FREE Landscaping! Sweet Potato Vine update #1

Here are some updated pics to show the progress of our Sweet Potato Vine. Here is the first post on the progress
Now the oldest group is approx. 9 weeks old. They all look GREAT!
Keep in mind these are all grown off of CUTTINGS!!

Now I am going to TRY to get them to grow under the tree..There are a lot of roots under there, but we shall see. I just planted them yesterday (from my OWN cuttings!)

 

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Before & After Plant Stand

This was a bakers rack I saved from the trash...

Before SHINY CHROME..Yuck!

After some Brown spray paint and a little rusty paint sponged on...some old doorknobs for finials..
MUCH BETTER!!
PERFECT for my back patio!

 

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Drying Hydrangeas

My husband bought me these BEAUTIFUL Hydrangeas for Valentine's Day. Here they are on our cart at Lowe's.

I had never successfully dried flowers before, so I followed the advice of my FAVORITE Blogger at Stone Gable

 

I waited for the blooms to get papery on the plant.

Almost a vintage color.

 

 

I put them in a couple inches of water to dry

Here they are in the drying stage

 

 

 

This is what they look like now.. Please forgive my reflection in the mirror (I am still new to blogging :)

I seem to have lost some of the color? Although they are still very pretty. Do they always lose color? And fade out?

Any advice on drying hydrangeas?
Did I put too much / not enough water?

P.S. I am not a flower arranger (my Sister-in-Law is WONDERFUL at this) I just stuck them in the vase to show the results. When she comes over, I will have her "arrange" them.

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Sweet Potato Vine Cuttings

My Sister-in-Law planted Sweet Potato Vine and they are growing WILD! She recently gave us some cuttings and I was SHOCKED at how fast they took off!


FIRST, let me say, I am NOT a PRO at this, I just know what has worked for us...I know they always tell you to take the cutting and put it in water and let the roots grow..etc..etc..
I am TOO impatient for that, and this way works GREAT for us!

We just simply stripped the leaves off the bottom of the cutting and stuck it in the ground! EASY!!


This is our second set of cuttings. This is how they looked when she gave them to me

 

This was the after they were planted. You can see the difference between the first set (That was plated about  a month and a half ago) and second set of cuttings. They look very limp the first few days, but then they start to stand up...

Please ignore the potted plant in the middle of my sweet potato vines (thats my husbands avacado seed he's growing!)

 

DAY ONE

 

 

DAY THREE

 

Still a little limp, but looking better...

 

 

DAY FIVE

 

See the imporovement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 DAY SEVEN

Looking VERY good

 

 

 

It'a a GREAT way to add to the landscaping..for FREE :)

As soon as mine get bigger, I will be sharing the cuttings with my neighbors.

 

Lori

 

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