Potted small bushes put in the ground without removing the pot
Ivan Turbinca
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Comments (50)Hi Arthur, you make me smile. :) "Scraggy" I know: weak, thin, scrawny, lean, long But "LHS", I cannot figure out nor Google out: Loyalty Honor and Success? Left-Hand Side? Let's Have Sex? (this is, by far, the definition that the internet would have me accept) Load Handling System? Lung Health Study? Liquid Handling System? Latin Hypercube Sampling? Left Hemisphere Stroke? Latent Heat Storage? Local Hobby Store? Life Happiness Scale? And those are just the ones that seemed more likely. There are also about a thousand L______ high schools. Go LHS! So you can see, I'm going to need your help. TYVM. Carol in Jacksonville...See MoreKeeping potted bushes alive till spring, HELP
Comments (8)I assume they are in pots or b&b. How big are they? That matters. Ken is right--no house plants. Two techniques have worked for me-- 1--Keep them outdoors as long as possible til consistent hard freezing weather. Keep them watered. Then bring them into a COLD garage and keep them barely moist til early spring. You don't want to see any new growth, leaves emerging etc. Then again move them outdoors to a sheltered location--or plant them--and be vigilant about watering the first year. 2--Plant them now. Water consistently if it doesn't rain. When you have consistent hard freezing weather, cover them with something like oak leaves and netting to protect them....See Moreremoving trees from root-pruning pots-do you have to cut the pot?
Comments (13)hairmetal - do you mind sharing the name of the nursery in Purcellville? BTW - went to Susanna Farms for the first time in donkey's years. OMG they are expensive. But being in MoCo like that, I can't really blame them. Charge what the market will bare. Oddly they had some wierd bargains that almost felt like they'd forgotten to add a 0 to a price. Unfortunately they were too big to fit in my car, like a nice Juniperus rigida pendula, that I think was only $79. It was huge. I really wanted to get something but just couldn't hold my nose tightly enough. I can understand pricing something like a showy Japanese maple high. But they had some little Trochodendrons that were no more than 20" high. Sure they are slow growing when small...but $120? Who's going to buy that? At that size they are about the most anonymous, bland, broad leaved evergreens imaginable. They look like scrounged up bunches of English Ivy. I maybe could have gone up to $65 out of the kindness of my heart, but, $120? Nope. But if they get rich suckers from Potomac to pay those prices, good for them. They do have a nice selection of what I'd call the standard upscale plants...which is getting harder and harder to find. For example also took a quick walk 'round Merrifield's Merrifield location (haha), was disappointed with their selection of similar stuff. If it's showy and marketable, like the Encore Azaleas, they make room for it. Otherwise, overall a more utilitarian, albeit slightly less expensive, selection. And still heavily pushing Leyland Cypresses which is a questionable business practice IMHO. This post was edited by davidrt28 on Wed, Oct 16, 13 at 23:46...See MoreHow to put clematis in ground from growing in pot
Comments (2)If the obelisk will detach, plant it with its current obelisk. This winter, prune it back to a couple of buds per stem and then remove the old trellis and replace it with a new larger one sized for the plant's eventual size. Newly planted clematis do better if hard pruned the first year or two. Also, clematis prefer being planted a few inches deeper than they were in the pot. If it doesn't detach, clip the clematis away from the obelisk as best you can. I imagine that it is still quite a while until frost for you and it may grow some more this season or it may wait until next season. Depending, you may lose a few flowers next year, but it won't hurt the plant....See Moregardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
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