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Pride of Barbados
Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical
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Pride of Barbados
On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:10:17 GMT, "Chuck" opined:
Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical bloom season? Mine started blooming about a month ago and it usually blooms all summer for me. I remove spent blooms and fertilize it right after doing that. I leave many pods on the second flush of bloom to have seeds. I start the seeds for more plats. I have about 10 waiting to be planted in the ground. They are reliably root hardy here in our USDA Zone 8b. They are very drought tolerant. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Pride of Barbados
Great, thanks, I'm going to get one to sit next to an Esperanza.
"escapee" wrote in message ... On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:10:17 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical bloom season? Mine started blooming about a month ago and it usually blooms all summer for me. I remove spent blooms and fertilize it right after doing that. I leave many pods on the second flush of bloom to have seeds. I start the seeds for more plats. I have about 10 waiting to be planted in the ground. They are reliably root hardy here in our USDA Zone 8b. They are very drought tolerant. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Good to know Andy! Thanks.
"Andyd" wrote in message ... One thing to be wary of with Pride of Barbados- they get HUGE. Very quickly. I wouldn't plant them next to anything. But I have not done any cutting back on these, maybe that is possible. They will get 6-7' tall and 6-7 feet wide by early summer even though I cut back to the ground in the winter. And yes, they are extremely drought tolerant. These plants are a favorite along the highways in SE Arizona desert, and you know how little precip. they get there. Mine have been blooming for several weeks and they usually go for months. Very nice plants. And I am told the deer avoid them, although my first experience with this was that they took them down to the ground. However I have one peeking through a fence, and the low branches and leaves are untouched. I have another in a container that I plan on experimenting with outside of my fenced in area to see if it will grow without being bothered much. andyd On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:16:28 GMT, "Chuck" wrote: Great, thanks, I'm going to get one to sit next to an Esperanza. "escapee" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:10:17 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical bloom season? Mine started blooming about a month ago and it usually blooms all summer for me. I remove spent blooms and fertilize it right after doing that. I leave many pods on the second flush of bloom to have seeds. I start the seeds for more plats. I have about 10 waiting to be planted in the ground. They are reliably root hardy here in our USDA Zone 8b. They are very drought tolerant. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Interesting, I see at the Nursery they have Mexican Bird of Paradise, but
not Red Bird of Paradise (Pride of Barbados). However, the flower on their Mexican Bird looks orange, not yellow. I want the red/orange flower - should I risk it? "Andyd" wrote in message ... One thing to be wary of with Pride of Barbados- they get HUGE. Very quickly. I wouldn't plant them next to anything. But I have not done any cutting back on these, maybe that is possible. They will get 6-7' tall and 6-7 feet wide by early summer even though I cut back to the ground in the winter. And yes, they are extremely drought tolerant. These plants are a favorite along the highways in SE Arizona desert, and you know how little precip. they get there. Mine have been blooming for several weeks and they usually go for months. Very nice plants. And I am told the deer avoid them, although my first experience with this was that they took them down to the ground. However I have one peeking through a fence, and the low branches and leaves are untouched. I have another in a container that I plan on experimenting with outside of my fenced in area to see if it will grow without being bothered much. andyd On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:16:28 GMT, "Chuck" wrote: Great, thanks, I'm going to get one to sit next to an Esperanza. "escapee" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:10:17 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical bloom season? Mine started blooming about a month ago and it usually blooms all summer for me. I remove spent blooms and fertilize it right after doing that. I leave many pods on the second flush of bloom to have seeds. I start the seeds for more plats. I have about 10 waiting to be planted in the ground. They are reliably root hardy here in our USDA Zone 8b. They are very drought tolerant. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Pride of Barbados
This is why I try not to use common names. The plants you are talking about are
Caesalpinia pulcherrima. They come in several colors. I have the yellow/ white, also the orange/red I'm hoping to get seeds for the yellow/white form as I will grow them for the nurseries if I can get some seeds. Victoria On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:22:51 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Interesting, I see at the Nursery they have Mexican Bird of Paradise, but not Red Bird of Paradise (Pride of Barbados). However, the flower on their Mexican Bird looks orange, not yellow. I want the red/orange flower - should I risk it? "Andyd" wrote in message .. . One thing to be wary of with Pride of Barbados- they get HUGE. Very quickly. I wouldn't plant them next to anything. But I have not done any cutting back on these, maybe that is possible. They will get 6-7' tall and 6-7 feet wide by early summer even though I cut back to the ground in the winter. And yes, they are extremely drought tolerant. These plants are a favorite along the highways in SE Arizona desert, and you know how little precip. they get there. Mine have been blooming for several weeks and they usually go for months. Very nice plants. And I am told the deer avoid them, although my first experience with this was that they took them down to the ground. However I have one peeking through a fence, and the low branches and leaves are untouched. I have another in a container that I plan on experimenting with outside of my fenced in area to see if it will grow without being bothered much. andyd On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:16:28 GMT, "Chuck" wrote: Great, thanks, I'm going to get one to sit next to an Esperanza. "escapee" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:10:17 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical bloom season? Mine started blooming about a month ago and it usually blooms all summer for me. I remove spent blooms and fertilize it right after doing that. I leave many pods on the second flush of bloom to have seeds. I start the seeds for more plats. I have about 10 waiting to be planted in the ground. They are reliably root hardy here in our USDA Zone 8b. They are very drought tolerant. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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Pride of Barbados
Yes, the Poinciana pulcherrima is what I want, not the Poinciana mexicana.
"escapee" wrote in message ... This is why I try not to use common names. The plants you are talking about are Caesalpinia pulcherrima. They come in several colors. I have the yellow/ white, also the orange/red I'm hoping to get seeds for the yellow/white form as I will grow them for the nurseries if I can get some seeds. Victoria On Wed, 21 Jul 2004 21:22:51 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Interesting, I see at the Nursery they have Mexican Bird of Paradise, but not Red Bird of Paradise (Pride of Barbados). However, the flower on their Mexican Bird looks orange, not yellow. I want the red/orange flower - should I risk it? "Andyd" wrote in message .. . One thing to be wary of with Pride of Barbados- they get HUGE. Very quickly. I wouldn't plant them next to anything. But I have not done any cutting back on these, maybe that is possible. They will get 6-7' tall and 6-7 feet wide by early summer even though I cut back to the ground in the winter. And yes, they are extremely drought tolerant. These plants are a favorite along the highways in SE Arizona desert, and you know how little precip. they get there. Mine have been blooming for several weeks and they usually go for months. Very nice plants. And I am told the deer avoid them, although my first experience with this was that they took them down to the ground. However I have one peeking through a fence, and the low branches and leaves are untouched. I have another in a container that I plan on experimenting with outside of my fenced in area to see if it will grow without being bothered much. andyd On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 18:16:28 GMT, "Chuck" wrote: Great, thanks, I'm going to get one to sit next to an Esperanza. "escapee" wrote in message .. . On Sat, 17 Jul 2004 06:10:17 GMT, "Chuck" opined: Any tips on dealing wit this plant? Anyone have one? What is the typical bloom season? Mine started blooming about a month ago and it usually blooms all summer for me. I remove spent blooms and fertilize it right after doing that. I leave many pods on the second flush of bloom to have seeds. I start the seeds for more plats. I have about 10 waiting to be planted in the ground. They are reliably root hardy here in our USDA Zone 8b. They are very drought tolerant. Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html Need a good, cheap, knowledge expanding present for yourself or a friend? http://www.animaux.net/stern/present.html |
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