Once I got home, I hurried to plant some pots before it got too late. This is what I planted:
Coleus pot #13: (The orange pot) ‘Sedona’, ‘Rustic Orange’ and ‘Copper Splash’
Coleus pot #14: ‘Purple Oak’
Coleus pot #15: ‘Pineapple Prince’ and ‘Pineapple’
Coleus pot #16: ‘Alabama Sunset’
Coleus pot #17: ‘Amora’
and 2 more non-Coleus pots, but I’m spacing and can’t think of the combinations. I’ll check tommorrow…
Friday, I woke up late so I drove to work. I stayed late to make up some time and after I got off, I walked around to see if I could get some Knotweeds that I’ve been wanting. Call me weird, but I really like these weed a lot and and to grow them.
I found this large leaf Coleus which looks like a combination of a ‘Green Kong’ and ‘Schizophrenia’. I had to take a maintenance clipping of it.
Once I got to Vallejo, I picked my Mom up and we went to the hospital to visit my niece who just gave birth to my new great niece Mahliyah Belle.
Once we got back home. I took my new cuttings and potted them up.
I also potted up the Pineapple that is starting to sprout roots and took cutting of some of my other Coleus that either grew too leggy or were still rooting in water.
Last week, we brought home some flowers from the Naic Town Fiesta. There were two Roses which I really liked and wondered if they would grow. I took cutting of them and just planted those in water. To my surprise, they are starting to sprout, so I went ahead and potted those cuttings and covered this up with a plastic bag.
I didn’t even think these would sprout, so I’m pleasantly surprised. Hopefully, these will take root and give us the Roses on the next entry.
The second batch of overwintered Coleus cutting from work that I was able to fit in a grocery bag.
top row (left to right): Coleus ‘Bronze Pagoda’, Coleus ‘Alabama Sunset’
middle row: unknown Coleus (from Target), Coleus ‘Kong Scarlet’
bottom: Coleus ‘Velvet Lime’
I love my new Canon PowerShot A610 camera, because it can take much better macros than my old Canon PowerShot SD100. I can shoot as close as 1cm. Below are some photos I took earlier today.
Jade Plant Flowers
Coleus “Alabama Sunset” Seed Stalk
Dried up Dusty Miller seed heads
I’m finally organizing my coleus photos and will start uploading a few of them at a time. Click any of the photos below to view my Coleus set on flicker.com.
Coleus “Alabama Sunset”
Coleus “Sedona”
Coleus “Peter Wonder”
More photos to come…
I wasn’t planning on doing much gardening, but after work, I can’t help but check up on my plants.
Some of the Coleus cuttings that I took on the 18th (11 days ago) are starting to root. I like to plant the cuttings in potting soil right when the root start forming, before they get a quarter of an inch. They just seem to be stronger this way as opposed to when the roots get too long.
I potted 4 Tilt-a-Whirl. Tomorrow, the Kong Scarlet and Alabama Sunset should be ready to pot.
My second batch of Sparkler Radish, like the first, are just not forming bulbous roots, so I pulled all of them out and placed them in the compost bin. I was able to harvest about 6 roots, which I pickled and had for dinner. In it’s place, I sowed some Hybrid Summer Boy Chin-Chiang Cabbage.
I aerated my trash can compost bin (see my icon) by dumping the contents out, mixing it and placing it back in.
I wheeled the Potting Soil, Steer Manure and Soil Conditioner that we bought on Tuesday to the back.
The first Hollyhock just bloomed, it’s a double white. Gladiolas are in full bloom and so are the Cactus Dahlias.
The first Cucumber and Sweet 100 Tomatoes should be ready to harvest soon.
I also took loads of photos, but I’m too tired to edit them and post. Maybe tomorrow :)