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Babs, I was just on the Vegetable forum yesterday and I saw them discussing presprouting peas and I was thinking what a great idea. I actually left bok choy in the garden without pulling it last summer and it reseeded into the bed and I had a carpet of baby bok choy all fall, which we enjoyed. I'm wondering if any have overwintered. That's a great idea for spinach and lettuce too. Thanks for the encouragement. :-)
I love 'Patricia'. It is almost a magenta shade but more towards the hot pink. I bought five of these plants several years ago. Unfortunately my site is a bit too dry and too shady for them, so they are are not living up to their potential. In the right conditions they would be spectacular.
Hi Prairiegirlz :-) Yes, the pink plant is Agastache 'Desert Sunrise', good eye! That is just plain old Rudbeckia 'Goldsturm' - pretty much the easiest plant ever!
Hi April Wine, that area gets more sun than most of my garden, but still only a max of 6 hours in the middle of summer, with quite a bit less during the rest of the year. The more sun, the better for all these plants :-)
I have snowdrops blooming here, but no crocuses yet. Some narcissus are poking through the soil, but they would do that anyway under the snow (if we had snow). Hardly any snow all winter this year. I'm not complaining, but I'm curious as to how it might affect the various plants and bloom times, etc.
ontnative wrote:
Hardly any snow all winter this year. I'm not complaining, but I'm curious as to how it might affect the various plants
Although we haven't had much snow this winter, in terms of overall precipitation has there not been 'offsetting' extra rain in the fall and winter?
For example last summer in my area it was very dry but the trees did not seem to suffer as we had so much rain all that previous spring which I think helped.
Oh yeah. In regards to the Subject Line "I want a more impressive Red Hot Poker"
I remember my first week working at the nursery. Was told to go move some plants from one house another out in the field. As I am moving the plants, some guy comes walking up to me out of nowhere and says to me: "This is the most Phallus looking plant in the nursery!!!".
I couldn't help but laugh as the guy walked away. Went about my work. At the end of the day when I was punching out, the same man was standing near the office. I had to smile as I looked at him. He then introduced himself as the Owner of the nursery
glad to hear it.
I generally don't have problems with water issues in the front of my house, though my back yard frequently gets standing water from the ground freezing part of the winter (though I can't recall losing a single plant from it).
I heard sweet laura is fragrant. Is it stick your nose in and imagine kind of fragrant or hey what is that smell as you walk in the yard kind of fragrant?
Life got interesting for a while there, and honestly isn't over itself yet, but I am itching for spring, so here I am...
one last question...how tall do your Alstroemerias get?
Thanks
Chills
I'd call Laura only moderately fragrant. None of the rest have any fragrance at all, so I guess it's something. But you do have to stick your nose right in it.
The height varies. Laura is the tallest one I've got, gets up to about 24" inches/knee high basically in the best of years. I have a pink one of unknown variety that came from the floral department at Nino Salvagio's in Rochester about 5-6 years ago that gets almost as tall. The rest vary from about 10-12 inches to about 18". Quite a few of the colors I have are dwarf ones that seemed to have been bred specifically for pot culture -- I picked up 4 or 5 different colors at Lowes about 3 years ago in the spring out in their perennials, and I got some from a vendor at the Oakland County Farmer's Market who has a pretty good range of colors.
After being told these wouldn't live indoors, I tried some cuttings. I put them under an aquarium light. They all rooted and have been blooming off and on all winter. They are now trailing out of the pot. I think those who can't over-winter them could easily grow them indoors. People use simple aquarium lights for growing all sorts of plants indoors. Every cutting I tried rooted and grew well indoors. I'm pretty sure they would grow in a bright window without the extra lighting.
To add to your "Have" and "Want" exchange page on GW first go down and click on "Member Pages". It is in the green bar at the bottom of every gardenweb page.
Click on "Edit your Exchange Lists". From there you can list all the things you have to trade or are looking for. When done hit "Submit". You can then preview it or go back and click "Edit your Exchange Lists" to make changes.
If your email is blocked a trader will not be able to contact you. To un-block your email click on "Member Pages" again. This time click on "Edit your Personal Information etc". At the very bottom there should be a section where you can select who can email you. Click on the option that allows only GW members to email you (unless you don't mind your email being shown to non-members reading the forums too).
Ps. It is always a good idea to make a copy of the list on your computer as a back up! I learned the hard way, lol!
If you have any more questions or troubles feel free to ask here or even email me directly...
Hope that helped you some.
CMK
Ooops. Didn't see your second post that stated you had figured it out on your own (hey! I have only had half a cup of coffe so far today, give me a break, lol!).
Maybe my explanation will help anyone else that is interested in knowing how to do it though... ;-)
CMK
Hey I'm with you guys I don't like the little creeps either. I just don't like spraying chemicals if possible. As far as the light clothing it has worked for other people. I was just suggesting to see who it would work for. Maybe yo had perfume or something on to attract them. As far as the lemon balm plants. Did you take a leaf ans squeeze it then rub the oil on you Skin???
I know we don't want to put toxins in the environment or around our families. I found a great site on how to get rid of mosquitoes and they have organic ways to get rid of these pest.
Yarrow will re-sprout from its base so just cut the dried mass off. I wouldn't pull it up unless you want to plant something different there. You could tuck an early blooming annual in next to it until it grows enough to fill in the spot, then move the annual later on.
Right before my company came today, I went out and cut back the dried yarrow foliage and once I got it cut back, I could see some new growth coming up. Lesson learned..Many thanks for your response and helpful tip. Found where a stepping stone was covering some type of bulb plant..took it up and laid it along side of garage brick..will see if whatever was smothered will survive. I think it might have been a tulip or daffodil. Daffs are up about 4 in. or more already so I have a feeling that is what it was. I can only see tulip just popping through the soil.
I have part of a very old, very ornate, cement column from some unknown building torn down years ago in Mpls. I found it in the yard of a house being torn down in my neighborhood, so I (cough, cough) rescued it from the backhoes. It is without a doubt my favorite garden ornament. In fact it kind of sets the standard for anything else I allow in my garden.
Kevin
Mother's Day gift from DD:
Mother's Day gift from DS:
No occasion garden art from DS who didn't know what it was but since it looked nautical he bought it for me (I love to sail). When he opened the back of his car I exclaimed, "It's a cleat!! He replied, "I knew you'd know what it is!!"
He also brought me the rope--found it among some rocks out in the Thimble Islands in Long Island Sound. Stuffed it into his kayak and paddled a mile back to shore with his legs dangling out either side.
rouge21 Thank you for the link. I was not expecting big things so whatever I get I will be satisfied. The first one I got did not survive the winter. This is being sent as a replacement for the one that died so this one is free.
aachenelf
When I say visualize. I have pics of my gardens for each season. I look at those pics and think about what they might need or if there is a void in certain spots that I can add something to give it a boost. I have 4 acres so I have a lot of space. I have put in the bushes for structure now I am adding some flowers and foliage plants.
mxk3...LOL I have had to put myself on a budget now that I am on a fixed income. That disposable income I had when I was working is not there now.
diggerdee, You have to get going. Come on order something. I do not want to be the only crazy winter bird one. I do not think I will ever say it is my last order unless I am 6' under. I will probably ordering plants on my death bed.
I do not like ordering too many plants online. If I can get them locally that is my first choice. The bulb selection online is always the best.
Bumping this up so see if anyone has anymore suggestions for dark leaf color Geraniums. With all the discussion of Havana Blue I am thinking I want to order some more geraniums.
Although not a dark leaf geranium, it seems everyone loves Jolly Bee are there any others that are favorites. I do not mind sprawling.
Thank you so much for the suggestions you all have made. I do appreciate your help. It is so helpful getting growers recommendations than what the vendors say you will get.
Well, that was not what I expected! There was actually one beautiful image in there, the tree that looked like a ballerina... unless, of course, I was missing something there, lol!
Dee
P.S. Kevin, I know what you mean - I usually send lots of stories and videos to my mom, but I think I'll pass on sending her this one - even though she'd probably laugh a lot harder than I did!
its not always that they have a named forum.. its whether it is populated by peeps who take the time to answer..
the biologists in name that plant are ferocious.. and they know plants and bugs ...
there is a pest forum ... which is not as active.. etc ...
and many other.. link below ...
ken
Here is a link that might be useful: link
I saw the story on the news a couple nights ago- pretty amazing.
-Kevin, LOL!
I remember seeing a story on PBS a number of years back about a palm seed being found in an ancient toumb (don't know if it was in Egypt or elsewhere). They were able to grow it and found out it was an ancient kind of palm long since gone extinct in that region. Quite interesting.
CMK
That is pretty cool. An awesome and natural "cryobank" with storage conditions that preserve a seed's viability for 30,000 years (or longer).
I store my seeds in the fridge, using mostly paper packets, and with dessicants to absort any extra moisture for insurance. Thought I was doing pretty good using basil seeds for the past 4 years that were packed for 1991! (And the viability of herb seeds is supposedly "short" lived - ha.)