Color Posts, Garden Work, and Promising Seedlings
shive
3 months ago
I'm still planting seedlings and probably will be continuing that for the next two weeks. If there's enough interest in participating, I can start the color posts on Monday, Nov. 14. Let me know if you want to do it again.
I'm very excited about the increase in fans on these two seedlings from the cross of Pink Extraordinaire and Sexy Samantha:
#3 has gone from one fan in June to six fans now.
#2 has gone from one fan to four.
The other two from this cross have increased from one to three and four.
Debra
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sherrygirl zone5 N il
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Comments (18)I ran into that problem while I was living in Port St Lucie, Fl (10 yrs). I had invasive grass. The root system went down over a foot into the soil. If you left one little bit of root in the ground anywhere, it came back. I didn't know this when I put in my garden. used a sod cutter set at 9". Surly that would be deep enough to take care of any problems. Plus I tilled the bottom part another 6" to 8" and added all my good compost and soil. WRONG!! My garden looked great for two yrs. Then the grass started to show up. And it came back with a vengence. I fought with this stuff for several years. Then two hurricanes showed up within a couple of weeks from each other. They litterly wiped out 95% of my back yard garden. When I replanted I tried somethig different. I planted my roses in nursery pots sunk into the ground with about 4" of the top above ground level. I used 25 gal pots for my large roses and 10 gal pot for my minis. At first I thought it would look tacky. But when the grass filled in around everything, it looked great. It was easy to maintain. Cut the grass with a lawn mower and use a weed wacker to clean up around the pots. Plus my roses loved it. I grew the best roses I've ever grown and they were easy to take care of. AND, I was able to walk around in my garden in my bare feet. Loved my rose garden again. Had about 80 bushs of all kinds with about 1/3 HT's. Now that I just moved into a new house I'll be doing about the same thing....See MoreBot. Garden promised plants!
Comments (6)Hey,Patris...thanks for the additional inspiring photos,just when we Northeasterner's need them the most. (very cold,snow,wind...yech!) Excellent pics,and nice photography. Where are these plants coming from for your new GH ? They sure are beauties. I too very much like that Bromelia one.I've always had a weak spot for the odd looking or rare, hard to find broms. Even if they are hard to grow,like high altitude types,I've enjoyed the challenge,and the time spent here,tho they don't always make it. But when they adapt and prosper,bloom and pup,its a good feeling of accomplishment. Thanks for the post. Bob...See MoreGarden work, garden work.
Comments (11)We had some of that unseasonably warm weather here for a few days and I was also out doing my garden work, but today it is COLD and rainy...and will stay that way all week. I am worried about my daylily plants that are just starting to emerge....I've never had roses starting to leaf out or daylilies popping up in March so I have no idea what effect the below-freezing temps will have on them. It is going down into the twenties tonight and all week. My daffodils, tulips and crocus are up but not yet blooming, just leaves at this point but I don't worry about them as they are used to it being cold. I keep a journal and the earliest my roses have started to leaf out was the second week of April and that was really early for here. I haven't pruned any roses yet even though the forsythias are blooming down the road in town because we will still have below-freezing temps for several more weeks. This is crazy! It was in the 70's or 60's for nearly a week and now my poor plants are up and growing and now it is going to be so cold and snow is possible. I know what you mean about all the work involved in pruning the roses. I have way too many, even though I have down-sized from what I originally had. At one point I had close to 300 but now it's probably half that...but that's still a lot of roses. (And a lot of scratches!) After I get done it looks like I was thrown into a den of tigers...LOL. I can also relate to the pond-cleaning chore. YUK to the sludgy, mushy black sediment from the decomposing leaves that smells horrible! But it is one of the spring chores that must be done. I don't have fish because I don't want to worry about overwintering them but we always have frogs that come in the early spring and stay all summer. You showed great restraint in not ordering daylilies. I am not so strong. I ordered a whole bunch over the winter, mostly lates and very lates....and I have YOU to thank for it. You really led me to temptation with all your pictures...LOL You and I seem to be on the same page about fertilizing as well. I do the RoseTone in late spring too, and then the fish emulsion during the summer. I mulch with shredded leaves but like I said earlier, I am going to leave the whole leaves in the old roses garden this year. All that raking and getting snagged by the thorny canes is a chore I'd rather skip if I can. LOL Celeste...See MorePromised Pics of the garden
Comments (13)Thanks, retiredfl, & kltampa :) Derbyka, thanks for the advice~~ I sprayed with epsom salts and did an aphid spray (dish soap, garlic oil). Crossing my fingers~ Susie ~ thanks for the love, we had a blast ; ) I'll keep my eye out for your posts Silvia~ we like you guys very much too : ) Cheryl & Ivan are more than welcome, we will have play host and make some yummy food. Its exciting having all this food growing around, I will remember to take photos of my better recipes. And there's no doubt, we'll be at your next party~~...See More
Maryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
3 months agoshive
3 months ago
lilykate7a
3 months ago
hoosier_nan (IN z5b/6a)
3 months agoshive
3 months agoKate - Thanks for your comments! While I don't know which parent is responsible for the fast increase, I do know S. Samantha babies tend to have those ornate ruffled edges. Here are a couple more of her kids:
#1 from the same cross as above - The edge is not quite as ornate as the other two, and it's gone from 1 fan to 3.
Coco's Curiosity X S. Samantha - This one is a good multiplier too.
Debrashive
3 months agoMaryl (Okla. Zone 7a)
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organic_kitten
3 months agoshive
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3 months ago
Julia WV (6b)
3 months agomantis__oh
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