Plants Voles don't like
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Need advise for shade plants that Chipmunks don't like
Comments (2)My on-going experience is -- Good Luck. They'll tunnel anywhere and everywhere. Newly planted and young plants are the most susceptible. Try putting chickwire around new plants and a layer of chicken wire on the surface with just a bit of mulch on top. I think we're having a banner year for chipmunks now. I've never seen so many....See MoreSome plants don't like wet leaves — but it rains in nature?
Comments (11)carol Here is an old and bad pic of a phal flowering for the first time on the Cassia roxburghii tree Note how small and few in numbers , pathetic leaves ?? This particular plant was always grown in a pot in the shadehouse where it always double spiked often with 3 with a minimum of a dozen flowers at least 4 inches across !! This was the first flowering on the tree skipped the first year have grown this particular plant for well over 20 years . It is flowering again has 3 this year way below standard but it is right on schedule, long ago lost the tag on the variety but it's a hybrid . Note the orientation of the leaves and the lack of a cup where they join?? Has always only kept two leaves but in a pot were pointed up forming a cup. about 3 times larger. It is exposed to too low temps,not enough water and when the tree goes deciduous in Jan way too much light lol The interesting part at least to me ,is that the roots are well over 6 feet from the plant. At first they grew in both directions but over the last year are growing down ,upwards have been aborted . Two have reached the ground and I can't wait to see what they do next lol In keeping with the subject of this post note that the leaves are growing down and no chance of collecting water with the reduced cup but is certainly not upside down ?? Might mention that a pink on the limb to the right{out of the pic) is spiking this year for the first time . Looks way below par so far . gary...See Moreserious advice re voles
Comments (20)My best Christmas present was SIX vole traps, each of which has a ferris wheel mechanism inside that catapults the vole to a holding cell and ready for the next -- up to five times. The first night I caught five, the next night two. Last night I caught none. I emptied and rinsed them, added new apple slices. So now I would like advice about the finer art of trapping. How many voles should I expect to catch at a single hole, or in a given area? Is it possible that seven voles in an area of 20 x 20 is all there are? Time to move to a new area?...See MoreI like this plant, but I don't know what it is
Comments (7)I think it's Pussy's Toes: Pussy-toes, also spelled Pussy’s-toes, any of several species of low-growing, gray-white, wooly plants of a genus (Antennaria) in the aster family (Asteraceae), native to North and South America, northern Europe, and Asia. Typically the basal leaves are large, with smaller and fewer leaves along the upright stem. Some species cultivated for the dried flower heads, in clusters resembling a cat’s paw (hence “pussy-toes”), are also called everlasting. A few species are grown in rock gardens....See Morelyrianc
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