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mbhoneybee63 5 (
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Sun, Aug 1, 10 at 16:05
We bought our 115 yr old victorian 2 yrs ago. The house had been sitting vacant for several years and quite overgrown. First summer, I planted some gardens to attract butterflies and hummingbirds. This spring we dug a 1,500 gal pond. I had to move all the plants I planted last year to a new "holding" spot until deciding where they would stay. I have been babying them for a couple months now only to realize one of the plants I have been waiting to bloom (because I forgot what it was) is a "burr bush"! Sorry I don't know the technical name for it, but I do know the front of my shirt took several minutes to clean off after trimming it back and it is a weed! Don't fertilize weeds :)
The other transplants look great (and they are not weeds) and the pond is one of the best back breaking projects I have ever had the pleasure of enjoying! |
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RE: Laugh w/ me not at me....
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| OH, my, I have been guilty of that type of behavior more than once in my life, starting when I was a child and brought home a cute yellow Pin-wheel flower to put in the wild flower garden. By the time I graduated HS that's all there were in the wild flower garden, yellow pin-wheel flowers. Sad to say, I still do that kind of thing. Pamper a lovely vine only to learn it is a noxious weed in this area and should be pulled up when found. hahaha |
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| hehehe, i'm so glad to know that i'm not the only one who does not know the plants well.. i kept a bunch of plants when we moved in our home .. it was all grown up too, just to find out that most of them were weeds.. needless to say i pulled them all up .. hehehe |
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- Posted by kalevi 4 Ottawa, ON (My Page) on
Mon, Aug 2, 10 at 17:17
| Forget-me-knots, when they form seeds, are small burrs. I can't think of another garden flower that forms burrs but I bet there are a few. |
RE: Laugh w/ me not at me....
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| Lol!!!! Reminds me of the time I brought home Globe Flower. Shudders......... Lisa |
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I once babied a sneezeweed until it bloomed.
Well, they don't normally grow around here- how was I to know?
Renee |
RE: Laugh w/ me not at me....
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| I'm glad I'm not alone..... :) |
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