tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post4653040900387756845..comments2024-03-17T03:31:37.213-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Pretty pictures: Plectranthus x 'Mona Lavender' flowersmr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-67965266998264696892010-03-25T16:03:46.514-07:002010-03-25T16:03:46.514-07:00Oh, and --
If you mean African violets, I don'...Oh, and --<br /><br />If you mean <a href="http://plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com/2008/08/cult-leader-saintpaulia-ionantha-cvv.html" rel="nofollow">African violets</a>, I don't think so. Though you can re-start the ones you have from leaves, or bury long stems, you can't do anything to change the distance between leaves once they're on the stem. You might want to search the mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-73535194768428986462010-03-25T15:54:34.849-07:002010-03-25T15:54:34.849-07:00Tracy:
Not sure, but they're so easy to resta...Tracy:<br /><br />Not sure, but they're so easy to restart from cuttings that it's probably simpler to start over with a new plant and just give it better light, as opposed to trying to prune back an old plant. Though if you're doing one thing, you're also well set-up to do the other, so I suppose one may as well try.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-90185307836799471482010-03-25T15:38:13.382-07:002010-03-25T15:38:13.382-07:00So I saw your commment about: (it's a bit gang...So I saw your commment about: (it's a bit gangly: low light will do that) and I am wondering if you ever prune plants to get rid of this. I am pretty new to house plants (even thought I am plant pathologist!!) so I am not sure what to do. I have some violets that look so long and stringy after the winter. Is there any way to get these kinds of plants back into a normal shape? <br /><br />Tracynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-61845367203177940192010-03-25T08:57:42.952-07:002010-03-25T08:57:42.952-07:00What a most wonderful Plectranthus! Well, at least...What a most wonderful Plectranthus! Well, at least the flowers! We don't see much of the plant, but it's wonderful still!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-85203850060479028492010-03-25T07:11:32.274-07:002010-03-25T07:11:32.274-07:00Good Luck, hope Sheba is for you :-)
About pet all...Good Luck, hope Sheba is for you :-)<br />About pet allergies. I couldn't come near cats as I started to wheeze, got itchy eyes, running nose etc. My closest friend however had 4 cats and one of them always insisted in sleeping on my lap :-) So when I went to my friend, almost dayly, I took something to suppress my allergy... after a year I asked my friend if she didn't notice something Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-81402260770031671962010-03-24T11:53:50.582-07:002010-03-24T11:53:50.582-07:00i have never such pretty lavender. i wish i could ...i have never such pretty lavender. i wish i could grow some in my soil bed. wish you best of health with the allergyMuhammad khabbabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18248882335224914970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-66063957181240630812010-03-24T10:00:21.334-07:002010-03-24T10:00:21.334-07:00The first pic is beautiful Mr. S.
Hope everything...The first pic is beautiful Mr. S.<br /><br />Hope everything works out for you with Sheba (Sheba? That's a cat's name). Got my fingers and toes crossed for you.CelticRosenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-62232693013274639222010-03-24T09:41:44.974-07:002010-03-24T09:41:44.974-07:00What a cute dog Sheba is! About how old is she? I ...What a cute dog Sheba is! About how old is she? I like the name Sheba too.Nancy in Sun Lakes AZhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09882208110664899569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-85264055417530172822010-03-24T08:43:15.732-07:002010-03-24T08:43:15.732-07:00Whoops. The footnote was where I was going to say ...Whoops. The footnote was where I was going to say that my grandparents had a chow named JuJu when I was very little, and there's a RPDR contestant this season called Jujubee. But I don't want to name her JuJu, so it doesn't work, so I deleted the note.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-40007956618557208492010-03-24T08:40:35.925-07:002010-03-24T08:40:35.925-07:00Kenneth Moore:
Well, it's not like I haaaaaaa...Kenneth Moore:<br /><br />Well, it's not like I <i>haaaaaaaaate</i> the name Sheba. But I'm pretty sure I can come up with something I like better. I mean, I haven't so far, but I have plenty of experience naming things, animals, and whatnot. <br /><br />Something that struck me when I've looked on-line for lists of dog names is that almost all of them are also human names. It mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-27748845903405536822010-03-24T07:58:34.010-07:002010-03-24T07:58:34.010-07:00Hm... I like the name Sheba. I'll just be the ...Hm... I like the name Sheba. I'll just be the dissenter, then.<br /><br />Allergies are a tricky thing. I had a cat for 12 years--I wasn't deathly allergic, but I had sneezing fits all the time. Over the years, I became less allergic to her, but maintained my general cat allergy. I don't know if she just stopped being danderiffic or what. I still got red itchy puffy areas when she bitKenneth Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11619410362453458358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-37846672037229572492010-03-24T07:23:50.849-07:002010-03-24T07:23:50.849-07:00Allergies come and go. You'll be fine. Just do...Allergies come and go. You'll be fine. Just don't pet Sheba then say, touch your eyes. Sheba, yeah, change that. Once she's yours that is, and she will be. <br /><br />Glad to have you back! Fingers crossed for the new pup!Lizahttp://goodtogrow.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-2400658048578973962010-03-24T03:23:28.937-07:002010-03-24T03:23:28.937-07:00First, Mr. Sub, I do so hope you get Sheba, change...First, Mr. Sub, I do so hope you get Sheba, change her name and are not allergic, or the allergies just go away all together, that would be the best. Now to the plant, this is at the top of my list for this year. My local nursery showed it to me late last fall and it was still blooming its head off, darker purple though, and covered with bees. She promised to offer it again in 2010 and I will Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-78693060373509465732010-03-24T02:57:21.206-07:002010-03-24T02:57:21.206-07:00So glad your hiatus is over -- I missed starting t...So glad your hiatus is over -- I missed starting the day out with your blog. In fact, I missed it so much, I came back just to read some old posts and found the two new ones.<br /><br />About the allergies: I'm allergic to cats, but couldn't live without one. So I'm careful about not getting my face too close to her fur, and washing up immediately after I pet her. Also, I give Ginny Burtonnoreply@blogger.com