My hydrangeas are coming along nicely

bluegreen said:

My hydrangeas are coming along nicely

they look nice.
soil acidic or do you use a bluing agent?

They are indeed coming along nicely…

trichome said:

bluegreen said:

My hydrangeas are coming along nicely

they look nice.
soil acidic or do you use a bluing agent?

must be the soil because all I have given them is water from the bore.

bluegreen said:

must be the soil because all I have given them is water from the bore.

actually, I think it was from the tank water tap. So rain water only.

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

must be the soil because all I have given them is water from the bore.

actually, I think it was from the tank water tap. So rain water only.

Rainwater from a metal tank will be higher in iron if it is an old rusty tank.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

bluegreen said:

must be the soil because all I have given them is water from the bore.

actually, I think it was from the tank water tap. So rain water only.

Rainwater from a metal tank will be higher in iron if it is an old rusty tank.

plastic

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

actually, I think it was from the tank water tap. So rain water only.

Rainwater from a metal tank will be higher in iron if it is an old rusty tank.

plastic

Therefore your soil is acidic.. ;)

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Rainwater from a metal tank will be higher in iron if it is an old rusty tank.

plastic

Therefore your soil is acidic.. ;)

yup :)

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

plastic

Therefore your soil is acidic.. ;)

yup :)

Unless planted near where someone cuts/grinds a lot of iron and steel.

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Therefore your soil is acidic.. ;)

yup :)

Unless planted near where someone cuts/grinds a lot of iron and steel.

nope :)

bluegreen said:

My hydrangeas are coming along nicely

So they are. I have blue ones at the back of the house and pink ones on the side of the house. One white one that was guaranteed to stay while and it has.

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

actually, I think it was from the tank water tap. So rain water only.

Rainwater from a metal tank will be higher in iron if it is an old rusty tank.

plastic

Mine get tank water from a cement tank. What does that make them? Some pink, some blue.

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

roughbarked said:

Rainwater from a metal tank will be higher in iron if it is an old rusty tank.

plastic

Mine get tank water from a cement tank. What does that make them? Some pink, some blue.

Your soil is neutral pH though the water from concrete will be slightly alkaline.

roughbarked said:

pomolo said:

bluegreen said:

plastic

Mine get tank water from a cement tank. What does that make them? Some pink, some blue.

Your soil is neutral pH though the water from concrete will be slightly alkaline.

You must be right because they certainly like water.

Ooh, ooh, ooh….are we skiting? My Jacobean Lilies are loving this year!

Buddleias are coming out now…white, pink, mauve, purple and deep purple. And the butterflies are coming with them. I haven’t taken any photos this year.

buffy said:

Ooh, ooh, ooh….are we skiting? My Jacobean Lilies are loving this year!

Buddleias are coming out now…white, pink, mauve, purple and deep purple. And the butterflies are coming with them. I haven’t taken any photos this year.

LOve Jacobeans…can you really grow them down there…(yes OK you’ve got the photo)…

buffy said:

Ooh, ooh, ooh….are we skiting? My Jacobean Lilies are loving this year!

Buddleias are coming out now…white, pink, mauve, purple and deep purple. And the butterflies are coming with them. I haven’t taken any photos this year.

Mine were good this year also. They’re finished now.

Yes, that photo was a couple of weeks ago. But there were about 4 weeks of them. A gradual buildup and then beautiful abundance and then a slow abeyance.

Dinetta said:

buffy said:

Ooh, ooh, ooh….are we skiting? My Jacobean Lilies are loving this year!

Buddleias are coming out now…white, pink, mauve, purple and deep purple. And the butterflies are coming with them. I haven’t taken any photos this year.

LOve Jacobeans…can you really grow them down there…(yes OK you’ve got the photo)…

Whoops, I had your location confused with Phooey’s…

Dinetta said:

buffy said:

Ooh, ooh, ooh….are we skiting? My Jacobean Lilies are loving this year!

Buddleias are coming out now…white, pink, mauve, purple and deep purple. And the butterflies are coming with them. I haven’t taken any photos this year.

LOve Jacobeans…can you really grow them down there…(yes OK you’ve got the photo)…

Mine have been finished for a month.

Does anyone know whether Brom flowers can be cut and kept in a vase. I have 4 beautiful red and purple spikes of Portea petropolitana. Would love to bring them inside for Christmas display but I don’t know if they will last that way.

pomolo said:

Does anyone know whether Brom flowers can be cut and kept in a vase. I have 4 beautiful red and purple spikes of Portea petropolitana. Would love to bring them inside for Christmas display but I don’t know if they will last that way.

I don’t think so. I used to just bring my pots in and put them on the table…which was an outdoors table anyway (under roof)…

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

Does anyone know whether Brom flowers can be cut and kept in a vase. I have 4 beautiful red and purple spikes of Portea petropolitana. Would love to bring them inside for Christmas display but I don’t know if they will last that way.

I don’t think so. I used to just bring my pots in and put them on the table…which was an outdoors table anyway (under roof)…

I was hoping to take them to daughters place in Bris. She has the type of house that they would suit.

I don’t know about other bromeliads, but I pick Bilbergia nutans and vase them.

http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plants/plantdisplay.asp?plant_id=254

And my receptionist brought in flowers from a similar one but a lot bigger a couple of months ago and they lasted a week on the reception desk.

I think the one at work might have been this one, or something similar.

http://sunshineinmyshadows.blogspot.com.au/2011/05/simple-pleasures.html

pomolo said:

I was hoping to take them to daughters place in Bris. She has the type of house that they would suit.

Well is the pot small enough to transport? Does your daughter have a nice pot you can put the pot into?

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

I was hoping to take them to daughters place in Bris. She has the type of house that they would suit.

Well is the pot small enough to transport? Does your daughter have a nice pot you can put the pot into?

Couldn’t think of a nicer present.. ;)

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

I was hoping to take them to daughters place in Bris. She has the type of house that they would suit.

Well is the pot small enough to transport? Does your daughter have a nice pot you can put the pot into?

I should have mentioned that these broms are in the garden on an old tree trunk. I can only cut the flowers off in this case.

roughbarked said:

Dinetta said:

pomolo said:

I was hoping to take them to daughters place in Bris. She has the type of house that they would suit.

Well is the pot small enough to transport? Does your daughter have a nice pot you can put the pot into?

Couldn’t think of a nicer present.. ;)

I’d love it too if it were being given to me. Daughter, on the other hand, hasn’t caught the gardening bug yet.

pomolo said:

I should have mentioned that these broms are in the garden on an old tree trunk. I can only cut the flowers off in this case.

Ooooh, well, yes that’s different…I’ve never done it but you could try…I’d cut them off, give them a good drink of water, then transport in a plastic bag with lots of wet newspaper around the bottom of the stem…just a suggestion…shame to waste the bloom even if you just squeak through Christmas day with it.

ms j. was saying that we have achieved “cool, green shade” for our summer garden. This place that no trees (apart from the perimeter pines and under the powerlines / too close to the house gums) 8 years ago and we have changed that.
i know – its not summer – and these are not flowers – but i’m just giving this thread a final flurry
(and besides where else can i put this pic?)

justin said:

ms j. was saying that we have achieved “cool, green shade” for our summer garden. This place that no trees (apart from the perimeter pines and under the powerlines / too close to the house gums) 8 years ago and we have changed that.
i know – its not summer – and these are not flowers – but i’m just giving this thread a final flurry
(and besides where else can i put this pic?)

I can see flowers :)

Looks very nice and peaceful, and cool.

bluegreen said:

justin said:

ms j. was saying that we have achieved “cool, green shade” for our summer garden. This place that no trees (apart from the perimeter pines and under the powerlines / too close to the house gums) 8 years ago and we have changed that.
i know – its not summer – and these are not flowers – but i’m just giving this thread a final flurry
(and besides where else can i put this pic?)

I can see flowers :)

Looks very nice and peaceful, and cool.

+1

justin said:

ms j. was saying that we have achieved “cool, green shade” for our summer garden. This place that no trees (apart from the perimeter pines and under the powerlines / too close to the house gums) 8 years ago and we have changed that.
i know – its not summer – and these are not flowers – but i’m just giving this thread a final flurry
(and besides where else can i put this pic?)

Congratulations…I may remember when some of those trees were knee-high…

roughbarked said:

bluegreen said:

justin said:

ms j. was saying that we have achieved “cool, green shade” for our summer garden. This place that no trees (apart from the perimeter pines and under the powerlines / too close to the house gums) 8 years ago and we have changed that.
i know – its not summer – and these are not flowers – but i’m just giving this thread a final flurry
(and besides where else can i put this pic?)

I can see flowers :) Looks very nice and peaceful, and cool.

+1

green is the new black – according to that english gardening show on teev at present.
green is the colour of the garden – in NSW anyrate – it’s brown or yellow here at present.
that photo shows the irrigated area of the house curtilage.- about half an acre – the other acre and a half is yellow with the pines and gums a sort of grey/green.

Dinetta said:

justin said:

ms j. was saying that we have achieved “cool, green shade” for our summer garden. This place that no trees (apart from the perimeter pines and under the powerlines / too close to the house gums) 8 years ago and we have changed that. i know – its not summer – and these are not flowers – but i’m just giving this thread a final flurry
(and besides where else can i put this pic?)

Congratulations…I may remember when some of those trees were knee-high…

we waited many years to get some height on this block.