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Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 07:15 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks so much for the tip Malgorzata and for adding me to your "dust list". I love your Saxifraga fortunei, "Lipstick" but my heart still belongs to the white form.

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Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 11:00 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I don't ever use lipstick myself, but would certainly buy that one if I'd ever come across it, Malgorzata!
I received 'Crystal Pink' (a nice, large, flowering specimen!), and smaller 'Cotton Crochet', with a few flower scapes, last saturday. They will stay in the cool greenhouse until spring!
As for the seeds, you mean I have to wait until february to make a crop??? I'm afraid the cold and windy winter will have spilled them around long before that!
Is that about the period when you sent your "dust" to Terry last spring?
Zeph

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Posted on Sunday, November 04, 2007 - 11:32 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

"Lipstick" looks quite interesting in person I may say. There is more green to the faded petals that I did not include on that picture..and I should! Well, next time. Terry, I am also fond of the whites...but let's keep it a secret! ;)
Zeph, thank you! No lipstick!??? ;) Any pictures of "Crystal Pink" and "Cotton Crochet"? Wish they had such easy names here! All pages that I came across said that Saxifraga fortunei needs cool conditions and moisture but hates hot and wet. Zeph, in a year time you should have big enough plant to divide. My plants grow all year long but suddenly in September they seem to get the hormones really kicking off. March is the time to repot and divide. Yes, S.F. blooms now and the seed get ripe around January/February. :( Last year I picked up a few first seeds for Terry and the rest were blown away with the night wind. Well, almost whole plants were blown away! I need to find a way to protect them this winter (they say the COLD one is coming!). Guess because something is challenging it is more fun!

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Posted on Monday, November 05, 2007 - 02:28 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I agree with you too, Terry. As a garden plant the species is the best, with its big fluffy cloud of flowers. Also it flowers earlier than most of the Japanese varieties, making it better for our climates. We aren't all lucky enough to have Malgorzata's frostless winters . The plants themselves seem entirely hardy, but a touch of frost kills off the flowers.
But the Japanese varieties are like precious jewels. Who can resist?

Zephirine: how lucky you are to have a large and flowering (!!) Crystal Pink. Please let us see photos. I miss mine already...

Malgorzata, yours are beyond beautiful!
And, well... S. stolonifera is good too. I used to grow it until someone trampled mine to death. Maybe I need it again. There are a couple of named varieties here, but probably, as usual, millions more in Japan. I know they run, but here, at last, it is easy to pull out what you don't want.

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Posted on Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 07:16 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

And, well... S. stolonifera is good too. I used to grow it until someone trampled mine to death.
I can't image this one disappearing! It seems like a tough plant with runners that always manage to come out no matter what. OK, I am trying to contain mine and it is RUNNING! But the truth is I am fond of it and its white flowers in spring...very much alike to Saxifraga fortunei species.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 03:54 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Just to make you all bored and cry STOP.



There are many many more. Everything is in full bloom now. A couple of plants are showing signs of spent flowers. I made this pot last year and I think I made a "bubu". Probably will divide the plants in March. Too colorful for autumn display!

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Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 05:24 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Great sax Malgorzata.

Zepherine, my seed packets came around Christmas if I am correct, right Malgorzata? A Christmas present from the other side of the world.

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Posted on Wednesday, November 07, 2007 - 08:23 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

That just isn't fair, Malgorzata! Too many. Too gorgeous. But thank you all the same for showing them. Even if it makes me a bit jealous, I really enjoy seeing the picture! (The pot does seem a little overcrowded, though... )

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Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 01:48 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Oh dear...I just cropped my daimonjisou seed pods yesterday, and tried to make something out of them this morning...
I DO understand what you mean about dust, Malgorzata!!! lol!
If I put some seed mix in a container and water it first, then spread my dust on it and gently firm it down will that do, Terry?
Shall I spread a little more soil on them, or leave them like that?
Please...help!!!

I have "dust" from rubrifolia, 'Ruby Wedding', 'Black Ruby' and 'Cheap Confection'...
Should I add "open-pollinated"?
(I just imagine someone trying to hand-pollinate a saxifraga fortunei, with a magnifying glass in one hand, and tweezers in the other!)
Seriously, do you want me to send you a share of my dust, Terry?

Signed : Dust sower n°2

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Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 06:12 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Zephirine, I think if you do as you planned, add mix to pot, water first and then try as best as possible to spread or sprinkle your dust on top. Maybe just sprinkle a very light layer of soil but not too much.

Zephirine wrote on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 02:54 am:

Seriously, do you want me to send you a share of my dust, Terry?



Of course I'll try some dust-I will e-mail you with my address. Thanks Zephirine.

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Posted on Sunday, December 02, 2007 - 07:06 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Zeph, the Japanese textbook said to cover the seeds with thin, few mm layer of soil but I must admit I would be afraid. Sieve a little sand? Anyway something dusty! What I like to do with ANY of my seeds is mist them slightly and cover the pot with the newspaper. Many of my Saxifragas are still in bloom and all seed pots that I have are green so when you should see the first seedlings Zeph, I may just get some seed ready to sow and share. ;) Good luck girls and let me know when you see the first babies!

Malgorzata - Fukuoka-Kyushu, Zone "8/9"
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Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 02:02 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

I feel a little more confident, thanks to you both, Terry and Malgorzata. Thank you so much!
I'll sow them next week-end.
Terry, your "dust" is on its way....
I'm so glad I could share it...
God bless you all for all what you give me, and so many others...you make me feel happy and more confident in mankind...

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Posted on Tuesday, December 04, 2007 - 04:20 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thank you Zephirine, I'll let you know when the dust arrives.

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Posted on Saturday, December 08, 2007 - 11:45 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Zephirine, the "dust" has arrived, Thank you!

At first when I went to open the envelope I noticed it was open. I thought Oh no! Customs has removed my dust! But there it was safe and sound.

I'll let you know how I do with my French "dust".

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Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 07:25 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Seeds will be send in a while guys. Some first pods are ripe. Doubles did not produce seed. No distinguishable seed pods...or I can't see them. :( One of the single whites has lots and lots of beautifully looking pods but still greenish looking so I think it is wise to wait a little longer. Of course there is no guarantee that there is viable dust in there!! Just letting you know that I haven't forgotten!

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Posted on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 - 10:45 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Thanks Malgorzata

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Posted on Tuesday, January 22, 2008 - 10:42 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

A package of Dust arrived today Malgorzata, it is so FULL!!

Thanks so much for your generous gift.

Lucky me dust from France and Japan!

Terryk - NY, Zone "6"

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