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hshinglesParticipantwas it Palmers or Kings , maybe a private garden Centre
HeatherJanuary 26, 2015 at 9:34 PM in reply to: Gardeners advice needed! Growing Swan plants from seeds in pod. #41883
hshinglesParticipantKatrina
If the pods had not opened on their own check if the seeds have gone brown if not they prob will not growpick them too soon and they are not viable The seed seems to dry out if kept to long , get some seed boxes eg ice cream containers use a seed raising mix or potting mix, put the containers somewhere safe and you need to keep them a bit moist . I find the seed from the plants that fall naturally take a year to germinate. If you can get your plants established before winter, they seem to survive and make a comeback when the weather warms up
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hshinglesParticipantkeriboi
as soon as the pods burst collect the seed, pick them too soon and they are not viable The seed seems to dry out if kept to long , get some seed boxes eg ice cream containers use a seed raising mix or potting mix, put the containers somewhere safe and you need to keep them a bit moist . I find the seed from the plants that fall naturally take a year to germinate. If you can get your plants established before winter, they seem to survive and make a comeback when the weather warms up
Heather
hshinglesParticipantThis is the banned one
http://ecan.govt.nz/publications/General/weed-of-the-month-buddleia-000410.pdf
The smallest growing is the white one http://www.liddlewonder.co.nz/schemedetail.php?plantid=720
hard to find nowmost of the shrubs are 2-3 metres , but can be trimmed quite hard to be kept in control
They pop up on Trade Me from time to time
The confusion over the banned ones is why the Garden Centres don’t carry manyHeather
hshinglesParticipantMy mum lives in Te Atatu peninsular and has fairly harsh winters. Very exposed and several frosts.
Her plants look terrible at the end of winter, they seem to bounce back as soon as the ground warms up.
If you mulch the base and they get too wet , I think that would cause root rot etc. , as the moisture will be kept in . Maybe some potash will help harden the plants up and strengthen them for the winter, as they do for roses in the south island.
hshinglesParticipantyes doing the rounds, very cute
Heather
hshinglesParticipantWhere abouts do you live , there may be some one in your area that can help out
Heather
hshinglesParticipantas Norm says , a small barricade in front of plants is what a few Kindys do.
Does the school have Kowhai trees, spathiphyllum house plants in the school if so they are toxic too.
Heather
hshinglesParticipantRe Dianthus, Sweet William is the perennial one.
Dianthus barbatus has a multi flowered head and takes up to , 2 years to flower
the single flower dianthus we used to call Wee willie
and is the common one in garden centres already in flower.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dianthus
Heather
hshinglesParticipantWe are getting several requests for getting rid of aphids on Swan plants early this year.
We recommend squishing them off and hosing remainder, to clean leaves. Hope this doesn’t mean an extremely bad year for aphids
hshinglesParticipant(Eupatorium sordidum) I tried to grow this years ago dug it up from the Waitaks brought it home , wouldn’t grow, so not sure why it is a weed 🙂
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Heather
hshinglesParticipantI have a Chaste tree, 🙂 I will try some cuttings now.
Heather
hshinglesParticipanthttp://www.liddlewonder.co.nz/zones.php
A hardiness zone for NZ
hshinglesParticipantfirst thing to remember, is the plant is poisonous, so wash your hands keep hands away from your eyes, mouth etc.
They need a sheltered corner to be warm in the winter.
The one around the corner from me is against a stone wall, it will absorb the heat/sun of the day and the warmth will be there at nightDig as much of the rootball out as you can , prune, a pity as they are in flower now.It will bleed all over the place, so prune it when you get home.
maybe leave the prunning as it s only a metre high but if it starts to wilt prune.A sunny day would be best and hope it shifts ok.
hshinglesParticipantI see you were at Wharepuke Robin Booth will know if the plant is in NZ he may have one ?
Heather…again
hshinglesParticipantit is not in Russell Fransham catalogue , but if you email him he will know
Heather
hshinglesParticipantHow old are the plants, if they are new seasons, maybe that is why. My mums new crops haven’t flowered yet but I will keep an eye on them and observe . I have seen a few withered pods on older plants but not really taken much notice.
Heather
hshinglesParticipantStrik are a good Nursery, I will get the address for you Jacqui
I am sure if you get in touch with them they will come to the party, he died in the last year or two and his wife is a lovely person
Heather
hshinglesParticipantvery impressive
hshinglesParticipantGary says have you cleared your browser cache ?
hshinglesParticipantQuash , is your friend snail/slug bait made from iron EDTA complex.
More expensive but very low toxicity to animals, birds and people.A couple of teaspoon of vinegar to a litre of water, sprayed around will fizz them up too
hshinglesParticipantany insect spray will shift them. Try half teaspoon of vinegar to 1 litre of water. snail bait around the base of the plants will help to stop them climbing up the plant and ringbarking them.
Quash is the friendly one to use, more expensive, but better for the environment .
hshinglesParticipantred cloak , red butterfly
makes sense 🙂
hshinglesParticipantKiwi, a unique bird , we can replace the Kauri with the Australian ones
Too hard to decide really not sure what the third one is, google gives me a red cloak ?
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