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Why is my crape/crepe myrtle have pink blooms & white blooms?
Comments (19)Definately do cut out at the base, all trunks in your CM that are blooming pink. Then be certain to pinch off any new growth that the roots of those cut off branches try to keep growing. If you keep the new growth pinched off then only those roots should suffer,and the white blooming branches should begin to experience an advantage, which helps them to prosper more. Unless it is just the lighting cast on the day you took that photo of the pink blooms, the pink blooming trunks might be a Biloxi Crape Myrtle. Those bubblegum pink blooms, in my opinion are a much nicer sight than some of the more pale easily washed out pinks that some CMs produce. Anyway I only tell you this to let your know that if you do like that particular pink color and would like to have a CM growing someplace else with that color, Than simply order or find at some local nursery a Biloxi Crape Myrtle that is already blooming and that you can confirm it really is a Biloxi Crape Myrtle....See MoreAdenium arabicum going yellow...any suggestions why?
Comments (11)Hi Doug, thanks for that. Guess these pesky yellow leaves of mine could as you say be too much/too little water. They do drain quickly in my mix and the weather has been really sunny, so with the addition of small pots for small plants they can and do dry out fast. Maybe I didn't water enough, maybe I drowned it, or it was hungry for food, who knows?? Odd that the others are OK though. I have never come across 'Turface' for sale here. Does it actually retain any of the water, or does it drain instantly and fully? Any nutrients must be added manually at watering time as it's inert? I'll have to make some enquiries as I've just read that it's used by orchid and bonsai growers. I feel a visit to a garden centre looming...again!! In the meantime, it's fingers crossed for my little guy. Gill from the UK....See Moreperennials you wouldn't recommend!
Comments (95)I am not in upstate New York, but in zone 6 downstate Illinois. I was using the search feature for something completely different when I saw how many people had responded to this old post and knew it would be a treasure trove. Many of the things listed are things I have heard about before, but I had never created a list. Just prayed I'd remember what not to get or what to be careful with at planting time. Thought someone else might like this in list form. I still plan to go back through and add the latin botanical name where missing. There are a few things that I didn't put on this list. Ornamental grass, for instance, since the type wasn't mentioned and there are huge differences depending on the species. So, here's the list I came up with. Thank you for helping me to create the beginnings of a good reference file. Aggressive / Invasive plants -- The following list began with plants that gardeners in zone 5 and 6 on the Upstate New York gardening forum found to be invasive. Some noted that âinvasiveâ is somewhat objective and depends on where the plant is located. In the book Paradise Lot the authors sometimes put aggressive plants that they liked to have around on purpose in an area of the garden not ideal for that plant. I.e. in shade rather than sun. At some point I should perhaps mark the plants below with a rating system to distinguish the ânever, never, never plant thisâ from the ones that might be good to use in certain situations. Achillea millefolium ssp. Yarrow Aegopodium Bishopâs weed aka gout Weed; aka snow-on-the-mountain Ajuga ��" Someone in New York doesnât like it. Ours is a good ground cover. Anemone Canadensis anthriscus sylvestris 'Ravenswing' dark leaf form of common cow parsley Artemisia I get the feeling some types are okay. Artemisia âOriental Limelightâ Beautiful when small; will swallow your whole garden! Very invasive. Years to eradicate. Huge. Roots run vigorously. Tap root deep. Balloon flower Bittersweet (I think this is also called Virginia creeper.) chameleon plant Chinese lanterns Cleome Annual. Prolific self-seeder. Might be good if the self-seeding is desired. Comfrey Apparently huge, fast growing and deep rooted. Lily of the valley Many, many warnings, although some would like to grow it and canât. Creeping Charlie Echinacea purpurea purple cone flower Several mentions. I like it and like the self-seeding. Echinops GLOBE THISTLE Prolific self-seeder, Butâ¦awesome looking and attracts humming birds. Feverfew Fennel, bronze ��" Self seeds vigorously; person commenting liked this trait. Hemerocallis common ditch daylily geranium oxonianum Ipomoea morning glory Jerusalem artichoke, perennial sunflower Lamium ssp. Tiger lily Lobelia syphilitica Lychnis coronaria Rose Campion (See- Lychnis The Genus for types that might not be invasive.) Lysimachia clethroides Many, many warnings. Lysimachia punctata Loosestrife Many, many warnings. Lemon balm Mentha ssp. Mint Mexican evening primrose Monarda bee balm Money plant Mountain bluet Oenothera fruticosa - sundrops - evening primrose Pachysandra Obedient plant Ribbon grass stachys byzantina Lambâs ears Sweet woodruff Thymus ��" the creeping thyme variety. Trumpet vine verbena bonariensis Self seeds vigorously; person commenting liked this trait. Vinca Virginia creeper Yucca has spines. Dramatic structural plant. Very very deep rooted....See MoreWouldn't Want to be Without.........
Comments (44)I was going to say eyesight ... but blind people can function. It's really my mental capability, as I don't want to be here without that: to be physically present but with the mind permanently gone - not my idea of a life. Electricity is important ... and clean water. We had electricity when I was a child (got our first small table radio when I was about ten), and drinking water in a hand pump in the back yard. (Clean) water under pressure when I was seven ... had Mom been home when we got the pressure water, we'd likely have had a bathroom, but as it was I didn't have a flush toilet or installed bathtub until I went to university ... so I know that I can function, lacking them. Very thankful to have the many privileges which we enjoy ... and concerned that they seem to be draining away. ole joyfuelled ....See Morebragu_DSM 5
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