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Show Us Your Landscape/Gardens - A Photo Thread - February 2020
Comments (22)NHBabs - I KNOW I answered your question yesterday, but it did not appear. Yes, I will start the begonias indoors about the 3rd week of March so they will bloom for a longer time outdoors. I also bought a pre-planted resin pot of tuberous begonias at Costco, so again, an addiction intervention may be necessary. But, bang for the buck in a shadier spot, those tuberous begonias are winners. The crocosmia, which the hummers love, disappeared thanks to chipmunk excavations. So, I may plant them in a tub on the deck where I can at least yell at the digging chipmunks in my sight and photograph hummers from inside the house. We'll see how that works. :) The zinnia seeds I still plant in raised bed planters on the deck in April and cover them with old storm windows. Hummers like those too as do the goldfinches. I like a LOT of color and these days, large containers on wheels are much easier to manage. Jane...See MoreShow me your fall decor 2020!
Comments (9)I like what you've done, Rebecca! Looks like you're definitely getting into the autumn spirit. It's still very much summer where I am, and while I'm looking forward to cooler temperatures in the next month or two, I'm still focused on outdoor activities. My veggie garden is still growing, and I'm planning to having a small crop of ginormous sunflowers in the next few weeks! That will definitely have a late summer/early fall feel, I think. I tend not to decorate seasonally inside my home. My adult cats are still very much kittenish when it comes to anything new on display, and usually dismantle things for me in no time flat -- so it's just become a futile endeavor for me. I was dismayed to see Christmas displays going up in the same area where Halloween is in full swing at Lowe's recently. It's too early to even THINK about the year-end holidays. I don't know if it's Covid-related, but I do think that a good number of us have sort of gotten used to simply taking things one day at a time in 2020, and not focus too much on the future. Being more "in the moment" has become my new normal; or, at least I find I'm not looking forward as much as I did even last year, because things could change so quickly. I do understand that seasonal decorating helps ground some, however, and certainly get why it appeals to so many....See MoreShow Us Your Landscape and Gardens - A Photo Thread - October 2020
Comments (58)Sue, this is just my 2nd year with PJP - and I've been impressed. It struggled some in mid summer when it was really hot and humid for about a month, but once the weather started to cool off, I trimmed some of the ugly foliage, which wasn't that much and it set a slew of new buds. I've had a couple of dozen blooms this fall. I garden organically so no spray. It's such a white white rose and fragrant. I put a minor effort into it this season and it's performed well. The best of all 5 of my roses. Just some compost and alfalfa meal in early spring, then more after the first flush of bloom and some liquid fish emulsion fertilizer when I remembered it. That's it. The foliage looks very clean right now too. I bought 'Amber Morning' at Bluestone some years ago. It's very hardy. I always trim it back by half to keep the flopping to a minimum. I do have one in more shade that does flop more. My sun exposure drops in the fall too. Even in my full sun garden, the angle of the sun puts it behind a mature Maple that is south of my bed, when during the summer it manages to get above it. So actually that A.M. does get reduced sun in the fall. Oh, one thing - it is late to bloom. It just started opening and all the buds aren't open yet. I'm not doing much fall clean up this year. Just my front bed that is along the street. My neighbors are always nice to complement the garden, and even nicer when they ignore the mess when I don't get to it in a timely way. [g] I've decided not to move anything or work on any projects. Not up for it this fall, but also, I felt the plants weren't up for it. They really struggled with the drought and the heat and I still don't think we've had enough rain to make up for it. So I didn't want to stress them further. We'll see in the spring, I may redo and move a few things. Nothing major like the project you're getting ready for. I was trying to catch up on the thread this morning and see you had two dumpsters of tree stumps?! That is a LOT...LOL. You must be happy to have that done. Now I imagine you're amending soil in the new area? Have you considered lasagna beds? I've done that in the fall a couple of times and loved the way it worked out. Lots of earth worms and pretty much ready to plant in the spring, if you have enough precipitation over the winter. That is some color on the Callicarpa!...See MoreShow us Your Gardens - A photo thread - November 2020
Comments (16)The frosted windshield is lovely, NHBabs, and on the hydrangea heads too! Frosting is always a gift, like Mother Nature is hanging around with a spatula in her hand spreading frosting on the world. I wanted to show a houseplant - pictures from November 4. This is Schlumbergera 'Christmas Fantasy' which is the last of my Christmas cacti. I think I mentioned earlier that the mice were chewing on my Christmas cacti. Plants I'd had for years were dying off. By the time I realized that the mice were probably involved, the others were gone and this one was badly gnawed on. I covered it and it's recovering, but it still needs protection. Schlumbergera 'Christmas Fantasy' 11/4/20 uncovered: And this is what it really looks like in my house: Schlumbergera 'Christmas Fantasy protected: Claire...See Morediggerdee zone 6 CT
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