Flowers
Conditioning Evergreen Foliage
07:45 PM/11/Nov/2007
This afternoon, Anne Madden gave me some wonderful
variegated Euonymus to use in my program for Homeland
Garden Club on Monday. Anne's shrub grows in her
front yard, in shade, and is marked with white
instead of yellow. She waits to prune it for shape
until this time of year because it is so beautiful in
garlands and wreaths. Anne also gave me some Japanese
Yew, Gold-Dust Acuba, and Ilex crestata (Japanese
Holly).
I've brought the clippings home and submerged them in a tub of warm water, clipping their cut ends once again under the surface. Soaking them overnight will let them take up lots of water. I will probably drain and pick them over before church tomorrow, unless they are going to start looking waterlogged. You have to take them up and stand them with just their stems in warm nutrient solution BEFORE they get soggy, not after. The Euonymus is not as tough as the other foliage I have, so it will come out in the morning. The others can wait until after church.
Tomorrow, I will gather English Box and Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) for the program, too.
I've brought the clippings home and submerged them in a tub of warm water, clipping their cut ends once again under the surface. Soaking them overnight will let them take up lots of water. I will probably drain and pick them over before church tomorrow, unless they are going to start looking waterlogged. You have to take them up and stand them with just their stems in warm nutrient solution BEFORE they get soggy, not after. The Euonymus is not as tough as the other foliage I have, so it will come out in the morning. The others can wait until after church.
Tomorrow, I will gather English Box and Ilex verticillata (Winterberry) for the program, too.
