A rose by any other name
15 June 2023 09:31 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
igenlodeApparently the silver-grey plant which I had been told was mullein is *not* mullein, but rose campion! Not to be confused with red campion, or the white campion which I have just pulled up, as it had finished its uninspiring attempts at flowering and I certainly don't want the seed; a great disappointment after waiting two years.
I probably shan't keep the rose campion either, as it is really too large, although it is a spectacular bright pink and it does have a talent for clinging on in a grossly inadequate rootspace (grows naturally on rocky, scrubby hillsides, apparently). It is currently incredibly potbound, to the degree that I'm surprised there is any earth in there at all, and originally germinated and grew in a tiny seedtray compartment for many months until I finally took pity on it for having survived that long!
I have my first towel-tomato, almost exactly a year after the first few last year. They are looking very happy and flowering prolifically, although the plants in the smaller pots, which have grown enormously, really need to be moved up a size since they keep drying up in the heat.
The Roma tomato (I did successfully give away the spare seedling) is likewise in flower and a lot less spindly than last year's rescue plant, though I haven't staked it yet. No sign of any fruits setting, though.
I probably shan't keep the rose campion either, as it is really too large, although it is a spectacular bright pink and it does have a talent for clinging on in a grossly inadequate rootspace (grows naturally on rocky, scrubby hillsides, apparently). It is currently incredibly potbound, to the degree that I'm surprised there is any earth in there at all, and originally germinated and grew in a tiny seedtray compartment for many months until I finally took pity on it for having survived that long!
I have my first towel-tomato, almost exactly a year after the first few last year. They are looking very happy and flowering prolifically, although the plants in the smaller pots, which have grown enormously, really need to be moved up a size since they keep drying up in the heat.
The Roma tomato (I did successfully give away the spare seedling) is likewise in flower and a lot less spindly than last year's rescue plant, though I haven't staked it yet. No sign of any fruits setting, though.