tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post3957263869897823382..comments2024-03-01T20:10:19.114-08:00Comments on ROCK ROSE: WHEN YOU DON'T GET WHAT YOU BARGAINED FORRock rose http://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-23710128133621053282013-11-24T20:39:12.756-08:002013-11-24T20:39:12.756-08:00Squid agave is another small, cold-tolerant agave,...Squid agave is another small, cold-tolerant agave, Ally. Pam/Digginghttp://www.penick.net/diggingnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-65869340406733255712013-11-24T20:01:02.757-08:002013-11-24T20:01:02.757-08:00I like it very much when I read your blog ! this p...I like it very much when I read your blog ! this post about agavae is great. I especially like the A. ovatifolia that bends over in a chalice form. SThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13221584173234030798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-35501361644999788902013-11-23T11:43:15.071-08:002013-11-23T11:43:15.071-08:00Those 2 A. ovatifolia plants seem like just differ...Those 2 A. ovatifolia plants seem like just different populations, with slightly different forms. Maybe if large enough at the nursery, one can tell what tendencies each might have before buying? I hear you, and it's worse on some larger commercial projects - had my Nolina texana become some other Nolina, which was not as graceful and compact for my use (used at tree trunks) - the grower justAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-52368884197481622412013-11-23T08:08:24.757-08:002013-11-23T08:08:24.757-08:00I think my ovatifolia came with the name 'Fros...I think my ovatifolia came with the name 'Frosty Blue,' but I can't say much about the form yet since I'm hesitant to plant another potentially huge agave in the ground. Yours and Pam's are enormous! There's only one instance I can think of where mislabeling mattered, when I was trying to get a dwarf Salvia leucantha, which I think is the 'Santa Barbara' form, Denisehttp://agrowingobsession.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-62207347848877518362013-11-22T15:05:31.906-08:002013-11-22T15:05:31.906-08:00 I imagine they are part of the garden family by n... I imagine they are part of the garden family by now. Even with their differences. Just like children.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-74557090141857218542013-11-22T15:04:26.057-08:002013-11-22T15:04:26.057-08:00I think this goes along with hardiness labels. I d...I think this goes along with hardiness labels. I don't trust them one jot.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-81485714260689281052013-11-22T15:03:51.869-08:002013-11-22T15:03:51.869-08:00The queen has much tighter structure and no pups!...The queen has much tighter structure and no pups! The quadricolor agaves are another small sized plant. A. desmettiana if you like to mess with protection. They always pup so well that you can just keep small ones going.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-84912700359005943082013-11-22T15:01:55.997-08:002013-11-22T15:01:55.997-08:00That is interesting about the pomegranate. I have ...That is interesting about the pomegranate. I have never heard of the smaller fruit tree. Do you eat them? We love poms at this house. The bigger the better.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-49241774376259474092013-11-22T15:00:40.309-08:002013-11-22T15:00:40.309-08:00I know that story too. Mother of thousands, ruby g...I know that story too. Mother of thousands, ruby grass, feather grass, salvias of all kind. I will never learn.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-39060432583450020702013-11-22T14:59:27.124-08:002013-11-22T14:59:27.124-08:00I am so glad I am not the only one. Of course I al...I am so glad I am not the only one. Of course I always give plants a home so mine stay too.Rock rose https://www.blogger.com/profile/00348711150803587369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-24598661345369980172013-11-22T12:40:01.343-08:002013-11-22T12:40:01.343-08:00I'm grinning. I don't feel so bad now abo...I'm grinning. I don't feel so bad now about the three now-very-large agaves in my front yard that have proved to be far relations instead of identical siblings. I love all three and their differences now. <br /><br />Fun post.Kathleen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10868566314392048880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-80661992783075518882013-11-22T12:08:52.211-08:002013-11-22T12:08:52.211-08:00The frequency of these labeling mistakes seems to ...The frequency of these labeling mistakes seems to be increasing - there are so many growers operating high production operations now and I suspect the staff isn't as connected to the plants as once was the case. I'm finding some growers list just the genus on labels without specifying the variety at all and show size dimensions encompassing a ridiculous range (e.g. 2 to 10 feet tall on Kris Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07097260283693156795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-31895885828316467572013-11-22T09:36:17.187-08:002013-11-22T09:36:17.187-08:00Well, now I don't know what I have, but King o...Well, now I don't know what I have, but King or Queen. this is one of my favorites agaves. I wish there were more cold hardy agaves in this small size available for our zone 8 area. The Agave Parryi is another one that I really like. Any others come to mind?Allyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07430849998788960134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-17668539797183848992013-11-22T06:09:21.454-08:002013-11-22T06:09:21.454-08:00I am faced with one of my more memorable "not...I am faced with one of my more memorable "not what I thought" plant purchases daily. I bought two "miniature pomegranate bushes" right off the truck as they were being unloaded at my favorite nursery. I carefully planted them across from east facing picture windows, where they'd be in view from every bedroom, the living room, the study... <br /><br />It turns out the TexasDebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11214888876514137890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-42117124031134947802013-11-22T02:42:13.252-08:002013-11-22T02:42:13.252-08:00I had to look up Agave Victoria-reginae . . . ther...I had to look up Agave Victoria-reginae . . . there's quite a difference isn't there?<br /> <br />For the most part I'm too ignorant, botanically, to know whether or not a plant I've purchased was mislabeled or not. A bigger problem for has been getting *more* than I bargained for: buying things impulsively at plant sales and herb forums, then finding out that they're Carolnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3636445408720805216.post-42511169435420656982013-11-22T02:40:49.313-08:002013-11-22T02:40:49.313-08:00I sometimes get a plant that is different, but the...I sometimes get a plant that is different, but there's a home here for them anyway!<br /><br />Your Agave are beautiful.Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122524042294993949noreply@blogger.com