Trees in Containers II
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Comments (4)I think it's weird how certain people were able to post to that other thread even after GardenWeb was saying that the maximum number of posts had been reached. HumansAreInvasive ( jmtochy@yahoo.com ), paul 8 ( paulelaramee@aol.com ), and Mark Gonzalez ( signatureappraisals@cox.net ) all seem like trolls (especially the last two). They are not regular GardenWeb members; they expressed an uneducated, contrarian view (at best); and found a way around the post limit. Their argument (again, especially the last two) that "I can throw my trash out and destroy the environment and you can't stop me" didn't seem based on any type of reasoning or consideration, but seemed to be posted just to waive a finger in everyone's face. Seems kind of strange/trollish to me....See MoreWhere to get Sir Galahad II crabapple tree?
Comments (1)The second is one of the Round Table Series dwarf ornamental crabapples from Lake County nursery in Perry, Ohio. See the New Plants section of their web site for pdf files on this and other selections they have come up with. If searching the web by cultivar name (try this instead of a selling name like Sir Galahad II for better targeted hits) somehow doesn't turn up a retail vendor then try calling some garden centers. In the case of Lake County introductions the cultivar name is likely to have "zam" as part of it. It will also be presented in single quotes, rather than without them and also often with a trademark or registered trademark designation as well. Selling names like Sir Galahad II are strictly speaking not the name of a specific plant but rather a marketing device. The cultivar name is what identifies a particular grafted or cutting raised clonal propagation....See Morewhy plant ii with ii and iii with iii? for the looks?
Comments (2)Type IIIs need to be hard pruned every year because they bloom on new growth. When they are doing something other than climbing a tall tree, you want the new growth and flowers down low where you can see them and you don't want to look at ugly brown stems. Type IIs bloom on older growth and though they can become very leggy too, in general especially in colder climates you don't want to hard prune them every year. Except when they are newly planted. When you plant the two together pruning gets very difficult. Now, in my Pacific Northwest climate, I just whack them all but in colder climates you can delay blooming or not get blooms at all on IIs if you hard prune them. Trying to sort out a mess of tangled stems when they are planted close together is very difficult. Type IIIs also tend to be a lot more vigorous, especially when young than Type IIs. Your IIs can be swamped and smothered by your IIIs if they are together. These recomendations are in general, there will always be someone somewhere you plants them without a care for their pruning requirements and someone who prunes IIs as IIIs or IIIs as IIs with no problems....See MoreGrowing 'Annabelles' under a tree-Part II
Comments (3)I think I'd go for something more like hostas, given the height constraints and deep shade. (Even the smallest hydrangeas get to about 4' tall, I think?) I have a corner hill behind our deck that gets a TEENY bit of dappled sunlight at the end of the day, and I finally gave up on trying to grow grass there and turned it into a hosta garden instead. All the neighbors have been amazed at how well it turned out (Let's just say that I'm not known for my gardening abilities!)....See Morejojosplants
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