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Shadeyplace - Thanks for your answer! I hope you are correct.
Ken - They were in a bag, just tubers I guess and not roots. Similar to how daylilies come a lot of times from online sources. I've had good luck growing maximilian sunflowers & daylilies in this way, but I wasn't sure if planting them during what would normally be their bloom time, if it would mess up their growth for the year.
Martha - You are correct. I didn't realize they were tubers though, thank you for clarifying that.
Yep, they are sure in a nice shady spot! Thank you for your response. I don't mind too much if they don't bloom this year, just hoping they do sprout so I know if they are duds or not. I've never purchased flowers from costco so I'm anxious to see how they do.
Well, its counter to the method & ways i've had great success with & that's to pot up first, then place in direct sunlight & lightly fertilize the roots at least once until growth appears. Once growth appears let it grow in sun until it just begins to get hot & then plant it in the shade, carefully, as the roots are brittle & so is any new growth not yet above ground yet.
Keeping well watered if inadequate rainfall, helps it to keep it from going dormant earlier, especially if it gets hot before or during start of summer, too.
Trying out Dicentra 'pink' this year, but bought early while peat in baggy was still moist & have a few flowers now. I'm in coastal Virginia & its been rather warm lately and they're doing fine..Make sure the tops are upright, when planting also...
stop pulling them.. every piece you break off will resprout ... [thats probably how you managed to propagate them all over the yard ...]
get a very expensive applicator .. such as at the link .. this allows very precise application.. and little usage ... [as noted.. it is NOT a spray thing]
cut to one inch from the ground... apply FULL Strength RU ... on the cut...
return unused RU to the labeled container.. do not store near the hotdogs ...
repeat every month or so ... since you are killing a bulb/corm/rhizone??? ... [as compared to a root system] ... it might take repeated applications ...
yes.. you can do this.. right in the middle of another plant ... it will not sneak into the other plant.. in the dead of the night .. or thru the ground... i do it with tree seedlings in my hosta.. all the time ...
ken
Here is a link that might be useful: link
Lol Ken. I always look forward to reading what you have to say.
A squeeze bottle like that is a fabulous idea! I like it way better than painting! Wonder if it needs to be Plochmans specifically. Haha. You actually had me believing that the "applicator" you referred to was going to be expensive. I was very curious about what might be in your link!
Sounds like a good game plan/project for a nice long weekend!
I have one in the front yard. Its in a mostly sunny spot, decent soil (not too sandy, not too rich) with some hardy cactus, russian sage and salvias. Mine doubled in size last year (first year) and I know it bloomed for a little bit at one point but I honestly can't say I remember the color. I remember reading, too, that it could be white or it could be a blue/lilac color. Having said that, I don't think its really grown for the flowers - I chose it because its low-growing habits and color (you're absolutely right - this with a dark purple ajuga would be beautiful! Like I said, mine is with the dark purples of salvia and light blues of russian sage but a deep, almost black purple would be beautiful with this!).
I'm right on the border of zone 5 and 6 in Michigan. I'm sure I don't need to tell you what a crazy winter we had and, even though snow insulates, we still had a few weeks for -10ð and my creeping sunshine made it through. Never dragged a hose across mine, and its still quite small, but it seems to be very dense and matted so I would imagine, after a little maturing, it would be able to stand up against a hose.
If you already have them give them a try and if they don't work out then I have some false lamium I can send you... talk about a resilient ground cover (JUST KIDDING lol)
First answer......bearded iris. I have a number of clumps around my gardens, and got to thinking that maybe I should divide or split them, as they have been in the same place for 5 years or more. I don't get borers up here.
Second answer, Primula....I have one plant, planted on a whim I don't know how many years ago.....at least 5 maybe 10. It comes back every years and blooms, but I am thinking maybe I should be doing more with it than just enjoying it! Yes I would like more!
I divide bearded iris when the clumps get crowded/are taking over neighboring perennials. Mine grow at a good clip - they are happy where they are growing. I divide in mid to late summer. Very easy to do, just dig and separate the rhizomes, replant at a shallow depth - I usually leave a bit of rhizome above the surface. I normally don't have problems with borer but have in some years; if I notice tunnels on the leaves mid-summer I cut the leaves back to the point where the tunneling stops - have to leave some green to feed the rhizomes. No, it isn't pretty, but I have the iris in a spot where other plants hide the foliage to a large degree.
Yes, Texas, I love the color of the columbine as well! I don't know why this one hasn't spread like all the others - its the only one I have of this color, which is why I worry that moving it will kill it!
That little red flower is charming - is it a portulaca? It reminds me of portulacas I had out by the street, in a very dry, hot, sunny area with poor soil, where they did well. They reseeded all around, including out in the street, in the cracks of the asphalt! Those I would definitely move, so they didn't get mowed over. Of course, I had to be careful that *I* didn't get mowed over trying to save them, lol!
Hope your tremors subside, and very soon! That's got to be a scary!
Dee
phlowerpower, all 5 HB geraniums did survive this past epic winter. (I am so glad as I have been unable to source this variety anywhere).
But just like the previous spring they did take their time reappearing (Rozanne poked almost 2 weeks earlier).
Is it easy to find HB in the States?
Glad to hear they are growing this year. I hope they prove to be good garden plants again.
They have not been easy to find, for me.
Last fall I pre-ordered several through Santa Rosa Gardens but their crop failed over the winter and their plug supplier discontinued carrying them. The only other online supplier I have found is Munchkin but they have it listed out of stock. My nearby town has three decent nurseries, but I have not seen HB at any of them. They seem to carry Rozanne...and Rozanne. :) A local grocery store has a seasonal garden center and today I found a few HB there, much to my surprise.
Now to decide where to put them....The area I was planning on now has fading tulips, so I need to decide if I work the plants in between the tulip foliage of if I just give up on the tulips returning. They were Triumphs, so probably do not have much chance of returning, but i still have a hard time pulling the foliage.
I also like my astilbe very much -- definitely not invasive! In fact one year they made babies and I was thrilled, I re-planted them all and they all survived, but unfortunately that was the only time. They do come in all different colors and sizes so do what Ken says, plant them, note down, and move later. The one thing that isn't great about them is the blooms are not very long-lasting, but the foliage looks very pretty for a long time as long as they don't dry out, and they are very care-free.
A type of camassia but I do not know which species.
Camassia leichtlinii
and
Camassia quamash
are the ones I most commonly see for sale, but there are others.
Here is a link that might be useful: camassia from van engelen
Quite possibly it has no name. As Linaria suggests it looks like a P elatior/veris/vulgaris mixture. Commonly just called Polyanthus.
Here is a link that might be useful: Something similar
Had two new ones this year, Klehm's Hardy sitting in the pot this cold, cold winter and Chuck Hayes planted in the fall. The Kleim's Hardy made it (it was purchased at 1/3 of the size of the other one) and the Chuck Hayes croaked. Go figure. Apparently, it really is true that if you neglect a gardenia, it's much happier.
I am in Northern VA. Had a 'Chuck Hayes' that is still alive but lost all of its leaves and has not put out any recovery growth. I potted it up for now.
I think Chuck is my favorite of the hardy gardenia cultivars. I also like 'Frost Proof' (smaller leaves than species) and one called 'Summer Snow' ('Chuck Hayes' X 'Kleim's Hardy' hybrid with large double flowers) which is supposed to be hardy to Zone 6.
However, keeping it in a pot (even a large one) rather than in the ground will significantly reduce its hardiness. Zone ratings all operate under the assumption that the plant is in the ground. The ground provides a great deal of warmth during winter. In a pot, the roots will essentially be the same temp as the air. Therefore, I don't think I would try a hardy gardenia cultivar in a pot unless you can move the pot to a protected location during winter (e.g., a garage or basement).
That doesn't look like any Monarda species I've grown, which includes M. didyma, fistulosa, citriodora, punctata, and bradburiana.
Leaves don't look right, but crush a leaf and if it smells of oregano then you have M. fistulosa or didyma.