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I WOULD repot the pothos vines too like I am doing with almost everything else…….. buuuuuuut I think it might be better to cut all these leafless messes to try to root them in water, and repot the parent plants once they’ve refilled what’s left with leaves.
I can get away with shocking many plants with rough repottings and soil renovations today, but I don’t think the pothos could handle that as they are today, they’ll have to be another day for repot day. Perhaps in spring when its the ZZ plant and Hoyas’ turns, it depends on how fast the leaves come back.
I stg though either the cuttings or the original rooted plants better survive and grow back enough that I can pot them up in something more worthy and have them thrive once again;
At least one of them (yellow Marble Queen) was originally gifted to me by Omgplants during a plant exchange/trade and I really don’t want to have more “gifted” plants die on me (few as they may be). Just this spring the last of the plants originally from biodiverseed (said plant being a Laburnum sapling that I grew from seed she sent) had croaked on me from its bad declining health from how hard the winter whipped it. I grow attachment to unique gifted plants yo, it hurts having to declare them dead and throw their remains out….
Apparently Blackberry lilies are a species that’s warm-germinated and is advised to be sown midwinter indoors??- or maybe not. There’s a bit of contradiction info source to source.
“Iris domestica is reputed to have a very short seed shelf life“
SHIT NOT GONNA HAVE A REPEAT ON THE FERN SPORE INCIDENT; TIME TO GRAB THE SEEDING TRAYS!!!! Not risking it, this is nowhere near midwinter but Gato’s not risking it.
Kind of wish I could travel more and be more sociable(and hence network) to mathematically increase my chances on getting my hands/sights on Groundnut vine in Ontario. The exhausted frustration just bubbles up when I check sightings on the google maps and the results just make it feel like it grows everywhere in every county but this one.
Either agriculture is eating out its habitat/haunts or the woodlots/forests here grew too dense and shaded out the chances of its existence.
>T I know its a bit childish of me but its just almost maddening to be told/shown a plant is so common yet to seem to be living in the one place its just not around. Its the same feeling with Clematis viginiana and C. occidentalis; why is this county (or area of the county) have to be such an empty vacuum for these species?!
This info should be taken with a grain of salt since this info is affected by its users (which of course would be in the cities, not in little towns) but
it doesn’t make it any less vexing.
I’ve finally transplanted 4 different New England Asters into the new garden. They’ll be wilt-sulking for a while but if their grandma parent plant could bounce back from a sulk-transplant from a later time of the autumn year, they can too.
I actually wonder how many people would ACTUALLY buy New England Aster if I potted some up to add to the greenhouse stock for selling. Like yeah; to farmers and some other folk its a weed but out of all the “weed” native plants in Ontario, this is one of the few I think I could be VERY persuasive for its favor in the gardenscape…
Since it may be wise for me to sell most of my deciduous tree saplings this year I’m going to work on some selling hooks to stir interest since trees seem to be so difficult to sell if they’re ain’t windbreak trees these days.
How do these sound for descriptions for selling (critique as you like especially if you have any firsthand experience with these trees);
Yellow Birch (Betula allengensis)
More known in the lumber trade rather than the landscape
trade, it is nonetheless a tree to appreciate. While not as fast growing nor as
visually bold as the white-barked birches, it makes up for sheer size and potentially
longer lifespan; Under the right conditions 150 years is the average for the
yellow birch with its mature adult form reaching the towering height of 25
meters. It is a tree suited for naturalization in woodlands and parks, thriving
best in cool moist soils. It’s seeds and catkins feed wildlife, furthering its
place as a good wildlife tree. As a young tree they tolerate some degree of
shade, with them thriving best of all in full sun at maturity. Along with its
bronze to yellow peeling bark, it’s brilliant yellow autumn foliage has helped
Yellow Birch earn its name well.
Gray Birch (Betula populifolia)
A handsome white-barked classic birch tree with a fine
foliage texture. Does best in poor acidic soils but is adaptable as to how
dry/moist said soil may be. A nice suckering tree for naturalization and woodland gardens.
Common Catalpa (Catalpa biginoides)
A good shade tree tolerant of surprisingly many difficult
soil conditions despite it’s preference for rich moist soil. While considered a
coarse tree, its large heart-shaped leaves and large white June-borne flowers
are a lovely ornamental addition to make up for it. Long tubular seed pods in
autumn give it its other nickname of Cigar Tree.
Japanese Tree Lilac (Syringa reticulata)
A good choice for a specimen tree if you like Lilacs but
want something a little different in style. It is one of last to
flower among the Lilac species, blooming in early summer, with very large white fragrant floral plumes.
It is a fairly favoured urban tolerant tree in medium moisture soils for a good
floral show, with many excellent examples of specimens being found in
Stratford, London, and Guelph.
Katsura (Cercidiphyllum japonicum) Germination
Photographed 2018Stratford collected. Surface sown under growlights and on a heat mat, Generic Promix growing media. Will probably have to be thinned/repotted in the next few days.
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