Need help choosing unique fruits/berries for zone 6A
Mike Barrett
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Being given blk.berry & raspb. plants-need advice
Comments (3)You could prune those blackberry varieties to keep them at 3x3 feet, you would get enough berries for fresh eating, not much more as those plants usually get larger. Once you are getting 3 or so fruiting canes per year per container, you would get the quantities you want. Would not recommend setting on deck during fruiting, it will get stained. I'm not sure what a rubberized plastic planter is. Any container would have to have several bottom holes and the planting soil should be on the coarse side for drainage, and this will require frequent watering during fruit season, whereas plants in the ground would need less frequent water. Your choice of the upright varieties for container planting is a good idea, the trailing or semi-erect varieties will not stay in bounds in a container....See MoreNeed help for choosing some trees
Comments (34)Yes, those do appear to be Thuja occidentalis/northern white cedar. BTW, in true taxonomic terms, this tree is not a cedar, that term actually referring to the plants in genus Cedrus. But in any case, even foresters in this part of the world call Thuja o. "cedar", as I've explained here many times. I mention because in say, a scholarly article, it would be imperative to accurately label the plants you happen to be talking about. Here in the Great Lakes states though, and I'd expect in your part of Ontario as well, they're just "cedars" or even "swamp cedars" on occasion. That tree-Thuja occidentalis-is just about my favorite plant in the wild. I'm not talking about landscape cultivars-those range from quite good to quite poor in my view-but the actual species plant growing wild in the woods. I'm very fond of how they colonize new ground-say, an abandoned farm field-and without complaint quietly take over an area. Very impressive plant. Also, of huge benefit to wildlife. One of the benefits provided by the typically thick and almost pure stands of this tree is thermal cover. That is, areas having thick groves of this tree stay warmer in the winter. Don't I know it! Where our clearing/trailer is up on our land is a little clearing completely surrounded by "cedars". We often sit on our deck there in mid-winter, in our t-shirts, etc. Unbelievably warm spot. +oM...See Moreneed help with service berry, bores
Comments (65)Gail, I realize you are being bombarded by conflicting suggestions here. Please, for your own sanity, relax. Some folks here have you all wound up. Hey, I literally love trees, but we're talking about a small. ornamental tree in somebody's yard here. If I were you, I would find something else to occupy my mind for a while. You've got Logan yelling at you, you've got Bulldog, who I guess knows his stuff but is not very able to communicate concepts, and who is further, in my opinion, suggesting work far beyond what this situation actually requires. It's not helping you. Borers attacked your tree. It was probably drought-stressed when this happened. You can get a positive id of the pest-you think you have that already but I'm not so sure-and then you can select from a variety of control regimens.....or do nothing. I know you appreciate that little tree, but even worst case and the thing dies.....it's not the end of the world and news plants that feed birds can quickly be established. But I would really and truly leave this board for now. It has somewhat devolved into a land of confusion. And I'm sorry to have to say this. We usually can come up with the goods for folks on this board. But something's wrong now.....we're losing it....See MoreNeed help with tree selection. 80 year old Spanish home in zone 9
Comments (33)"Best trees to plant near swimming pools" https://search.yahoo.com/yhs/search;_ylt=A86.J7vUD0dYXUUAr5cPxQt.;_ylu=X3oDMTBzdHZpaXZrBGNvbG8DZ3ExBHBvcwMxBHZ0aWQDBHNlYwNyZWw-?p=best+trees+to+plant+near+swimming+pools&type=osf01s1&hspart=avast&hsimp=yhs-brwsr001&ei=UTF-8&fr2=rs-top&fr=yhs-avast-brwsr001 10 Messy Plants You Don't Want Near The Pool When it's time for the acacia to release its flower clusters, they spread—all over your yard and into your pool. If you must have an acacia, plant it in the front yard and hope a mighty wind doesn't blow around the time of pod and flower drop. "The little tiny flowers [of Crape Myrtle] fill the pool surface with brightly colored debris. It clogs the skimmers and when it sinks it's so small a pressure-side cleaner won't pick it up most of the time," says Brian Alan Shirley, owner of Abracadabra Pool Technologies in the Decatur, Georgia, region http://poolandpatio.about.com/od/patiolandsaping/ss/10-Messy-Plants-You-Dont-Want-Near-the-Pool.htm...See MoreMike Barrett
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