Am I Buddleia Barking Mad?
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Buddleia Butterfly Bush prepping for Winter??
Comments (14)My bushes were all terribly late this season. Some had no growth until July!! I also pulled a couple, then found the leaf buds so I replanted them. The worst starters were in the most exposed areas, as you mentioned. Small new bushes, planted the late summer before. They are finally blooming now though, small flower heads, but there are a lot of them. I am with you, willing to try some protection this winter for these ones. I am planning on the rose cones, though I will take off the cone tops to prevent overheating. Those cones can be pretty hot in the sun, even in cold air. I just want wind protection, so they start better next year. My bigger bushes are also exposed, but do seem to start growing sooner, for earlier blooms. Could be the better root system, feeds them better. I prune my bushes in spring. They have green leaves until that last blast of winter, so must be getting fed....See MoreButterfly bush buddleia...is it dead??
Comments (8)Intermittent hard frosts have caused new shoots to die back twice already this spring, but they seem to be taking breaking out again this week. Our butterfly bushes are ten years old. Each spring we cut them back to about a foot to a foot and a half of old wood. They "sprout out" from that and usually die back at least once before "having another go". My bushes are surrounded by wild violets to mask their twigginess early on, and don't begin to sprout until after the violets have finished flowering -- We have four bushes planted closely together -- white, pink and purple -- the white blooms first, followed by the pink, and the purple is last -- but all are blooming for a couple of weeks in mid-August, when it looks like one 6' x 6' rainbow bush -- and is truly striking! We don't cut it back until Spring because the raceme seed pods stay in place and get covered with snow. An attractive addition in the middle of winter!...See MoreBuddleia likes soda bottles and coir, too
Comments (3)I'm eyeing my neighbor's dogwood tree, it's pink and a little different from most, but I've read you need a can't remember how long hardwood cutting about the size of your thumb which would be a larger branch off his little tree, it's been there for years and stays pretty much the same size. I wouldn't take one without asking, and one isn't likely to break off. I found out this most unusual rose I remember as a child is still growing on my farm. In the spring, I'm heading down and try to get some photos for an id. I thought maybe it was something similar to a rose, but no, my second cousin who farms the place says it is a rose and there are several there among some brush. When young, I noticed brownish discoloration (think some fungicide might handle that) on the pink blooms, and it seemed to bloom on tall shoots that may be thornless and come up individually right out of the ground, not bushy like most roses. My memory could be fuzzy, I was just a kid. So I want to try that. One of the roses that has rooted, and there seem to be 5 or 6 that have rooted of that particular one, came from the bush on a vacant lot that does have an owner. I just helped myself to the cuttings but did ask if I could dig some lily bulbs this fall. The wife got suspicious when I asked about the rose and is worried I might dig it up. I told the go-between that I would not do that and meant it. I was thinking of giving her a rooted cutting if it grows into anything that would survive in her yard, but she might get mad and could call the police on me, so I won't offer her one. The go-between advised me not to dig up the lilies even though the husband said I could. I asked if it was because I was white and they didn't like me. No, she saw me "doing something" to the bush (she lives clear around the corner). I was poking through the brush to answer a question here about growth habit one time, and another time I was photographing the foliage for the same person (on one of the forums here), but I did snitch the cuttings. I can't say that I feel guilty about that because the rose is doomed if they don't do something to save it, and they don't have a clue. I'd be glad to help them with what I have learned, like I noticed there are several suckers, but why bother? I'll just buy some lily bulbs or someone else will share some with me. Yeah, I'm thinking of other things to propagate by cuttings, too. I rooted a geranium, those are easy, as are African violets and begonias, but I want something different. If I come up with any novel ideas, I'll track you down :-). There is an unusual pink lilac, was told it was Queen Isabella, it's not like another pink lilac I saw out in the neighborhood, blooms later and foliage is different from the common lilac, not like Japanese tree lilac either, would love to try to propagate some of those. I've been wanting to try propagating for years, wasn't sure how to go about it, tried a mulitflora rose in 2003, but it cooked in my sunroom. Now I know why, and it is an invasive thing anyway. Pretty though....See MoreMad Men Style
Comments (8)I don't know why I didn't make the MCM connection, duh. I thought that was strictly 1950s styles, but it makes sense that it would carry forward and inform the 1960s styles. I donÂt have Danish Modern furniture then, but I want some. What I have must be older. I have a HW twin bed that was my Dad's, since it seems like my whole family gave me all their old stuff, before it was fashionable again, lucky me! Jakebedy, I also have a carved wood tiki head in my LR! Great websites, thank you, I have learned so much already. I have always gravitated to that era of furniture, and have done a bit of, ahem, curbside recycling. By comparison, new furniture seems so cheaply made. Ideefixe, great info, also thanks for the link to Set Décor magazine, good (at least) for past articles, and what a treasure trove of inspiration! Subscriptions are unavailable at this time, bummer. I did read the article online. Oh Claire, sorry about your mom! ((hugs)) I think I watch partly to understand my own (late) mother; it is hard to imagine people really acting that way, unless youÂve been there (I was born in 1961). Betty definitely has a lot of repressed rage. I cut out a plaid jumper to make in home ec, but never sewed it together. ThatÂs the problem really, I canÂt sew. I guess I donÂt care if the curtains are actually vintage, I just want some that look like they are. Remember the TV show that re-created an "inspiration room" on a budget? And the accessories: I do have the exact same crèche that Anna Draper has on display in her LR in season 4, ep. 3 "The Good News", which was my momÂs. I want that piece that looks like music on the wall. I guess I need to go to the thrift stores. Homebodymom~What about the primary colors of the sofas in the new outer office? Very striking!...See Morefloral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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