Two honeysuckles
pugetsoundgardener
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Comments (8)I also just moved into a new house and am starting from scratch on my garden. I was also intereted in a hummingbird garden. I think everything I'm naming is hardy to zone 4. This is what I've planted so far: *Catawbiense Rhododdendron 'Bourseault' (closest I could find to the species plant, I got mine at Home Depot) *Aquilegia canadensis Wild Columbine *Campsis radicans Trumpet Creeper *Lonicera sempervirens Coral Honeysuckle *Aesculus pavia Red Buckeye (It is hardy to zone 4 even though the linked website says 6) *Spigelia marilandica Indian Pink *Lobelia cardinalis Cardinal Flower *Monarda didyma Oswega Tea *Monarda didyma 'Jacob Cline' Lilium michiganense Turk's Cap Lily (more known is *L. canadense) Liatris pycnostachya Prairie Blazing Star Silene virginica Fiery Campion Dicentra eximia Wild Bleeding Heart Astilbe 'Larissa' Crocosmia Montbretia 'Fire King' Phlox paniculata 'Tenor' Tricyrtis hirta Toad Lily Among others (I don't want to exhaust you!) The ones with stars are recommended as the top 10 hummingbird plants. The only one I don't have is spotted jewelweed, only because I think it is weedy looking. I see it growing naturally around here. The others are things I liked and read in various websites, catalogs or forums that people found to attract hummingbirds. I try to select species plants because they are thought to have more nectar than hybrids. Although the hybrids I planted, I planted because they are much easier to find! This website along with the link I entered, I found quite helpful. Copy and paste http://www.hummingbirds.net/attract.html I started a journal on daves garden. If you interested in looking at it let me know. Here is a link that might be useful: Top Ten...See MoreSeverely pruning honeysuckle?
Comments (0)Hello, everyone; I have two honeysuckle growing on a fence that is about 15 ft long at the back of my bulb garden. They are different kinds of honeysuckle- one w/ silvery leaves and deep coral blooms (hummingbirds love it) and the other a traditional type honeysuckle, i.e. darker green leaves and the usual pale blooms. When I planted them (5 or 6 yrs ago), I trained each to one side basically, now after seeing them for several years I realize that I would like them better if they both ran across the full length of the fence (why? because the one stays green in the winter and the lighter one dies back leaving nothing to look at, also the lighter one blooms earlier so it would be nice if it was all across the fence). So, how far can they be cut back and when is the best time to do it? Thanks! Brandyray...See MoreHow Does Your Honeysuckle Grow?
Comments (7)Thanks everyone for the responses. My honeysuckle just doesn't seem to "twine" much and I have to keep training it, tucking it and the like. Is this true for you all as well? My trellis pieces are about the size of my thumb around the outside. What about yours? Should I just accept that honeysuckle is more "bushy" and not a great climber? I am beginning to think that I have been spoiled by growing twining morning glories that would climb anything! BTW I am in zone 5 where I have had no problem whatsoever with the MGs reseeding. They are very tame and manageable. I expected that the honeysuckle would have a little more fight than I have seen so far!...See MoreReally Into Shrub Fruits Lately
Comments (23)The Blackberries, all thornless erect types have turned out to be a really big success. I have Apache, Arapaho and Ouichita. All make large berries and if I have patience to pick when ripe, the fruit is so sweet. Of course the birds and squirrels get their fair share but I don't care as there is plenty for everyone. Another big sucess is the Goumi, also called Cherry Elaeagnus (elaeagnus multiflora). The birds just love them and they come early, before the blueberries here. Dismal flops are two Honeyberry shrubs I had here for years and finially yanked out this summer. The fruit is too aweful for people to eat and there is not much of it. The shrubs were just ugly. The catbirds did eat the berries though. Also the black raspberries I tried out are long gone. I couldn't stand the taste of the fruit and no birds ate it either. The darn things set fruit so heavily I just couldn't believe it but it rotted on the shrubs as no birds or aything ever ate it. A real shame as I would have left some if the animals ate the fruit. I just couldn't stand it and I do like red raspberries. Oh well. Can't be right all the time. Don't get why the birds didn't want them. The serviceberries are doing great and the birds love them. Also, I keep adding Blueberries and the birds love those too (so do I). I am still having problems with my Nanking Cherries. Not once have I ever gotten fruit. Last Spring I yanked out three of the non blooming red Nankings and also yanked out the two Black Nanking Cherries bought from St Lawrence Nursery. This left me with my original Red Nanking (from St Lawrence) which blooms heavily and a small nanking from Raintree. Then I planted three more small red nankings from raintree. I am hoping some of them will bloom together (my old ones did not) so that I can get fruit. The dwarf ground cherries I also planted from St Lawrence have grown into really nice shrubs that friut heavily but the fruits are so sour. They do look good though. I do have some dwarf sour cherry trees so there are real cherries here to eat. Now I am trying to remember when I planted the cherry trees but its been awhile....See Morepugetsoundgardener
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