Northeast Gardening: what have you bought so far? part three, 1 by bbrookrd

bbrookrd wrote:
Amy, I want to know about the space in front of the telephone pole. It seems to me that is where you should be concentrating your planting. You are a theatre person. You need to redirect your view from the garbage dumpster and the transformer to the other area if possible. I think you could do a great deal with the right olfactory correct shrub that meets your budget with some under-planting in that area. I think some big grasses around the transformer is not a bad idea or maybe some bad soil loving sweet fern, which I could bring to you at a RU. Vines growing up those white poles would be good. Ask Victor about hops? Or sweet peas run on twine that you could string between those white posts Or morning glories or autumn clematis which eats everything, but can be cut to the ground each fall. I will start a "help Amy hide a multitude of sins" plant donation party and hope others will join in one the fun. I hope I will have lots of plants to share at the RU's to all. So be bold and tell me what is on your want list. I give away bags of stuff each year that need dividing. It would make me smile to know that some had found a good home. How do you water in that area? I could see one of my propagated Oakleaf Hydrangeas growing in front of that pole. I love it year round for its spring and fall leaf color, the spectacular summer blooms and the exfoliated bark in the winter. Here is a picture. Plus you don't have deer that love to eat it!

I pot up everything in Promix that I buy in NH at an agway except cuttings (half perlite and half vermiculite) and seeds and a few things like cactus and epi's. Patti