At least, from your name I am making the assumption that you are from Burlington Ontario. Another Ontarian - if we keep this up we'll soon be accused of trying to take over :-) A big welcome to you, and the hope that we'll "see" you here soon! --Ginny in Blyth (near Goderich)
Welcome to new member IlikeTVO from Burlington
Hello ILikeTVO, nice to meet you. I hope you'll come to chat with us on this our Canadian forum and tell us what your unusual name is all about. :) What are you growing in your garden in Burlington? Hope you enjoy your stay here at Dave's. It's a great place to meet all kinds of nice people and learn lots of gardening tips. :Donna from the Southern Interior of BC.
Here is another big welcome. As you get used to Dave's garden you will find lots of information and great people. No question is silly and someone here will know the answer. Welcome aboard and i really hope you enjoy your stay.
Marilyn from the small community of Dobie in northern Ontario
Welcome for the Southwest coast of Canada!!! hpy gdng...Elaine
Welcome to Dave's TVO from Pam in Southern ☼ Saskatchewan.
Hi I likeTVO..(so do I)
PBS channel 17 too..
Welcome to Dave's....
You will find so much information and friendly people here.
You will enjoy the photos of everyones gardens too.
Cheers,
Carol
Welcome from Manitoba, TVO. That is the only thing wrong with Manitoba. NO TVO. If cable here carried it, I would even get cable (maybe)
Used to watch it on ICRAVETV, until it was shut down.
Sniff, sob.
You can go to RBG often too. Have you been to the Laking gardens yet this year?
Inanda - busily moving lilies
Wow! I didn't realize this thread started when I joined, thanks for the welcome and yes, I like TVO.
I'm a new home owner as of last summer - I spent the weekend digging up about 2 of 3 cubic yards of bulrington Clay to make room for more beds. This is my first chance to have my own garden and it's been about 8 years since I've worked on one; so everyone who encouraged me to post may regret it! ;)
Here's a few quick updates alonge with two questions:
My Cimson and Gold Quinces fiared well in a raised bed I put together - they are paired with a "Red Heart" Rose of Sharron. I know these are largish shrubs for a raised bed but I like the effect. I need some nice early plants and perhpase mid summer plants or ground cover to fill the bed out - suggestions? I was thinking of Begonias but I'm worried I'll have three different types of leafy structure and I'd still need another groundcover.
Last year I got two nice Huldine Clematis pants going, and I'm anxious to see their summer growth - I have grand plans of getting to join up over a bay window (they are on either side). Not sure how long it will take to reach it's full height or if that will work out. The books I've refered to conflict on puring this one, apparently it's either type 1 or 3. I chose not to prune at all this year (it flowers on both old and new wood) and the little plants are covred in buds, if I now remove them will I enjoy more growth?
Looks like I'll end up with a chain link fence, I'm thinking of using Holly in front of it becuase I've always wanted to try growing that too.
I recently went to the RBG sale, I fell in love with some very impressive varieties of Geranium, Masterwort, an their "Fuji Pink" Bellflowers. Combinations thereof will fill in front of the existing clematis an existing Russian Sage - I'm hoping as the Geranium's get leggy the Sage & Clematis will push it into form or otherwise overshawdow them. I picked up a few other plants and likely the Masterwort will end up in another bed which features Peony's.
Last but not least if anyone can let me know a good Canadian source with a variety of Clematis that'd be great - I'd still like to track down Andromeda and Polish Spirint cultivars. The akebioides culitvar has tempted me into placing an order from ForestFarm.com already - it's reportably very winter hardy (zone 3 or 4) and one of the most shade tolerant, and I was just really anxious to try some thing new:
http://www.clematis.hull.ac.uk/clemdetail.cfm?dbkey=613
If anyone wants to piggyback on the Forset Farm order you can probably let me know soon (pants are awaiting inspection now).
Thanks again for the welcome, I'll try to make a few more posts on specific beds in my garden once I have pictures as I'd love more advise!
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This message was edited May 10, 2005 8:48 AM
Good to hear from you IlikeTVO, and glad you finally found us! I was out your way on the weekend, and was at the RBG sale on Saturday morning. I was so tempted to yell out "Any Dave's Gardeners Here?!", but couldn't get the nerve up...lol.
Your clematis questions, I can help with a bit. I saw some Polish Spirit at Broadways in St. Catharines on Saturday. Despite their claim of 1,000,000 plants, they had very few clematis, but they also had a Pope John Paul II clematis, which was quite lovely and unusual-if I had more room I'd have bought him. They do have more clematis coming in I'm told, so that may be a good source for you, if you want to drive down that way. There's a place in Uxbridge, if you want to go that far, called Mason Hogue, which has about 50 different clematis (and displayed in their groups), and I know they have the Polish Spirit, but not sure about the other. I also have a Polish Spirit and am going to try to harvest seeds this fall -my first attempt ever...
Your plant hardines zone is either 6a or 5b - you can check this link - http://sis.agr.gc.ca/cansis/nsdb/climate/hardiness/intro.html - to find out for sure.
Christine