Show Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - August 2014 Part I
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Comments (56)Thanks, Dee. Yes, that's it. Haha on the height. When you gave it to me, it was just about our height. I had to tilt it across the back seat and open the window for it to fit in my car. Then, on the trip home, it was raining harder, so I closed the window... on the tallest branch....wasn't thinking. Now, it's just below 5 feet tall. It's still beautiful with so much more flowers this year. Plus, the bees like the flowers! molie, the Hellebore and Oenothera 'Siskyou' and doing great. The Hellebore bloomed earlier this year with burgundy flowers! I didn't take a picture....don't know why. The Oenothera smells so wonderful. -Tina...See MoreShow Us Your Gardens - A photo Thread - August 2015
Comments (45)Actually no, the cucumber and summer squash seeds were not saved (by me) seeds, but came from an organic seed place, as I had not grown either in some years. It is interesting that many people have asked me what would happen if I planted the hybridized seeds. I have no idea what the answer would be! Actually hybridized mixes do occur the same year. The flowers need pollinating between their own flowers in order to develop fruits, and if pollen from another compatible species gets mixed in, the fruit will develop accordingly. My neighbor one year had a family of pumpkin/winter squash fruits that were the result of winter squash in his garden mixing with a hill of pumpkins accidentally sprung from Halloween pumpkins discarded the previous fall in a nearby weedy patch. They probably weren't edible but they made interesting curiosities on his porch railing that autumn! By the end of summer, my red, orange, and yellow nasturtium blossoms have always given way to many multi-toned specimens, as if nature took a watercolor paintbrush to them and painted streaks of orange on yellow and red on orange. When I plant the saved seeds the following year, the blooms revert to separate red, orange, and yellow blooms. These are seeds I've saved for some 8 or 10 generations now. It is remarkable how many sources on the web deny that cucumbers will cross pollinate with zucchinis or summer squash. All I can say is come look at my cucumbers with their yellow coloring and crooknecks, and tell me where, if not from their neighboring heirloom summer squash, these genes arose! The mysteries of plant biology!...See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - August 20
Comments (49)Our lawn is all brown in a circle around our favorite maple tree so we can see how the tree is sucking up the water. I have one vegetable bed that is too close even though it's beyong the drip line so I will put it back to lawn next spring. It was also out of the way to get watered. We had a good amount of rain - at least 1 1/2" I think. We also have a high water table so that might be helping. The front of our property is boggy and can usually only be mowed in August. A seasonal stream runs through it with enough moisture to grow cat tails. I agree that I think the soil structure changes. I think it's pretty much like a hanging pot that's left to go too dry. When you water it, the water just rushes through. Except for one perennial bed, mine get some shade for at least a few hours each day. I have a wash tub of impatiens next to the barn door on the east side of the barn. I tend to forget about them so they rarely get watered and only have had one time when they looked thirsty. But the potted annuals including a rail planter on the east side of the house really suffered from neglect. My morning duty is to fill two gallon jugs with water for the pots on the kitchen porch and to use the short hose to water what I can reach. The vegetable beds get an hour from an oscillating sprinkler every few days. I was surprised that impatiens seem to tolerate drier conditions while verbena uses any excuse to die. Marigolds and petunias in a large pot near the faucet get plenty of water and sun. The nearby planter with just one petunia (need to check variety) needs a lot of water every day or it sulks. The herb garden never gets watered but it gets a little shade in the morning....See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - August 2021
Comments (43)I'm not taking many photos at all, and they're all repeats of what I showed in years past, but wanted to share theses. One of my favorite pairings in still echinacea with jewelweed. I'm learning to manage the jewelweed better. Boy, it is the bunny of the plant world, for sure. Two plants the pollinators love! A shout-out to Visions Light Pink Geranium. These bushes grow MUCH larger than online sites claim, and they just keep on blooming. Had to include a photo to show how nice they look, even in late August. An unusual pairing this year. Plopped some poppies in the garden at the closest availalbe spot. Just had to get them out of the jug in early summer and in the ground ANYWHERE, and do it fast. Turns out they look really nice with the pink 'First Love' Veronica. This veronica has been a bit of a mystery. It is supposed to be short, 18". It was the first year, then for two years it SHOT UP to 3' tall! I divided it early last summer and this year all divisions are barely making it. Makes no sense, but this year they are maybe 12" tall at most!...See Moreprairiemoon2 z6b MA
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