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Post by mickthecactus on May 7, 2020 16:55:16 GMT
That's good to know casi. I am intending to put a blanket of old mushroom compost on the beds this autumn which will give them a light liming.
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Post by casimira on May 8, 2020 10:30:27 GMT
That should do it Mick! You're welcome.
So, in the meantime, I scarified the butterfly peas last night and then had them soak per the growing instructions. My goodness, that scarifying process was some tedious and required very nimble fingers. A painstaking process to be sure. In the ground they will go this morning as soon as the sun comes up.
I found out that the flower when steeped in a cup of coconut milk with a little bit of honey makes a lovely sedating before bedtime.
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Post by casimira on Aug 25, 2021 15:57:59 GMT
Each time that I visit "the other house" I am greeted with an overgrowth of the native Passiflora incarnata. It's so beautiful and attests to the resiliency of this beautiful vine and the Gulf Fritillary butterflies that it attracts. (it serves as a larval plant for them).
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Post by bixaorellana on Feb 7, 2022 4:31:15 GMT
Thunbergia grandiflora,gorgeous blue,real fast grower. Saw lots of these in Oaxaca. Also there is mention of a blue Thunbergia but again no picture. I love Thunbergias but generally there is only one variety available here. Any chance of a picture anybody? I am going through this wonderful thread because I've been on a vine-planting kick (details are forthcoming). Anyway, saw the comments above & remembered that I had a picture of the blue Thunbergia in my Etla thread ~
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 17, 2022 21:45:06 GMT
I have four black-eyed Susan / Thunbergia alata vines in my patio, all different colors. This is my favorite ~
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Post by casimira on Mar 18, 2022 16:48:40 GMT
Fabulous Bixa!! That was fast!!! They look so cheery!!
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 18, 2022 17:11:31 GMT
What she said!
A real favourite of mine.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 18, 2022 18:01:07 GMT
Thanks to you both!
I bought that one as a squatty little plant, but already in bloom. It took off right away & has never stopped blooming.
The orange one I have can literally be watched in the process of scrambling & twining its way up the ironwork on the porch.
Speaking of which, I planted butterfly pea (which I see you mentioned, Casimira, up at #181) from a mature pod I was given. They took forever, but I finally got five plants from them. Three are in the ground, one is sharing space with a Lady Banks rose in a monster pot, and one is in a regular little pot. They all grew at least six inches, then just sort of stalled. But in the past week, two have taken off and are furiously twining. I told my landlady, who gave me the seeds, the botanical name so we can snicker every time we say it.
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Post by casimira on Mar 18, 2022 18:17:08 GMT
You will see what I was talking about when I told you how much they love, love the heat. Now that they have sprouted, they are going to take off like crazy!!
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Post by fumobici on Mar 19, 2022 14:54:42 GMT
Love the blue-flowered Thunbergia, never seen that one. We often grow Black-Eyed Susan here, but as an annual.
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 19, 2022 15:33:54 GMT
I missed that! It's beautiful.
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2022 17:06:20 GMT
& I'd put it there especially for you ~ humph!
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Post by mickthecactus on Mar 19, 2022 17:12:01 GMT
Sorry, sorry .......
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 19, 2022 17:12:33 GMT
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Post by bixaorellana on Mar 31, 2022 23:38:41 GMT
This gives me so much pleasure. The black-eyed Susan vines on the porch grillwork give the illusion of living wrought iron ~
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Post by kerouac2 on Apr 1, 2022 16:38:25 GMT
Excellent, but will they thicken and block out the light?
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Post by casimira on May 9, 2022 14:03:18 GMT
I would imagine that they will create a filtered light. Not enough to darken the gate.
It looks gorgeous Bixa, delicate and lacy.
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