Spring grow light fever
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Comments (9)Jan, as you wish... were taken less than two weeks apart and might explain the intensity of my feelings. You can see the is going to bloom any day now... And here's my . Here's the view of the from my upper back patio. In a couple weeks the trees will leaf out and I won't be able to see the prairie beyond it. I was talking to Di on the phone last week and almost wet myself because I saw three Jake Turkeys strutting through there. When you get up close, you can see the green stuff on the ground is . (Their diminutive white flowers aren't really visible because this is an early morning shot.) Josh and Husky, thank you for your kindness......See Morespring fever!
Comments (22)Near normal rainfall this Winter has encouraged me to start looking at plants for my garden. The water woes will continue, as long as the USACE continues to drain our water source, but rainbarrels and normal rainfall should lessen the need for using chlorinated water. Ordered a few Hellebores, from 2 sources. Found others I would like, but their minimum order requirement was a killer! Preparing an order for Epimediums. Got to have some of the species with those unusual flowers! Besides, they are also fairly drought tolerant, once established. The catalog from my favorite Hosta supplier never arrived and by the time a replacement managed to show up, they were sold out for the year on all of the one's I wanted. This is OT, but is anyone else having problems with mail deliveries lately? It has taken 9 days for my Flower Show tickets to arrive via 1st Class Mail from Philadelphia. I was beginning to panic! Didn't receive the W2 forms for my earnings last year and they lost my 2006 Tax return. What else am I missing? Now they want more money! Back to gardening and lower blood pressure! Daylight Savings time begins in 11 days and I'm sure we gardeners can use that EXTRA hour each day! Have fun! :Q)) Rb...See Morespring fever...questions
Comments (5)Then a tree-form crape myrtle probably would do just fine there. I'm linking the website of Crape Mytle Trails of McKinney (Texas) because they have photos and/or descriptions of many crape myrtle varieties. There's not many crape myrtles that get 30 to 40' tall but I've seen a few in the deep south that I'm pretty sure exceeded 20' and likely were around 30'. Redbuds can get that tall, are deciduous, and bloom in early spring, but they often have issues with foliar disease during periods of high humidity. The native ones seem to tolerate occasional standing water on our property as do the native persimmons. The persimmon flowers are not very showy but the fall foliage is lovely. Out here in the country, something often strips them of their foliage in spring so it is unsightly but grows back quickly. I have no first-hand knowledge of the root systems of any of them. Here is a link that might be useful: Crape Myrtle Trails of McKinney...See MoreMeyer lemon flowering and fruit setting
Comments (7)The leaves make the food/energy for the plant. The more leaves, the more energy. Making fruit takes a lot of energy for the plant. If it has to decide between the fruit and it's own health, it will drop the fruit. Your tree truthfully has just barely enough leaves to support itself, but not enough to make fruit. Here, check out Tom's thread. He grows inside also, and his are some of the healthiest I've seen grown inside. Very leafy. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3785984/spring-grow-light-fever?n=21 And here's Laura's thread. She has them outside in the warm seasons, but keeps them inside in winter. http://forums.gardenweb.com/discussions/3852778/my-trees-are-so-happy?n=10...See Moretom1328732
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