Lilac's in Florida
marilynp
16 years ago
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Comments (3)I think it's also called springtime. At least it is in Kansas. Can hardly bear to stay in the house. Rained yesterday--had to break out of the house with my umbrella just so I could enjoy the outdoors. I feel like I'm my better self when I'm outdoors--good to be alive! Kate...See MoreCannas- Plant Now in Z.5?
Comments (2)Consider them a tender annual, and wait until after all danger of frost. They really don't like cold....See MoreBest Trees for Sandy Soil?
Comments (32)Ok, thought maybe you'd say that, Rosemary. All I can recommend in that case would be to by all means delineate "beds" or whatever you want to call them under the ones where no such removal is practiced, it being of no practical benefit there...and to use whatever tool-rake, blower, unemployed youth, to remove-but utilize-the ones on (I think) your lawn areas. This is a useful material. I don't know if you know it, but "pine straw" is sold for real money down your way. Me, I'd think of a way to use it, even if just as an ingredient in a large composting setup. That's at least not wasting it. As for hating pines and living in sand country, there is an issue there, one which I can't remedy. Those are the very plants most well-adapted to your area, and as such deserve a place, far more so than all the feeble little items that must be babied along. I see the same thing or the same mentality in place in S. Florida...folks flock to that area and immediately want it changed utterly from what it is/was. Actually, the developers take care of all that ahead of time, piling all that native garbage (satire alert) up to be chipped and blown into a van (semi trailer) to be hauled off. Then, a bunch of stuff requiring endless irrigation gets placed around the shiny new homes and the table is set for yet more groundwater depletion and all the rest. +om...See MoreHummer flowers--Final year's summary
Comments (12)Since my resident hummers have now left, I guess I can summarize how things fared to date, updating my previous posting on it: OBSERVED USED Syringa patula 'Miss Kim' (lilac) Syringa prestoniae 'James McFarlane' (lilac) Weigela florida 'Red Prince' Weigela florida 'Wine and Roses' Heuchera x brizoides 'Firefly' Annual Dianthus (dark pink/white center) Salvia coccinea 'Lady in Red' Salvia coccinea 'Hummingbird Red' Salvia nemorosa 'May Night' (believe it or not...lol) Salvia guaranitica 'Black and Blue' Salvia elegans 'Golden Delicious' Salvia elegans (species) Salvia microphylla x greggii 'Red Velvet' Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' (bee balm) Morning glories (seedling volunteers from 'Grandpa Ott' & 'Scarlet O'Hara') 'Snow White' cherry tomatoes (tomato blooms nectared from!) Toma verde tomatillo blossoms Hibiscus rosa-sinensis 'Edward LaPlante' Agastache rupestris Lonicera sempervirens 'Blanche Sandman' (coral honeysuckle) Lonicera x mandarin (mandarin honeysuckle) Scarlet runner beans Cypress vine (lost behind B&B but used) Pentas lanceolata 'New Look Red' NOT USED Red verbena Red Petunias Hosta albomarginata Sweet peas (they may have but hard to see it) Dicentra spectabilis (may have been used but didn't observe it) Methley Plum (bloomed before first hummer arrived) Gloriosa lily (red-flowering - was looked at though!) Blueberries (Patio, Elliott, Nelson, Bluecrop - may have used though but not observed directly - one perched there) Annual snapdragons (magenta) Asiatic lilies (assorted) Yellow (unknown type) orientpet lilies Calla lilies 'Majestic Red' Aquilegia sibirica 'Biedermeier' (siberian columbine) Dianthus 'Cheddar Pinks' Penstemon 'Sunburst Ruby' (only had a couple blooms so far) HAD NOT BLOOMED Salvia guaranitica x gesneriiflora 'Purple Majesty' (only had a couple blooms early but now about to bloom fully) Salvia subrotunda (seedlings) Crocosmia 'Lucifer' Daylily 'Pardon Me' (won't be blooming this year) Canna 'The President' & 'Red King Humbert' Phlox paniculata 'Starfire' (won't bloom this year) Hyacinth bean Vine Asclepias incarnata 'Cinderella' (seedling from last year) I'm considering doing some geraniums (pelargoniums) next year. I used to grow them all the time but kindof got tired of them since they often quit blooming when it's very hot. I understand that they are supposedly a good hummer plant and I know they sell all colors (including red) at just about every place that sells plants, so I'll give them another shot! I also want to try some lobelia cardinalis too - I did try looking for it locally and couldn't find it....See Morecorar4gw
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