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This was planted before we bought the place.
Been keeping it alive and fertilized.

What do we have ?


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Azalea - just be mindful that this things get massive if not trimmed/pruned
 
Cool... Now my wife can " told YOU ! "

Yeah, it's not much to look at when not in bloom. But it's beautiful now.
It's gotten about an inch bigger around each year. And has stayed pretty round, I've never trimmed it.

Here's our red ones out front. Planted these 2 years ago and have gotten about twice as big.

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We have several and right now they are looking pretty awesome. If you're planning on trimming that large one, we always trim ours right after they're done blooming. They can get a bit unwieldy.
 
Don't let dogs pee on it. We have massive pink azaleas in front of our picture window. I have to cut them down every year after they bloom. If you want to be a real house-pimp, get the reblooming ones ;) They bloom spring and fall but are a little finicky.
 
Azalea - just be mindful that this things get massive if not trimmed/pruned
I had one at a former home of ours that I expect was planted in the mid 60’ by the original owner who we bought from in the mid 90’s. That white azalea was gigantic. Probably 8-10’ tall and nearly as wide. I got ambitious one spring after it it had finished blooming, and decided to cut it way back to better manage it. I was doing some aggressive trimming on one side, and after about 10 minutes of trimming when I lopped off a large branch about midway down and pulled it away, a basketball sized hornet's appeared that I was face to face with.

Thankfully it was vacant. *Whew*
 
Thanks guys, I'll do a light trim to it this year. It's pretty much what size we'd like to keep it.

I need to find another for the other side of that area. the rest of it is various bulbs we bought or i moved from other areas of the yard. In the winter I run the hedge trimmer there and buzz it to the ground. for a Quick east clean-up.

Hmm.. I'll have to fire up the goggle and see if I can start a cutting....
 
Ha !
Easy to propagate Azeleas ... I’ll be doing that!


Next to Identify .
I don't recall what color flowers it had..


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And I just noticed our first drift rose bud ... sweet!
 
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Here’s the side view.
Pretty open for as full as the top is..

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The gardenia just below to the right of it blooms twice a year.. and dang does it have powerful fragrance.

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Here’s the side view.
Pretty open for as full as the top is..

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The gardenia just below to the right of it blooms twice a year.. and dang does it have powerful fragrance.

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Keep an eye out for little golfball sized holes in the garden (or yard). Voles like gardenias. They eat the roots.
 
Why do theses pea (hyacinth bean vine) seedlings have bumps all over the leaves? I assume no parasites, the soil was boiled, they’re in a covered seed starting box, and none of the other plants are affected, tomato, carrot & 3 types of peppers.
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Why do theses pea (hyacinth bean vine) seedlings have bumps all over the leaves? I assume no parasites, the soil was boiled, they’re in a covered seed starting box, and none of the other plants are affected, tomato, carrot & 3 types of peppers.
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Major Bean Viruses

Bean common mosaic virus (BCMV) is still an important disease of beans worldwide, but is less of a problem in commercial bean varieties because many possess genes for resistance. The most common strains are the type virus known formerly as bean virus 1 (BV-1) and a New York strain (NY-15). Some, but not all, dry bean varieties are resistant to one or both strains (see table 1), whereas most snap bean varieties are resistant to both strains.

Typical symptoms in bean consist of green mosaic and downward cupping along the main vein of each leaflet (fig. 1). Green veinbanding, blistering, and malformation are common in leaves of the same plant (fig. 2). Plants are reduced in size, and pods may be mottled and malformed. These symptoms could be easily confused with those caused by cucumber mosaic virus (CMV). However, the BCM symptoms persist, whereas those caused by CMV are transitory. In some dry bean varieties (see table 1) resistance to mosaic is expressed as a hypersensitive reaction conferred by the I gene, leading to a condition called "black root." Infection with some strains causes root and stem discoloration, rapid wilt (systemic necrosis), and eventual death.

BCMV is seedborne in bean, especially if the seed was produced locally. The virus is rarely present in wild legumes. The virus is efficiently transmitted by several aphid species includin the following: bean aphid (Aphis fabae), cowpea aphid (Aphis craccivora), pea aphid (Acyrthosiphon pisum), potato aphid (Macrosiphum euphorbiae), and the green peach aphid (Myzas persicae).

BCMV is most effectively controlled by growing resistant cultivars and using virus-free seed.
 
I don't think that's it. The bumps look like green sugar crystals on the top and bottom surfaces.
The seeds cam from the same packet that produced many healthy plants last year. They've been stored inside the house. The starter kit is in the house and the soil was sterilized as well. :confused:
 
Ok, new plant... What is it ?

I don't want it there and I've been cutting it to the ground every year and it just won't give up. Maybe I should try and transplant it somewhere.

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Ok, new plant... What is it ?

I don't want it there and I've been cutting it to the ground every year and it just won't give up. Maybe I should try and transplant it somewhere.

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Me bride (florist) says it’s peony, dig and box it up, she’ll pay the shipping. Or maybe Carman can grab it when he’s in the area :)
 
Me bride (florist) says it’s peony, dig and box it up, she’ll pay the shipping. Or maybe Carman can grab it when he’s in the area :)

Thank her for me. And it’s going to stay, sorry
If I dig it up in the fall to move, I’ll send some of it.

Looks to be a ‘ Red Spider ‘
It’s really beautiful too.


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