Pin Cushion (Nertera granadensis)
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by weezie13 on February 14, 2006 02:56 AM
Patty,
Is this the plant???
Halloween: Nertera granadensis... The Pin Cushion Plant
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Weezie
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done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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Is this the plant???
Halloween: Nertera granadensis... The Pin Cushion Plant
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
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by tkhooper on February 14, 2006 06:55 AM
Seed - sow spring in a shaded part of a cool greenhouse or cold frame. When they are large enough to handle, prick the seedlings out into individual pots and grow them on in a lightly shaded position in the greenhouse for at least their first winter. Plant them out into their permanent positions in late spring or early summer, after the last expected frosts. Consider giving the plants some protection from the cold for their first winter outdoors.
Sorry I couldn't find anything about deer resistant.
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Sorry I couldn't find anything about deer resistant.
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by Patty S on February 14, 2006 12:19 PM
Weezie, I assume that's it (unless there is more than one plant called "Pincushion" ...which wouldn't surprise me)! I saw that thread when I first looked it up, & noticed this time, that it says "must be moved back indoors before the temperature drops below 55 degrees F." (I mean, it probably has ALWAYS said that... I just didn't notice it till now!) ![[Big Grin]](im/biggrin.gif)
Hmmm... is this to say that it won't winter over if it's planted in the ground? (We usually don't get freezing temps here, but after this winter I'm not beleiving that, OR saying it anymore!) ![[Frown]](im/frown.gif)
Also, I think I ran across something recently that said not to expect the plant to produce the little berries the first year... or, am I getting that confused with something else?![[nutz]](im/graemlins/nutz.gif)
(I just hate it when I look up more than 1 plant in the same day!)
Oh... By the way, I found out the answer to the 2nd part of my question; YES, Pincushion IS Deer resistant!![[thumb]](im/graemlins/thumb.gif)
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Hmmm... is this to say that it won't winter over if it's planted in the ground? (We usually don't get freezing temps here, but after this winter I'm not beleiving that, OR saying it anymore!) Also, I think I ran across something recently that said not to expect the plant to produce the little berries the first year... or, am I getting that confused with something else?
(I just hate it when I look up more than 1 plant in the same day!) Oh... By the way, I found out the answer to the 2nd part of my question; YES, Pincushion IS Deer resistant!
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by weezie13 on February 14, 2006 08:44 PM
Yep, there are other plants called Pincushion..
Then when I got to re~looking back onto your question, I noticed you'd included the latin name..
***always very, very, very important when talking about a certain plant and it's growing requirements..****
The other pincushions look like this...
Scabiosa Pincushion Flower
And those are pretty cold tolerant...
I have several kinds.. but almost regret getting the white one.. too lanky!!!
*well, for at least where I have it..*
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
Then when I got to re~looking back onto your question, I noticed you'd included the latin name..
***always very, very, very important when talking about a certain plant and it's growing requirements..****
The other pincushions look like this...
Scabiosa Pincushion Flower
And those are pretty cold tolerant...
I have several kinds.. but almost regret getting the white one.. too lanky!!!
*well, for at least where I have it..*
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
by tamara on February 14, 2006 11:04 PM
Kind of scared me for a moment because I planted the scabiosa variety last summer. With being only zone 4 here, I was thinking,"that's just great another perennial turned annual for me", glad to see I was wrong.
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Tamara's Photos
Thinking Spring, Thinking Spring...Nope, doesn't work.lol
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Tamara's Photos
Thinking Spring, Thinking Spring...Nope, doesn't work.lol
by weezie13 on February 14, 2006 11:17 PM
That's why when I originally started information
hunting on the internet, I wanted to learn latin names..*to keep the ole brain from falling apart*
but I was never really able to find a thing, that I could HEAR the words, and how they were pronounced, that's half the battle..
Papito sent me a few good links and haven't had a whole heck of a time to hunt thru them, but I will..
But that's really the real reason for those funky latin names, cause several varieties have the same names for plants, it's just that the latin names seperate them into WHO THEY REALLY ARE...
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
hunting on the internet, I wanted to learn latin names..*to keep the ole brain from falling apart*
but I was never really able to find a thing, that I could HEAR the words, and how they were pronounced, that's half the battle..
Papito sent me a few good links and haven't had a whole heck of a time to hunt thru them, but I will..
But that's really the real reason for those funky latin names, cause several varieties have the same names for plants, it's just that the latin names seperate them into WHO THEY REALLY ARE...
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
by Patty S on February 15, 2006 01:12 AM
Hey Weezie, you're my hero!
I'd asked several months ago, where the idea for all the goofy names came from, & why we needed them, but the answers were so clinical that it still didn't make any sense to me.
(I think I'm starting to get it, now... & I don't feel like my brain is falling apart, after all!)
Thanx for "re~looking", as I think you nailed it this time! On closer inspection of the seeds that a neighbor gave to me recently, they are definitely not the type I'd expect to find from a berry, but are sort of "dried daisy" looking...
I believe that Scabiosa Pincushion Flower is exactly what they are!
Now I have to figure out where I found the "Deer resistant" information, & look again. (Might even be easier, now that I know the goofy - but USEFUL name!!)
Ahhh, but life is good!!! Thanx, Weezie - you made my day!![[Love]](im/graemlins/love.gif)
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quote:I'm beginning to see the light!
latin name..
***always very, very, very important when talking about a certain plant and it's growing requirements..****
...That's why when I originally started information hunting on the internet, I wanted to learn latin names..*to keep the ole brain from falling apart*
I'd asked several months ago, where the idea for all the goofy names came from, & why we needed them, but the answers were so clinical that it still didn't make any sense to me. (I think I'm starting to get it, now... & I don't feel like my brain is falling apart, after all!)
Thanx for "re~looking", as I think you nailed it this time! On closer inspection of the seeds that a neighbor gave to me recently, they are definitely not the type I'd expect to find from a berry, but are sort of "dried daisy" looking...
I believe that Scabiosa Pincushion Flower is exactly what they are!
Now I have to figure out where I found the "Deer resistant" information, & look again. (Might even be easier, now that I know the goofy - but USEFUL name!!)
Ahhh, but life is good!!! Thanx, Weezie - you made my day!
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by barleychown on February 15, 2006 01:26 AM
Miss Patty, those are definitely scabiosa.
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by weezie13 on February 15, 2006 01:42 AM
yep....you have the second pincusion kind,
Scabiosa's....
Mine, self seed, so, I would say, what mother nature does to make her's grow..
just on top of the soil, and maybe a light scattering of soil or sand/soil/compost/seed starting soil... but nothing heavy...
In fact Patty, you know me, do an experiment girl..
seperate your amounts of seeds, and go throw some on top of the soil somewhere's outside.. and then take a 6~pack and do the same, and experiment..
find out which ones' easier for you, and the plant itself may like one way better.
Mine where they drop is where they reseed...
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It really makes my day when I can help a fellow gardener out and also help the plant out too!!!
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
Scabiosa's....
Mine, self seed, so, I would say, what mother nature does to make her's grow..
just on top of the soil, and maybe a light scattering of soil or sand/soil/compost/seed starting soil... but nothing heavy...
In fact Patty, you know me, do an experiment girl..
seperate your amounts of seeds, and go throw some on top of the soil somewhere's outside.. and then take a 6~pack and do the same, and experiment..
find out which ones' easier for you, and the plant itself may like one way better.
Mine where they drop is where they reseed...
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Hey Weezie, you're my hero!
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Ahhh, but life is good!!! Thanx, Weezie - you made my day!
It really makes my day when I can help a fellow gardener out and also help the plant out too!!!
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
by Patty S on February 15, 2006 02:20 AM
quote:I love experiments, & do that sort of thing all the time (I just need to remember to write things down & to mark which places are which!)
do an experiment girl..
It's my considered belief that flowers which normally self sow should not be covered with much soil... if at all. Most of them have some kind of "digger-inners", such as the spiky Cosmo & the Marigold seed, or are textured in some way that they "grab on", such as Devil's Claw (Harpagophytum procumbens) ...or, are so tiny, that they find a spot within granules of sand & dirt, like Poppy seeds, etc..
(Wind is/is not helpful to self-sowers... depending upon how far & wide you want the plants to show up!)
Thanx again, Weezie & Sarah! I just love to start my day out with ANSWERS rather than QUESTIONS!
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by weezie13 on February 15, 2006 06:02 AM
What colors where they Patty, did you know?
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
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Weezie
Don't forget to be kind to strangers. For some who have
done this have entertained angels without realizing it.
- Bible - Hebrews 13:2
http://photobucket.com/albums/y250/weezie13/
by Patty S on February 15, 2006 08:44 AM
The lady said that they were all colors. (Which, come to think of it, does NOT describe "berries" in the first place, unless we'd been talking about Porcelain Berries... which we weren't!)
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