the deer at all the leaves of my peonies
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All the leaves are brown... (my depressing garden)
Comments (10)Boy, can I relate. Last year was just a bummer in Oklahoma. But, we are used to drought here and I know that you guys generally don't experience it on a regular basis like we do. This has been a very unusual year for us, with all the rain, and of course, we're not used to that much rain. A lot of people lost plants that were extremely drought-tolerant simply because they couldn't handle all the water w/o drying out in between storms. We have also had lots more butterflies that we are used to seeing (well, me in the urban setting anyway). I chose this year to upgrade and change my garden to a more wildlife friendly garden for the moths and butterflies and birds by planting primarily native trees, shrubs, and perennials. What a good year it turned out for that. The spicebush is doing great, while I lost my two last year in the drought - just couldn't keep it watered enough to settle in. I lost lots of bloom to the drought, too. The lilies, campanulas, anemones, ladybells, azaleas, hydrangeas, none of these bloomed. I finally had to stop watering because the plants in the ground were drying out faster than I could give them any water. The trees were soaking all of it up, depriving the perennials of any water at all. I was surprised I had some things come back this year at all. One of my hydrangeas died completely, my clematis really suffered. Things that did well were: Cleome Tropical Milkweed Zinnias Salvias Wild Senna Senna bicapsularis Passion vine Catmint Balloon flower Achilleas Borage Rue Aristolochia clematitis Tovara Indigofera kirilowii Honeyvine (cynanchum laeve) Lavendar Thought maybe that might help you plan some things, if you don't already have them, for future drought, which you may not have for many years again. Who knows? Even the weather folks don't really have a clue. It is depressing, though, I know! Susan...See MoreDeer ate all the leaves
Comments (1)It might help if we knew where you live...in fact everyone using this forum should put their zone and state or city and state in the profile ...so we wouldn't constantly be asking this crucial info...that is often necessary to accuratly or at least attempt to accuratly answer many questions that come up...without this we are just shooting blindly into the night in many cases ..David...See MoreSomething ate all the leaves off my Duke cherry!!
Comments (5)I do have Japanese beetles, but they are bothering my roses and bramble patch and haven't been spotted on my orchard trees at all. Whatever it was got the top half of my filberts since I posted. Maybe it is deer? I just don't get why the stems are still fine. I'll put some netting on in case, because that works with my deer. I'll use a more general-purpose insecticide for it, too. The beetles are probably about to find the orchard this year anyway. I like to try spinosad first if it's a kind of caterpillar, but I just don't know what this awful pest is....See MoreAll My Peonies Are Dying - Can I Save Them?! Help Please!
Comments (5)Are these in the original pots that they came in or did you transplant them over to new pots? It is best to keep them in the original pots that they came in to avoid disturbing the roots. Any disturbance to the roots while they are growing, budding, blooming will affect the plants' flower bud developments and flowering. They will recover. Keep them in a cool spot, with filter partial shade is best. You can plant them in late August or early Sept....See MoreUser
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