just kidding ladies:)
What have you ordered 2010 #8
Thanks Jan, going to have a look at all of them!
Bill, Victor is rubbing off on you!! LOL
Bill - Can you think of a JM that would grow ok in my son's carport in Connecticut in a large pot (zone 5), full shade, but not a dark carport.....open on two sides?
If it's fairly bright shade, almost any small one should do fine, Louise.
I can think of prominent people each of those on that list can easily be associated with. ^_^
I just bought Center Glow ninebark, the tag said avg height 4-5 ft and width 3-4 ft. Looked it up and see mature height 8-10 ft which is larger than I want. Can I keep it pruned to 6 ft without it looking chopped off or murdered?
Gee, Deb...don't know...I didn't realize nine bark grew that tall.
Thanks, Victor....I would consider it full shade, as the spot where he wants to put it is not on the edge open to the light. It's about halfway across the carport. Do you think a hydrangea might work better?
Louise, why does your son want it in the carport? I'm in same zone & my dwarf, Kasagiama did fine in the ground over the winter. How are the girls? Haven't seen them lately!
Hi Marilyn. The girls are fine...I was so busy snapping grandkid photos, I wasn't able to catch the puppies often, but here's one taken while they were playing on the floor near the toddlers....
The reason he wants it in his carport is that you enter his mostly-used door through his carport and he has a bench in the carport with a nice space for a tall plant next to it. I'm trying to think of something that would do well there in a large container. It can be a bloomer or just have interesting foliage. There is both an enclosed garage and an open carport where you enter his mudroom/kitchen area. It's not your usual place to put a plant, but Hank and I agree that something growing would look nice there if we could find the right plant.
This is a shot of the carport with the half-wall in it. Just in front of the half-wall in the center is about where the plant would go. Any thoughts? The plant would have to remain there in a large container during the winter.
Forgot to mention that to the right of the car is all open to the front yard. This shot was taken just after the half-wall was built but before it was painted. It helps him let his dog out into the back patio & yard without having to take him on a leash, as he is in a village setting.
Yes, Deb. Very easy to keep them smaller.
That's a sheltered area, Louise, so overwintering should not be bad. I would just wrap the pot with bubble wrap.
Good idea, Victor. He has a bench on the right side of the half-wall where he sits to take a break from yard work in the summer and snow-blowing during winter.
I'm thinking a JM would look nice there and he likes interesting foliage. I don't see any that say full shade though, so that's my concern. Maybe Debi's would look good there?
Thanks Victor.
Good luck with your search Louise.
They always say the ideal is morning sun and shade the rest of the day. But dappled shade and bright shade are fine too. It's only deep shade that I would avoid. And being in a pot gives you the flexibility to move it!
hi louise - have him look at a fireglow jm.
http://www.davidsansjapanesemaples.com/shop/product/fireglow/
if you remember i have this one in the back of my shade garden next too the dark shadows dw - it receives heavy shade and still looks great.
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And that size is for in the ground. Will be smaller in a pot.
I received more dwarf sea holly and June hosta.
Thanks, Bill, Victor and Debi! That may be a good one since there is sun coming in from behind it. I'm also debating whether to do a tall planter/pot instead and fill it with coleus and caladiums, etc. and let it sit there empty over winter. I'll have to talk to him to see what he would rather have.
i was thinking a tall/large planter like the one i have in the driveway louise.
Would those little girls be a tad spoiled with all their toys? Very cute!
Ha Ha, Marilyn! I'd rather keep them chewing their chew toys than something that belongs to us! LOL Once again, we followed Cesar's advice for teething puppies.....keep them supplied with new toys of interest and they won't try to chew furniture etc. So far, he's nailed it! But they DO have an awfully full toy basket! You should have seen the grandkids wanting to play with the puppies' toys. :)
Bill and Victor - would that JM that has the red trunk and stems (so you have something pretty to look at when the leaves are off during the winter) do ok in the carport? I saw it at your house, Bill and I've heard Victor talk about it as well. Do you think that's an option for him?
Beni kawa gets kind of big. Also does better in sun.
really not sure - i would suggest calling davidsans - david has forgotten more than i know about jm's
Thanks Victor and Bill! I read a thread about JMs in containers and I'm not sure I want to sign on to pull the tree out of the container and prune the roots, etc. from time to time. None of the 3 of us has a back that can handle that kind of heavy maintenance. I'm not sure where I'm going with this after reading that thread! maybe just a nice tall container with lots of shade plants like caladiums, coleus, begonias and impatiens, etc. I appreciate all the help with this decision!
Ordered DLs from Nottawasaga Daylilies. Nothing fancydancy but I think they will be luvly
Paper Butterfly
Spacecoast Tiny Perfection
Barbara Mitchell
Cosmic Hummingbird (great name ^_^)
Frans Hals
Miss Jessie
Very nice d-nut. Sounds like nice additions to the garden. Will they be arriving in the fall?
They are going to be shipped now ngam so they will be established by fall. I will have to set up shade covers for the ones that are going in the more sunny locations as it is too hot for new plantings now.
I really like B. Mitchell!
Could never bring myself to pay so much for a DL or hosta. They sometimes cost more than a nice size jm.
I hit the local nursurey clearance sale last week and picked up:
Korean Fir
Blue Spruce
To yellowish Camacyparis shrubs
Mountain Laurel
two small leaved Rhodies
Blue Arrow spruce
Japanese Holly
Serviceberry shrub
Viburnum 'Alfredo'
misc pine groundcover shrub for $5.00 that had no tag.
Big shrubs, 4-5' trees all for $15-25 each so not too bad...time to stop for the season since it is so hot now....hang on the porch and enjoy, in between beetle drowing which is my new favorite sport...OK...not new.....
Miles
nice haul miles!
Good haul at great prices Miles. Hope they all survive the heat wave. Lots of watering in your future I think but it will be worth it. I prefer the pick and stomp method to eradicate the beetles that show up here. The crunch sound is very satisfying. I do only have a few so that makes this possible, for larger numbers the soapy water lake approach is also a fine project for the mid summer, enjoy.
LUV the vibernum Alfredo miles. Googleguy says it's aphid tolerant too! Good luck with the beetle wars Victor and ngam. Today I launch my second assault on the aphid cities. Yesterday I got swarmed and had to retreat with the heebiejeebies.
Nice list, but tough time of year.Good luck!
Dnut I also ordered some DL's last week, the seller said she'd ship them when she receives payment and she's in GA... I don't mind getting them this time of year. I'll just make sure I water them often. I know GA's bloom season is much earlier, so unless they are late bloomers I won't count on blooms this year from them. I also had a confirmation on a delivery of an Iris order with Rainbow Iris Farm... I ordered from them after someone told me about an Iris named Miss Meredith. They were the only place I've seen that had it and I had to have it! : )
Miss M is white with blue veins on the falls, a standard dwarf iris. It originated in Winterberry gardens in VA & of course they still have it.
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Of course you must have Miss Meredith ^_^
Of course....that's why I bought "Harlow Gold".