New to South Carolina - Your twenty favorite southern pernneials
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Comments (27)Welcome to the Carolinas! I'm a native of the area and can honestly say you are going to love gardening here!! I'm constantly amazed at how well plants do that all of the things I read say will die off during the winter. For instance, my herb gardens never see the die off that I expect. I've planted many impatiens that come back year after year. It's a wonderful place for people who love to garden. A recommendation for a store to visit: Try Kings Nursery just outside of Charlotte in Stallings NC. They have one of the best selections I've seen in the area. They carry unusual houseplants too if you are building that collection back up. Start to look for nice selections of plants in March, most places have decent shipments start then. By April, the gardening season is in full swing. The clay can be a challenge. I'm in Indian Trail for the next couple of weeks, I have a new house under construction in Kershaw SC. Here I have yellow "Bull Tallow" clay and it is almost impossible to work with. The first year in this house, I pulled out the tiller and spent a small fortune on dirt, but no luck. This past year I gave in and did all container gardening and had great results. The new house has sandy loam, and I'm much looking forward to that. I'm going just far enough south to get a sandy consistancy to the soil. And I'm really excited to have a "blank canvas" to work with. Good luck and happy planting!!...See MoreSoutherns: favorite heirloom?
Comments (12)Primavera: Are you asking about this year? I'd be thinking about a fall crop at this point personally. This week looks to possibly be a very nice week for fruit set, but I don't expect much weather beyond the next few days conducive to fruit set. Once the 92 plus heat of day and over 75 heat of night and high humidity set it, very few tomatoes I've tried will set fruit. In DFW, historically speaking, temperatures like that aren't very far away. To beat the heat, I planted out over a 2-3 week time period in March, by way of example. If you decide to go the fall route, do a search on fall tomatoes as some good suggestions have been made about the use of cherry's and early setters, and btw, their are heirlooms of each of those types. Good luck!...See MoreWhat was your favorite book at 17?
Comments (60)Annie, I've got to agree. I enjoyed some of Moby Dick, but didn't find it to be a page-turner. In fact, I preferred the Wishbone version my kids had when they were younger (hanging my head in disgrace!). As many of you ladies who have suggested Austen, I have to say that both my DDs had Austen assigned in Lit class and hated it. Broke my heart, because I loved them and read them again and again as an undergrad. I don't know why, but my girls don't even like the movie versions. I thought for sure that Du Maurier would succeed where Austen had failed with DD2, only to find that she didn't care for Rebecca or Jamaica Inn, either. I can't fathom it. I was passionate about Nectar in a Sieve and Things Fall Apart as a young adult, and neither of my girls cared for them, even though they read non-fiction on the same topics greedily. As happy as I am when one of my girls loves a book that I loved, too, it makes me sad when they don't. I spent so many happy hours with British novels and by and large, they flop with my daughters. I won't give up trying, though!...See MoreFavorite things about your yard?
Comments (38)When I think of a succulent garden, this is what I think of. Lovely, but not quite right for our house, IMO. Fortunately there are many cottage type plants that are also drought tolerant. Like lady banks rose (the largest rose plant in the world is a lady banks rose in Tombstone, AZ) And of course many Mediterranean plants like lavender. I'm giving careful consideration to placement, though my main focus is to create a bit of privacy without totally blocking off the front of the house--we have a lovely, huge picture window that is only about twenty feet from the sidewalk. I always feel a bit on display with the drapes open. So I'm looking at a wall with vines, a small tree and some shrubs for the front. UC Davis' arboretum has an all stars plant list and I have Sunset magazines and a CA specific gardening book for resources. I like the distant smell of a wood burning fire, but it don't like the smoke up close. If we do a fire pit, it will definitely be gas. I appreciate all the feedback on outdoor kitchens. I had not even thought of keeping it clean and that would drive me crazy. Skipping that. Our lot is very flat which is good! I think comfortable furniture will be important, good point. Thank you!...See Moreidig
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