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Posted: Mar 30th, 2006 09:57 pm |
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OK Vicki, tell Scott that IT IS TIME to join the forum! I need help!
I was at the gardening center today looking at the gardenias. Well, I came home empty handed because I just couldn't decide what to do! They had some big ones - "Chuck Hayes Hardy Gardenia" that I could use as foundation plants around my deck. They had some smaller ones - can't remember the variety - I considered getting one to pot and put on the porch. I've read that gardenias can be hard to grow/bloom, suseptible to insects,etc. But, I love the smell! My deck gets sun in the afternoon, filtered once the trees leaf out.
Camellias - I love those too! Any advice on camellias?
I want something different for my front porch box planter this year. I saw dahlias (I think that's right?) - so pretty but don't know anything about growing those. Front porch gets morning sun but mostly shaded once the trees leaf out.
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macca
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Posted: Mar 30th, 2006 11:07 pm |
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| Pardonez moi! I know little about posting and even less about gardening...♥♥♥ Last edited on Mar 30th, 2006 11:20 pm by macca
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Last edited on Mar 30th, 2006 11:15 pm by macca
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 02:30 am |
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Macca! your posts are multiplying like my weeds! chuckle Thanks, Alicia for beautifying the planet and for starting this topic. But on to gardening. Afraid I gave up on veggie gardens long ago, but I like nothing better than swapping plants (well, the NWO maybe) but am not having much luck with seeds. Planted geraniums, petunias, marigolds and three or four others in flats. They came up beautifully but now are about 3" tall and sickly. Do I whisk off to Home Depot? Anyone want to start a gardening advice column?HMMM?
I do have plants to divide. Hosta, Lenten Rose, Rubeccia, Dwarf Mondo, Iris, Dwarf Iris,,Lily of the Valley(if they come back this year). Please does someone want a small Magnolia tree? How about some Mahonia (one of my favorite shrubs). Also have some ferns that need dividing, I can't remember the name but they are copper color in winter, pretty. Also some creeping things and some water plants. I hate to mention Liriope, but I do see it for sale every year. Wish I could sell mine. Ditto with varigated ivy. They are nice, though, in a contained area.
Maybe we need to set a swap day
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 02:50 am |
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Starcatchr! What a GRAND idea!
I WANT some dwarf mondo!!! I've been after my mother forever to give me some!
I have some poke weed and some clover I can trade!
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 02:57 am |
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| Poke salit would be nice! Mondo on the way. Did your mam give hers to the siblings?
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 12:15 pm |
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Starcatchr wrote: Poke salit would be nice! Mondo on the way. Did your mam give hers to the siblings?
Probably Starcatchr.... she likes the siblings better than she likes me.
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 01:34 pm |
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Cracker Jax wrote: Starcatchr wrote: Poke salit would be nice! Mondo on the way. Did your mam give hers to the siblings?
Probably Starcatchr.... she likes the siblings better than she likes me. Now what mam wouldn't like CRACKER JACKS better... There is a surprise in every box.....
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 07:49 pm |
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Gardening, Seeds, Plants, whatever, I'll post occasionally. Regarding camellias and gardenias, we live at the northern portion of their growing range so they both need protection from our coldest winters and temperature swings. The easiest way to protect them is to select ones labeled "cold hardy" and plant them next to a wall in half to three quarter sun. I grow camellias and know they like moist, well-drained acidic soil. One type flowers in the Fall and is very fragrant. The Spring blooming type has great form and color but is less hardy than the Fall type and has no smell. Ours have grown 10 feet tall and I have to cut them back every year or two. I don't grow gardenias but they are a smaller plant and more disease susceptible than camellias. Gardenias should be covered with burlap or plastic tarps when the winter temperature dips below 20 or is expected to fall rapidly.
Grow only dwarf banana trees unless you want a 10 ft. or higher one to take inside when frost comes. They get killed back by freezing temperatures but can be wrapped up and stored in a garage or crawspace until the next Spring.
I grow a dwarf banana tree in a large pot and bring the whole thing indoors over the Fall and Winter. Banana trees will make a baby or two each year that pops up from the base. The underground umbilical cord to the mother should be cut and the baby tranfered to another pot. Hospitalization is of the mother is usually not necessary.
Winter before last we even got bananas. Bananas trees are fun!
Scott
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 07:58 pm |
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Scott L wrote: I grow a dwarf banana tree in a large pot and bring the whole thing indoors over the Fall and Winter. Banana trees will make a baby or two each year that pops up from the base. The underground umbilical cord to the mother should be cut and the baby tranfered to another pot. Hospitalization is of the mother is usually not necessary.
WELCOME TO THE FORUM SCOTT L.!!!
All this gardening talk reminds me of that time I tried to learn Spanish.... It's all Greek to me.
I am dying laughing over the "no hospitalization is usually necessary" statement, but I am sure someone is gonna come on here and tell me that wasn't supposed to be funny and that people do actually hospitalize their banana trees.
I'll enjoy it until then. See? there's just no hope for us "brown-thumbers"! Last edited on Mar 31st, 2006 07:59 pm by Cracker Jax
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macca
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 08:25 pm |
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| CRACKAH!!! YOU JUST AIN'T RIGHT!!! AND THAT'S WHY WE LOVE YOU SO!!!♥♥♥ PIMPLMAO!!!!!
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Posted: Mar 31st, 2006 08:33 pm |
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SCOTT!!!
ooooh, now I know where to come for gardening help and believe me, I need it. I kill so much stuff that I'm constantly replacing it Well, maybe now I can get something to live!
Wow, I wish human babies were as easily birthed as banana babies
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2006 02:15 am |
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Cracker Jax wrote: Scott L wrote: I grow a dwarf banana tree in a large pot and bring the whole thing indoors over the Fall and Winter. Banana trees will make a baby or two each year that pops up from the base. The underground umbilical cord to the mother should be cut and the baby tranfered to another pot. Hospitalization is of the mother is usually not necessary.
WELCOME TO THE FORUM SCOTT L.!!!
All this gardening talk reminds me of that time I tried to learn Spanish.... It's all Greek to me.
I am dying laughing over the "no hospitalization is usually necessary" statement, but I am sure someone is gonna come on here and tell me that wasn't supposed to be funny and that people do actually hospitalize their banana trees.
I'll enjoy it until then. See? there's just no hope for us "brown-thumbers"! Did someone say BANANA.........good for diet
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2006 04:52 am |
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SINCE MIKE IS EATING SO HEALTHILY THESE DAYS , I THINK WE SHOULD ALL PLANT FRUITS AND VEGETABLES AND DELIVER THEM TO HIM! ♥♥♥
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Posted: Apr 1st, 2006 09:56 pm |
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MACCA,
Since you know little about gardening and this is the time of year many of us shop for plants I'll give you my take on the shops. The big box shops carry the regular, standard plants at the lowest prices. The plants may or may not be the best for our region of the country. For example, you can buy Big Beef or Early Girl tomato plants in small 6 packs but you won't find the newer tomato varieties at the big boxes. The packs and plants are usually smaller than what you'll find at the specialty garden centers. The specialty garden centers will have a much larger selection of varieties of tomatoes and everything else in larger containers with bigger plants at somewhat higher prices of course. I buy Big Beef tomatoes at a big box but Asian eggplants (the long skinny ones) at a specialty garden center. Rabbiteye Blueberries, the best type for here can be found at the specialty garden center but the big boxes will only have blueberries that are best the in the Blue states.
Scott
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