--it blooms for the first time. It will be heaven!
What PLANT did you buy?????
Didn't recognise the leaves until it came out of the box, Cestrum.
Googled M.alba......sounds fantastic.....after that wait I bet you have a special spot for it.
Da#%n you cestrum :0)....another carrot to wave in front of us...
Actually, Judy, I waved the carrot in front of Mya (there was one left) but she thought the freight might be too much ...
Special spot ...? Haven't thought that far! I'll acclimatise it first ...
You can view a photo and the label here http://www.daleysfruit.com.au/plant/Michelia-Longifolia-M-Alba.htm
But they're all gone now. No harm in putting your name on the waiting list as there's no obligation to buy. In fact, if you don't hurry up and buy when you're notified of their availability, you'll find them sold out ...
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Back from the markets. The rain held off for us, so that was great. Not a lot there today. One really nice brom but too expensive for me. I have Huernias here, just a few varieties, but spotted this little one which I don't think I've got. I don't know what variety it is, so will just call it Huernia.' The tiny plant itself is not in the best condition, but I hope it will pick up again when the warmer weather sets in. Anyway, I got it so cheap it doesn't matter.
Karen
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Amazing what you find at the trash and treasure known as Bunnings: a chocolate vine. I remember growing one years ago in Melbourne, the flowers being more a novelty than anything else. It never set fruit (I think you need two different species for cross pollination). Anyway, I saw one today but it's a new hybrid: Akebia quinata longiracimosa, which is a cross between the A. quinata and A. longiracimosa. Apparently the latter is native to Taiwan and very rare. So this hybrid is supposed to have much longer flowers, similar to the Taiwan species. Label says it's 'deliciously fragrant' but I've heard that one before! Still, it's worth buying out of curiosity I thought, so I did LOL
Cestrum ...I saw it the other day too and was very tempted ...but I resisted...I bought a pinstripe ginger instead...Yes I agree Bunnings is like that,you just never know what you will find from one visit to the next..
You will have to keep us posted - with pics- on how it does for you.
Judy, you're more restrained than I am! I believe that the Taiwan species helps to give this hybrid greater heat tolerance. Seems that the summers will be more of a strain for it than the danger of frosty winter nights.
Seeds, plants--they're all just great :-)
Most of the crepe myrtle seeds have germinated for me and in less than a week.. :0)
Judy, did those 'Dynamite' crepe myrtle seeds come from Chrissy?
Because I sent the ones I didn't use to her LOL
I thought three Dynamite seedlings were enough for me.
Any seeds I send, please feel free to pass them on.
Chrissy,did I send you some of the crepe myrtle seeds ?
Yes that's ok for sure but I did think I sent some to you too...
Colleen,Did I send some to you...I know I sent out 2 packs of the crepe myrtle to 2 different people ..oh well doesn't matter..
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No you were kind enough to have shared some oleander seeds and cuttings with me ^_^ Love the yellows.
I saw a stunning red one of yours somewhere, maybe in a few weeks you could send me a cutting or two of that one since red is my favourite colour, well really black and red but then there aren't many blooms in black are there. I will send something in return ^_^
I thought *yellow* was your favourite colour, Chrissy? Or was it orange LOL
They're all favourites when we fall in love with them! Honestly, I think so often we instinctively like (or dislike!) something at a gut level and *then* our conscious brain finds reasons to justifiy that opinion ...
By the way have you seen this?
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1095270/
One of the gardeners trimmed theirs down to the ground.
Now that's very interesting about the champacas losing their leaves because the same thing is happening to the lower branches of my largest/oldest tree.(I don't mind too much because it allows things to grow underneath it, but I don't like not knowing what's causing it.)
Might have to think about pruning the top.
Might have to think about how to get to the top to prune it LOL
Actually, I intend to lop the top off the smallest champaca. It's my third one, so I feel I can experiment with it :-) Plus, it's downwind of the house and the scent will flow away to the neighbours anyway ...
This message was edited Sep 23, 2010 5:42 PM
Quote from chrissy100 :
No you were kind enough to have shared some oleander seeds and cuttings with me ^_^ Love the yellows.
I saw a stunning red one of yours somewhere, maybe in a few weeks you could send me a cutting or two of that one since red is my favourite colour, well really black and red but then there aren't many blooms in black are there. I will send something in return ^_^
Are we talking red crepe myrtle or red oleander chrissy...you've lost me lol.
Sorry I have popped back for a tic ...the Beautiful red oleander!
I love all of your ollies but red sucks me right in every time!
I have small buds forming on one of the rose coloured cuttings already, the winter didn't hurt them.
here tis
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/showimage/224508/
Oh ok....I didn't realize that you wanted the red oleander...I can send you as many cuttings as you want..
I'll post them off to you next week chrissy.. also are there any others you were after?
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I saw pots of (edible) peanut vines at Bunnings. Didn't buy them because it's the end of summer and time to start preparing the ground for the leafy cooler-weather crops. Had it been the start of spring I might have been tempted.
They also had those two-toned agapanthus 'Queen Mum', white with blue tips. Plus one last pot of the scented white society garlic, Talbaghia fragrans alba 'Snowman'. Oh, and fresh pots of the green-leaf and the purple-leaf ornamental sweet potato. I imagine if you live in SEQ you should find these at your local Bunnings too ...
BTW, I filled a trolley with supplies and only on the drive home realised that I had forgotten to buy the one thing I had actually come for LOL
A mini-greenhouse, actually. You'd think it would be something I'd remember ...
Here's a red Bella hybrid dwarf abutilon I bought. I have several tall shrubby abutilons, but this dwarf range is new to me. (It's probably been around for years without my noticing!)
Yes the dwarfs were beautiful but not very tough ...they died in the bad freeze a few years back.
very pretty colours and nice open faces.
They did well until -5C.
I had a lovely box of seeds bought in to me this morning.
Thanks so much ...it kind of helps to replace some of the ones I lost.
Too generous as usual.
Thankyou very much.
I have water roots on the cuttings you sent me last time :) including the fragrant China Doll.
Time to plant now.
I will plant this lot of seeds out in the Spring (except for the radish) ...can't wait,
I have 1ft bauhinias grown from your seeds last time.
Hopefully next season will be kinder here.
It could happen here too, alas. (I think it did once, before my time.) If it did, losing the dwarf abutilon would be the least of my concerns :-(
Dracaena 'Lemon Surprise'. Not scented, not even any flowers. But so pretty I couldn't resist :-)
I forgot to mention that I saw two other interesting plants: (1) Amorphophallus bulbifer, or voodoo lily. I didn't want to buy it because, despite the label being silent about the smell of the flower, I knew it would be one of the stinky ones. But it was unexpected to see it here (see http://www.rareflora.com/amorphophallusbul.htm ). (2) Pavetta australiensis , which was tempting because it's described as a native subtropical plant with fragrant flowers. (See http://www.brisrain.webcentral.com.au/01_cms/details_pop.asp?ID=123 ). These were sitting beside the native Randia and the leaves looked almost identical, so I wondered if perhaps Pavetta was a synonym for Randia, but it appears not. Still, I've been burned too often before and would like to smell the flowers before buying.
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Centrum, where do you usually go to look for new plants?
Could pass this up. A baby tassel fern, Huperzia Phlegmaria. This brings my collection of tassel ferns to a total of........3. I got this from the local markets last weekend.
Karen
My local trash and treasure (aka Bunnings) is where I usually buy my plants--never know what you'll find there, a lot of mundane stuff with the occasional gem. There's a small local nursery that I might visit a few times a year, but its range is extremely limited.
That Pavetta australiensis is apparently also known as Ixora pavetta (see http://keys.trin.org.au:8080/key-server/data/0e0f0504-0103-430d-8004-060d07080d04/media/Html/taxon/Pavetta_australiensis.htm ). I wonder if people might be growing the plant thinking it's a white-flowered ixora?
Went to the Bacchus Marsh market on Saturday and I have never seen plants as cheap and such varieties...
I bought 3 Fuschia for $10.50....Fey,Pink Cloud and Steeley
3 Nandina for $10 to put near the Mondo grass by the sundial...the Mondo was too dark by itself..
All good sizes in 6 ins pots
I could easily have bought some of the Denrobiums, lots of different varieties..from $8.
If I could have carried them there were Cane Begonias 4ft tall and bushy for only $10
Even the hanging baskets were only $10 and all the stalls were similiar prices.
I had to leave asap.......Ray kept saying "Where will we put them?"
I will be back again to that market.....great around Christmas time.
I was wasting time this morning & went into the Warehouse to look at plants.
Nice way to kill time until due at work - I am fed up with arriving early, being expected to work but not being paid for it.
Anyway the orphans were in a bad way, one tempting calla but I suspect it was rotting & not salvageable.
Then I saw two lovely variegated hebes on special.
I picked the bushier one of the two & scurried off to the checkout.
I have wanted something like this for ages so am really pleased with my find.
Hebe Waireka
this is the label - I am looking forward to seeing the flowers.
A plant you've been looking for at a discounted price--and you even got a label LOL
I saw this Pavetta australiensis when I was last at Bunnings. (Possibly also known as Ixora pavetta, as I speculated then.) I didn't go back for it, but I did have to visit Bunnings today for other stuff and thought I would see if any were left. Well, you know the rest!
Here's the rear of the label.
I got something else too, an unexpected bonus. Not at Bunnings but in my PO box. I knew there was mail yesterday but, because it was raining and I wasn't expecting anything NB, I left it until today. And found a lovely surprise from the gardening fairy godfather awaiting me. Thank you, Wayne :-)
