Own root witch hazels...do they exist?
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How much shade for witch hazel?
Comments (9)To paraphrase Bboy's comment, see what else is growing in the shade under the maples. It may be that the previous owners kept the undergrowth down, didn't plant anything or tried to have lawn, but if there are other things growing, then you could have a fairly good idea as to how much light actually is getting through. If the lawn is struggling, then you will have to decide if the problem is the shade or the competing tree roots. Maple trees, as you probably know, are pretty greedy feeders, and can make it hard for other plants to establish themselves under them, due to the rampant root growth, close to the surface. Different maples are more or less greedy and have more or less thick roots, so knowing what the maples are could help. The trees/shrubs that naturally grow as understory trees, like witch hazels can compete with reasonable root growth, but would have a hard time, as would anything, fighting with a Norway maple, for instance....See MoreWhat's blooming in your garden now?
Comments (67)The bulbs are blooming here...took some pics. The hyacinth are much more beautiful in person. The clump on the left are a dark pink, the ones in the middle are a hot pink w/ dark red stems, the two on the right and far right are white. They are all fragrant. Also have some white narcissus w/ yellow and orange cups. Sedum autumn joy, dutch iris, a little lupine seedling that volunteered itself, and some crocus. Oh yeh and a hydrangea bush!...See MoreRooting cuttings in the dark
Comments (24)Mitzi, I really can't tell you how easy or hard it is to find hoyas here. We have a new largish garden center here, and I was lucky enough to find several large sized hoyas there. I first bought my H. australis, then the carnosa crinkle 8. They had other hoyas too, but they were only labeled as 'hoya'. I visited the place again last week, but all the nice hoyas were already gone, only some big NOID kind-of-plain-looking-but-nice-enough, and too expensive small ones were left. I didn't buy any. I haven't found any hoyas in any of the smaller places that mostly sell flower bouquets anyway. Yes Finland is cold in the winter, but our central heating may actually make the rooms too warm and the air too dry for some plants, like the fussy serpens (?). But the nice people in the next door neigbour Sweden seem to grow these plants well enough, so here's to hoping! Have you heard about willow helping the rooting process of hoyas, by the way? Maybe you could test that with your soon to be famous diversifolia, GG? Maybe you'll be the 'mother' of all the future Brazilian hoyas, Mitzi....See MoreGood Growing Practices - An Overview
Comments (38)Dare I hope that you are still active in these forums, Al? I will admit that I have skimmed many of the posts you have made and even with that have found a great deal of wonderful information that seems completely absent from the books, magazines, and websites from which I have previously gathered my information. I "got into" container gardening and houseplants only about a year ago. In one of your posts you mentioned how container plants could start at a 9 out of 10 in their health/vitality, and good repotting could keep them close to that for their entire (long) lifetimes. before finding your wise posts, I had already begun potting-up all my house plants that have been with me for about a year (previously left in their original containers). Now I regret that. Due to my regret, I wonder if, since it is only mid-spring, if I might be safe in repotting my just-potted-up plants, or if I should wait and try that next year? Some have been potted up in good soil...but their old soil was mainly left intact, some I believe I have potted up in soil that is too water-retentive, and those too had their original root-ball and soil left in-tact. (And this causes me to rethink my plans for topdressing the very large outdoor containers I have too...ought I to repot there as well?) I wonder if you could point me to a good visual resource for the root-pruning you describe. Normally I prefer to absorb my information via words, but I cannot picture what you describe as problematic roots....See Morearbordave (SE MI)
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