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June 18, 2006
Plants
We got three Encore azalea shrubs, one gallon pots, in March. One died. Haven't seen blooms yet on the other two. The ones we still have are an Autumn Princess (Azalea x "Roblea') and an Autumn Angel (Azalea x 'Robleg'). The Autumn Princess averages 3.5'x3' and has salmon pink double blooms. It should be in light shade to full sun and well-drained. According to the tag it attracts butterflies. I wonder if that means caterpillers eat it. The Autumn Angel averages 4.5' in height by 4' wide, and has single, white blooms. The Azalea Society of America has more on these southern flowers.
Today we planted a pineapple, and, in pots, we planted
- an ice plant (Lampranthus) in a sort of large terra cotta ginger jar with pockets, with purslane in the pockets
- a desert rose (Adenium obesum) in a large, maybe 15 gallon pot
- two Miltonidium Pacific Sunrise orchids. Interestingly, we thought we were buying one and it turned out to be one that was force bloomed and the other had no blooms, and is probably much more likely to thrive. We'll see. Apparently this registered hybrid's name was changed to Oncidium Pacific Sunrise by the registrar. According to beautifulorchids.com they should be allowed to become moderately dry between waterings and prefer a relatively cool climate, 85° being the highest temperature. Guess we'll be keeping these in the shade. They prefer medium to fine fir bark for potting.
Posted by Niels Olson at June 18, 2006 10:50 PM
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