hydrangeas that don't go dark pink zone4B
mary_rockland
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Comments (47)I came on here tonight and was delighted to see my old post had been resurrected. THANK YOU to those of you who were kind enough to respond ....I appreciate all of your words of encouragement! You guys are so sweet and your support of my endeavors, both gardening-related and personal, makes me smile....thanks. I wanted to answer your question about the red lily beetles, yorkrose..... Yes, I do grow the true lilies (as well as a few daylilies).... hundreds & hundreds of them! The Asiatics, Orientals, Orienpets, etc. And yes, those pesky horrible red lily beetles are a plague here too. I find it unbelievable that they start attacking the lily shoots just as they are emerging from the soil in the spring. I was told that not much kills them, but I have had fairly good success in keeping them away with Sevin dust, so long as I keep at it. If it rains or I forget to keep up with the ritual of dusting, then they come right back. They will strip entire lily canes of leaves and destroy the blooms if you don't keep up....(but since you asked, you must already be familiar with that nightmarish scene). They are right up there with Japanese Beetles (on my roses) in how much damage they can do and how disgusting they are. And that nasty, sticky black sludge they leave behind with the eggs in it....YUK. organic.... I spend A LOT of time in my yard, more than most people would be willing to spend. When I had a regular job I couldn't devote as much time as I wanted (and needed)to tend to my many gardens. But now that I am home with my mom, I am able to spend more time in my gardens. Mom enjoys sitting outside and watching the goings on, so in between caring for her and the never-ending housework (I still have a teenager & grown daughter living at home too) I never seem to stop moving. I am lucky that my husband is strong and can usually be persuaded to help me with the heaviest of chores, although I am a tough chic and am proud that I can do just about everything myself...! My life seems to revolve around my family, my pets, and my gardening...and thats the way I like it! I just wish spring would come quicker up here in zone 4 so I could start digging! But its getting closer..... Celeste A few of the lilies I grow (I have planted over 400 bulbs over the years!)........See MoreLight greige suggestions that don't look pink???
Comments (31)Dang, I wish I would have posted on the forums before picking a greige because I LOVE some of them that are posted here. LOVE Jute. We're in the middle of painting most of our house a greige (yes, still) and we chose Agreeable Gray. Sometimes it has a funny cast to me, and I canNOT figure out what it is to save my life. Pinkish? Purpleish? And I wish I would have known the "it won't look as dark when painted on all walls since you're sampling against white" thing before. We almost went with Revere Pewter but it looked SO dark on our sample spots, that we went with Agreeable Gray. Now I think Agreeable isn't quite dark enough, except at night when it looks really dark. I'm starting to feel like 90% of our house is color mistakes. :( To the OP: Start with considering your lighting. Flourescent makes everything look funny. Can you change your bulbs to something else? And I really like your #2, it doesn't look pink at all to me. :)...See Morefavorite roses zone 4B and under
Comments (15)HalloBlondie, I’ve heard great things about Crocus rose for colder zones, I’ll have to keep my eye out for it. LD Braithwaite is doing well for me here too, second year in a protected location with minimal dieback. Walmart (of all places) is where I found LD Braithwaite. Canadian Shield is doing great for me as well. Planted last year and very little dieback this year - in a spot with reliable snow cover. It had bright clear red blooms all last season, however no fragrance I could notice. I almost bought more, Costco online has 6 plants for $64.99, no membership needed & free shipping, https://m.costco.ca/bulbs-plants-seeds.html Costco online had a David Austin rose collection before but it looks like it’s not longer available, I’ll have to keep an eye out for it next year. Oscar Peterson had lots of powdery mildew for me last year but perhaps this year it will be better. I did have one wet year where Winnipeg Parks had lots of black spot, but not for the last two years. Mary_rockland, Priarie Joy is another excellent rose, I can’t believe I forgot about it, it’s also up there as a favourite. The only drawback is it lacks fragrance. However it flowers all season long, the blooms have a neat cup shape, and the plant has interesting matte blue-green leaves and a fantastic dense bush form. I got Wasagaming mail order through Cornhill Nursery, they have a lot of specialty roses, http://www.cornhillnursery.com/Roses.html . It was very small and twig-like when I got it and now it’s become a monster! One of my hardiest and biggest roses now, incredible fragrance and dripping in blooms during its flush. Unfortunately it has only one flush of blooms, but the flush lasts for a while, I think for almost a month. Most roses are just starting to form buds at the end of their tips right now here, it’ll be a while yet before I see blooms....See MoreZone 4b - sunny location - wanting color!
Comments (6)“I photoshopped them to see how they should fit the space with time.” Unfortunately, Photoshop won’t tell you this because the photos of the bushes and of the site, being from different sources, may not be in proportion. For instance, if you take a photo of a 2 year old from 3’ away and an adult from 100’ away, the 2 year old will take up more of the photo, almost filling it, while the adult will only take up a tiny part of her photo, even though the adult is larger in reality. This is why FloralUK is asking about dimensions of the garden. For three Bobos to fit, since they each grow to about 4’, you need about 10’ to give the slightly overlapping hedge look you have in your Photoshopped image. The easiest way to figure out spacing is with graph paper with each box representing 6” or other standard dimension. Then you can draw circles of the expected shrub size on a proportionate garden drawing. Or in a small space, just by knowing the size of the space and the expected size of the shrubs, a bit of multiplying with a calculator will tell you if you have enough room. Bobos: 4’wide x 3 shrubs = 12’ minus a couple feet so that they overlap. Are all those plants in this one space or are some of them in other parts of the yard? Quickfire hydrangea is a great choice for long season color, but will be relatively large, and you have winter interest with several types of evergreens and the crabapple. Are they placed where you can see them from indoors for winter enjoyment? If you have a plot plan from the city, you can print that larger such as 1”=1’ and use that to help plan for the whole yard....See Moremary_rockland
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