Springtime thread is very long ...
http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/1303167/#new
be sure and read speediebean's rescue story,
then come back here and tell about your plant shopping- great finds, impulse buys, etc.
Picture from the Gnomes book
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Speedie- I would do the same thing. Why not give them a shot. Tree peonys are awesome! The house at the top of our street has three and they're out in bloom already. Nice work.
If you aren't sure what to do with those rescued plants there is always the fall swap if we have one. LOL
I was thinking the same thing, Holly. LOL
Does anyone else already have Golden TIara hosta? It sounds familiar. I bought a nice chunk of it for $2 at the Master Gardenr sale.
http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/2942/#b
Holly, that is an EXCELLENT idea, thank you! =) Turns out there are 4 Lavenders, and they are Angustifolia "Munstead", not Provence... and that Hydrangea is "wedding gown". I need a nap. ;) Oh, and there's a 'Rozanne' perennial Geranium... and that one will probably be saved for someone for the Fall plant swap 'cause quite frankly, those things don't smell very good. < =/ ... but, I just couldn't let it go to the dumpster! < =P
I'm really really hoping that Peony (and I found the tag, but now don't remember which one it is... has white blooms though, I remember that!) survives 'cause I've been wanting one of those for quite a while now.
They are all happily re-potted in their new Dr. Earth homes and sitting on the freshly-scrubbed tables out back ... just taking a quick break here. Have yet to re-pot the lettuce, cilantro, plant out the tomato seedlings, rake leaves, mow the lawn, and bake some muffins. Goodness, sounds like I need to get back to work! Have a great day all! =)
Actually, when "dead" plants start showing signs of resprouting, they often really take off, because they have good root systems already in place. Good rescue! My "bright shade" corner where I put in a sort of gravel patio (better than the near-constant puddle!) has turned into a crowded nursery area, LOL.
I like "Summertime Plant Shopping" as a new thread title! Summer is right around the corner, after all, and if we need another shopping thread this summer we can call it Summertime II or Hot Summer Plant Shopping ROFL
I want to know why my shopping partner Terri, whose idea it was to get some azaleas this year, ended up with 2 of them last Sat. while I stuffed the car with SIX. They are really irresistible in bloom!
It was a role reversal for sure. I was interested and talked Jill, who wasn't that interested, in going. I do like the 2 that I ended up with, and had to laugh at Jill - she just couldn't help herself. They were really pretty, and once she got to talking with the experts.... well, there was no stopping her LOL. Now Jill, do you have an idea where you might be planting them? Same question about the river birch LOL. As for me, I don't know why I keep bringing new plants home when I haven't planted what I already have. Jeeshhh, some people's wives...
I can't remember what thread we were talking about non blooming lilacs on, but I just read this blurb in the Southern Living Grumpy Gardener column about our winters being too short and mild for them to bloom well. It then listed these new kinds that need less cold to produce showy blooms:
'Betsy Ross' (white), 'Old Glory' (bluish purple), 'Cheyenne' (lavender-pink), and 'Declaration (reddish purple). Older ones such as 'James Macfarlane' (pink) and 'Lavender Lady' (lavender-purple) also bloom well.
thanks aspenhill, it was me who started talking about unblooming lilacs. If I ever get rid of this one and replace it, I'll look up those and remember the caution
Here is my old Lilac--almost NO blooms this year...
As you can see--it is smushed against the fence--but the top still gets some sun.
Mostly, I think it is re-growing new shoots, which will not bloom for a couple more years.
I have been cutting out the older canes....so there may be a pause in blooming...
It is also very close to that BIG maple with all the roots....
Here is where it sits.....
I do know where the river birch is going... just up from the end of the bed that runs along my neighbor's fence. It'll show off well against his Lelands. The deciduous azaleas might go nearby, or they might go on the other side of the house, just out from the bed I keep calling my herb garden even though I mostly plant it full of amaryllises and hot peppers in summer! Either way, I want to be able to see them from the house and not have to go too far into the way-back to smell them. My MIL might not get that pale yellow one after all, because I really really love its fragrance. But I'll give her that nifty gold & rose-peach one with the rose-shaped blooms. The other azaleas will go on our side of the tree-line, and they'll show off well with the daffodils there in spring!
< =D I have really really been enjoying reading about The Adventures of Critt and Aspen (Jeeessh, some people's wives, HAAAA!!!), you guys crack me up!! =)
Gita, I'm also wondering if maybe you are getting fewer blooms on that Lilac due to the mild winters we have been getting the last few years, and not many (enough?) hours of "real" cold. What cultivar is that one back there smushed against that fence?
I have finally realized that I have reached a place where I have no more place to put anything else. So sad! =( I was thinking about some little pretties while at work yesterday, and started to picture "the front of this bed"... nope, I've got something there... then "maybe the back of that bed".... nope, I've got it filled in.... "how about...." nope, I've filled it in with Irises now. I'm going to have to do some digging and clearing out back just to fit the Hydrangeas in, if they make it... and I'll have to clear and dig along the tree-line out front to fit that Peony in, if it makes it. < =/ What's a gardener to do!?!?!
Oh yeah, got a few pics of my salvages the other day after I got 'em all potted up.
First, the very sad little Peony... still don't remember which one it is. It's puny and sad, huh? But I will love it to life, DARN IT!! (someone, please re-assure me that it will be ok!?!?)
The better-looking of the 2 Hydrangeas. This one was at the very very bottom of the trash pile. I guess it really liked all that shade!
One of the Lily of the Valley... I'm hearing that they can get a little 'aggressive' if they like where they are planted, no? Yes? Perhaps best to leave them in containers for the time being until I decide what area I want taken over.
One of the Lavender "Munstead". They pretty much all (all 4) look the same, and I'm looking forward to their flourishing!!
And lastly, the "Rozanne" hardy geranium. It may be tiny, but it sure looks healthy and happy! :)
Speedie, last year, I dug up every last one of my Lily of the Valley and gave them to Happy.
This year, every single one of them is back. My neighbor has a large mass of them, so it was inevitable that some would come back, but the clump away from the fence line is also back. As I was digging them out, I noticed that they had very long roots that ran 4-5 feet horizontally.
That hydrangea is looking good! I'm surprised your nursery doesn't try to sell them at reduced price.
Instead of sad we will say inneed of LOTS of tlc..
All need at least a full year in pots.
The peony two or three.
Ask me how i know...
How do you know?
Speedie--
Welcome to the "I don't have any more room" club!!! That has been my song for many years..
My Lilac is a double, French. Other than that--I do not have any other ID for it.
The blooms are very fragrant and beautiful..IF it blooms..
Maybe the mild winters, combined with all the other factors are to blame...who knows?
Here--in better days....G.
ssgardener -- your lilies of the valley are doing well at my place! I do have them in spots where they can't get too out of control....
Terp I only say it based on the premature death of things I have put in the ground to fight for their lives. Plus a small peony sprout of my own i am watching in a pot still so small.
Peonies can be tough as nails.
Gita, maybe the soil is too acidic for your lilac. Lilacs like alkaline soil.
Here is a wonderful article that I have found explaining "exbury" azaleas and their attachment to deciduous azaleas.
It is well written and very informative. So if you're curious about naming and hybridizers spend 5 minutes and study up!
TEASER:
How many times have you walked through a garden center and found the majority of the deciduous azaleas referred to as "Exbury Azaleas"? Are all of these plants in their various dazzling colors truly Exburys? In many cases the answer is no. Many of the plants are often close relatives of the Exbury azalea. Further observations at other nurseries or garden centers might reveal other hybrid names such as Knaphill and Ghent. What are these Knaphill, Ghent, and Exbury Hybrids? Why has the name Exbury become associated with so many of these plants? The following historical account is an attempt to clarify the answer to these questions and to discuss the development of Exbury azaleas and their kin.
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JARS/v40n1/v40n1-cash1.htm
Paul, I love the Rhodo flower in the first of the 3 pictures that you posted on another thread: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/fp.php?pid=9518387.
It was great to see so many different Azaleas at the Westminster show. I remember seeing this plant on display there, and wish I had taken a photo of the tag. What is its variety? I don't remember seeing it at nurseries. White's might have it...?
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Hmm. Well Mike doesn't have that many Large Leaf Rhododendrons YET. I don't know the name of that plant. I was hurried because I got there late so I only snapped a few that I liked and didn't even get the names. Sorry Donner, you'll just have to come back next year!! Hehehe
For those of us who won't be going North for the plant swap there is a great plant sale in Northern Virginia.
Green Spring Gardens
4603 Green Spring Road
Alexandria, Virginia 22312
703-642-5173
Spring Garden Day
Saturday May 18
9 a.m.-3 p.m. More than 40 vendors of rare and unusual plants descend on Green Spring Gardens to fill your spring gardening needs. FROGS members receive 10 % off plants in the Garden Gate Plant Shop. Don't miss this exciting annual tradition.
http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring/downloads/spring-garden-day-vendor-map-2013.pdf
Some of us are doing both....
Wow!!! More than 40 vendors!!! Why can't they pick a different day ;o) !!!
It is an absolutely intoxicating sale, because the setting is so beautiful. This will make you drool for sure: http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/parks/greenspring/downloads/spring-garden-day-vendor-map-2013.pdf
I don't know how long it has been going on -- but Bluestone has a 1/2 price sale on right now. http://www.bluestoneperennials.com/index.html
ssgardener -- they have Brunnera Jack Frost.
This message was edited May 16, 2013 3:56 PM
OK Sally, I'm asking! =) Would you mind PM'ing me please, when you get a chance, to tell me all about what you know about nursing an "in need of LOTS of tlc" Peony please?
If I need to leave her in her pot for a couple years to make sure she is ok, then that is what I will do. Whatever it takes! =)
The first peony I've seen this year. The plant is in a distant neighbors yard. The dog is getting extra long walks in the spring!
Oh man, that's gorgeous! Heh heh, think that neighbor would notice the pruners in your back pocket? =)
We've got tons of varieties at work, 'tree' and 'herbaceous', many of which are in bloom and they just knock my socks off every time I go out to water. Some of the blooms are nearly as big as my face, and soooo full, like a Carnation... and the scent is outta this world!! It's so darned hard to not bring a truck-load home every day. < =/
Pruners?!? How about a shovel!?! If I ever see them out you can be sure I'll ask for a little itty bitty piece.
Shovel? Eeeek!! OK, I'll stand guard, but dig fast! =)
Bluestone Perennials is having their half price sale.
Speediebean -- I've grown peonies in containers and they do fine -- that's what I'd do so you can give it some TLC until it gets back on its feet (roots?).
speediebean- I am really not the peony expert. But I think pot life would be better for that little sprout . Good dirt, good drainage, good food, light...
Picked up some nice plants today after the Tour of Duke Farms we stopped at a lovely nursery. The number of Jap Maples was astonishing so very many different varieties. One of the plants I picked up was a Miniature Heuchera. I've never seen one so tiny. Will post pic's tomorrow going to look on line for more of them.
Holly, have you seen the Orangeola Jap. Maple? We just started carrying those this year and they are really lovely... of course now I want one, but most of all I want a Red Dragon. :)
Boy those are really beautiful. We got 3 new ones from Coleup they are just beautiful have to go out and look at the tags to get the names.
The mini heuchera I got are 'Santa Rosa" and grossulariifolia. I looked them up on line last night there are quite a few different varieties but actually finding a place to buy them was a bit hard. Most of the places I checked out only had one variety to sell. I don't want to buy one plant here and another one there and pay a fortune in shipping. One place I found had just what I wanted was in On. and didn't ship outside of Canada. I have just the planter for a few of them very willing to buy more planters to grow more of them. Wonder how well they would do in a living wreath. I am just over the moon about these little gems. Will be calling the local nurseries to see if they have any.
Anna rose Whitney rhodo popping out..
A red deciduous azalea
And david waldman.
Oh, terp, I need to learn how to propagate from cuttings -- because I want one of EACH!!!! Those are lovely!!!!
