just because it's so handsome-what's looking good for you right now?
davez7anv
6 years ago
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SpanishFly - (Mediterranean)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoT. pachanoi cristata doing well this year. And my Lithops verruculosa has become a nice clump.
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Comments (10)This is a not so pretty time of the year in the upper Midwest. Snow piles are dirty along roads and sidewalks - to the point where a fresh snowfall would be welcome if only to clean things up a little for a short time. The 2-3' left in the yards is crusted so hard you can walk on it without falling through. It's cold, in the teens and low twenties, but the sun's been out, lovely clear blue skies. But that doesn't help much with the overall "really getting tired of winter" feeling. Oh well, it is March; just shy of two more months of this to endure....See MoreSo what are you doing in your gardens right now?
Comments (34)So far we've applied a pre-emergent to the new (last year) zoysia and done some spot weeding in the beds. All the plantings we had put in as part of a complete front and side yard re-landscaping survived the Winter well and are or have been blooming (see my posting in Georgia Gardening forum for a pix of our "Weeping Cherry's First Spring"). The bonsai will need to wait to go back out to make sure the last frost has passed, and I'm still carrying the new composter around in the back of the truck, but will at least pick a spot for it soon. The backyard, heavily treed, shady, and with a good crop of English Ivy (at least it's down from most of the trees) will be the focus of this year's efforts. We plan on erecting a fence along the back and one side (our neighbor has fenced in the other side), removing much of the ivy, creating pathways, planting some shade tolerant trees and shrubs,and leveling the one area that does get pretty good sun. Also on the agenda is moving our garden work table from inside the storage area under the sunroom to a covered patio area that is next to the area that will be leveled. Finally, we'll be looking at what to plant in a sloped raised bed area on the side of the house that was formed when we had the grade leveled and a retaining wall built along the side lot line. Our neighbor subsequently partially landscaped this area and we are cooperating on completing it. All this would probably make more sense were I to post pictures. I'll do so as we focus on the various "projects" that I've enumerated. Best Wishes--Carl...See MoreWhat's looking good right now?
Comments (10)Kathy. I wish I could tell you its name -- I bought it 2 or 3 years ago at Growers Outlet right after the first Spring Trade my mom & I went to at Glynis'. This was one of those standard little 6" pot mini-roses. It's kind of hard to call this a mini-rose now when it's easily 3-4 feet in diameter & about 3 feet high. The other two I bought at the same time (different colors) are planted in other locations and are only about a foot in diameter so it's either a difference in varieties or the red one is just in a great location. It does get more water than the others because it's in a bed under the eave of the house and anytime we do get rain this bed gets soaked from roof runoff though that hasn't happened in a while. Normally the Japanese beatles hit when this thing is in full bloom and cover it, paying little attention to anything else in my garden. It always made the bush look less than stellar, but this year they're only just now starting to show up now that the bush is almost finished with the first flush. Maybe the freeze delayed the beatles in our area a little. Without this rose to attract them now I wonder what they'll turn their attention to next? That flush of blooms in the pic is actually almost gone -- that was taken a week or so ago and I need to dead-head now. I did root some babies of it so assuming I can keep them alive through this summer I can give you one at the next trade. Buford -- the weeds seem worse than ever here for some reason. I probably should add those onto the "what still looks good" list lol. Squirrellypete...See MoreSo much winter already... what looks good now?
Comments (13)Karalynn and teeka, cassia bicapsularis is a great idea. I will have to think of where I can put a couple in the future. My neighbor has one that is gorgeous right now, and teeka, I remember seeing yours from your video...stunning. Ariel, I don't know why, but I kill all my salvias. I can't grow them. Have tried several types several times. I've seen your beauties though. Maybe next spring I'll try again. Yes, my coleus is looking raggedy, and I'm worried about tonight and what that's going to do to my heliconias that are just starting to bloom. Teeka, I do have a dombeya seminole that is just starting to bloom- nothing like yours. It doesn't get as much sun as it used to, but still very pretty. It just goes to show that it's important to have good 'bones' in your yard to take the spotlight when other stuff gets bitten back. It's just so early, though. Anna...See More
notolover
6 years agoBeautiful plants!
Here's a few of mine that I'm loving right now:
This guy loves the bathroom window (southern exposure)
My fat and happy Haworthias--I love them all, so easy.
Sign of new growth after the great September freeze.
And as a bonus--the lovely sunrises we've been having lately.
davez7anv
6 years ago
Kara 9b SF Bay Area CA
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agoChris (6a in MA)
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myermike_1micha
6 years agoChris (6a in MA)
6 years agolast modified: 6 years agonotolover
6 years ago
Lars
6 years agoWe just recently started removing old dead leaves from the base of this Agave Furcraea Macdougalii, but it will be a few more years before it develops much of a trunk. Anyway, it just keeps getting bigger, and it should bloom in another 20 years.
Here it is from the other side, which is not back lit:
We recently painted the upper part of the house, and so it is no longer white.
Here's a photo I took yesterday at Joshua Tree National Park:
I used to have a yucca that resembled these, but I do not have any of these plants myself, and so I only visit them.
davez7anv
6 years ago
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