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OMG, rouge, what town is he in that he can grow brugs in the ground?
mindy
supposedly you don't put them in the ground until the soil is a certain temp; same for cannas. did he tell you if he puts them in a pot and brings it in in the winter? Maybe they are already in a pot that he just sinks down in the soil?or does he just grow on cuttings in water? thx rouge (she sighed, w/ her glorious but SINGLE pink brug bloom because she didn't give them new soil or fert. them enough.)
mindy
My brug motto is:
"Paying the Price for lack of due diligence."
Welcome, Jadelite. I had wanted opinions on more southern conditions. I appreciate your chiming in. I really am not accustomed to growing shrubs, just roses. We have had an unusual year this year, and I really need to know how to take care of my plants.
Sammy
The plant is now just coming into full bloom, though the foliage had looked good throughout the entire season. As for pairing it up, am thinking something yellow such as the attractive dwarf 'Mirjam' cedar ... or flaked with 'Angelina' sedum with something blue nearby.
It's probably about the root system as well as which one is dominant.
A few summers ago when we had drought conditions (100+ days with no rain and many days over 100-F), 1 of my 2 Japanese yews croaked. They were a similar height, planted about 2 feet apart. Their growing conditions should have been very similar.
One began to get brown leaves and eventually dried up. I didn't do anything at the time (water it) because I thought it may be a normal sign of low water conditions, didn't expect it to actually die.
After it was dead, I pulled it up. The roots were very shallow, less than 2" into the soil. It was a spreading type of root system. I'm sure the other one is also...so then why did they both act differently?
Besides the shallow root system, and each plant's own disposition to handle the weather conditions, I think that some plants which were able to dominate in that area will defeat the other nearby plants. In this case, one of the yews probably took up more resources than the other one nearby.
You can see this also in the cases when you have seedlings or even adolescent plants near each other. Conditions of light, water, nutrition are all that same, for the purposes of how seedlings grow together. Yet one or some of them will always seem to take over and make the other nearby seedlings reduce in vigor.
This year, I have a basil and jalapeno plant that I allowed to continue growing with their more dominant sibling. The bigger basil is as large as I typically have grown basil, and the weaker basil is still about 6" tall. The bigger jalapeno is a bit stunted from what I normally have seen, but the smaller jalapeno plant is about 8" and has about 5 leaves.
Our new patio is half finished and I am planning the "Autumn garden" I want near it. I am so glad to be reminded of hibiscus.
Do they attract hummers and/or pollinators? Do you notice any colors or variety is more popular than others?
Plants in this spot have to earn their keep.
My zone 4 has changed to 5a with global warming
==>>> there is no global warming.. and dont waste more time with such.. as i predict you will have a z3 winter.. soon enough ...
i have had two z4 winters in a row.. in my z5 MI ...
and you will lose a lot of money.. if you start investing in z5 plants... based on a politicians opinion ...
ken
ps: know how i know my winters were z4 ... i lost a lot of very expensive conifers.. that were z5 winter tolerant ... go figure on that loss ...
I grow chives, Nodding onions, and Prairie onions in my pollinator garden. The last two are native plants, and all provide excellent nectar for lots of important pollinators. They are extremely easy to care for and need almost no water. And I think they are beautiful. They do offer a different texture, and beautiful blooms at a time when lots of plants are looking tired and dry.
Good grief! Cutting off barely starting to wither blooms. I let them FINISH cause I enjoy seeing the blooms til the bloom is fully gone. I spent ~ 1 1/2 hours deadheading today. Have 15 or so bushes. Will be pottting up volunteers the next few days from my neighbor's plants.
Lovely! Mx, I wonder if it smells anything like the Guacamole I used to have? That too flowered at the end of August and the scent was like fresh sweet soap or like some sort of hand cream that mum had when I was small. Just so heavenly especially at night.
Awesome! I was just sticking my nose in mine today! The bees are going crazy for it! Mine is in quite a lot of sun and is a pretty reliable bloomer. Is yours in shade? I wonder if that might have something to do with it not blooming much? Mine came by way of my grandmother to my mother and I got a clump from mom. Seems like a bit of a "boring" hosta most of the time but the bloom sure makes up for it! And it blooms for soooooo long.
I could not have torn myself away if not for moving to a much warmer zone. And like wantonamara I knew what I had! All the love I put into the perennials, the elderberry, paw paw, wild flowers, steeled me against all low offers. My realtor balked a little but she thought I would break down after the first month on the market. I got my asking price in five days. It was a fair price so I did not need more. Two gardening seasons have almost passed and when I just saw the google image of what the new owners did, I figured the best plants removed ended up somewhere else on the same block. It was a street of opportunistic gardeners probably circling around with potato forks.
My buyer, even though he liked my garden , was not much of a physical worker and the neighbors dove in like vultures. My garden has good bones and I think the neigborhood gentle pilfering has kept it "weeded". It still looked good till this year. He has let the siberian elm and pecan seedlings get away from him. It is gone over the edge in messiness. I almost got out of the car to do some weeding. Some people are not in their physical space. We had a chalkboard out by our shop for clients and it still says that we will be back by 11,....... 11 years later!