What are those gorgeous acid green leaves
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» CarolWallace - Sonni, Ipomoeas are members of the sweet potato family - orname
Sonni, Ipomoeas are members of the sweet potato family - ornamental ones.I am in zone 6, and have always grown them as annuals. Sometimes they actually form a tuber which can be stored over the winter and replanted, but I just had to dig the neighbor's two up because she had some construction work done, and neither had tubers yet.They are, however, very easy to start from cuttings, which is how I plan to hang on to my three. I have the black form, the chartreuse and a pink, green and white variety - all lovely! <img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/rhubarb.gif" alt="rheum" align=left>
Carol
virtually gardening
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» LadyB - Good Gawd, it IS a sweet potato!! I had the black one one year a
Good Gawd, it IS a sweet potato!! I had the black one one year and was told it had to be treated as an annual. Nobody mentioned the possibility of a tuber...hmmm...And they don't really flower, (that I know of...) so snatching seeds is out, huh?Well, Sonni, off you go to the Bronx Botanical Garden, I bet THEY'll know where to find them, but DOOOOOO let us know how you make out with the cuttings!
Lady B, Weeds and Wild Things Cold Spring, New York
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» Marge_Talt - Carol, I just got 'Blackie' for the first time this year. I
Carol,I just got 'Blackie' for the first time this year. I got two - one is in a big pot with other things and the other is in the ground.
What happens if you just cut them back hard and bring them in (if in a pot) or dig them up and pot them up? Do they need warmth or a cool spot to winter over? Do they ever actually go dormant?
Marge
Gardening in
Shade
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» Sonni - And now for the relevant question: are these "Margaritas" at hom
And now for the relevant question: are these "Margaritas" at home in partial shade?By the way, they aren't in the Bronx Botanical Gardens... they are in a garden downtown in Wagner Park, on the Hudson in lower Manhattan.
I just purchased rooting hormone and you know what I am about to use it for....
In my understanding, these cuttings are taken in and grown indoors during the Winter. Is that correct?
Thanks again for continued imput.
Regards, Sonni
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» CarolWallace - Here's what I plan on doing - taking cuttings from the larger pl
Here's what I plan on doing - taking cuttings from the larger plants for insurance, and digging up the plants and bringing them is as houseplants if I can find room. Since a couple of mine got to be about 8' long, I'll have to cut them back - but those cuttings are what I'll be rooting to make more. Last year I tried to just store the tuber to replant in spring, but my husband accidentally threw it out - so I figure these methods will be safer.<img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/rhubarb.gif" alt="rheum" align=left>
Carol
virtually gardening
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» Sonni - Down by the Riverside..... This morning I jumped out of bed, h
Down by the Riverside.....This morning I jumped out of bed, hopped on the subway and went downtown to the Wagner Park gardens. After taking my photos, I saw one of the horticulturists working on the plants. What luck! I told her how I had to ask people on the internet for the name of Ipomeoa batatas "Margarita' . I had seen the "black" version there as well. There was a big pot filled with the black and green and rosemary in the center. It was pretty awesome. The woman said that these "sweet potato plants" actually grow edible sweet potatoes.
I told her I was trying to write an article on my experience in the garden, and she sent me off to the Battery Park City Authority Parks Division to obtain a list of all the plants in the entire area. (No pics - just latin and common names and planting areas listed). She said the person who picked out all of the plants and designed the garden is named Linden Miller.
They purchased the plants in Long Island, New York.
I took the list and look forward to reading it. I dropped the film off to be developed today. I realize some of these garden scenes are not really shade garden plants.....some are.
There was another very interesting plant there that I am now looking into. The horticulturist said it is called something like "Euphoebia"..... and it is a perrenial. It grows like a long tube, silver blue... anyway, that's my next research. What a wild looking plant and fascinating habit.
Did I mention I now have 2 cuttings from "Margarita" in green? I am a very happy camper.
Best regards, Sonni ....
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» CarolWallace - Not an entirely inappropriate mistake, Sonni - you sound pretty
Not an entirely inappropriate mistake, Sonni - you sound pretty euphoric over those cuttings you got. ;-)But you say your Euphorbia is "Fireglow" and it's blue?? The blue euphorbia I have is myrsinites - the griffithii I have are brown-stemmed with red veins and orange bracts. <img src="http://www.suite101.com/userfiles/79/rhubarb.gif" alt="rheum" align=left>
Carol
virtually gardening
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» Sonni - Carol - Forgive me, I made a mistake. I read the list wrong. I d
Carol - Forgive me, I made a mistake. I read the list wrong. I don't know what kind of Euphorbia it is. I understand there are over 200! More research for me! If I can scan the photo, I'll post it as a new topic; don't even know if it is a shade plant..hope it is... and I don't want anyone to get mad at me....I'm sending Marge a picture of the 2 varieties of Sweet Potato. Hopefully she will post it and everyone who was following this thread can see how beautiful it looks in a big pot. I'm happy. Regards, Sonni.
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» LadyB - Ah, Linden Miller -- the BIG guns of garden design in this neck
Ah, Linden Miller -- the BIG guns of garden design in this neck of the woods. She has QUITE an eye, I understand.I also have Euphorbia myrsinites and it looks like a long blue pinecone....they're happiest in full sun, but I have a whole group of them in a part-shade rock garden doing just beautifully.
How good of those folks to give you the complete list, although it would be real neighborly to have it a bit more available than trucking down to the Park Authority!
Looking forward to the photos...
Lady B, Weeds and Wild Things Cold Spring, New York
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