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If everyone knows it is too early to plant tender plants, shouldn't the grower.? Me, I'd call them immediately and give them your current weather particulars, and ask how to handle the premature shipment. Follow up with an email to document your call.
They do grow well here, provided one offers them the right conditions.Unfortunately, PNW winters tend to be far wetter than these guys like, so a spotted or nasty looking foliage at this time of year is pretty much par for the course. I would also hestiate to cut them back completely - evergreen foliage is usually evergreen for a good reason and too severe a haircut presents the potential for problems.
We have a number of excellent local growers and suppliers, so no shortage of sources but again, these are not plants that will have a widespread appeal throughout much of this country, simply because they are are not hardy much below a zone 7. I don't hang out in the rose forum so I have no idea what the relevance would be of discussing dierama there....honestly I'm not surprised it hasn't been much of a topic :-))
Mmmm, can quite see what you mean, Gardengal - but we do wander off on tangents a lot on the antique rose forum and many perennials are discussed. Anyway, have put out a specific query to my rosey pals - am just interested in cultural trends, I guess....and right now, we are all crazy for wildflowers, umbellifers and veggies (in the UK) while daylilies and hosta (while they are not without fans) have never been as popular as they are in the US. Horses for courses and I guess dieramas might be yesterdays faves (along with conifers and gladioli).
I left both my lantana and fuschia in their planters to overwinter outside. Lantanas were very dead. Inspected them well. The non hardy annual trailing fuschia have little green sprouts all over them. I am very surprised because they were frozen solid in their baskets for several weeks. Who would have thought. The PNW must be a different sort of 8b.
It is snowing here today :( Kinda neat seeing green in the snow though. I have not put them back yet, still doing fine in the bucket. Probably going to wait for the blooms to be spent, then seperate.
flora uk - I learned the same thing about messing with daffodil leaves, that even the stem that supports the flower has a similar function as the leaves and not to cut that either if you can help it. It's the main reason why i'm going to try and partner them with something to hide the leaves when they are about to go dormant. Not that i think it would kill the plant if i did tie up or cut the leaves, but is said to reduce the following years vigor.
I know the OP has got her answer, but just wanted to add my experience. Some of my daffys are up. Saturday it was in low 50' and I was working in my garden in a sweatshirt. Yesterday, I'm laying in bed watching the birds eat millet on my porch rail while they avoid the rain. And then I notice it's no longer raining -- it's SNOWING !! Nothing major because I'm near the coast. Around here, snow is rare. So it was gone by this AM. But my point is -- daffys are still just as perky as before the snow....lol.
However, I was surprised but glad to learn about NOT tying the foliage up (or braiding it). Maybe THAT is why I never get as many blooms as everyone else??? That, or as my neighbor told me....maybe I planted them too shallow?
Whatever the case, THIS year I won't be tying them in neat little knots.....lol.
Thanks,
Bonnie
I had to check this out. I wondered where our feathered friend had landed. He moved out back in '04 - it appears he did not appreciate the many wind chimes we had placed around the outside of the house. Oh, they (the wind chimes, silly) are lovely with many different tones but not overwhelming.
My favorite garden series ever was Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn. I found a teaser, it also looks like part of another episode from the series is at the same link.
Here is a link that might be useful: Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn - Formal Gardens
Experiencing garden withdrawal today. The temperature was warmer but it's also been very, very windy --- which made it too cold to be in the garden. So instead I revisited this thread to look for more garden shows.
Scrolling through, I realized that I also used to watch Erica Glasener on "A Gardener's Diary". Thanks, TJ! When I clicked on her blog, there she was --- still wearing that brimmed hat. She said that her shows are owned by HGTV, but that they can be watched on Hulu. Don't know about Hulu, but there is a link to her page.
Molie
Here is a link that might be useful: Erica Glasener
Foul weather here too. Cold, wet, windy. Walking to work today it could have been January except for the chilled looking daffodils and other spring flowers. Looks like around 40 f for the rest of the week. I am fed up with it and desperately need some sun.
jujujojo - you have to put a name into the search box and you will get the invasive species.
BTW - if you want a plant identified it is always helpful to say where and when it was seen - that can make a lot of difference. I also assumed this was from your own garden.
No need to be professional- if were all here because it's our hobby anyway :-)
If you type in "Viola" in the search box in the upper left hand corner of the link I provided in the previous post you should come up with a list them- scroll down a little ways.
I looked a little more and found other possible candidates. Assuming your violet was growing wild and was not found in the States, or North America for that matter, it may be:
Viola
canina- found in Europe
hirta- found in Europe and Asia
Similar ones to yours found in North America: V. adunca, langsdorfii, & missouriensis.
If none of these fit the bill you may ask this question again over on the GardenWeb Violet Forum
CMK
Helenium and Heliopsis: Going to take the opportunity to say what great plants the helenium cultivars are.
Should add though that, in my experience, heleniums, are higher maintenance than any of my Heliopsis helianthoides. That goes for cultivars from the size of 'Sonnenwunder' to the size of 'Rubinswerg'.
Below: my most recently acquired Helenium: H 'Red Jewel'.
Ken is correct. You can pinch them anywhere along the stem and they will send out new shoots from where the leaf meets the stem. It's hard to say if they will outgrow their 3 inch pots. Keep an eye on the bottom of the pot. If you see a lot of roots coming out the bottom drainage holes, it's probably a good idea to repot into something larger.
Kevin
they should do ok in small pots. It slows them down somewhat, a kind of Bonsai effect, but that should be helpfull in your case.
After starting annual stuff from seeds for the balcony and potting up Dahlia tubers to give them a head start for several years now, I am delighted every season about the kind of growth explosion the plants go through after being transplanted into open soil or window boxes.
As long as you get your Dahlias through to the transplanting without overwatering (fungus) or keeping them too warm, they should recover.
And do prune them after transplanting in case they got extremely leggy and have thin stalks/shoots that tend to bend/break. They regrow new sturdy shoots in no time in a nice sunny border.
Good luck, bye, Lin
UPDATE:
I was directed to a much more complete list of towns/cities (Canadian) giving these "Average First/Last Frost Dates".
It is based on data from 1950 to 1980. More recent data (from 1980 to 2010) will be incorporated and released sometime in 2013.
In any event the date shown for my city is May 18. But given that this date is based on data only up till 1980 I am betting, given our noticeably warmer temperatures since 1980, that likely the newer data will send this "Last Frost Date" forward a few days or more i.e. earlier than the 18th . It will be interesting to see if this is the case.
I agree that it seems strange you want to move all those shrubs; along with trees, shrubs are the foundations of a landscape. I wonder how the rented house will look after you remove them ---- is it in a city with minimally landscaped property around it?
Photos would help. No one can "imagine" what you see when you look at these plants. How established are some of these shrubs? For example, "rosa rugosa (very large, pink)" --- what does that mean? I wouldn't want to move what I imagine to be a large rosa rugosa. I would definitely not move anything that is in poor condition--- this just might result in a faster death for the plant. And holly? Yikes!
Regarding bulbs, I actually moved a few hundred narcissus right after flowering three years ago. My daffodils were terribly overcrowded and easy to pull up by shoveling under and all around them. Because the leaves were still green, I just pulled the bulbs out of the dirt. I bagged them up ---- some with the flowers still attached --- and brought them into work where folks took them home and replanted them.
The two hollies are small, about 2' high. A friend last summer was throwing them away and i decided to make use for them. The rosa rugosa is 7' tall and about 4-5' wide. Incredible plant, i loved making my own rose tea from it. It is in very good condition. I'm doubtfull i can remove it...but would like to find a way. The two lilacs are in very sandy soil. They are about 3 1/2' tall.
I am considering leaving the rose and lilacs, they can survive on their own and it probably adds interest to the house...Incredibly sorry for no pictures, unfortunately i have none. Maybe i should just look for a rosa rugosa 'alba' instead...i hear it tastes better.
I like the Texensis clematis, especially 'Duchess of Albany'. This year they have a new one 'Princess Kate'. Then there is the Huldine, Viticella combo. Shock em.
But any clematis is a winner, given time.
Here is a link that might be useful: http://www.perishablenews.com/index.php?article=0024422
Let's try that link again for that 'Princess Kate' clematis.
Here is a link that might be useful: https://www.google.ca/search?q=clematis+princess+kate+zoprika&rlz=1C1CHMO_en&aq=f&oq=clematis+&aqs=chrome.1.57j59j60l3j0.6121&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8
I just checked mine and don't see anything yet. Not surprising since we had 4 inches of snow/sleet/freezing rain/ rain over the last couple of days. Most of it has melted away today in spite of the below average temperatures and NO sun for weeks. And my Toad Lilies are on the cold side of the house that does not get much if any sun this time of the year.
The local Pittsburgh weather forecaster said that we've had 5 days of 60 degree or above temps in the period from January 1st until now, and our average is 20 days. That is how bad our winter has been. I looked at the 7 day forecast and only two of the seven days are at or above our average temperature for this time of the year.
I was just outside looking around a few of the beds and my crocuses are up and look about to bloom - really late this year. And I saw that my Naked Ladies are coming up as well.
Linda
Very pretty flower and very useful as a fall bloomer.
Unfortunately, we can't keep them due to lily beetles.