Coca Cola Cooler Planter - What's your most unusual planter?
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Comments (7)That will be a fine looking planter! My ideas might not work for Georgia weather. But you need both height and something to trail over the edges in something that big I believe. Unless you are in a very windy spot then tall could be a problem. Lobelia or petunias to trail over (petunias might fit the scale better), tall dahlias in the center maybe with a tall grass, profusion zinnias for the mid range. Or that green and white varigated trailer for the edges. Have fun! I'm jealous. Kathy...See MoreThe most beautiful rose in the world
Comments (63)And I would have to add that "The Most Beautiful Rose" title belongs to more than one rose . . . Because as with Real Estate, roses and other growing things are dependent upon "LOCATION, LOCATION, LOCATION." So, while I truly believe that 'Evelyn' is The Most Beautiful Rose in Patrick's 6B conditions, and (per the late Col Mel Hulse) 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' is The Most Beautiful Rose in San Jose, CA's 9B conditions . . . NEITHER is beautiful here, in my Sunset Zone 23 garden, SdlM mildews so badly, no bloom opens. And Evelyn? She's so happy that she has to grow to between 12 and 14 ft. before she deigns to set a bloom. So, what IS The Most Beautiful Rose in my garden? Danged if I know. I guess, what ever's blooming today? This was 'Golden Celebration' last night, however . . ....See Moreplanters - nw exposure - East Bay
Comments (4)Just saw this in the local paper and thought you might find it useful. SF Chronicle Home & Garden Q&A column, 7/19/06: Q: I have a 'Meyer' lemon tree that produced one lemon. The white blossoms are starting to brown and the other tiny, tiny lemons don't seem to be growing. I have it in a huge wine bucket. I was using citrus fertilizer every 10 days or so but haven't for a couple of weeks. I will buy a water meter to ensure that I do not overwater. If you have any other ideas, please tell me. Also, what flowers would you recommend I plant for color at the beginning of September in San Francisco? My garden club will come to my house then. Some of the flowers will be in a southern exposure that gets warm sun and some in four hours of sun a day. What do you think? A: Citrus trees often don't mature fruit until they are 3 years old, needing the energy to grow bigger first. Fruit drop can also be caused by watering swings. Citrus wants a nice, steady water supply, never soggy and never dry. In a container, underwatering is more common than overwatering, and a water meter is a good tool to help get it right. Assuming your container drains well, water till some drips out the bottom, and then again when it is on the dry side a few inches down (but not bone dry), maybe once or twice a week, depending on weather. The most common symptom of too much fertilizer is brown edges on the leaves, which you didn't mention. For citrus in containers, fertilizing once a month is a good guide, though formulations vary, so it is best to follow package directions. As to having flowers in bloom in September, that should be easy to do. Because you are starting not far in advance, you will be planting mainly annuals. Look in the nursery for long-blooming annuals that are starting to flower now, such as violas, pansies, cosmos, paludosum daisies, callibrachoa, edging lobelia, 'Dwarf Marguerite' varieties and diascias, and choose a few kinds that you like. All of them will bloom well in sun. For shade, you can't beat impatiens, unless it is with 'New Guinea' impatiens, which is taller and often has variegated leaves. Inland, four hours of sun might harm impatiens, but not in cooler San Francisco. In either sun or part shade, consider working some small to medium tall grasses or sedges and some fancy-leaf heucheras into the planting to vary the forms of your plants....See MoreUnusual Planters
Comments (12)That's a neat idea. I have several sections of logs that I saved for some kind of project. Rick, you are welcome to one of them if you'd like to try your hand at carving - be a healthier way to spend your time than drinking rodent poop coffee, IMHO. haha You gotta wonder anyway, whose idea it was to try making coffee out of dodo and why would they even think of it? During the civil war southerners who couldn't get real coffee, made coffee out of roasted acorns. But I bet it never occurred to a single American to cook up a pot of poop and make coffee out of it. It could be a terrorist plot ya know? Get Americans hooked on stewed sh!t and then point out what an inferior race we are because we ingest it. Machiavelian, if you ask me. You should check to see of those people might have been hypnotized, Rick, try snapping your fingers in front of their faces and shouting wake up! By the way, was that stuff decaf? It was awfully late to be drinking coffee. Cheryl...See Moreluvs2click
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