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» Cottage_Garden - Great Photos! Hah!I too would like to "just say no" to winter. But, it snowed AGAIN this morning. bleck. You cyclamen photo is amazing. I have never kept one long enough to see that! I wonder if they will be viable seeds. Maybe! Papyrus is a gem. I believe folks will marvel at papyrus forever. It was one of the first plants I ever propagated at home. I was skeptical, but it worked. A friend gave me a stem tip and I trimmed the leaves a bit and stuck it in a glass of water about now in the springtime, shortly it sent up little plantlets and shot down little roots. My oh my! Too kewl. By this time of the year we are so pleased by small things. At least today's snow didn't stick and show on the lawn, only on the rooftops. I guess that's an improvement. -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Howie - Re: Great Photos! In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:Barbara, the Cylamen was in bloom among hundreds of others when I purchased it so I am assuming it was pollinated before I brought it home. That doesn't mean the seeds will be viable but if I collect any would you like some? I still have thousands of Double Pink Poppy seeds that fit nicely with your Poppy reseeding logo. Would you like some? Our winter in nonending with more snow for the last few days. It is not yet knee high but may be getting there. It is still snowing. -- posted by Howie » CarolWallace - Re: Re: Great Photos! In response to message posted by Howie:It's been snowing here for three days now. We had a couple of very spring-like days - almost in the 70s! And then wham! Winter returned. The first snow was very mannerly, despite the fact that we had a winter storm warning and predictions of up to a foot. But we got 3-4 inches and it stayed neatly on the lawn and melted right off the driveway. (All snows should be like that!) But then we had nothing predicted for the last two days and still the driveway has mysteriously disappeared under white stuff. You know on rare occasions I have had datura pods split and spill seeds that came back as new plants the next year right outside. Not even in good soil, but in the pond area right where the land starts to rise - all rock, stone and a bit of dirt. I have never been able to get one to germinate indoors, but perversely had them germinate when I direct sowed them once and then forgot and applied a pre-emergent herbicide to that particular area. (I don't do that anymore. Like you I prefer to skip the chemicals and stick to chamomile tea and cinnamon for damping off these days. I was a lot younger and less aware back than.) But are my datura perverse or what? -- posted by CarolWallace » Howie - Re: Re: Re: Great Photos! In response to message posted by CarolWallace:<img src="http://www.suite101.com/files/topics/319..." width="188" height="141" align="left" alt="winter morning, March 31, 2003."> A third Datura seed has just germinated after lying dormant for very long. No, Carol, your volunteering Datura must not be unique. I found one that was most unbelievable. Several years ago a seed pod must have dropped one before I retrieved it. The following year, lo and behold, a Datura grew there. OK. No seed pods matured from it that year or the next. The next two years the Datura returned despite our winter weather and no mature seeds from the plant. I fully expect to see it again this year, that is if the snow ever retreats. When the sun shone yesterday the snow was beautiful. I will not show you what it looks like in today's gloom. -- posted by Howie » Cottage_Garden - BAnish WInter In response to message posted by Howie:
Here, feast your eyes on this. It is a big file. But I think it is worth it. I had to drive up the mountain to take it! ACRES under glass. And clean as a whistle. Incredible. They have a propane tank the size of a semi. Maybe bigger. I suppose that beats burning coal which is what one of my other favorite nurseries has switched to recently -- coal is now cheaper than heating oil. They were glad to have a dual system. -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Howie - Re: BAnish WInter In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:This weekend a local garden center is having its annual openhouse incorporating music, arts, and food in addition to summer under glass. It is not as extensive as the one you just visited. Acres of flowers are awesome, especially this time of year. Your photo is breathtaking. You are right, the file is large, 262,616 bytes. You could compress it in image editing software without any apparent loss of detail on a monitor. Our snow is receeding enough to uncover some Winter Aconite that was in full flower before being covered. Now the flowers are ruined. -- posted by Howie » Cottage_Garden - Re: Re: BAnish WInter In response to message posted by Howie:You can delete it from here if you think it is too big. I won't mind. -- posted by Cottage_Garden » Howie - Re: Re: Re: BAnish WInter In response to message posted by Cottage_Garden:Delete, No. -- posted by Howie
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