Here are some summer photos of what i am tentatively calling 'redrum' it's been in full sun and looks a little crispy, I'm moving it to a shadier...
"It doesn't look quite as reticulated as some of the others, but the color and leaf shape are different from what I have seen." Right now,...
I also thought of 'redrum', murder spelled backwards, like from Steven King's "The Shining". Or maybe "Randall Flag" the villain in "The Stand"....
Actually, I kinda like the nefarious names. I was thinking of something like 'angry elf' or 'bad santa'. But I had thought of a literary reference...
RE: By the way, do you know anything of the parentage? Where did you get the seed? Just curious not really. My friends and family know I do...
Oh, this one should not be underpotted, even after this year. The year I started it, I recognized it was different, removed it from it's plug,...
I do not think the seed was from a cultivated form. It came to me as red japanese maple seed. will see about grafting it later this year. Thanks.
Here it is this spring, brighter spring color than I remember last year. And the leaves more deeply divided, but not dissected, Another matsumurae...
Here it is a year later. It is definitely a dwarf, reticulated, matsumurae type. The other red seedlings from this year are 2 or 3 feet tall. The...
I thought your last post was several posts ago millet? As for launching ad hominem attacks on people, I'm not the only one getting off topic. This...
RE: this remark : "Anyway, this will be my last post on this subject, as this is that type of subject, that is too clouded with pre-determined...
Pretty sure this is Hibiscus but I don't know the species. It was on a bench at a nursery, unlabeled, next to a bunch of tropical, rosa-sinensis...
too late they've all been identified correctly. For completeness they are all as follows: 1 and 2 - Zingiber officianale - Common ginger 3 and...
Yes on all 3, the first being Keteleeria evelyniana.
