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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
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 Posted - 04/01/2009 : 21:18:07
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I love the colours the Acalypha wilkesiana goes in the Summer.
Just curious as to why these leaves are so big its never happened before.
I dont feed it and it only gets the bath water for a drink and rain.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts
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Gail
garden sage
Australia
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Posted - 05/01/2009 : 04:15:33
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Looking good  obviously loves the rain. I don't know why those leaves are bigger, maybe reverting back to the original larger leaf form.
Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit, wisdom is knowing not to use it in a fruit salad.
A ounce of common sense is worth more than a ton of intelligence.
Gail, near Gympie, Qld |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
 Posted - 05/01/2009 : 06:55:21
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Humm I wonder if that is the answer Gail, as some of the Acalypha varieties have much larger leaves than this particular one. Cuttings are very easy to grow.. I may pop that stem into a pot and see when it grows bigger if it will have all larger leaves or smaller ones or both..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 05/01/2009 : 07:01:00
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They certainly add lots of colour MA
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 07:09:55
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Thanks.. Yes they do Cheryl.
And looks so good with the lime green of the single Poinsettia on each side
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 08:29:35
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Cant grow them down here too cold 
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
1209 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 09:33:22
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MA. Thats a great idea to strike the larger leaf and see if it stays that way, it may as Gail says revert to the parent.Pitta.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 11:30:42
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That's right Cheryl they dont like the cold.. I grew about 20 cuttings from those two shrubs, I gave a few to Daniel and planted the rest across the front of the house digging up the Plumbago as they had got too tall, they were going along very well till we got frosts the Winter before last two died.
Last Spring I got Tony to dig them all up and I planted Agapanthus, Deities Bi-Colour and Neomarica gracius in their place tough as old boots those ones..
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 11:35:27
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Oh sorry Gwen I didn't see your reply there.. I went down to cut that stem off after I finished the housework this morning, but ended up sweeping leaves then I put the tank on and watered for a while and still not finished.
I must do it after I finish my lunch.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 12:07:17
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Yes I have aggies across the outside of the front fence, great , dont have to weed  , and the dietes I have a few in pots and another under the letter box as it is always dry there
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 12:28:05
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Yes I seen the pic of the Aggies outside near your fence and very nice they looked too.
Friends are the flowers in the garden of life
Love Your Enemies... It Will Drive Them Nuts |
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The Estate
head gardener
Australia
3676 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 12:29:40
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If the idiots who have to walk past my place would stop snapping of the flower heads
My basic weeding rule: if they grow in rows they're flowers;
if they don't they're weeds.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 12:37:03
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I know what you mean.
Thats why I wont grow any plants near my front fence especially Frangipani.
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 05/01/2009 : 14:53:08
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All potted up with a label on it, now just to wait and see how it goes..
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Mary-Anne
garden sage
Australia
10809 Posts |
Posted - 04/03/2009 : 11:49:07
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Soo much for that cutting it died a couple of weeks later
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pitta
head gardener
Australia
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Posted - 04/03/2009 : 15:19:37
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Thats a pity the cutting died , The colours an that Acalypha wilkesiana are
really glorious .I must ask if anyone here has it.
John was here today, cleaned out the gutters and planted,
Syzygium fibrosum and S. wilsonii
Euodia elleryana for mountain blue butterfly food tree.Genus has been changed from Euodia to Melicope.
Croton picasso's paintbrush and C. inferno
Mucuna bennetti.is now Mucana novo guinensis.
Aristolochia tagala vine for Cairns birdwing butterflies.
Since John left we are getting good rain.tHE newly planted trees will love it.
If you want to live and thrive, let the spider run alive.
Gwen
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Edited by - pitta on 04/03/2009 15:21:32 |
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Autumn Coloured Leaves In Summer