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We’ve turned the page on another season (yes, really, we have!)
Posted Sep 12, 2010 by Loren Omoto
Updated Sep 11, 2010 at 11:54 PM
It may still be hotter than a marsh in July, but some of our summer lovers are feeling the fall and bidding too-da-loo (or maybe saying, “Enough of this. I’m outta here.)
Either way, a lot of us are yanking out the spent stuff and planting, as is always the case, with high hopes. This time around, we’re hoping cooler weather is just a day away, but I’ll take week. Heck, a month. A month would be really great. Smile on us garden gods!
FOD Janis “Pumpkin” Vogt is planting perennials and FOD Chip Fulp has been digging in the compost and getting the seedlings going for his huge veggie garden. He sent me this picture a couple weeks ago, so I’m sure he’s already light years beyond this point.
These are, from the top down, pumpkins, okra and broccoli, and Brussels’ sprouts. (Chip has way more seedlings, but I can’t pull the photos of his email using this computer. Sorry, Chip!)
Pumpkin’s been busy, too.
Check out the signature pumpkins in the middle. She’s also got lemon lime (that bright lime green-dark green plant in the front right corner), caladiums (the big, white-centered leafy plant), coleus, and my new fav the butterfly leaf plant (striped leaves)
Here’s another view. Janis’ definition of cottage gardening is “fill every space with a plant.” I’d say she has succeeded.
I’m guessing this is a shady area because I see bromeliads and, of course, the caladiums. But then again, there’s lots of coleus in the right front foreground, and they’re great in the sun. I’ve been planting them, too – and I have no shade. (SO easy to propagate from cuttings, fyi.)
In the pot – Irish petticoat. Another sun lover. This one is ridiculously easy to start from cuttings, and the leaves will get very big and super frilly. Put it in the ground and you’ll have at least a 4-foot shrub that everyone notices.
Not that I plant for compliments. Me? Never! But if you’re that type, you need an Irish petticoat cutting.
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Posted by (Susan Gillespie) on September 12, 2010
Doesn’t Janis have the prettiest collection of plants and she puts them together so well. And Chip is always a prolific planter. You just know all those trays are going to be yummy veggies soon. Makes my mouth water. I like the lemon lime looking plant. I think I’ve seen it before and passed because of the shade requirements. But my trees are growing up and giving me a little to work with so I may search it out. It’s very pretty. I love my Irish petticoat plant I got from Penny as a cutting. It’s one of my favorite things I planted this year.
Posted by (Chip) on September 12, 2010
Yes we do have seasons here! But I would love to see the leaves change just once! and maybe even snow, [not here] But our fall is the reason we all stay here! And I am ready for it!...“Chip”
Posted by (kgardens) on September 13, 2010
Wow Chip! That’s a lot of seedlings. Your veggie growing is so inpiring.
I guess we’ve all seen something in Janis’s garden we NEED to get. For me, it’s the petticoat. My little fruitstand that has become a plantstand for me had some last week. I sure hope it’s still there!
Posted by (Susan Gillespie) on September 13, 2010
Is your plant stand nearby Kay? I know you are in the Riverview area. Have you been to Collins Market on 60 and St Cloud? They have fruits, veggies and plants.
Posted by (Pumpkin) on September 13, 2010
Chip, All those veggies make me hungrey. I would love to see your vegetable garden some day.Pumpkin
Posted by (kgardens) on September 13, 2010
Yes, my plantstand/fruitstand IS Collins on Hwy. 60 and St. Cloud. I love that place even more now that they have been carrying more plants.
Posted by (Susan Gillespie) on September 13, 2010
I love that place too, Kay. In fact, that’s the very place my friend, Anna, bought that butterfly plant that’s in the middle of Pumpkin’s garden. I can also vouch for Penny’s Irish Petticoat cuttings. Mine is happy as a clam basking in the sun. And they are so darn cute, all ruffly on the edges.
Posted by (Pumpkin) on September 13, 2010
Susan, I glad you like the new Fall flower bed. When I planted it I did not know if it would make sense. I had to move my petticoat to the shade, it did not full sun. So,do you have yours in full sun? Let me know. Pumpkin
Posted by (Susan Gillespie) on September 13, 2010
I belong to your school of filling things up with flowers and plants——-sometimes without rhyme or reason. To answer your question, yes, my petticoat is in very full sun. It’s what I have the most of. But I got it from Penny as a cutting and it was acclimated to Sun. You know how some greenhouse plants can’t take full sun because they weren’t grown for that. Maybe that’s what happened.
Posted by (kgardens) on September 13, 2010
Yes, I saw that Irish Petticoat in full Cozumel sun back in January. (At the time I was blissfully unaware of all the freeze damage I was going to come home to see.) So maybe, Pumpkin, you can gradually acclimate your plant to the sunny spot.
Posted by (Janna) on September 13, 2010
Chip, it looks like you have the beginnings of a fresh fall feast!! Yum. Keep us posted on the progress.
Pumkin, I love the variety of plants that you have! You seem to have the perfect mix of color and texture all over your garden. (I’m still keeping my eyes open for a butterfly leaf plant and Penny, I’ll let you know if I find some.)
Posted by (Janna) on September 13, 2010
I loved the Irish petticoat that I had last year. It came from one of Penny’s cuttings and it was beautiful. However…even though I had it in a big pot, in the corner, under the covered lanai, the freezes got it. Before that, it was thriving in full sun. If you have an extra cutting, I’ll take another one, Penny. This time I’ll take better care of it and when the mercury drops, I’ll take it inside the house!