tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post7476040562063634289..comments2024-03-28T18:57:20.920+01:00Comments on Living the life in Saint-Aignan: Callie + the plum treeKen Broadhursthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-4935948783439649182016-05-15T06:45:15.382+02:002016-05-15T06:45:15.382+02:00Ten years had passed between my taking the cutting...Ten years had passed between my taking the cuttings to SF and then taking the plant back to SoCal. BTW, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portulacaria_afra" rel="nofollow">Elephant Bush</a>.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-10416786226433796702016-05-15T06:42:10.810+02:002016-05-15T06:42:10.810+02:00He he...He he...Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-17764554820979670602016-05-15T06:41:31.578+02:002016-05-15T06:41:31.578+02:00Peter Piper planted plenty of pretty plum pits in ...Peter Piper planted plenty of pretty plum pits in pots.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-74441501083948803742016-05-15T06:40:13.653+02:002016-05-15T06:40:13.653+02:00It was downright cold yesterday morning when I wen...It was downright cold yesterday morning when I went out to walk with the dog. There was a <i>bise</i>, a north wind, blowing.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-89711518034355281602016-05-15T06:38:48.863+02:002016-05-15T06:38:48.863+02:00I can't believe he is that old already.I can't believe he is that old already.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-29988341170023020042016-05-15T06:38:10.554+02:002016-05-15T06:38:10.554+02:00Our neighbors usually give us several kilos of red...Our neighbors usually give us several kilos of red plums and yellow mirabelle plums in the summer. Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-81033840479434218852016-05-15T06:35:06.683+02:002016-05-15T06:35:06.683+02:00I remember taking the cuttings from Salton City ba...I remember taking the cuttings from Salton City back to SF. I went and asked at a plant nursery whether it was likely to survive in the Bay Area climate. I was told to protect it from winter rains and I did, so it thrived. Mostly, it lived outdoors.<br /><br />When Walt and I left SF to move to Saint-Aignan, I took the potted plant (<i>Portulacaria afra</i>, I think, which is native to South Africa and known as "elephant bush") back to CHM in Salton City. The original plant had died, IIRC, and he was glad to have it again. I was glad when he brought me some cuttings in about 2004.Ken Broadhursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430899802705818716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-68348758403537988452016-05-15T06:26:31.080+02:002016-05-15T06:26:31.080+02:00That plant now has offspring on two continents. We...That plant now has offspring on two continents. Well traveled, indeed. It is very popular here in Socal, especially now for xeriscaping purposes.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-49599417865115713352016-05-15T02:15:55.659+02:002016-05-15T02:15:55.659+02:00That's a pip of a pit-potted plum-pulp plant.That's a pip of a pit-potted plum-pulp plant.Emmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17365143273404503659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-53475015649963334272016-05-14T22:41:11.357+02:002016-05-14T22:41:11.357+02:00Hi Diogenes,
This well traveled plant has a long ...Hi Diogenes,<br /><br />This well traveled plant has a long story. One year, when Ken and Walt came to visit us in Salton City, Ken took a cutting and brought it back to San Francisco where it thrived. Ken has a green thumb. Years later, after Ken and Walt had sold their house up there, they came down to visit us again on their way to the East Coast. With them they brought back to us the <i>Jade of the Desert</i>. Several years later, I took a cutting of that plant and brought it back to Ken in Saint-Aignan. Now it thrives in the Loire Valley, so far from it native [?] Southern California.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-519544818480233472016-05-14T18:01:18.032+02:002016-05-14T18:01:18.032+02:00"pits in a pot..." lol, lol. There sure..."pits in a pot..." lol, lol. There sure have grown quickly into a nice big tree (s). I see your elephant plant in the first photo with Callie.Diogenesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-18037305979268598912016-05-14T16:14:21.327+02:002016-05-14T16:14:21.327+02:00I remember some good plum tartes and plum jelly be...I remember some good plum tartes and plum jelly being shown here on this blog in previous years :)Seine Judeet (Judith)https://www.blogger.com/profile/07407353544376132484noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-88973122897169968252016-05-14T15:45:08.210+02:002016-05-14T15:45:08.210+02:00My grandson came along about the same time as Call...My grandson came along about the same time as Callie and the potted plum pits. That tree is lovely and so is the pup.Evelynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17824964122794535252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-22410844697312875682016-05-14T11:18:16.952+02:002016-05-14T11:18:16.952+02:00"planting some plum pits in a pot" I tri..."planting some plum pits in a pot" I tried saying it out loud and failed the first time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18071407.post-15961263797284244582016-05-14T07:31:55.118+02:002016-05-14T07:31:55.118+02:00My recollection of the month of May in Paris, Fran...My recollection of the month of May in Paris, France, for at least the four decades I lived there around mid-century, is it has been a rainy month, with some exceptions.chmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765675930520613520noreply@blogger.com