This doesn't feel like a zone 5 winter...
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2 questions-on zone, & bulbs w. foliage that doesn't hang around
Comments (5)Thank you for the replies. I did check out the link, and found a couple companies I want to try. I'll check on the iris. I have day lilies, some, I just planted this year, and they haven't bloomed yet, and the larger kinds of iris. The bed I want to put them in will have lots of annuals, too, so they should be small when the early bulbs are blooming. In my other beds I have some crocus, grape hyacinths that get covered by perennial geraniums, daffodils, that take forever for their foliage to die, that I plant annuals around, and a few tulips here and there. I also have a clump of arum that my son informed me prefers shade that I may move. I had another, but it died. When I bought the arum bulbs, I had no idea what they were, and they are kind of cool, with their arrow shaped foliage, and their little balls that turn red. That made me wonder if there were other plants out there I haven't heard of that the foliage dies back sooner for. I'm sure there are plants I'm not familiar with, but thanks for letting me know I'll still have foliage to deal with. I paid 5.98 a piece for the Lycoris. I wouldn't have if I'd realized they were Surprise Lilies. I don't know if they are the pale pink like I've seen, or a brighter pink like the tag shows. Are there different kinds of these? Thanks again, Sue...See Morecalla aethiopica doesn't seem to flower here in zone 5
Comments (3)Karen, I advise patience personally.....the tubers you have are babies. I do not know how large mine are, but they are much larger than 1 inch in diameter and they are not 4 feet tall. I have seen a lot of griping on these sorts of forums that the so-called giant Zants, are not that giant for most people that do not happen to have the ideal conditions to gorw them in!! By the way, here in PA, the spotted leaf Z. elliottiana is a favorite of Jap. beetles as well....as are the bananas, the Cyphostemma and most every other plant it seems :o) Dan...See Moreheirloom bands in zone 5 for the winter
Comments (25)Free standing garage/barn is definitely going to get too cold in zone 5; water in my chicken coop in corner of barn will freeze without a heat source. I think that's why my success with pots in there was so minimal. Isn't Minnesota tip basically burying the plant? To go through the effort of digging separate mini-graves for so many roses - Way to labor intensive. I'd consider that ditch idea - seriously, 12 pots, most of them at least 18" across and as high, moved with handtruck to garden cart, muscled up onto cart, rolled to ditch, muscled down into ditch, took less than an hour. The leaves I had to rake anyway. Uncovering in spring - a bit more than an hour, as I was moving the leaves aside as much as I could in order not to break canes as I lifted them up and out. That was the only hard part - because they were full of moisture and heavy. And of course, the ditch has been there forever, I just utilized an existing resource, and if you have to dig something long and deep yourself, maybe not attractive. But if you can get someone to do the digging....and it will be ready next year! The Minnesota tip thing has to be undone and redone.......See More5 year old *step daughter* doesn't like me....
Comments (23)I am not being used as a chauffer or babysitter. I offered... it was my decision. I saw it as helping the two of them see each other more often. But I guess then I didn't realize the harm that it could be doing. As for mom, she is kind of a strange parent. It seems as though a lot of you women have a strong maternal instinct and wouldn't even let your DD SM pick your daughters up. However, BM has asked if I could pick up her daughter (we meet in the middle of our houses) because it was more convenient for her to drop her off at that time. If we don't accommodate her schedule she often tells us then she won't be able to drop her off at all. She's never around to receive her daughter either. Most of the time dad brings her with her grandparents because mom isn't around. This weekend was a perfect example. Mom told us she would receive her daugther at 6pm on Sunday. She called and told my BF that she left town and wouldn't be able to pick her up until Monday sometime, and that either she would pick her up with dad at his work or mine. HAH. So dad didn't go to work in the morning because mom decided she had better things to do than pick up her daughter, and he ended up bringing his daughter to her grandparents because mom wasn't answering her phone. Sometimes she leaves to the beach for the weekend and decides not to come back until Wednesday, leaving her daughter with her parents, and no one to bring her to school. Not very motherly if you ask me. As for our relationship, it's fine. I am not getting involved in baby momma drama... we see each other, say hello, everything's cordial, then we talk about the girl, say goodbye no name calling as far as I know etc. I never say a bad word about her mother to anyone.. ever. As for my bf we met 11 years ago in the US. I came here to Mexico to be with him a year ago. Maybe I use the term soulmate in a way you don't understand. I know I could find someone else if I wanted to. I don't. I'm here to stay with this man and this girl. We may not be married but we are committed to each other as if we were. We are talking marriage... and it will happen some day. What else... oh to answer a question dad and mom divorced when daughter was 2.5. Sooo... 1 year and half before I showed up into the picture. Their relationship sounds like it was verbally and emotionally abusive, probably from both parts but she also sounds like she was physically abusive towards him... but never to their daughter. Dad never had a serious girlfriend after that before me. I don't think dad ever introduced any women to his daughter before me either. But I don't know that for sure. As for the bed thing, I know. Dad and daughter used to sleep in the same bed before I arrived. I think it's weird. So when I came into the picture and she was over on the weekends, dad had daughter sleep in the same bed as us. I put a quick stop to that. NOT OK. I expressed to him that it's uncomfortable and he talked with her, though I don't think he really understands why it's a problem. He sometimes asks if she can sleep with us still... I don't understand why. As for this weekend little girl was throwing up and had a bad temperature in the middle of the night so she came into the bed in the early morning so dad could keep an eye on her. I didn't think it was inappropriate in that case. I don't want to be an in your face sm. I honestly feel like dad is trying to force the situation and really I was over doing the favors just to try and get to know the girl and make it easier for them to see each other... to be nice. I know that I need to back off now. Anyways I left and did my own thing on Saturday and part of Sunday and when I came back things were much nicer. I think the girl does like me when she wants to see me, but I was around too often and intruding on daddy daughter time. Today she was very talkative to me, sweet... gave me a little kiss goodbye and they left. I think I found my answer. I agree with the playing house thing being a rush, I'm not moving out now... so I have to find other ways to fix this. To answer someone's question it is not the house of his previous relationship... and when I say house I mean apartment.. a small one. I think it's kind of hard to stay out of each others business when we are all there... leaving is probably necessary to give them proper alone time....See Morewoodyoak zone 5 southern Ont., Canada
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