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That's sweet of you.. I think we've avoided them because of the toxicity.
Just makes you itch a little, after you trim them. A quick hand wash takes care of it. Neither the dog or cat ever went near them, when I've had them in the house or the patio before.
 
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Photo dump. The last flower is absolutely awesome, the picture doesn’t show quite how dark one spot is though. They’re all from the same plants as earlier in the thread- “Dads White”. And apparently toads like to nestle in these pots, you may be able to see the craters it left behind in the soil:confused:. I wired two of them, and the third was just a trunk split off one of them during repot- not that you can see the wires in the bushier plant though.
 

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Here is something many Northerners have probably not seen, Vaccinium arboretum 'Sparkleberry'. I heard they were extremely difficult to collect and keep alive but I have two in training pots (for three years).

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There’s beautiful, old ones on the dirt road I live on. Not had the time during the collection window to ask my neighbors if I could dig one though. I really want to give them a shot, there’s something special about them IMO
 
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Photo dump. The last flower is absolutely awesome, the picture doesn’t show quite how dark one spot is though. They’re all from the same plants as earlier in the thread- “Dads White”. And apparently toads like to nestle in these pots, you may be able to see the craters it left behind in the soil:confused:. I wired two of them, and the third was just a trunk split off one of them during repot- not that you can see the wires in the bushier plant though.
And another...
 

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Photo dump. The last flower is absolutely awesome, the picture doesn’t show quite how dark one spot is though. They’re all from the same plants as earlier in the thread- “Dads White”. And apparently toads like to nestle in these pots, you may be able to see the craters it left behind in the soil:confused:. I wired two of them, and the third was just a trunk split off one of them during repot- not that you can see the wires in the bushier plant though.
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[QUOTE="JoeR, post: 557233, member: 17247] And apparently toads like to nestle in these pots, you may be able to see the craters it left behind in the soil:confused:. I wired two of them...[/QUOTE]

Poor toads...
 

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Pretty. I've had one for years, and it has NEVER bloomed.:mad:

Crystal gave me hers after 17 years, never bloomed, told me to toss it if I want last year. I up potted it last Summer. going to cut it way back this week and see what happens...

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Crystal gave me hers after 17 years, never bloomed, told me to toss it if I want last year. I up potted it last Summer. going to cut it way back this week and see what happens...

Grimmy
Mine dropped all of it's leaves after I brought it in last fall, I hoped it would die. But no, completely leafed out. I think it's evil :rolleyes:.
 
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