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Garden Thread
Lets make this a garden post and all questions, tips , advice will be here.
I have a patch of clay, everything dies there. I have done everything-- mixing sand, compost, manure, dirt in the clay. Now I am just fed up with this patch. What can I put there that grows in clay other than Coneflowers? Have a bunch of those already. Anyone with experience with clay?
I have a patch of clay, everything dies there. I have done everything-- mixing sand, compost, manure, dirt in the clay. Now I am just fed up with this patch. What can I put there that grows in clay other than Coneflowers? Have a bunch of those already. Anyone with experience with clay?
If roots are really tight in the container and going round and round, definietly butterfly them or score lightly down the outside of the root ball with the balde of your pruners. It's possible for rootbound plants to keep circling after planting and never spread out and get established.
Daylilies starting here soon, too. Does anyone else have daylily rust problems? They used to be the world's best perennial till that disease came in from China. I'm hoping all the plants I moved in last year are resistant.
We really learn some lessons the hard way. In a garden of mine further south, vast areas were ruined by oriental bloodroot groundcover and by hardy morning glories. I actually had to move away to end the frustration. Now if someone tells me a plant is invasive, it might get admitted in a container, but probably not.
Portann I agree. No matter what's going on, there is nothing like the joy you get from the rebirth of the garden every spring.
Daylilies starting here soon, too. Does anyone else have daylily rust problems? They used to be the world's best perennial till that disease came in from China. I'm hoping all the plants I moved in last year are resistant.
We really learn some lessons the hard way. In a garden of mine further south, vast areas were ruined by oriental bloodroot groundcover and by hardy morning glories. I actually had to move away to end the frustration. Now if someone tells me a plant is invasive, it might get admitted in a container, but probably not.
Portann I agree. No matter what's going on, there is nothing like the joy you get from the rebirth of the garden every spring.
Do you mean cutting (sort of)it to split it up? If so, I do that with my 30ish year old asparagus fern every year. Speaking of asparagus, I planted a bunch last year and just yesterday ate 6 nice fresh sprigs, yum. real butter on those too. Next year should be a good harvest.
Yes, yes, I love pictures
Yes, yes, I love pictures
Yes, the lilies like shade. Maybe you should send that goat to portanns house to thin out those lilies.
Port
In a month or so we can start putting up pictures of the garden. Mine doesn't get going good until mid July.
Port
In a month or so we can start putting up pictures of the garden. Mine doesn't get going good until mid July.
Hi all,
This thread is so amazing. Thank you all very much. It brings me real happiness to think of us and our gardens.
Tippy, I really love Lilies of the Valley. We brought our from the cottage, where the lilies have taken over about half an acre. And in the last ten years, I've seen first hand how frustratingly invasive they are. Have tried digging in border edges but they go underneath, tried digging them out but they come back. I still tell myself that I love them but now I also hate them.
Still, I have so many big showy flowers but nothing does it for me quite as much as a couple of lilies of the valley or forget-me-nots in a teeny vase.
For Mother's Day, my husband is going to put in another hardy climbing rose for me. (He's been designated responsible for Mother's Day, now that the kids only phone home from out of town.) Has anyone heard of butterflying the root ball? It's so tangled and overgrown in the pot.
This thread is so amazing. Thank you all very much. It brings me real happiness to think of us and our gardens.
Tippy, I really love Lilies of the Valley. We brought our from the cottage, where the lilies have taken over about half an acre. And in the last ten years, I've seen first hand how frustratingly invasive they are. Have tried digging in border edges but they go underneath, tried digging them out but they come back. I still tell myself that I love them but now I also hate them.
Still, I have so many big showy flowers but nothing does it for me quite as much as a couple of lilies of the valley or forget-me-nots in a teeny vase.
For Mother's Day, my husband is going to put in another hardy climbing rose for me. (He's been designated responsible for Mother's Day, now that the kids only phone home from out of town.) Has anyone heard of butterflying the root ball? It's so tangled and overgrown in the pot.
I have some of the smaller black eyed susans and actually like them better than the tall ones. Have you ever seen the green eyed ones? They are different.
Good Luck with those lillies of the valley. Can they handle a shady area? I have a spot that would be good for them to take over.
In my pic of the orange azelia as you can see no blooms yet, I think that one is red blooms.
When we first moved here there was Mountain Laurel around the back porch. I had pygmy goats then and they ate EVERYTHING even the Mt Laurel. Well it acted like an overdose of speed, I thought my mean female goat was gonna drop over dead, she didn't & went on to eat my grape vines LOL
Good Luck with those lillies of the valley. Can they handle a shady area? I have a spot that would be good for them to take over.
In my pic of the orange azelia as you can see no blooms yet, I think that one is red blooms.
When we first moved here there was Mountain Laurel around the back porch. I had pygmy goats then and they ate EVERYTHING even the Mt Laurel. Well it acted like an overdose of speed, I thought my mean female goat was gonna drop over dead, she didn't & went on to eat my grape vines LOL
I put two Endless Summer in last year and excited too see how, and when they flower. We won't get any blooms until mid July on the mopheads. Even the Rhododendrons won't bloom until end of May, or early June.
Husband wants to put in some Lillis of the Vallie's, as he loves the smell and his Mother always had them. Theres two bags in the garage waiting to be planted. Oh boy! Trying to tell him those things will take over the whole yard and we'll never get rid of them. I'm half tempted to hide them, never to be found. I don't know what you did with them, is all I can say.
I did look at the photo, nice. Think I will put some Black Eyed Susan in and some Gladiolus in the clay. They make for beautiful fresh cut house flowers.
Husband wants to put in some Lillis of the Vallie's, as he loves the smell and his Mother always had them. Theres two bags in the garage waiting to be planted. Oh boy! Trying to tell him those things will take over the whole yard and we'll never get rid of them. I'm half tempted to hide them, never to be found. I don't know what you did with them, is all I can say.
I did look at the photo, nice. Think I will put some Black Eyed Susan in and some Gladiolus in the clay. They make for beautiful fresh cut house flowers.
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