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Posted by
chelone 6 so. Me. (
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Sat, Jun 3, 06 at 15:04
| I was feeling pretty sorry for myself when Browallia was seemingly unavailable in my area. I grudgingly forked over Proven Winner prices for Torenia (Summer Wave?) and planted them.
YOWZA! they have taken off incredibly; a profusion of blue/lavender flowers. So now, I'm wondering how to maintain them... duh... what do I pinch and how frequently?
I'll be interested to see how long into the fall season they persist... also, is there are a way to perpetuate them via cuttings? |
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RE: Torenia
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- Posted by tapla z5b-6a MI (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 3, 06 at 21:50
They come very easily from cuttings. You can keep them youthful by dead-heading regularly and/or pinching back. This pic was taken on Aug 10 last year & the plants are doing well - lots of blooms & buds, even that late into the summer.
 Al |
RE: Torenia
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- Posted by mammie Southern IL (My Page) on
Sat, Jun 3, 06 at 22:21
| This is my 2nd or 3rd year to use Torenia. Aren't they great? Almost too good and easy to be true. :) Torenias ask for so little but put out wonderful flowers all summer long. I wish they'd come out with some more colors though. |
RE: Torenia
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- Posted by janetr Ottawa USDA 4a (My Page) on
Mon, Jun 5, 06 at 20:53
| Reading this post could be dangerous to my wallet. *sigh* |
RE: Torenia
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| I agree, Janet. I just went out and bought a couple of torenia today, and *stuffed* them into one of my hanging baskets. I couldn't believe it - no browallia. And, for Heaven's sake, some of the nurseries I went to didn't even know what I was talking about. Another shocker - I asked the clerk to look up the details of one of their spireas - she just looked dumbfounded as she looked in the book that lists the nursery's plants (this is a *big* nursery). She said 'where would I find that?'; I said, 'flowering shrubs'. She laughed and said, 'I just started working here today and they put me on cash - I don't know anything about flowers'... I can't believe a nursery would hire someone who doesn't know anything about plants! lol. |
RE: Torenia
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- Posted by tapla z5b-6a MI (My Page) on
Tue, Jun 6, 06 at 17:49
| Janet - Torenia comes easily from cuttings, so a little 4-pack can go a long way to ease the hit on the ol' wallet. ;o) Al |
RE: Torenia
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| Fortunately, one of my area nurseries that's moved heavily into the Proven Winner-type $4/pot annual sales also had some six-packs of Torenias in several colors for less gougific prices, and I picked up a couple for a shade/filtered sun bed. The pink/rose Torenias are less appealing to me than the blue/purple varieties. |
RE: Torenia
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| Torenia are also easy and fast growing from seed. Mine were in bud a mere six weeks from sowing with the exception of Susie Wong, which took closer to 10 weeks. |
RE: Torenia
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| Sooo... THEORETICALLY, I could take cuttings from the plants that commanded too much money this year and grow more (more affordably) next year? I've never done cuttings... but the color is nice and I have not a great deal of enthusiasm for "forking over major pork" next year... . I'm really good at following directions and seem to have a reasonably "green thumb". Yeah? nah? maybe? |
RE: Torenia
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- Posted by janetr Ottawa USDA 4a (My Page) on
Thu, Jun 8, 06 at 20:59
| Thanks, Al, I will definitely remember that! |
RE: Torenia
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| I'm a "convert". This is a a wonderful plant. I was horrified at the price, but Holy Mackerel! they've delivered the goods and then some. I need to "wise up" to the whole "cutting" thing! |
RE: Torenia
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| I recently needed 3 hanging baskets as our new place had a pole with hooks already in place. Home Depot had exactly 3 baskets of what resembled torenia, except in colors of orange, deeper rusty-red, white and yellow. I have always loved torenia and was delighted by the orange-ish colors! I am looking forward to propagating these for when the originals become spent. |
RE: Torenia
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| I will need something next spring to replace the impatiens I used to put in the shady spots in the yard. I like to put them here & there to brighten up the yard in midsummer when most of the shade loving perennials have quieted down. Is Torenia the future replacement for this use of impatiens? |
RE: Torenia
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| I LOVE torenia! It does do very well in my partial shade. I had a surprise sprout in full sun that is also doing well. I hope my seeds grow well. :) |
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