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06-07-2021, 02:55 PM
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Forget-me-nots are another flower I like. I tried to grow them from seed twenty years ago. Nothing. I gave up. For the past two years, I have had forget-me-nots show up in the flower bed.
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I love forget-me-nots, they're one of my favorite wild flowers! I too tried to grow them from seed here (Netherlands) as they remind me of home (France), but they seem very picky in terms of germination conditions. At my mother's village they are native flowers, and every spring the side of the roads and paths are an explosion of color, forget-me-nots included. My mother's yard (aka, a wild piece of semi woodland) is also full of forget-me-nots at this time of year.
I've very sad that due to covid related restrictions I wasn't able to visit my mother this spring....
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06-07-2021, 02:58 PM
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So beautiful - and love that little Ladybug. So hopeful for ending of travel restrictions as vaccinations drive down the COVID numbers!
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06-07-2021, 03:03 PM
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So beautiful - and love that little Ladybug. So hopeful for ending of travel restrictions as vaccinations drive down the COVID numbers!
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I really hope so... I haven't seen my family in a year, and it's emotionally/mentally very difficult to deal with. I have my first vaccine shot already and the EU vaccination passport should let me travel this summer. However, the Indian variant is on the rise in the UK, and I'm so afraid that everything going to blow up again on mainland Europe before August.
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06-07-2021, 04:10 PM
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1) I am always ignorant and looking to learn
2) the link calls them iris bulbs lol!!
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06-07-2021, 08:09 PM
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All Brugmansias and Daturas are spider mite magnets. They make good indicator plants for mite presence.
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Yep, my daturas are normally plagued with spider mites, but not this year!
Some kind soul posted on here about the eggs being destroyed if they got wet so I changed my watering habits. As we don't get rain the whole garden gets watered by hose at least twice a week - a labour of love where I get to inspect and enjoy every plant/tree. Now when I get to a datura I turn the lance to a fine spray and water the plant from underneath, lance pointing up. So far, no spider mite infestation this year - yippee! Thank you, whoever you were!
I was also going to suggest growing as annuals. My plants all do best on year 1 and 2 and then the salt build up gets too much for them and they decline. I'm quite ruthless now and pull them up when they finish year 2 flowers. There are always loads of seedlings ready to take over and I just leave the strongest few and pot up the rest to give away.
You can see here the seedlings that have popped up in a nearby pot!
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06-08-2021, 09:59 AM
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Love forget-me-nots! And they are super hard to get started and keep growing...at least here. Never have gotten any to survive a winter, and gave up. Love the heart spot on that ladybug.
DC... bearded iris don't do well in your area. They need a cold break. Try Louisiana iris for best effect.
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06-08-2021, 11:23 AM
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Love forget-me-nots! And they are super hard to get started and keep growing...at least here. Never have gotten any to survive a winter, and gave up. Love the heart spot on that ladybug.
DC... bearded iris don't do well in your area. They need a cold break. Try Louisiana iris for best effect.
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thanks!
any recommended sources?
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06-08-2021, 12:21 PM
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thanks!
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I haven't vetted these in probably six years, but it was the place I found the first wholesalers (Louisiana Iris Farm and Bois d'Arc) when I was buying wholesale and still in business. I think those wholesalers also sell registered singles. (look at bottom of home page)
Sources for Louisiana Irises
Or I could also send you a few around September. That's the time to divide. 
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06-08-2021, 04:36 PM
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you know i can be patient 
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besides, that is a good amount of time for the new episcia to root for you
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06-08-2021, 06:55 PM
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