Conifers are boring?
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Comments (7)Thanks for the ID, Joe. I knew it wasn't moonflower, but I was very curious as to what it was. Heathen, I think you have to take Botany or horticulture, and then you learn how to key out plants by family or genus. I took a biology class that devoted part of the class to plant ID, but it focused on CA natives with a leaning towards conifers...how boring!...See Morebackyard jungle
Comments (14)Wow, thanks for all of the nice comments. I was excited about how the photos turned out and it's really nice hearing from people who like them too. Dave, Ken and Bluespruce, it's always fun, after a long day of work, checking the forum to see if you guys posted any conifer pics. I appreciate all your efforts. Rc, I've really enjoyed your recent posts as well. I second Bluespruce's sentiments that we'd all love to see more conifer garden photos. Kt, this area of the garden is about five years old. A couple of the maples were planted prior to that. I started collecting and adding conifers in Spring of '04. Botann, welcome back, let's see some photos of that gorgeous garden. Garp1, the junipers in photos #1 and #4 are both J.h. 'Mother Lode' Thanks again! Dan...See MoreNew projects on the cheap, sort of...
Comments (5)Awesome progress, Will! Great job contrasting color, form and texture in all the new beds. The first one is especially great. I know for me, rearranging my plants somehow subdues the same urges that make me buy more plants...like you said, it's cheap fun. What will you do in 5-8 years when things are much more crowded together? Do you have more acreage to expand? I agree with you in that a big empty bed of mulch with few sparsely planted conifers is boring, but I would much rather fill in the space temporarily with annuals, perennials and shrubs then have to take out/kill my prized conifers when they get too big....See Morewe are a boring bunch
Comments (4)I'm still getting my fence finished. And I was sick all summer, so not much traffic from me this year, nor photos. *sigh* On the other hand, much of the tail of summer was spent finishing the terrace gardens (now surrounded by nice, shade-making fence) so I could finally plant some of the hostas that spent all of 2006 in pots... I gave away a lot of solid green hostas this year. Some were simple erromena, and some were something else, shinier, blooming three weeks later, with heavier blossom tissues... I have photos and will be posting for opinions later. Meanwhile, I'm proud to say that two of my neighbors are now hosta owners and one may turn fanatic... All these things going on, and no time to post photos, and by the time I get around to it, it will be winter and traffic on this forum will have dropped to a trickle! Going to look at your conifer photos now. I added a tiny mungo (mugo?) pine to my hosta bed and felt quite bold. I'll be asking you for advice in the near future....See Moresalicaceae
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