Garden Projects - 2010

Patti - FW has the weeper:

http://www.fairweathergardens.com/genus.php?type=Conifers&genus=Metasequoia

Thanks Victor, I am still reading and will consider that one. Here is a nice article. Patti

http://www.iseli-nursery.com/articles/Cascades-in-the-Garden.htm

Don't want a JM there???

Victor, I have a Japanese maple in front of the spot I am needing to fill, so I don't think I want another Maple there. I have other places in mind for a few more of those, so not to worry. The deer are pretty tough on little ones and the big ones are pretty tough on the wallet. No winning that one. Patti

Okay.

What's everyones thoughts on Acer griseum(Paperbark Maple)? I tried to grow a couple and did really well for 5 years...They grow really slow and was about 3-4' high then a rodent ringed them. I was pretty mad at myself since I always use tar paper in the fall and wrap them at the base. I have seen some mature specimens and they have great effect for all seasons.

Just a thought and was wondering what anyone else thought.

Big fan here. I planted one two years ago and it's doing well. The huge one at the NYBG is breathtaking. The peeling bark develops on very young ones.

thought about that mc - think a contrasting conifer would be better behind the jm though

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How about a nice "fine laced" foliage conifer? Maybe a shorter cultivar of Hemlock if your not bothered with Wooly Adelgid in your area?
Some form of Rhododendron might not look to bad there if the sun is right. Just some thoughts.

Too bad about the deer. I like the japanese black pine idea. They really are gorgeous. Or a spruce hedge. How much sunlight does that area get?

edited to add "japanese"

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I had 2 of the Japanese black pines in my evergreen border and loved their unusual non-symmetric growth, but alas, that same trait made them very susceptible to snow and ice damage. I was just thinking about them the other day, and considering getting another. Ric

Mountain laurel is one I would certainly consider.

Deer don't eat Mountain Laurel? Do they eat Andromeda?

Never touched mine and there are tons where I hike and loads of deer there.

How about tall azaleas?

Oh, the deer like those!

Enjoying reading of everyone's plans for 2010. A little jealous though - I will be lucky if I can manage an hour of weeding this season - no time for a project this year :-(

I'm worried I won't have the time either. Well, that or I'll have all the time and no money.

It always works like that--LOL!

I have lowered my standards.

Deer can eat plants in the Rhodederon family, it is just not preferred. I remember something about they can eat it since they don't have a gallbladder and actually alter their metabolism when food is scarce, to the point it has been noted by deer farmers that they eat less in winter even though feed is available. Ric

they were eating mine in the back last winter

blast the deer!!

Yes - they can get alkaloid poisoning.

"Bring it on"
says the old woman with several hundred lilies to spray.

deer seem to like my wolfseye dogwood - next year i will have to wrap it

Do not have a deer problem----we used to see them up here all the time----I'm hoping the cougar is keeping their numbers down.

oh geeze.. I will stick with the deer & bear

Deer occasionally come into my front yard. They haven't attempted to jump the fence in the back so far. Every year they manage to eat my very first crocuses. I wait all winter for them, and have the spray, but they're usually just a little faster than me. Grrrr!

I found the forums on Daves when I wanted advise about Liquid Fence. The first woman I talked to said she sprayed all year round. I started in March thet year. I have been on the forums ever since.
No regrets there.

The new development on the farm next to us forced them to change their patterns. We hardly see them anymore, which is fine by me. Once in a while in the summer we see yearlings or fawns along the edge of the woods, that's OK. The development wasn't that bad, the smallest lot is 5 acres so not a lot of impact. Ric

Sounds like a nice area you are in, Ric!

Yes it is.We are about half way between York and Harrisburg about 4 miles off i83, in what was all small farms and scattered villages. With all the high density building going on we were very fortunate with the neighboring development. I did get a nice pile of boulders from the development too.This area used to be rather notorious for moonshiners. Even when I moved here about 30 years ago, game wardens and local police avoided "The Bald Hills".LOL Ric

oh, don't let Bill see those rocks. Like the mini gnome.

i see them

Ha ha ha!

Really nice lot Ric

Was hoping that you weren't looking.

Love the frog!

I have decided today I am enlarging the front flower bed. Couple things I am checking into that I want to buy. Doing orange and deep maroony red, so I need flowers for each season.