Youse the flower guy?

[Jstpssng]

Do you start your geraniums from cuttings, or buy them in pots? Are you pansies field dug, or started in the greenhouse? Do you raise cut flowers? If so, have you ever considered raising carnations in the greenhouse?,.and snapdragons/glads outdoors? If somebody wants a bedding plant and all you have are cascading petunias, do you sell them what you have and hope they don't know the difference? If somebody has a shady area and wants color, what are you going to suggest? (I saw 3 annuals on your list that would easily fit the bill)


OOPs, I didn't mean to sound like your HS teacher...

 

[J F]

I'm a man...and I love growing flowers/shrubs/plants, etc, no problem admitting it...just not real good at...yet. (It has been 10-12 years of tryin', though).

Love starting stuff from seeds and watchin' it grow...and then die, quite often (but only after I've got my mitts on 'em).

Nature's fun...and often quite stunning/beautiful...just as often cold and cruel...it's life.

There...I'm outta the closet.

 

[Birdhunter1]

The only thing I know about flowers is that when I build a flower bed I use alot of horse and chicken poop and water them regularly and they grow like crazy. Other than that my wife and I like Daisies, Roses, Hostas and Petunias and we have lots of each and they keep coming back year after year.

 

[Marveltone]

I don't know much about flowers, so my wife does all the buying, planning and arranging. I try to help and stay out of the way if possible. Here are a few perennials, annuals, and wild flowers found around our yard.

Not bad for the frozen tundra!

Joe

 

[DFB]

Do you start your geraniums from cuttings, or buy them in pots? Are you pansies field dug, or started in the greenhouse? Do you raise cut flowers? If so, have you ever considered raising carnations in the greenhouse?,.and snapdragons/glads outdoors? If somebody wants a bedding plant and all you have are cascading petunias, do you sell them what you have and hope they don't know the difference? If somebody has a shady area and wants color, what are you going to suggest? (I saw 3 annuals on your list that would easily fit the bill)

1)All start by cuttings
2)Greenhouse grown
3)Yes, No, No/Yes
4)No
5)Salvia, Impatien, Wax Begonia

 

[Jstpssng]

1)All start by cuttings
2)Greenhouse grown
3)Yes, No, No/Yes
4)No
5)Salvia, Impatien, Wax Begonia

Good answers, :thumbsup:
Would you like some volunteer help next spring? ( Not really, I don't have time amd can't afford the mileage )

Sorry about the quiz/ attitude, I just get tired of newby growers trying to blow smoke up my -

nose ... I was raised and fed by a family owned greenhouse/flower shop in Auburn that operated for 100+ years...

PS; a few Coleus would also add some color to that shady mix... Just to show you that I'm not blowing smoke either.

 

[J F]

Is there a flower rumble brewin' here?

:laughing:

 

[/pine]

I'm a man...

some here have wondered...

 

[J F]

some here have wondered...

Did you self-quote?

 

[/pine]

Did you self-quote?

I didn't say me...I said "some"...I do know you can take a jab...without leaving a mark...:thumbsup: