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Sep 29, 2010 6:14 PM CST
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Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Today's surprise! This passiflora x belotii (P. alata x P. caerulea) was in my my garden in a pot all summer. But my small Rose of Sharon grew so big that it was in the shade. So as soon as it moved into the sun last week, it did this...
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Sep 29, 2010 6:19 PM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
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Beautiful, Kathy!! Lovey dubby
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One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
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Sep 29, 2010 6:41 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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That's beautiful Kathy! I hate to be a "negative Nelly", but that's another one that is a pest here. Where we don't get cold winters they just take over everything. Killing heat we have, killing frost...once every 30 years!
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Sep 29, 2010 6:46 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Rolling on the floor laughing
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Sep 29, 2010 7:02 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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But I love Passifloras!
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Sep 29, 2010 7:57 PM CST
Name: Carol
Santa Ana, ca
Sunset zone 22, USDA zone 10 A.
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Ursula, I love them too! I also love Ipomea, and have one. I have to use RoundUp in my laundry room, I love it so much.
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Sep 30, 2010 7:14 AM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Orchids Photo Contest Winner 2021 Photo Contest Winner 2023
Well,
I took your advice Jim, and went out and picked up that nasty looking and foul smelling fungi..it had
quite a large root system and while I was out getting soaked, I looked for more and found them...everywhere!
Ended up almost filling a kitchen sized trash bag! Lots of fruit fly like bugs in and around them. YUCK!
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Sep 30, 2010 7:32 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Oh dear!
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Sep 30, 2010 2:16 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Orchids Photo Contest Winner 2021 Photo Contest Winner 2023
My local extension agent has identified it as ' octopus stinkhorn' and Jim, you were absolutely correct in your
advice to bag it and trash it! Thanks! I tip my hat to you.
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Sep 30, 2010 2:23 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Octopus? No wonder it had those roots!
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Oct 5, 2010 11:46 AM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
I'm surprised you couldn't smell it. Good work, I hope you got it all.

Duranta is blooming in a couple of different parts of the garden. I even saw it next to the bird-of-paradise.

Jim
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Oct 5, 2010 1:05 PM CST
Thread OP
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Wow!! Nice!
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Oct 5, 2010 4:26 PM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
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I love this Datura!!
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Oct 5, 2010 5:24 PM CST
Name: lindsey
wesley chapel, fl
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Orchids Photo Contest Winner 2021 Photo Contest Winner 2023
it's really beautiful, Jim...if you get seeds can I have some?
I love that the colors are so clean, the white is white and the purple is, well, purple!
On the one that I grew this year it's not so clean cut.
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Oct 5, 2010 7:54 PM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
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Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Lindsey, Cmail me with your address and I'll send some seeds.

Jim
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Oct 6, 2010 7:17 PM CST
N. Middlesex County, MA
Charter ATP Member Region: Northeast US Enjoys or suffers cold winters
hi kathy,

here is that dawn redwood miss grace i was telling you about in its new home.
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Oct 7, 2010 2:36 AM CST
Name: Janice
Cape Cod, MA, USA (Zone 7a)
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Cottage Gardener Garden Ideas: Master Level Sempervivums Tip Photographer
Daylilies Roses Orchids Miniature Gardening Lilies Irises
Beautiful Daturas, Jim and Lindsey!!
There are two ways to live your life.
One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle
- Albert Einstein.
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Oct 7, 2010 5:51 AM CST
Thread OP
Name: Kathy
Western MA

Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Dog Lover Region: Northeast US Orchids Irises
Enjoys or suffers cold winters
Pics from a few days ago.
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Oct 7, 2010 6:19 AM CST
Name: Jim Hawk
Odessa, Florida (Zone 9b)
Birds Master Gardener: Florida Hibiscus Greenhouse Charter ATP Member Garden Photography
Bromeliad Region: Florida Orchids Roses Tropicals Region: United States of America
Wonderful color and great pics, Kathy. Thanks!

Jim
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Oct 7, 2010 6:23 AM CST
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Name: Ursula
Fair Lawn NJ, zone 7a
Orchids Plumerias Cactus and Succulents Region: New Jersey Region: Pennsylvania Native Plants and Wildflowers
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Wonderful fall show here this morning. And Cousin Itt looks great Whistling !

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