Todays topic is "Beauty and the Beast". I woke up this morning to the most awesome flower ever on Port Orange FFO for the year. There is a story behind this flower. I got it from Dan Trimmer it's year of introduction. I loved it but the winter that year was 12" of snow, the most ever since I have been here and a very wet winter. I lost the plant along with a few others, I think this was 2010. The next year Dan replaced it along with a couple of others, that was last year. He sent me 2 large plants so I then it had 3 fans on each and this spring I sent Ann 3 really nice fans. Then I saw the beginning of leaf scorch or whatever it's called. One fan on Port Orange turned really yellow, so I trimmed it back and hoped for the best. This morning when taking a picture, I looked closer and OMG, the fan was rotted. I was very upset, the greatest flower ever was sick. So I got a knife and cut the rot off the crown of the bad fan and scraped it good, the remaining two fans will hopefully be ok. I put Sulfur dust on the exposed edge and will only water the other side of the plant and hope it dries up. If anyone knows what else I might do with something that would be easily available, please let me know. If I have to get this plant AGAIN, I will be very upset. Here is beauty and the beast (ROT).
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Here is the beauty part, Port Orange, an absolutely gorgeous flower at least 6"
the beast part, treated and with fingers crossed.
Kaskel seedling Best Edge
Picotee Prism
Sugar Glider
Christopher Moody
Pirate Moon
