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nickel_kg
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Comments (35)So much going on out there! The crocuses are in full swing. The tulips are up, but no blooms yet. Same for daffodils. The sedum are all coming back, even the October Daphne I thought I killed. Gotta love sedum. They're serious survivors, like Hostas. Which brings me to...Most of the hostas are poking up through the ground now and my sweet woodruff is greening up. The shasta daisies are starting up again and so are the rudbeckias. Also, the roots for the red bee balm that another member sent me last November look like they made it afterall. I found one little bee balm leaf. (fingers still crossed on this one.) The herbs are doing great. My chives are all about 5 inches tall and my parsley decided to live. The mint is coming back already (I couldn't stop that mint if I tried!) And I bought a rosemary seedling yesterday. I put it in a pretty big blue pot that I set out in the middle of the herb garden. That way I can bring it back inside this fall. I'm tired of starting over with the rosemary every year. I'm sure there's more. If not, there will be by next weekend!...See MoreDavid Austin 2011 U.S. catalog
Comments (15)Campanula, I'd think your lack of own root roses in Britain is more likely due to your relative lack of heat. Rooting cuttings requires heat to produce them efficiently and quickly. Colder climates aren't as efficient without artificial heat which is expensive. Own root plants can often take longer to reach garden size in colder areas also, hence my suggestions to grow them in five gallon cans for their first season where the roots are more often warmer to push growth. For example, here, under mist, cuttings of very many roses can root in seven to ten days. That's when day time temps are in the 90 degree F range and nights remain in the 70s. Our winter, which is probably much less severe than yours, cuttings can take three to four months to callous and form roots. The more successful own root producers here are in areas where long periods of high heat are the norm. The largest supply controlled bottom heat to speed things along. I've heard that one American producer heated greenhouses with propane at a cost of over $5,000 for the winter to maintain blooming stock for the Holiday season. It takes a lot of sales to support that kind of expense....See MoreWhat's Blooming/Happening in your Garden?
Comments (31)Dee, great photo! I'm exhausted. Not as exhausted as poor George, probably, but I was in the garden all weekend and every night this week after work. We finally have the front beds pretty well planted and mulched (just a few things left to be moved when I have more time). There is a still a pile of mulch in the driveway waiting to be spread out back and lots of weeds to be tackled back there. I also remembered to sow my cosmo, foxglove and cerinthe seeds. The great development for me this week was that my son has taken an interest in the yard. He has always hated the time I spend in the garden (not that he wants my attention when I'm in the house, lol). This year I bought him a reel lawn mower, which he seems to love, and an electric weedwhacker, which he loves more. Tonight he helped me by loading the wheelbarrow and delivering the mulch, and was actually asking about some of the plants and voicing his preferences (so far, alliums are a big hit, mainly because not much else is flowering). Dirty fingernails here as well - - and telltale dirt on my heels when I get in to work in the morning! Moving on, here's what is flowering this week: Allium purple sensation - - full bloom Fothergilla Mt. Airy - - beginning to fade Cercis canadensis 'Covey' - - really fading creeping phloxes - - full bloom conifers are shooting new growth Tradescantia 'Sweet Kate' - - blooming on a very short stalk bleeding heart - - full bloom Salvia 'May Night' - - beginning to bloom Roseshell azalea 'Marie Hoffman' - - just starting to open Showing buds: dianthus peonies (lots - - and they were moved last year!) lady's mantle celadine poppy Still in process of leafing out: Hydrangeas weigela clethra cercis canadensis 'covey' fothergilla...See MoreWhat happened in your garden this week (Sept 6th)?
Comments (9)Yesterday: Weeding. White Chiffon Rose of Sharon is doing nicely as a late-season entry. Golden Rose of China bushes bought from eBay first-of-the-season are surviving and growing. Dahlias still going and going and going... Bicentenial Queen Daylily has about 5 more buds to go... Transplanted stand of rudbeckia may or may not make it; looking pretty sad. Celosia & Coleus are doing WONDERFULLY. Marigolds- great. Cottage Garden Boxed mix from WM: Cosmos are starting to come out, but they're probably the last to show. This section will be crew-cut very soon, as it looks more like weeds than anything else. Garden Phlox: Got a tip from a friend to clip them back about 8" to new-growth area, and may get another round from them. Sedums are going strong- bumblebees are loving them....See More
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