A couple days ago, I asked if anyone know what this unknown weed was that I saw underneath a street tree.
Yearly Archives: 2006
You Can Now Zoom Into My Flickr Photos…
One of my coworkers told me that he was not able to zoom into my photos on flickr, which I thought was weird because I could.
We figured out that flickr has a setting to disable the “All Sizes” button, so I turned that setting off and now everyone can zoom into all my flickr photos…
Try this one (Click the “All Sizes” button on top of the photo):
Coleus ‘Pineapple’
I was inspired by lblanchard‘s recent entry to upload a photo of my Coleus ‘Pineapple’ from last year. Unfortunately, this did not survive overwintering.
Unknown Weed + New Cuttings
As I was walking to the carpool from work, I saw this weed underneath a street tree and thought is was cool, so I took a few cutting of it to try to root.
The stems are reddish brown and slightly hairy. The main stem seems semi-woody, since I could not pinch it off. Anyone know what this is?
SOLVED: This is White Snakeroot ‘Chocolate’ (Eupatorium rugosum) ( DG PlantFile )
Here is a close up of the leaves.
I’m also trying to root these other two cuttings I got:
top: Unknown Weed (from above)
left: Perilla Magilla ‘Vanilla’
right: Euonymus Fortunei Radicans ‘Harlequin’ (Bigleaf Winter Creeper)
Here is a photo of the Taro and Ginger I planted earlier this morning.
And finally, Calli wants to show you a new trick:
Afterwords, she discovers Marty inside the house.
Late Night Planting (Again)…
I woke up in the middle of the night… or should I say very early morning… and left like planting.
I planted four more Taro sprouts I found, along with two Ginger sprouts. Hopefully, the Ginger will grow and not die like the previous ones.
I also cut the Forsythia right below where the roots have formed and replanted them, this time giving them more space and only putting two in each pot.
A few of my cuttings have these ugly looking white/beige bugs that kinda looks like tiny little long oval dinner rolls. They have a white web thing surrounding them. I tried to hand pick them, but I don’t think I can get all of them. Some are about 1/8 of an inch, but many are just 1/16 of a inch or smaller.
Miscalculations + New Tricks
Yesterday, I wasn’t feeling well, so I called in sick for work and pretty much stayed in bed all day. I didn’t check email nor checked up on the plants outside.
This morning I noticed that some of the ornamental grasses were wilting a bit, but gave them plenty of water before I left for work.
After work, I checked the Coleus that I potted up and I wasn’t too happy. Some of them got too much sun and were also wilting or had sun damage on their foliage. None (I dont’ think) were at the point of dying, but some are not doing well :( I thought the spot under the persimmon tree would provide enough shade, but apparently I was wrong, so I move some of them to the front patio and some under the pear tree which has a lot of shade. I hope they will all recover…
Also after work, I took Calli out for a bit, again in the front yard and back. I tried something new. I unleashed her in the back yard to see how she does without a chain… and surprisingly she was well behaved. I blocked off some areas–like behind the storage–and she didn’t try to cross over my road blocks. She also stayed on the paved areas and did not trample on any plants! So, good Calli!!!
She’s not that good at coming to me when I call her, though, but I gave her a little treat when she did or gave her a good pat, and she responded well. I think she will learn to come when I call… Who says you can’t teach a old dog new tricks? I was also happy that she did not run away when I came to get her or held her collar.
The ultimate test will be when we go over to the new dog park when it opens. She hasn’t interacted much with other dogs or ridden in a car regularly… so we’ll see…
You Know You’re a Gardener… (#4 Thai Basil)
You know you’re a gardener when you take the leftover Thai Basil sprigs from pho* home to root.**
pho* = Vietnamese noodle soup served with bean sprouts, lime and Thai Basil on the side.
**I got this from meighan2, Thanks Meighan :)
Unusual Coleus with Three Leaves per Node
As I was planting my Coleus into pots on Sunday, I noticed that two of my Coleus were a little unusual. Instead of the usual two leaves per node, these had three leaves per node. Hmmm? Mutants?
One was a ‘Dark Star (Hybrid)’ that grew from seed…
…the other was ‘Velvet Lime’ cutting from last year.
