Favorite flowering shrub
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My forsythia are blooming...
Comments (3)Oh how pretty! I think I might try crab apple next. The ice storm felled a lot of bradford pears as usual, and I've been capitalizing on the loss. I've never forced those before mostly because I fear the smell. But I decided to try them out just cause they were lying around. They take the longest to force I've found. It takes about 10 days for the buds to swell, but I cut them just in time as my forsythia blossoms are fading....See MoreHow about evergreen shrubs & flowering shrubs?
Comments (9)Once again, a trip to a good local nursery should provide you with many choices, specially at this time of year when many of these places feature fall planting sales. You could consider a collection of dwarf conifers, which offer a wide array of shapes, sizes and foliage color. Broadleaf evergreens I particularly value for extremely low maintenance and all around good looks are Viburnum tinus 'Spring Bouquet', 'Newport Dwarf' escallonia, various nandinas, Cotoneaster glaucophylla, Euonymus japonicus var. microphylla (boxleaf euonymus - assorted variegated forms to chose from) and hebes, but there are scores of others. And there are many deciduous shrubs that offer stunning fall color or late season blooms. Most of these will not offer too much interest during winter but twig dogwoods are standouts and oakleaf hydrangeas generally hold their richly colored fall foliage well into winter....See MoreFor the Love of Gardening, Remember a great man
Comments (8)rthummer, that was a sweet story. Your FIL was a true gardener right to the end. Gardening was the main thing I remember my grandfather enjoying. He used to tell us Bible stories when we were young. My mother, dad and us kids lived with him. I remember going out in the back yard and looking at how beautiful it was out there. I used to think our back yard was the Garden of Eden my grand dad told us stories about. I'll bet he and your FIL are somewhere tending a beautiful garden together with no aches or pains at the end of the day. :) Linda...See MoreWhat are your favorite flowers for drying/making wreaths?
Comments (5)I started drying flowers this summer, as I made grapevine wreaths last fall. I have only put one together so far, but it looked nice. Some puffy kind of goldenrod picked while still yellow is amazingly lovely, stays yellow, that is my favorite so far. I also dried some in the older white phase, am contemplating spray painting it (have an infinite amount.) Queen Anne's Lace dried really well, too. I also dried a lot of tall unknown type grasses that had lovely seed heads, and that tall rusty-brown seedy weed that I forget what it is called. They look great. Daisies of two varieties both dried well and kept their color, those I dried in sand, the rest I hung up or put on screens. I tried drying red clover, it looks okay but not great. Silver-leafed maple leaves dry with nice color (green/white on different sides.) Seed pods from gladiolas look great, interesting texture. Am trying to dry highbush cranberries, but they seem to be smelling funny, and make a horrible mess if they get into the carpeting. I think if you just let any large area grow whatever it wants, you will get some things that dry nicely! WIldflowers, grasses, weeds, whatever. I mostly planted none of the things I am drying. Note: Black-eyed susans didn't dry worth a darn...See MoreDibbit
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