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Mar. 25th, 2012 11:32 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
lblanchardLooks like 'gervase' x 'apple blossom' is aborting. I'm not terribly upset -- I will have more than enough experiments from the Class of 2012, I fear. 'Papilio' x 'emerald' still looks good, and so does 'apple blossom' x 'gervase,' which was pollinated the same day. Too early to tell on the other crosses. Another 'gervase' is opening and I think I may just dab a little leftover 'emerald' on one of the flowers just because I can.
Look at this pretty seed packet:
Proceeds from the sale of this open pollinated heirloom hardy hibiscus (H. moscheutos) will benefit the City Harvest program, so I'm doing good by growing plants. Imagine that! I also have no idea what I'll do with 10-15 hardy hibiscus plants, assuming good germination. Actually, I do: dividend plants for the PHS member appreciation day; gifts to the going-green neighbors with rain gardens; possibly one or two in the Julian Abele park if the powers that be will deign to accept them. Or perhaps some guerrilla gardening in the new Wal*Mart rain garden!
Here's more about the seeds from Hudson Valley Seed Library:
http://www.seedlibrary.org/wp/hardy-hibiscus-limited-edition-pack/
(karenkay, be sure to click the link and scroll down to see that ukulele is the instrument of John Bartram!)
In other news, I salvaged a leaf segment from the presumed-dead Sansevieria and will attempt to root one piece in vermiculite and another in water.
Look at this pretty seed packet:
Proceeds from the sale of this open pollinated heirloom hardy hibiscus (H. moscheutos) will benefit the City Harvest program, so I'm doing good by growing plants. Imagine that! I also have no idea what I'll do with 10-15 hardy hibiscus plants, assuming good germination. Actually, I do: dividend plants for the PHS member appreciation day; gifts to the going-green neighbors with rain gardens; possibly one or two in the Julian Abele park if the powers that be will deign to accept them. Or perhaps some guerrilla gardening in the new Wal*Mart rain garden!
Here's more about the seeds from Hudson Valley Seed Library:
http://www.seedlibrary.org/wp/hardy-hibiscus-limited-edition-pack/
(
karenkay, be sure to click the link and scroll down to see that ukulele is the instrument of John Bartram!)In other news, I salvaged a leaf segment from the presumed-dead Sansevieria and will attempt to root one piece in vermiculite and another in water.
