Mid-Atlantic Gardening: SHOPPING LISTS, Spring 2014 What are you getting?, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Jotted down a few thought reading through all the above...

Cat---

A big step to getting rid of Jap. Beatles id to get rid of all the grubs.
This time of year--ass soon as it warms up a bit--they will be making
their way up from the ground to feed on all the tree roots and then to hatch
into the beetles.
If you are not against it--"GrubX is a good product to take care of this.
It also prevents the eggs laid in fall from hatching.
IF you want to go strictly organic--and have a lot of patience--the "Milky Spores"
treatment is the way to go. Just FYI--This product is now yellow-tagged
and on clearance at the HD. I think it is about $10 off the reg price. Check it out.

I also had some ideas on your cat problem and the feeders--and that was to hang a baffle
upside down UNDER the feeder. Of course--that laundry pole is the enabler
for the cat to get up there. I like Jill's dad's solution better...

SS--
if you like the red, feathery canna I grew last year (orig. from wind) I have a lot
of roots to share. It does grow tall, has med. green leaves and makes massive
root clumps. (pic.)

Jill--are you talking about a dwarf, pink Canna? Do you remember the 3 small
pots I got last year when I was getting all the free stuff from the GH?
That one was a very pretty pink--but definitely small enough to be grown in containers. (pic)

Carol---

Yes! I have always had an issue with Spider Mites on my Butterfly Bush.
It is the fuzzy leaves that attract them---any plant with fuyzzy leaves will get
either SM--or Whitefly.
BTW--My bush has been cut back already since early winter. I just did it!
It is already sprouting leaves....I wonder how a Systemic in the soil would do for them?

Sally--

HD also has in pretty Ranunculus--5" pots--I think. We had to shelter all these
in the GH when the freezing nights came. Hope that is over now....

Phew--lots to catch up on.

1--Wind's red canna
2--The small, pink Canna I got in pots. Will see how bug it grows this year.
Definitely a "thriller" in some big pot. (vs. "filler" and "spiller"....)