Cutback Milkweed?
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Comments (10)My garden is pretty well established as I've lived here 14 years now and I have a variety of perennials, native and non native. My garden is primarily hummer/butterfly friendly. Now I have blooming 3 types of bee balm, red, magenta and light pink (native variety), jewelweed (garden balsam), cleome, cardinal flowers - several varieties, several milkweeds for the butterflies including common, white and swamp, have about 10 different hostas that bloom through out the summer. Monkshood, white phlox, butterfly bushes, coneflowers, black eye susan. Then some annuals round out the assortment, have lots of impatients, 2 fushias including the gardenmeister, pots of trailing petunias, hanging baskets of ivy geraniums on the front porch. I tried some annual pentas, tobacco flowers, red salvia. Then there are the roses and a lot of lavendar. Along with about 6 or eight different daylilies blooming at different intervals through the summer. Yet to bloom are turtleheads, autumn sedum, crysanthemum. I've been collecting and trading plants since I've lived here. A rain garden and a spring native garden are in the works. I divide and share plants with friends and try to make room for new things all the time. We also have a small water garden in a 25 gallon whiskey barrel with lilypads and water hyacinth, a favorite place for birds to get a drink. Goldfish eat the mosquito larvae in the small pond. It's been nice having a hummer around all summer. Since I never see her use the feeders, I have only one hummzinger hanging up now. Come migration, I will hang several as there will be many more hummers just passing through my area. I really do enjoy reading all your posts and look for many of the flowers you all have suggested. Especially on the lookout for hardy perennials - many of my favorites don't make it over the winter, it always depends on how cold it actually gets here and the depth of the snow cover. More snow the better! It insulates my garden and protects my plants from sub zero temperatures. THINK SNOW! Yea, I know it's still July, but what the heck. That's life in WI! VAL...See MoreDo you prune tomato plants? My results
Comments (19)Jo, I think Brandywine might set for you in August or September. It is a really, really late-season tomato, especially in our climate. Some of the Brandywine crosses I'm growing from seed Jay sent me are much better producers, but nothing matches Brandywine's flavor. Brandy Boy, a hybrid from Burpee, comes closer in flavor and produces much better but also doesn't have that amazing Brandywine flavor. In 2002, I had so many Brandywines that I gave them away to several people. I haven't had enough fruit on a BW plant since then to make it worth the space it occupies. What was special about 2002? Here in Love County we were abnormally cool in May, with some nights in the 40s, and even abnormally cool in June. Thus, the weather Brandywine enjoyed during that time was similar to the weather in Pennsylvania where Brandywine 'originated' there in the Brandywine River/valley region. Jay, I'm glad the flowers are attracting some beneficial insects. We need to figure out if there is a beneficial insect that eats thrips or pysllids because if there is, that's the beneficial insect you need. It sounds like your harvest is going to be stupendous! I never get everything in the ground that I planted either. Something always stops me....too much rain leaving the ground too wet, too much cold weather late into the season, too much hot weather early and even the combination of too much cold too late immediately followed by early heat which happened this year when we had a late frost in May and just a few days later were in the 90s. It also could be that I always plan to plant many more plants than I have space for. Carol, Great bargain on the CRW. I've been very disciplined when picking peppers this year and have been waiting for them to turn to their mature color, but I've had more sunscald lately because of that. I may have to start harvesting some bell peppers green in order to get them before the sun does. I found a lot of tomatoes 'hiding' yesterday and it is always fun to find ripe tomatoes that I hadn't even realized were there. It sounds like Tess's is keeping your busy. Isn't the production on it amazing? I wish we had a large-fruited or medium-fruited plant that would produce 1/20th as heavily as Tess. Some people call Jaune Flammee by half its name....Flammee. I haven't started seeds for fall and I really need to. It is hard to feel terribly motivated in this heat, but I know I'll be sorry if I don't start some. Maybe I can get that done today after finishing up the last batch of Habanero Gold. (I might make another few batches tomorrow though....the habs are coming in hot and heavy and I am desperately trying to process them within a day or two of picking them so I can avoid last year's Pepper Explosion. It does help that I didn't plant the bird pepper this year because that's at least 600 peppers I won't have to deal with at the peak harvest (and I still have hundreds of dried and frozen bird peppers so I won't have to plant it again for another decade). "I guess gardening in Oklahoma is always a gamble." lol Oh, yes it is! We need to needlepoint that and hang it on the wall as our slogan. Heck, most springs living in Oklahoma is a gamble. I still love it here though, despite the challenging weather. The people here in this state are just the best! And I'll include Jay in that group since he has one foot on the Oklahoma side of the border and the other on the Kansas side. Dawn...See Morenew: june fotess swap: "snip and share"
Comments (150)I'm going to give both Erica and Heidi a point. They each had 2 correct words and posted so close together that I doubt they saw the other guess. Great effort, ladies! Adding words: _ i _ _ _ i _ _ (8) Posted on first list _ _ _ _ i _ (6) _ _ _ i _ _ _ (7) _ _ _ i _ _ _ _ _ _ (10) _ _ _ i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12) _ _ _ _ i _ _ i _ _ (10) I have a long meeting to attend in the morning so I may not be drawing letters and posting them until after lunch, but I won't forget! Jeanne...See Moreone more reason to buy Joe Pye
Comments (7)gibby1, I have often thought of cutting back some of the taller natives to create a bushier, shorter plant. I don't grow mums, but always heard they should be cut back and wanted to try it with the taller natives. My idea has always been to mow an area of meadow early spring, then mow (high) only the front half a week or two later, then just mow (high) the front 1/4...I'm hoping to create a layered look with taller plants in the back (or center if mowed on both sides) so it looks more tidy from the road. As I add more and more natives, now that I have land, I'll see how my plan works. I had never thought of bending and burying a stem of Joe Pye, thanks for the suggestion. I only have one plant so far and hope to spread it. Have they rooted well for you? Here is a link that might be useful: A Native Backyard...See Morealch21
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