Spring in the Dangly Bits.....
Mar. 30th, 2018 08:33 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mdehnersThe Florida Panhandle's the 1st place I've lived where Spring is actually around the Equinox. The azaleas and ornamental fruit trees are finishing up and most of the trees are Greening. The Dogwoods are just beginning.
The only fail this Winter was the White Dancing Ginger which didn't make it through the Freezes. The Nasturtiums in hanging baskets did well in the front, didn't survive the Freezes in the backyard. Nature;>!
The Citrus' are doing well though I think the Yuzu needs some Chelated Iron. The Persimmon is covered with flower buds! It needs to produce at least 3 fruits or it's out on the curb come Fall. I don't have the space to keep it if it doesn't.
I'm trying a lot of new and some previous failures but this time in containers instead of the ground. Last yr's container trial was so successful I'm trying all new and some old in them. Past fails like Foxglove, Agrostema and Cosmos appear to be doing well. As for new: Sweet Sultan, Ageratum, Forget-Me-Not and Scabosia seem to be doing well. About a third are already up to their permanent pots!
While due to this yr's Winter we had a better Daffodil performance, it wasn't good enough to continue planting them. I'll just leave the remaining be and if they adapt, great. if not, they'll provide nutrients to the plants around them.
Lilies OTOH continue to impress. The Martagon I planted has sprouted already and I had been warned by the grower that they sometimes take a couple of yrs before breaking Dormancy after transplanting. The one from Nepal is already almost 4 ft tall and 'Anastasia's about 3. The 2 Asian and Oriental lilies are still Dormant but they're always the last to pop.
I'm trying 2 new vines this yr; White Cup & Saucer and Yellow Spanish Flag. So far I can tell you that Spring bugs really like them;>!
The 2 kinds of Flowering Tobacco I'm trying this yr are doing great(previous attempts had been total failures) to the point that 1 of the Jasmine Tobaccos already has flower buds!
I've got one last flat in the house under lights that'll probably go out mid April, then we're done until August when we start the Cool Season plants again;>!
The only fail this Winter was the White Dancing Ginger which didn't make it through the Freezes. The Nasturtiums in hanging baskets did well in the front, didn't survive the Freezes in the backyard. Nature;>!
The Citrus' are doing well though I think the Yuzu needs some Chelated Iron. The Persimmon is covered with flower buds! It needs to produce at least 3 fruits or it's out on the curb come Fall. I don't have the space to keep it if it doesn't.
I'm trying a lot of new and some previous failures but this time in containers instead of the ground. Last yr's container trial was so successful I'm trying all new and some old in them. Past fails like Foxglove, Agrostema and Cosmos appear to be doing well. As for new: Sweet Sultan, Ageratum, Forget-Me-Not and Scabosia seem to be doing well. About a third are already up to their permanent pots!
While due to this yr's Winter we had a better Daffodil performance, it wasn't good enough to continue planting them. I'll just leave the remaining be and if they adapt, great. if not, they'll provide nutrients to the plants around them.
Lilies OTOH continue to impress. The Martagon I planted has sprouted already and I had been warned by the grower that they sometimes take a couple of yrs before breaking Dormancy after transplanting. The one from Nepal is already almost 4 ft tall and 'Anastasia's about 3. The 2 Asian and Oriental lilies are still Dormant but they're always the last to pop.
I'm trying 2 new vines this yr; White Cup & Saucer and Yellow Spanish Flag. So far I can tell you that Spring bugs really like them;>!
The 2 kinds of Flowering Tobacco I'm trying this yr are doing great(previous attempts had been total failures) to the point that 1 of the Jasmine Tobaccos already has flower buds!
I've got one last flat in the house under lights that'll probably go out mid April, then we're done until August when we start the Cool Season plants again;>!
