Six Little Lithops
Living Stone (Lithops) Saturday morning I discovered a post in the forums indicating that one of the corner stores I frequent (for plants) at Queen and John had shipment of lithops in stock. I...
February 22, 2003
New Cheap Books
Palm at Allan Gardens Greenhouse Some new gardening books were purchased at the Giant Book Sale at the Dufferin Mall yesterday. Mind you none of these books were on my list of "Books to...
February 20, 2003
Pamela Produces Seeds
A strange thing happened -- my amaryllis 'Pamela' produced a seed head. Obviously it's not unusual for a flowering plant to produce seeds, but my other amaryllis 'red lion' hasn't done this. It's kind...
February 15, 2003
Repotting and Greenhouse Visit
Allan Gardens Greenhouse Today was a very plant-filled day. First thing this morning I spent at least two hours watering, repotting and preening plants. Generally I don't consider this to be a good time...
February 12, 2003
Sharry Baby is Toast
Well it looks like 'Sharry Baby', my oncidium orchid is pretty much a goner. One thing I noticed when I repotted the plant was that the roots had never grown. When I bought the plant...
February 03, 2003
Sharry Baby Takes a Bad Turn
Just when I think I'm out of the woods with one problem, another arises. Literally overnight the leaves of my oncidium orchid, 'Sharry Baby' turned yellow. Mind you the plant has had some black spotting...
