We are getting ready for the Members' Day Plant Sale

Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 02:15:56 PM

I propagate plants for Members' Day Plant Sale, the Ramble and the Spring Plant Sale all year long. In fact, nearly every Monday and Tuesday morning my volunteers and I collect seeds and cuttings from Fairchild then clean and plant them at our nursery. This time of year, when many plants have new growth, is the best time for taking cuttings. Most plants root well from either young tip growth or semi-woody stems. We take the cuttings early in the morning, wetting them immediately to keep them fresh.

In addition to propagating plants, I am putting together the 2009 Plant Distribution List for the October 3 Members' Day Plant Sale. I am not ready to divulge the list at this time, but I feel compelled to mention one of the special palms that will be available at the sale.

Schippia concolor, silver pimento palm, is an elegant, small species native to the open, dry pinelands and moist forests of Belize. The slender trunk has an open crown of deeply divided two-foot palmate leaves with leafstems two to six feet long. Showy, white inflorescences are followed by clusters of white fruit one-inch in diameter. This dainty palm may be grown in full sun to light shade. They are growing in Fairchild in Plots 106, 107, 111.

Schippia concolor in full bloom

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Please sell: Portlandia coccinea X grandiflora 'Mary's Blush' (beautiful and not available ANYWHERE!!) at this years member's day plant sale. (2009)

posted by andrew kirlin, Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:24 AM

....and please also offer: 'Xylosma bahamensis' (not available in plantfinder).

posted by andrew kirlin, Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 9:42 AM

Thanks Andrew. We sold all our "Mary's Blush" Portlandias last year. I made the hybrid cross again. The seedlings are less then 1" tall! It will be a couple years at least before they are available again. Sorry!

posted by Mary, Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 7:54 PM

can u release seedlings???

posted by andrew kirlin, Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 8:10 PM

Please consider offering the flowering items (because they are NOT available anywhere according to plantfinder.com/plantlist.com). There are only available through distribution by fairchild gardens.

Unavailable items offered B4 at members day plant sale:
1) Brunfelsia maliformis (Jamaica)
2) Euphorbia geroldii
3) Jacaranda caerulea
4) Catalpa Longissima
5) Xylosma Bahamensis
6) Portlandia Grandiflora&Latifolia
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Items never offered but UNAVAILABLE:
7) Fagraea ceilanica
8) Jacaranda jasminoides
9) Tecoma castanifolia (bloomin' good nursery only supplier ever found 2 carry this item which is a Much better tropical version of tecoma stans: its less weedy, sturdier, has a upright tree-form, easy2maintain, flowers more, less weedy looking bigger leaves).

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Items hard to find yet amazing yet hard-2-find, underused, unknown2most, and unappreciated:
10) Coccothrinax argentata (Native)
11) Pseudophoenix Sargentii (Native)
12) Cordia lutea
13) Cordia boissieri (Native2Texas)
14) Lignum Vitae (Native)
15) Wild Cinnamon Bark Tree (Native)
16) West Indian Cherry (Native)
17) Prunus caroliniana (Native)
18) Wrightia antidysenterica
19) Plumeria obtusa 'Dwarf Singapore Pink' (Rarely able2find)
20) Plumeria pudica 'new pink' (Rarely able2find)
21) Thai Hybrids of Crown of thorns!!

Thanks :)

posted by andrew kirlin, Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 1:46 PM

Thank you Andrew for your suggestions. Some of these plants will be available at the next Members' Day Plant Sale, October 3.

posted by Mary, Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 6:06 AM

when will u let us know which ones???

posted by andrew kirlin, Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 1:58 PM

sorry 4got an item that is not available from any plant nursery in florida:
22) Bougainvillea arborea 'Thornless Tree Bougainvillea' (shockingly not available anywhere!!)

posted by andrew kirlin, Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 3:42 PM

when will u disclose which items have been selected for member's day plant sale???

posted by andrew kirlin, Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 12:43 AM

Hi Andrew, Great suggestions. You seem to have a vast knowledge of these plants. Would you mind emailing me so I can get in touch with you for more information? hotaing@yahoo.com Thanks! Hong :)

posted by Hong Taing, Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 1:35 PM

The entire sale list is posted on this site, along with descriptions and photos of many of the plants. Just go to 2009 Members' Day Plant Sale

posted by Mary, Tue, Sep 22, 2009 at 7:21 PM