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Comments (12)Sorry to butt in here. . .but I disagree. My first brugs this year are from Michigan bulb. (12 of them) They're were little 5" plants (scrawny little guys compared to now.) Well packaged, healthy, happy. All the plants I had ordered came in wonderful little shipping packs - had been watered - and were well cared for when they were boxed. They were a WONDERFUL price. 3 for 7.00 or something like that. I bought a BOAT load of stuff from them during a fluke sale I hit on line. I also have their purple people eaters. 3 for 5.00 (something like that.) They were terrific also - the problem was me, not the plants. Lots of blooms - but I didn't have them potted right. Also had 9 clematis - had to give those all away because we weren't ready to plant them. Again, all healthy, happy, VERY well packaged. And they're thriving/blooming at their new homes already. They're under new ownership now - and I've ordered from them before, and not had a problem. I had a good experience with them and I would order from them again. Dweeb...See MoreMostly venting and a question on landscaping
Comments (49)For years I struggled with my tiny yard and posted and posted on the landscape forum. I got some help, but mostly what worked was my own trial and error. I made the HUGE mistake of hiring a landscape designer for a plan, she met with me, drew up a plan, and it was pretty much useless and the whole project cost me 3K, and she did a bait and switch on me and said that was just for the "first phase." So I ended up with a patio design that I didn't really want but it was all I could "afford." If I had to do it again, I would have done it in phases, and worked with a patio installer directly instead of a landscape designer. As for plant selection, get some books and use Google, you'll do just as well as a professional if you put your mind to it and are reasonably intelligent. First of all, for keeping in the mulch, you need some type of raised bed/garden wall border. Not something terribly tall, but something. My designers said no, just mounding the mulch would be fine. Poppycock! I used bricks and treated lumber for my bed lining, but you could use rocks or whatever you like. Does not have to be terribly high to be effective. My yard was dead flat, and 6 inch bricks were fine. Would be different if you yard was hilly, they you would need a retaining wall. Get a good landscaping book, should have instructions on how to do either option, and online videos too. Rocks can give you a natural look but are heavy to move around. As for plants, bear in mind that you can move them around just like you do furniture, and tear out something if it doesn't work out. My garden evolved over time. Get SMALL plants. They are much cheaper and will do better in the long run, they can acclimate and will surpass the growth of more expensive larger plants in a very short period of time. Here's an example of a three year's time "before and after" of my yard. I-kid-you-not that it is three years time elapsed. Note the ugly brick that I didn't want and hated and the white brick borders that I also didn't like or want, but were cheap and easily available and something I had to add after the fact. The shape was not very elegant and I fault the designer for that. I paid her specifically to help me figure out how to design a patio and walkway that elegantly went from one angle where the back door was to another angle where you had to walk along the garage to the entrance. What I got was not what I wanted, but I made it work with plantings to disguise its awkwardness. But I didn't get my 3k's worth my any means! The fireglow maple died sadly, and I took out the little Silverbell tree in front of it (in a vain attempt to favor the maple) but thankfully at the end the Musclewood tree on the other side had grown up to provide some shade. The lattice work covered my compost bin, to keep out mice and other critters. The dates on the photos are 2006, 2009, 2013. It's not very elegant, IMHO, and I paid a designer 3K for the work and it ended up being exactly what I pretty much had to do on my own, other than lay the poorly designed patio and walkway. I should have messed around with string and spray paint and I probably would have done better than what I got. I climbed to the second floor and was able to take a picture of the whole yard and print it out and draw on it to get layout ideas....See MoreCalling all Calathea experts!
Comments (7)I have had trouble with Calatheas, prayer plants, etc when I've tried them in the past. The leaf is awfully thin and they are susceptible to drying drafts, either cold or hot. They're one of those plants that is probably best in a bright but filtered light, high humidity, moderate temperature environment, which is a "greenhouse" environment that's hard to achieve in living space. Doesn't mean it's doomed - just don't feel bad if you don't find it an easy houseplant to grow. Small yellow leaves at the bottom of the plant would be pretty normal after it's been moved. You can pinch those off. In general, if you do find a spot it likes, do your best to keep it there and not move it around too much. It may react badly to a lot of changes of conditions. I've seen old prayer plants that have stayed in one spot for a loooong time. Having lived in San Francisco, I can attest that it is (1) usually humid and (2) usually on the chilly side. Depending on exactly where you are in the city, it can be more or less foggy or more or less cold - all of coastal California is characterized by microclimates, but in a place like San Francisco, microclimates are measured in blocks. The summer months are typically very overcast for much of the day. The most sun you'll see is in Sept-Oct (that's usually when the film production companies do location shoots in San Francisco). IF it rains it will rain between October and March or April, and not at at all other times. So "growing season" is a somewhat different proposition there than in most US regions. Get a Sunset Western Garden book and figure out which Sunset zone you are in and go from there@...See MoreIs it easy to care for calathea?
Comments (94)my zebra plant dropped the top 2 new leaves!! I’ve been keeping it moist and I know it is moist because the water keeps draining of out the pot. Then yesterday, I withheld some water because I thought I might be overwatering this plant because the tips are turning brown and the leaves are yellowing. Not sure if it’s due to the pesticide but it’s an organic pesticide so it shouldnt i guess. So I thought maybe I overwatered. The soil is still moist throughout the day but it suddenly dropped 1 new leaf. then I watered and this morning another leaf was dropped. what might have caused it?...See More- 8 years ago
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