General Discussion & Chat: Garden Talk: Your Garden Mistakes, 1 by doss

doss wrote:
I grew mint basil last summer. It's a really cute little pale green plant, flowers, and then goes away. As far as bamboo - the only thing I know is to sink a barrier about 18" into the ground - they sell them at Garden stores. Bamboo is awful.

One good thing about those violets that have runners, they grow under huge walnut trees - when almost nothing else will, but you're right. You'll be digging forever to get them out if you don't want them. We just need to plant the right invasive in the right place!

My worse mistake was a change in grade level during a landscaping project around two big mimosa's. I had even discussed it with the contracter. But I didn't follow through and they got crown rot. I'm starting over with some "Crimson Frost" birches, but I don't know where are pair of hummers are going to nest. (Ours are territorial, they don't migrate, so you only have one type, in fact one pair in the garden.)

I've been gardening for a long time and that is definitely the worst ever. And I knew too! I don't know how I missed it. This is a picture of two of my baby birch trees in November - Think that it's going to take them awhile to catch up to the 30 foot Mimosas?