How Does Your Garden Grow?
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varigated ajuga...I don't have this one...mine is just the purpley rusty colored leaves.
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Ok. I remember this thread, now. LOL!!! Yes, I must get some ajugas to plant. Honestly, I have already done so much yard work, and I'm not halfway done. Yikes!!!! Wow, Oobu. those are nice, too.
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GYPSYGIRL:
My husband finally planted 2 blueberry bushes, a red hydrangea & a dragon tree (from the pine tree family) today.
I hope they do well. Last summer, I had a high school student dig up all of my blueberry bushes and got rid of them. They died during the drought two years ago. Sigh. Hope yours do better.
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I've been adding to my hosta collection lately. oops too big... http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_2JdgvDupzUs/TDZtlNAaINI/AAAAAAAAAWc/nDX1K4IIxBA/s1600/Hosta+'Queen+Josephine'.JPG http://images.mooseyscountrygarden.com/garden-plants/hosta-plant-gallery/hosta-variegated-spring.jpg
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Those are lovely!!!! Again, I HAD about 20 of those, but they died during the drought. Have got about 6 or 7 now. Am going to transplant them all to the front of the house. Yours look lovely and healthy. What's your secret????
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Those aren't mine! I just googled them!!!!
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I did take some pics with a new camera that I bought for the Paul show but it would take me forever to post them here. We had a landscaper put in a bunch of giant everygreens to block the darn neighbor last year & he also put in a few grasses. This year they are getting larger. They are striped. I should get a pic of those & post them. Yeah...one of these days. Gotta run out for awhile...be back in an hour or so.
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Haha. Well, I'm sure yours will look just as lovely. I DID have about 5 different varieties of hostas, but after two summers of not working much in the yard, all died except the ones you posted. So, I think they are pretty hardy.
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Assessing the work needed to start a garden at the new house... Lots of work! Driving past my two other gardens, they look nice, especially the iris and peonies
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The_Fool:
I just planted some Lilac Boomerangs ..... they are suppose to bloom .... then are quiet .... then re-bloom in the summer or early fall .... almost like a longer lilac ..... and they are smaller .... up to 4-5 feet at most. With all the rain .... so far they look okay.
Quoting myself ..... these came in beautifully The best that I have ever seen them to this time .....
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^ I never heard of those. I wish most things would bloom for a longer time. I bought some geraniums & they are called Ringo Salmon. Last year I had red ones & they were also Ringo's.
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Love2, sounds lovely indeed New houses are a lot of work. Hang in there Fool, I LOVE lilacs. So glad yours are doing so well We have a couple different varieties, too.
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The_Fool:
The_Fool:
I just planted some Lilac Boomerangs ..... they are suppose to bloom .... then are quiet .... then re-bloom in the summer or early fall .... almost like a longer lilac ..... and they are smaller .... up to 4-5 feet at most. With all the rain .... so far they look okay.
Quoting myself ..... these came in beautifully The best that I have ever seen them to this time .....
Multiple blooming lilac's? Wow that sounds too good to be true! Are they really fragrant? Sounds like something I would love. I like to gather big bunches in a large vase to fill the house with that great fragrance. When they get really high, as they do, you have to get a step stool to cut them and miss the ones at the top! 5 foot sounds really manageable.
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love2travel:
The_Fool:
The_Fool:
I just planted some Lilac Boomerangs ..... they are suppose to bloom .... then are quiet .... then re-bloom in the summer or early fall .... almost like a longer lilac ..... and they are smaller .... up to 4-5 feet at most. With all the rain .... so far they look okay.
Quoting myself ..... these came in beautifully The best that I have ever seen them to this time .....
Multiple blooming lilac's? Wow that sounds too good to be true! Are they really fragrant? Sounds like something I would love. I like to gather big bunches in a large vase to fill the house with that great fragrance. When they get really high, as they do, you have to get a step stool to cut them and miss the ones at the top! 5 foot sounds really manageable.
This one says bloom up to 4x. http://buygardenplantsonline.com/dwarf-josee-reblooming-lilac/
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oobu24:
love2travel:
The_Fool:
The_Fool:
I just planted some Lilac Boomerangs ..... they are suppose to bloom .... then are quiet .... then re-bloom in the summer or early fall .... almost like a longer lilac ..... and they are smaller .... up to 4-5 feet at most. With all the rain .... so far they look okay.
Quoting myself ..... these came in beautifully The best that I have ever seen them to this time .....
Multiple blooming lilac's? Wow that sounds too good to be true! Are they really fragrant? Sounds like something I would love. I like to gather big bunches in a large vase to fill the house with that great fragrance. When they get really high, as they do, you have to get a step stool to cut them and miss the ones at the top! 5 foot sounds really manageable.
This one says bloom up to 4x. http://buygardenplantsonline.com/dwarf-josee-reblooming-lilac/
Thanks so much oobu! Every spring, I also find that for a couple of weeks, there is some tree that blooms with the most wonderful smell. This just happened a few weeks back. Does anyone know the name of that tree? I need to get one of those too!
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At this rate, it's going to take me another week to get the ground cover, staples and mulch down around our bushes. Yow!
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I've got rid of my bush again
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love2travel:
oobu24:
love2travel:
The_Fool:
The_Fool:
I just planted some Lilac Boomerangs ..... they are suppose to bloom .... then are quiet .... then re-bloom in the summer or early fall .... almost like a longer lilac ..... and they are smaller .... up to 4-5 feet at most. With all the rain .... so far they look okay.
Quoting myself ..... these came in beautifully The best that I have ever seen them to this time .....
Multiple blooming lilac's? Wow that sounds too good to be true! Are they really fragrant? Sounds like something I would love. I like to gather big bunches in a large vase to fill the house with that great fragrance. When they get really high, as they do, you have to get a step stool to cut them and miss the ones at the top! 5 foot sounds really manageable.
This one says bloom up to 4x. http://buygardenplantsonline.com/dwarf-josee-reblooming-lilac/
Thanks so much oobu! Every spring, I also find that for a couple of weeks, there is some tree that blooms with the most wonderful smell. This just happened a few weeks back. Does anyone know the name of that tree? I need to get one of those too!
I just discovered a new lilac sprout when cutting the undergrowth. Am transplanting it to an area I had planned to buy a bush for. Now, I've got something better than what I had in mind. Love, love, love lilacs
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Still looking for more bushes to use for privacy next to the patio.
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We have the tall Japanese Yew bushes and they form a superb privacy blocker. We just got our trimmed last week, so they take a few years to grow tall, but before we had them trimmed, they were about 7 feet high. They work very well for us. Hope you find something that works for you.