入门帖：问同好好兼以花会友！

[月 琴]

是呀，等我的薰衣草开了我上张片片。
你的花已经很多了，而且都是好花儿。要知道对于一个爱花之人，再大的后院都嫌小啊。。

好。等妳的片片，一定是美美哒。
我就是衝動型，看到喜歡的花、樹都先買了再説，没好好規劃，也不知道玫瑰那麽容易串種。。。
我前院也是木本和草本牡丹種得好近呢。現在襯弄前、後院的花槽，好好想想怎麽遷移她們，讓她們 “ 分居 ”。

 

[月 琴]

请问你的Fox glove是在哪里买到的？也想搬回几颗来。
看到你说不同颜色的玫瑰放在同一花园里会影响花种的纯正，我决定不再买其它颜色的玫瑰了。因为我家后院有一株白玫瑰，我很喜欢，所以就保持她的纯正吧。
不过我前几天从花市搬回来两盆芙蓉，一盆红色一盆黄色。红色的已经开花了，上张片片。
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好美！
我的芙蓉花苞都半個月了，還是毫無動靜，原封不動地在那兒傲然挺立着。。。

 

[厦门大学校友]

好美！
我的芙蓉花苞都半個月了，還是毫無動靜，原封不動地在那兒傲然挺立着。。。

Full sun!

 

[月 琴]

Full sun!

窗前陽光可能不够了，能捧後院曬去嗎？

 

[厦门大学校友]

窗前陽光可能不够了，能捧後院曬去嗎？

I keep mine under a window with about 3 hours of afternoon sun. It is doing magic. Have you seen the picture in earlier posts

 

[月 琴]

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My home keyboard is fixed and I can type in Chinese but can't do that during the day.
Yes, lavender does repel mosquitos but not as effectively as mosquito tree does. Fox glove eats mosquito and mine is in full bloom now. I will post the picture this evening. Fox glove has three main colours but each flower has different stripe. It is a good idea to spread lavenders in between other flowers, I suppose. But I only like one clump for one kind to avoid the chaotic appearance. That is purely a personal taste.
Secondly, I am not saying that mixed colours are not good. In fact, a lot of people like mixed colours and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that, absolutely. However, unlike many flowers and plants, the nobility of roses lies in authenticity and purity. Cross-pollination is caused by bees.

好呐。我去找找哪有成株的fox glove，好像在Walmart見到過。
還想請教：除了玫瑰容易串種，其它花呢？譬如牡丹和芍藥？
愛花原來不單單是喜歡、捧回家就行的，惜花才是真正地愛她。這裡太多學問了，慢慢來，慢慢學唄。。。

 

[月 琴]

I keep mine under a window with about 3 hours of afternoon sun. It is doing magic. Have you seen the picture in earlier posts

Yes。看到了。
我的前窗向東南，也有陽光照進來，不止三個小時呢。可半個月了，花蕾還是那樣。。。

 

[厦门大学校友]

好呐。我去找找哪有成株的fox glove，好像在Walmart見到過。
還想請教：除了玫瑰容易串種，其它花呢？譬如牡丹和芍藥？
愛花原來不單單是喜歡、捧回家就行的，惜花才是真正地愛她。這裡太多學問了，慢慢來，慢慢學唄。。。

I got my fox glove at Lowe`s (19.99) --- I wanted all 3 colours but no room to put them. So I ended up with the colour I like the most. In the spring, baby fox glove was selling for only 3.99 at WM.
Like I said, what makes roses noble is authenticity and purity, so cross-pollination should be avoided if possible. Peony and tree peony are not said to have cross pollenated.
It is an art and it took me rather some time too. If you just started, you are a great starter and I am sure you will get increasingly better. I am on to the next level now --- germinating from seeds (I saw one sprout of my soaking water lily seeds last night and need to get seeding beds for them this pm) and propagating woods and vines.

 

[月 琴]

I got my fox glove at Lowe`s (19.99) --- I wanted all 3 colours but no room to put them. So I ended up with the colour I like the most. In the spring, baby fox glove was selling for only 3.99 at WM.
Like I said, what makes roses noble is authenticity and purity, so cross-pollination should be avoided if possible. Peony and tree peony are not said to have cross pollenated.
It is an art and it took me rather some time too. If you just started, you are a great starter and I am sure you will get increasingly better. I am on to the next level now --- germinating from seeds (I saw one sprout of my soaking water lily seeds last night and need to get seeding beds for them this pm) and propagating woods and vines.

哈哈哈~~~看到就買，買了再算。。。

 

[厦门大学校友]

Yes。看到了。
我的前窗向東南，也有陽光照進來，不止三個小時呢。可半個月了，花蕾還是那樣。。。

Feed it with vinegar water, fertilizer and a little beer/wine/rum/gin/cognac then.

 

[厦门大学校友]

哈哈哈~~~看到就買，買了再算。。。

Stop going window-shopping, huh?

 

[月 琴]

Stop going window-shopping, huh?

可。。。可。。。可是不還得去買各種花泥混合嗎？反正每次出去總不會空手而回的。哈哈哈~~~

 

[厦门大学校友]

窗前陽光可能不够了，能捧後院曬去嗎？

Take her out for full sun will surely speed up blooming but I am afraid of the risk of bringing back home bugs/diseases --- I think I have said that before --- I don't do that except treating them in my "hospital", which was posted earlier.

 

[厦门大学校友]

好。等妳的片片，一定是美美哒。
我就是衝動型，看到喜歡的花、樹都先買了再説，没好好規劃，也不知道玫瑰那麽容易串種。。。
我前院也是木本和草本牡丹種得好近呢。現在襯弄前、後院的花槽，好好想想怎麽遷移她們，讓她們 “ 分居 ”。

How many peonies/tree peonies do you have? I would recommend one bed for all of them and only for them --- you can make arrangements the way you like but tree peonies are getting increasing higher as the years wear on whereas peonies stay at more or less the same height all the time, I would suggest centering with tree peonies and surrounding them with peonies. You need to take colours into consideration too for the arrangement. One technicality you have to pay attention to: in transplanting peonies, try to level them at the previous level (there are usually red marks just above the ground) as much as possible. Planting them too deep/not deep enough may cause them not to bloom for up to 5 years depending on the soil because their roots need to get settled and they settle very slowly. Timing of transplant: the earlier the better so that roots have a longer period of the year to settle before being frozen.
Do it in the early morning and keep on watering thoroughly for 2-3 weeks.

 

[笑逐颜开]

空間不大。本不想大動干戈的，是難忍满地的黄花怎都拔不盡。本説两三天完工的，拖了十天，今天傍晚總算還我清靜了。
今天再去買了五盆薰衣草，一盆climbing rose，明天開始弄花槽。
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请问你的climbing rose在哪里买的？今天刚开了块地，想种一棵。