What are you growing in your garden?

[Stonehenge]

Damiana, (Turnera diffusa) is one I'd like to get. I understand that seeds are not available so it's cuttings or nothing. I forgot to mention I have p. carthagenesis and p alba also. Probably forgot a few others like d. cooperii and what not. My poppies are coming along, they are at the rosette or small cabbage stage. It'll be a few months before they get big. I'm hoping by april they will be much larger and flowering. By june the heat will be here and they better be done. I started them indoors this year in peat pots and transfered them outside. Some did well and some died.

Stoney

[VajraPirate]

I've had some success using peat pots for transplanting poppies. I was actually quite surprised to see as many live as I did, about 75% survived transplantaion which was shocking to me, since they are notoriously transplant resistant. Glad to see you've had luck with them as well.  

[Jacko]

Can you really distinguish between P. carth. and P. alba??  I sent this fucker by the name of 'pinkoyd' a box full of nice healthy plants, many extras on top of the agreed upon swap,  for a little alba and received nothing ... 6-8+ months ago.  Care to spare a couple leaves come spring so I can root some out if you notice any real difference between the species Stone, I hear that they may in fact be one in the same?

[Anonymous]

I got some weeds growing..

its winter  :roll:

almost planting time though!

[Stonehenge]

Jacko, I do have some p alba but I'm still trying to see the difference between it and viridis. P. carthagenesis is easy to tell from the others by the rounded leaves but alba looks just like p.v. to me. Mine are all kind of small and not growing much now due to winter. Check back with me in spring and I might be able to do something. My p carth is getting big and may produce some berries the end of this year. I will move it far away from the viridis if it does flower so to avoid cross pollenation from viridis.

Now is a good time to start seeds indoors in small pots, grow them in a window or under lights and then in spring you have little plants to put out instead of just seeds

Stoney

[crossbreed]

Stoney, I just made cuttings of the damiana.  Hopefully they will root and I will have a few that I can trade.

Have you ever grown Turnera subulata?  I purchased it at Deep Roots Nursery where it was being sold as Turnera diffusa.
It is called false damiana on an australian website and is said to have similar uses as Turnera diffusa.
Its leaves are larger than T. diffusa and it grows like a weed.  
I can make cuttings of that too if you are interested.

[Stonehenge]

That's interesting. Does t. subalta have the same properties as t. diffusa? I'd def be interested in the diffusa and maybe the other as well. I'm surprised that RW would be selling the false damiana in place of the real one.

Stoney

[crossbreed]

I don't really know if it has the same properties because I have never used either of them.  
The australian site has it listed as Turnera ulmifolia var. subulata.
I did some research and all I could find information about was T. ulmifolia and T. subulata.  
T. ulmifolia var. subulata does not appear to exist outside of that site.
 
I was also surprised when I recieved my order.  I ordered a T. diffusa, that died in transit, from richters several months earlier.  
When I got my order from RW, there were obvious differences in the nature of the plant.  The one from richters had tiny leaves and looked like a very fragile plant.  The one from RW was very healthy and had huge leaves compared to the other one.  At first I just thought RW had extremely healthy plants(which he does).
Several weeks after I got the plants from RW, I think he noticed his mistake and corrected it on his website.  
I am certain that he did not mislabel them intentionally.  Whoever he got them from probably had them labeled wrong as well.
Either way, it is still a pretty plant.

I would definitely order from RW again in the future.  
I will not, on the other hand, ever order from richters again. (too many bad experiences)