My elderly neighbor has a Cup of Gold vine growing in her front yard and the plant was sending shoots straight up into the air. She wanted them cut but her gardener hadn’t been showing up, so I took on the task. I cut four stalks down and then cut those in shorter pieces to try to propagate. I dipped the ends in Rootone and stuck them in pots. Fast forward about two months and voila! What a nice surprise to find that one of the sticks had finally sprouted. One out of eight isn’t a great return, but it only cost me a few minutes of time so it’s all good!!!
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cup of gold vine,
propagating,
propagation,
vines
Alleys don’t the get accolades they deserve. There’s a lot of interesting stuff going on in alleys if you take the time to look. I took a ride around my neighborhood the other day and found all these great vignettes. Ohhhmmm……
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Flowers,
San Diego,
Southern California,
vines
Summer in the Garden I could just stand in the middle of the garden for hours. Really. Ringo is pure entertainment. No wonder I don’t get enough work done!
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hummingbird feeder,
sunflowers,
vines
I was working in the front yard a couple of weeks ago when a couple on bikes stopped to look at the garden. The woman asked me, “Are you selling trellises?” which was a reasonable question because the garden is a mish-mash of bamboo poles, redwood, wrought iron and various other sticks and rods I’ve [...]
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vegetables,
veggies,
vines
This grape vine came from my mom’s yard about 3 years ago and is finally starting to stretch out in the back yard. I’m excited to see little flower clusters starting to develop fruit. I have done some reading and realize that I haven’t done a good job of pruning the plant over the last [...]
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fruit,
vines
I had never seen blackberries growing in Coronado until last year when I went to visit a new friend at her little old house on a huge lot. I didn’t think we could grow them here but blackberries cover the whole south side of her lot. Last month she brought over some blackberry sticks last [...]
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fruit,
vines
Wisteria is blooming all over town and I slammed on the brakes yesterday when I saw this beautiful little vignette.
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Flowers,
Gardening,
vines,
wisteria
