Dogs and Hydrangeas
D Bai
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WANTED: Lady in Red Hydrangea and other hydrangea
Comments (8)I'm 'thinking' I got my Lady in Red at WM when it was gotten in for a special offer and it was just $10. I usually won't pay much more than that regardless of what it is, because I know eventually I will find what I like at a lower price, though the plant may be smaller. I can just as easily loose/kill a larger plant the same as a smaller one. Your email link still does not appear on your member page. All that appears to be changed is the garden zone is there. Also, since there is no place to put your state abbreviation, it can just go in the same box as the garden zone, and it will show up in your posts....as I am in S IN (Indiana). While you are there (again) I 'think' what you have under "Seeds to Trade" (or at least part of it) should be under "Plants to trade"...The same with "Seeds I am looking For" The hydrangeas, and rose you have listed under seeds, are they maybe cuttings? rooted cuttings? suckers? or layered starts? It helps to describe what you have to trade as best as you can. Even if they are just cuttings, you may likely find another trader who would trade cuttings for cuttings. Sue...resident busybody....See MorePrairie Breeze pictures and companion plants with dogs
Comments (6)Thanks, Bunny. Actually, Carla, after I saw the list of poisonous plants, my husband mentioned that he had come in with a hydrangea leaf. He saw the dog playing with it on the bed, then we noticed that the leaves were sticking through the slats of the fence. Now we have put hardware cloth on the fence so that the leaves cannot get through. He truly could have eaten a rabbit, bird, or anything, but I prefer to think that it was the leaf. SAmmy...See MoreBuilding a structure for Climbing Hydrangea
Comments (9)Thanks for the information gardengal. It seems like, based on yours and others' experience, that this plant is very vigorous once established but not aggressive. Elizabeth, your plants sound absolutely lovely! How interesting that the leaves are significantly different sizes based on the sun exposure. Thanks for chiming in with your experience. Yesterday, my husband and I took down a medium size tree that the original homeowner had planted in a bad spot. The top was leaning over trying to get sunlight and had a lot of dieback. The trunk was quite straight and split into two trunks at about 6' high. After we cut off the upper branches, my husband was suddenly inspired to make a lean-to type structure for the hydrangea and notched out the V made by the trunk split and took the thickest of the two upper trunks and angled it in into the V. The trunks are a good 8" in diameter so they will last a long while before rotting. We'll put in some smaller branches for the hydrangea to establish itself on and hopefully, since this one will be in more sun, it will grow onto itself like Elizabeth's. The structure is not that big, but there is a large tree just behind it (which is why the other tree was struggling so much). So if/when the hydrangea engulfs the lean-to, hopefully we can train it along the ground and up the tree. We'll see how it goes. I will try to post a picture. We will put the other one on the chain link dog pen using the biggest branches from the tree as support to give it something to climb. This one will be in a lot of shade. I have a book by the Royal Horticultural Society on pruning and training and it says that Hydrangea anomala subsp. petiolaris does very well with a hard pruning. Of course, we'd loose blooms for a while but its good to know that this plant can handle it if need be....See MoreJune 2021 in my hosta garden
Comments (46)Utog, I have so admired yours and others Parisian Silk so much so that I ordered one. Unfortunately the vendor said it did not come through the winter well so they cannot ship it. I told them to pick a hosta for me letting them know I have space for sun tolerant as well……..sigh……..will have to wait another year. I could find it elsewhere maybe, but still waiting on two orders……one includes Tattoo……. :-) debra...See MoreD Bai
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