persicaria polymorpha companions and landscaping Q
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Comments (109)What a wonderful plant! I adore red and would get it in a heartbeat even though I am on the edge of it's hardiness zone like NHBabs. Babs did you end up getting one? If so would you give your experience with it....See MoreWhat's Blooming in Your Garden - a Photo Thread - June 2015
Comments (56)Claire, I just took pictures of mine to show you the differences - yes they vary. This is the leaf and flower of the tree in the picture above. It is the unnamed variety kousa from the arborist. I have gotten a few babies, maybe 3, gave away 2, and this year there is another little guy next to mom, but I'll wait till fall or next year. This is a $3 pot I bought from a woman who propagated solely in pine bark mulch. Different leaf and bracts and grows like it's on steroids. This is a transplant from the first picture (arborist tree) which has not yet bloomed - another few years maybe - but the leaves look more like the one above which I 'imported', if you will. This is the one I stumped 4-5 years ago and has bracts that overlap whereas the others do not overlap. And lastly, what may/may not be a rough leafed wild dogwood out back that has struggle for a decade, but produced offshoots which I'm leaving in place. They are too close to the root of a large maple, but they planted themselves there, so let nature take it from here. The wild struggler that I hope someday will succeed and bloom. (that is persicaria polymorpha in the background) There is a Golden Shadows dogwood tucked in in front of the persicaria and this was its best year - until the deer came. I was too late spraying and it cost that poor dogwood a lot of leaves and young branches. (damn) Whatever you have, and who knows, some may be pink tinged, they're a gift and seem happier in full sun. Jane...See MoreFrom the 'green garden' (shady backyard) today....
Comments (13)Woody it all looks so serene and peaceful absolutely lovely, a retreat from a hot summer's day. Do you have a seating area where you can just sit and enjoy? Right now we are having a June like we've never had before, June here is usually on the cool side with a lot of rain, not this year, everything is frying even with all the watering I've been doing. The flowers on the Rhodo trusses which usually fall when spent are drying crisp, as thin as tissue paper on the plant, same with the climbing roses, even with all the watering petals aren't falling, the flowers are just drying up, looks awful I hope this is not a sign of what's to come in the future. We are situated in a funny little pocket, sometimes my garden is ahead of others around here, sometimes way behind. One year we had a killing frost the end of August and did all the dahlias in while in other gardens they flourished for another couple of months. Most years we don't have a light frost until the end of October, early November. Last year we had a killing frost beginning of November right out of the blue, the weather had been so mild everything was growing merrily along and WAM! my Ayesha hydrangea really took a hit, had to cut it right back this spring so no flowers this year. But that's gardening for you sometimes you win and sometimes you lose. All in all gardens are magical places, full of joy, wondrous discoveries, contentment well maybe not when couch grass and herb robert raise their ugly heads lol, weeds and all there's no place I'd rather be. Starting on the 15th water restrictions we've NEVER had before, it looks like we might be down to hand watering in the near future, thank goodness all our rain barrels are full and capped off. On the bright side all the veggies are looking good, I mulched with a thick layer of straw before planting, fingers crossed. I ran around last night with my camera hoping to find something decent enough to post but everything just looks weary. Maybe one spot where the Campanula portenschlagiana is running rampant on the little rock wall, I'll try and take a picture later. Oh well this is the year for renovation, editing, replacing and planting something new and interesting when things cool down, hopefully next year things will look a little better. Annette...See MoreThe one thing you should NEVER plant...
Comments (114)Re Phlox paniculata : have never had the species (wild type) in my gardens and have always removed the few seedlings which came from the 30 or so cultivars I've planted and maintained over numbers of years. Garden phlox cultivars require some amount of maintenance, including regular division, at least in my experience. There are several reason to deadhead them, but an obvious one is to prevent any seeding. Any offspring, I've seen in other gardens, had the flower-colour of the species, typically a washed-out magenta. In my experience, maintaining healthy garden phlox is part of avoiding powdery mildew here....See Moresplaker
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