| By sunnyvalley on Apr 22, 2024 11:44 PM, concerning plant: Iris 'Positive Thinking' I presume this is Thomas Johnson's 2023 tall bearded iris.
The register entry:
■(TB) 'Positive Thinking'
2023, Johnson
'Positive Thinking' (Thomas Johnson, R. 2023) Seedling TL235C, TB, 36" (91.5 cm), Midseason to late bloom. Standards bright canary yellow; style arms canary yellow; falls creamy white with a canary yellow haft and band, touch of lilac on shoulders and blushed below the beard; beards golden orange; slight sweet fragrance. 'Colour Bazaar' X 'Catwalk Queen'. Mid-America Garden 2023
https://wiki.irises.org/TbPthr... [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By dnrevel on Apr 22, 2024 11:28 AM, concerning plant: Globe Artichoke (Cynara scolymus 'Green Globe') I am going to try overwintering a few artichokes this year using the basket method and using a waterproof tarp. That may be the key addition:
Zones 6 to 7: After the last harvest, cut the plants down to 12 to 18 inches. Cover with organic mulch: leaves, straw, compost, and then cover the pile with a large basket. Mound more leaves and straw over the basket and cover everything with a waterproof tarp. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By Faerygardener on Apr 21, 2024 2:59 PM, concerning plant: Miniature Annual Lupine (Lupinus bicolor) Miniature Lupine is a native to the west coast found throughout California to British Columbia. It is nitrogen-fixing and a boon to pollinators in addition to being a cute tiny plant. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By Castello_decorum on Apr 21, 2024 2:03 PM, concerning plant: Aeonium decorum A. decorum is a variable species. The diameter of the rosette can range from 1.5 to 4 inches. Colors can be variable from clone to clone, and depending on sun exposure. Plants grown in the shade are usually a dark green color, but in full sun they can range from a reddish orange to bronze color. This plant is commonly confused with two of its close relatives, A. haworthii and A. leucoblepharum.
It is known to form hybrids with A. canariense and A. castello-paive. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By Baja_Costero on Apr 20, 2024 2:36 PM, concerning plant: Agave (Agave x pumila) This smallish hybrid is usually sold under the apparently invalid species name Agave pumila. It is a dimorphic plant, with a compact, offsetting juvenile version to a few inches wide (for several years) and a spreading adult version to about 2 feet wide. Apparently one can hasten this conversion by putting potted plants in the ground.
Gentry treated pumila as a species but also considered the parentage of Agave lechuguilla (originally and currently spelled as lecheguilla) x Agave victoriae-reginae (compact form). The leaf underside strongly suggests the former parentage, despite what the CoL and the data above indicate (scabra=asperrima in the mix).
If the CoL is right that pumila = asperrima x nickelsiae (which I doubt) then Agave x pumila would be a synonym for Agave x nigra (one form of which is known in the trade as 'Sharkskin'), a very different looking plant without this odd dimorphic form.
In any case pumila was apparently collected in the 19th century and described on the basis of a Kew plant obtained from a Dutch trader, of unknown geographic origin. It was never found in nature (at least at the time of Gentry's writing). [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By SunriseSide on Apr 20, 2024 1:28 PM, concerning plant: Daylily (Hemerocallis 'Freedom Is Not Free') Curious that 'Freedom Is Not Free' is registered as a Tet but apparently crossed to 'Wild Rose Fandango', a Dip, to create a dip child 'Lily Farm Arachnid Orbiter'. I will note that the hybridizer had FINF listed as a Tet on his website in 2020 [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By ScotTi on Apr 20, 2024 1:20 PM, concerning plant: Bromeliad (Neoregelia 'Zacate') C. Skotak hybrid
Seed parent - N. carolinae x N. 'Fireball'
Pollen parent - N. mcwilliamsii
'Zacate' has a slight upright 17" nearly spineless rosette of light green creamy striped leaves that will slightly blush pink in strong light. Will produce a red center at flowering.
Offsets are produced on 5"-6" stolons. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By Baja_Costero on Apr 19, 2024 2:27 PM, concerning plant: Parodia x erubescens Spiny South American ball cactus with yellow flowers.
This plant, formerly known as Parodia (Notocactus) schlosseri (after the guy who collected it in Uruguay, Hugo Schlosser), was apparently described as Echinocactus erubescens a few decades before that point, so the older name takes priority. According to Hunt it is apparently not a species but a hybrid of P. (N.) mammulosa with another Parodia. It belongs with a few plants that are closely related to P. (N.) scopa. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By ScotTi on Apr 18, 2024 12:43 PM, concerning plant: Bromeliad (Neoregelia 'Tossed Salad') Neoregelia 'Tossed Salad'
Harvey Bullis hybrid
Seed parent - 'Dexter's Pride'
Pollen parent - 'Fantastic Gardens'
Good coloration achieved with good morning and late afternoon sun conditions. Midday and early afternoon Summer sun should be avoided as leaves will burn. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
| By ScotTi on Apr 13, 2024 4:52 PM, concerning plant: Bromeliad (Neoregelia 'Palmares') C. Skotak hybrid
Seed parent - carolinae Variegated x Hannibal Lecter
Pollen parent - Tiger Cub
Rosette 8" - 10" producing pups on 2"-3" stolons.
Leaf coloration - Broad white central vertical stripe barred with dark reddish purple horizontal banding on both sides.
Needs strong sun conditions to bring out the great horizontal banding coloration. [ | Reply to this comment ] |
