Did you Ever Regret Planting Something?
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Did you plant something new last year?
Comments (11)Thanks for everyoneÂs comments. Another surprise is how Lowes is marking down this year. Example at my store, the mark down lady marks the $2.98 bloomless lantanas to $1.00 then they take half off that at the register, so 50 cents. It seems that if plants go past the initial bloom cycle, she marks them down when fresh blooming stock comes in. Got to check it every week though. I got everything this year from the mark down racks (except my mismarked peppers at Kmart. Still they were 6 plants for 1.19.) My biggest disappointment is how poorly my seeds do from a major seed company. They arrive in nice packages, just really bad performance, regardless how I try to care for them. Except the marigolds of course; they always do well. Well other disappointments this year include: Two ice plants that aren't doing anything; 3 marguerites which I pitched; a test verbena which bugs quickly ate; and sea tiff (which died). All experiments. The best positive surprise has been "Steel Blue" sages and dwarf red salvia "sallynia compact red"(perennial type). The lady at Lowes could not give these away when they had no flowers. Another surprise is how well my volunteer marigolds are doing. The volunteer black eye susans have to be controlled next year. Great blooms, just last sooo long and if they are in the wrong spot they overwhelm. I really want to try the blue salvia, which although marked as annuals are perennial in this area, I think. Anyone try them? Bob...See MoreMost regretted invasive plant ever
Comments (26)I can just agree with many of you. I have inherited violets which grow everywhere. I sprayed some in the lawn with Weed B Gone. They absorbed it like liquid fertilizer and grew bigger. Trailing vinca which escaped from a pot and rooted (listen Ken!) in cracks in the driveway. I keep ripping it out, but each spring it reappears. Spider Wort is my fault. I actually like it and planted it. And transplanted seedlings. Then one year, it seemed like a million seeds germinated everywhere. Labrador Violets were another of my bright ideas. These self seed like crazy. They sprout with very dark leaves that you can't see in the mulch. I won't even mention Creeping Charlie which was deliberately imported from Europe by some genius......See MoreDo you ever regret your umbrella sleeves?
Comments (7)I went out and put our umbrella in the "umbrella sleve". I am neutral about it mostly. Isn't on the top of the list of "I'm so glad we did this" but it is not a regret either. It has been handy the couple of times we have used it. Mostly, when fiends/family come that have little kids that don't swim. They can sit on my too timy shelf. Now that, I am disappointed in. I have no cover for the sleeve on the shelf and it has not been problem with people. Stuff does get down in there though and we have to dig out the debris. My pole is wood and has not been a problem sticking in the hole. There is play however, so the umbrella is never "strait". As you can see, it is low. I am nearly 5' 6" and it hits me right on the end of my nose. It would be a hazard with normal pool use with 3 teens. I do have sleeves in the deck which I love having. They did not come with caps, and what we found at the hardware store that fit, are a little above grade. So far, no foot injuries but the potential is there. If you put them in your decking, see if they come with caps or if you have to provide them. Depending on your layout, I would put them in my deck to shade the shelf, rather than in the shelf. It is tough to find a ong enough unbrella pole. We have three sleeves in the deck, that were supposed to be for volleyball but they have been great for umbrellas . They are easy to go under, they shade parts of our 22/7 full sun pool....See MoreHas anyone ever planted a seed and got something desirable?
Comments (5)When I was a kid in the late 1950s I found a sprouting seed in a grapefruit I was eating. I planted it in the back yard, where it was about 12" tall when we moved a few years later, and I transplanted it at the new home in the patio planter. It was about 6' tall and had never bloomed when a windstorm caused the main trunk to break, but it held on at one side of the bark. I taped it up and the next year it healed and started to bloom and produce. Sometimes trees respond to severe stress by reproducing. I moved out at age 19, and whenever I went back to visit I was amazed at how well that thing was doing. Eventually it was all over an arbor above the patio with literally hundreds of large grapefruit hanging from it. That was in the East Bay Area (Lafayette, CA)....See Morejenn
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