Check out my garden, Nice color for late fall
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diggerdee zone 6 CT
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Fall color in my garden
Comments (14)Thanks for the comments everyone, it is great to be able to share our labors of love with other like minded individuals. Dave, I am fortunate to live in the PNW, just outside of Seattle. I was hesitent to invest in a Chief Joseph for a long time due to the tragic stories I had heard, but other than some tip burn it does well (**sound of me knocking on wood!) Alex, that plant is a cool ground cover a friend gave me some starts of, not sure of the name, but it is similar to moss....See MoreCheck out this weird yellow coloration on my Green Giant.
Comments (19)I'm sorry to say but one to every 500 hedge Thuja cultivars will make such a varieagation once and a while. 95% of the propagations will revert back to green. Making cuttings of grafts doesn't make difference, both ways are easy for a proffesional nurseryman. Never use a Platycladus understock for a Thuja cultivar. It will grow at first but after a while the grafting union will show complications and the graft will die. Use Thuja plicata seedlings understock, even liners of the Thuja (x) 'Green Giant' will do well for this job. Good luck and keep us informed!...See MoreLate fall color...does snow count? *pics*
Comments (14)Tracy - just pull your canna rizomes - they will be fine. I have always waited till the first frost kill my cannas and dahlias- it's good, as they put everything to the roots. There is a french canadian song that I love....:mon pays, c'est n'pas en pays, c'est l'hiver. mon jardin, c'est n'est pas un jardin, c'est le neige..... My country is not a country, it is winter. My garden is not a garden, it is the snow. Pardon me, I have probably screwed the french up big-time. Then again, it became a separatist athem, which it too bad, as well. such a pretty song. Cheers, Nancy....See MoreIs it too late to start fall garden from seed?
Comments (3)Melissia, It depends on what you want to grow and it depends on where you live in the state. What you choose to plant now will vary based on the days-to-maturity of the veggies you plant and the first autumn freeze in your area. Look at the linked thread from a while back. Compare the list of fast, medium and slow-maturing veggies. Figure out your average first freeze date. Compare the two and then plant what you think will have time to mature and produce. Here in southern OK (and probably in the rest of the state too) there's plenty of time to plant seed now and get a harvest from the plants on the "quick maturity" list. In fact, for most of the cool-season crops on that list, it is still too hot to direct seed them, although you could start seeds in cups where you can control their sun exposure and moisture. For plants on the "Moderate Maturity" list, some likely would have time to mature if planted from seed now and that includes broccoli, Chinese cabbage, carrots, cucumbers, sweet corn (if 65-70 DTM varieties are planted), green onions, kohlrabi, bush lima beans, okra (could fail to produce pods, though, if cool weather comes extra early), parsley, and southern peas. Peppers or cherry tomatoes MIGHT have time to produce before frost, but only if large transplants (from 5-6" pots) are set out ASAP. On the list of slow maturing plants, the cool season ones like brussels sprouts, cabbage, or cauliflower could be planted from seed and likely would produce before a freeze gets them. Of course, these particular vegetables can take some cold weather. Garlic is traditionally planted in fall (Sept.-Oct.) for harvest in late spring to early summer of the following year. For the warm season plants on the Slow Maturity list, it is likely too late for the following from seed or tuber: tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, sweet potatoes, Irish potatoes (might get some from tubers planted now if they are relatively short TM), pumpkins and winter squash or melons. It is definitely too late for melons, peppers, eggplant and tomatoes from seed. With everything else, it varies. For example, bush beans are a safer bet than pole beans at this point because they produce more quickly. Of course, everything hinges on the arrival of the first freezing weather/hard killing frost. Since moving here to Marietta 10 1/2 years ago, we've had a killing frost as early as Sept. 30th and as late as mid-December, so how well your fall garden does can vary a great deal depending on what the weather does. Hope this helps. Dawn Here is a link that might be useful: Veggies You Can Still Plant For Fall Harvest...See MoreRandy Man
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Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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2 years ago@ tiffany I see a ton of butterflys, hardly ever see any hummingbirds though. I do see alot of what looks like a mix between a butterfly,moth and hummingbird. The angel trumphet seeds are from park seed. I bought them about a yr ago. I still have the packet., Its called "Blackcurrant Swirl Angel's Trumpet"
I was feeling a little gulity and questioning myself when I was taking all the trees down on this hill about a 2 yrs ago, but I had it in my head what I was envisoning.. It wasnt too thick but there was a few big trees. Now I am so glad I did. Heres an older pic from about 8 yrs ago.. All that in the videos above is to the right of the pink knockout rose. To be honest alot of the trees looked terrible/leggy looking.. Also all this area hasnt been touched with any heavy equipment. The soil is SOOO rich here.As you can see in the videos everything I plant here thrives. Also all the trees behind my house have been taken down too, I did that about 4 yrs ago. I basically been remodeling my property :)
Tiffany, purpleinopp Z8b Opp, AL
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2 years agolast modified: 2 years ago@ tiffany, I have ZERO luck starting melampodium derby seeds I bought in early jan. Ive purchased a 100 seed pack and not one has germinated.. When I search on youtube all I see is people overseas having success growing them. I got these seeds from outside pride instead of park seed though.
heres a still pic of the blackcurrant swirl angle trumphet. Its not mine but mine looks just like this. The one in pic below is little bigger/fuller than mine. Ill try and get a pic of mine tomorrow. Whats crazy the 3 in video has been blooming since may!! They did start leaning and I put some big rocks/ boulders to brace them because it almost pulled the root out of one. I started these in the jiffy pods back in april. .Whats also neat about these is the stem is dark purple. This variety puts on a show with its flowers and then floors you with the dark purple stem :)
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